The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-26

deemed il proper. in orLerto prevent fur.
thGr misunderstanding. to make this simulr
recital Of facts
Very respectfully. yours.
ANnHEw l"mNsoy.
General L. s. GRANT, Commanding uri,cd
States Armies
HEADQUARTERS
Armies or TnE UNITED STATES,
WAsniMiroX, D. c., Feb. ), 1903
Ills ErcHc"ry H. johnson, President Of tic
unit dSidicS:
sin: Lave the honor to acknowledge
the receipt Of your communication of the
"lst ultimo, in answer to mine of The 2R;h
ultimo. After careful rcndin. mud
comparison Of it, with the article in the
Nai'ondi MirAty"nce. of the 10Th utimo.
the article over the Initials -. B. s." in the
New York W"rid of the 9Th ultimo, pur
portingto he based upon your statement and
that Of members Of the Cabinet therein
named. find il only to he reilcratinn
only somewhat more in dctail--oi lie "manv
and gross misl representations contained in
these articles. and which my statement of
the facts. set forth in my lcttc' Of the 2S:h
ultlmo. was I'M ended Ia correct and here |
reasscr' the correctness Of my statements
Ia. .'."" 'o"'or, '''. il. ,..r. p,, -
the contrary Notwithstanding.
confess my surprise that The Cabinet
officers referred to should so greatly misap>
prrhrnd the facts in the matter Of admis
sions alleged To have been made Ivy me n,
the Cabinet meeting on the llth uliimo. rs
to snllcr their names to be made the bass of
the charges in the newspaper articles refer
red to, or agree to the accuracy. as YOU
affirm they do, of your account of what oc
cnrrcd nt that meeting.
You know that We parted on Saturday.
the lth ultimo, without any promise ON
my part, either expressed or Implied. TO the
effect that woud hold on TO The Office of
Secretary Of War al mterGm, against the
action OF the Senate: or dcclaiming TO do
50 myself would surrender il to YOU before
such action was had or that | would see
you again, NJ any fixed time on the sub
jccI.
The performance Of thc promises alleged
ny you to have been made by Inc would
have involved q resistance of the law, and
an income consistency with the whole history
OF my connection with the suspension of
Mr.. stanton. From our conversation and
my written protest Of August LIST, 1867, :,
against tho removal Of Mr.. Sta,ton, you
must have known that my greatest objection
TO his removal or suspension was The fear
that some one would DC appointed in his
stead who would, Ivy opposition TO the laws
relating 10 tho restoration Of The Southern
States to their proper relation TO the gov.
ernmcnt. cmbarrnss the army in the per
formancc Of the duties especially imposed
upon it. by the laws. aud that it was 10 pre-
vent such an appoint mcnt TINT cd
the appointment Of Secretary Of War at
interim, and not for tho purpose of cnahli, g
you 10 get rid Of Mr.. Stanton, by my with
holding it from him, in opposition to tho
law, or. not doing so myself, surrender it.
to one who would, as the statement aud
assumptions III your communication plainly
Indicate was sought.
And it was to avoid this danger MS well
as to relieve you from the personal cmhar-
rassnonl in which Mr.. Slanion's rcinstaic.
mcnt would rincc you, hni 1 urged the mp
po'ntmcnt of Governor Cox, believing that
II would be agreeable to you. also to Mr.
Stanton, satisfied NJ was that it was The
good of the country, and not the Office, tho
latter desired
On the 18th utimo. in tho presence Of
General sherman, stated 20 you that
thought Mr.. Stanton would resign, but did
not say that would advise him to do 20 =.
On the 18th. did agree will, General Shcr-
man to go and advise him 10 that course
and on the 18th ] Ind an interview alone
Win MI. otanton, winch led me to Tho con :
clnson that any advice to him of this kind
would be useless, and informed General
Sherman. Before | consented to advise
Mr.. stanton to resign. | undcrs, 0l from
him, in communication on The snhicct,
immediately after his Reinstatement. ihnt il
was his opinion that The act Of Congress,
entitled "An act temporarily to supply va
cnncics in the Executive Department ia
certain case..' approved February go 1868
was repealed Ivy subsequent legislation.
which mat rally influenced my action
Previous to this time 1 Ind no doubt that
tho lew of 1868 was still in force, AMI not
withstnnding my action. q fullor exanlina.
tion of tho law leaves a quesHon in my
mind whether It ;s Or iS not repealed This
being the case, I could not now advise his
resignation, lest tho same danger anprc
hended from his first removal might fol
low.
The course you would have II undersl ood
agreed TO pursue was he violation Of law
and without orders from you: while tic
course did pursue, and which nevor
donb.ed, you fully understood, was IN &C
cordance with lazy, and not in { iso ,cdicmc,
| to any orders Of my superior. And, now
Mr.. President, when my honor as soldic