The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-15
KEoKUK. IOWA:


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onAnr's InsUDoawlHAHI0n.
n the lask budget q tho ntJohnson
correspondence, The Gsaeral vsry properly
p.yaeo stt11Aes 2 spF ,seaszs9la IF The
CSkGA1ASt ~ Aksl.~lltad Il.
ready saad fde himself what hAd passsd be-
tween the President and himself, what b.
had and what 10 hadn't agreed 70. Hs
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Nuiei1 I11SyosEl 81 6vlke4 81 dss 70
k6tlee & tks charge 81 iDsabordinstion which
Mr.. johnson made against him. johnson
made out his case very specioasiy thus; and
indeed : pretty strong case ne seemed %
make Cit; vxsN Is .azgS
Tijl only notice one more statement IN
.on. latter of the Sd instant-thst the per-
x,mance of the promises which it 10 alleged
.erc made By you, would have involved you in
he resistance Of law. know Of no statute
shek,veald Aaye bseggielsted had you carried
out yo1f pr6snssei is soS0d faith, and rendered
your resignation when you concluded not 70
Be made party in any legal proceedings
Yon add: IS Ks r IA u II.
conclusion BY yonr recent orders directing
me to disebsy orders from the Secretary Of
War, my Superior and your subordinate,
without having couhtesmanded his authori-
~ 10 issue the orders which ! am 70 diso-
hey"
the President. requesting, in writing, an or
der given TO you verbally FIVE days before, to
disregard the orders from Mr.. Stanton a. Sec
re,arr Of War, mil ypp knew from tia Pres
ident himself that they were his orders. On
the 3Ab, h coAplisAce With youf feqhrst, |
did give yop INSTRUCTIONS IN writing !. not 10
obey any order from the War Department as
- nssd 10 bs issued By the President, anfsss
such order is known By the Genaral Com
mauding the Armies oil the United States 10
have bsen authorized BY the President
There are some orders which q Secretary Of
War may issue without the authority of the
President; there are others which he issues
simply Is the agent Of the President, and
which purport to be by the direction Of the
Presidents Fer such orders the President is
rsspop1t}e.;;s and v should, shersfofs. hpow
aASlsu4eSsen and wkst hey are beiosp kiHng
esck diee:iens. Y - - :
Mr.. Stanton. in his letter Of the 4th inst.
which accompanies the published correspond
ence, states that he has had no correspond
ence with the P~sidsnt since the 18th o.
August last; and he further says that since he
resumed the duties OF the Office. be has con-
tinned to discharge them without any personal
sxrF1 NJ x1dsr No UrNefss A4Se been isssed
from this Department in the name Of the
President with my knowledge, and / have re-
,,~1ara f~o,,, II th,,a
that Mr.. Stanton now discharges the duties Of
the War Department without any reference to
the President, and without using his name.
Ny order TO you hsd only reference TO orders
assumed 20 i,s isaued by the President. II
would appear from Mr.. Stanton letter that
you have received no such orders from him
In your note to the President Of the 18th alt,
in which you ac1 nov ledge the receipt Of 4the
written order Of the 10Th, you say that yoa
have been Uniformed By Mr.. Stanton that he
has not received any order limiting bis aus
.horiiy to issue orders to the army, according
10 the practice of the Department and state
that while this authority to the War Depart.
ment is not eoun,ermsnded, it will be salts.
factory evidence to me that any orders ,ssued
from theNsr Department BY direction Of the
President are authorized BY the Executive. 7
The President issues an order TO you to
obey no order from the War Department pur-
porting to be mads.by direction of the Presi-
Gent, untit ron have referred 10 him for bis
approval. RYoa reply thst you have received
the Presidents order, and will not obey il;
but will obey 40 order purporting to be given
by bis direction, if it comes from the War
Depsftment. You will obey no direct order
of the, President, but will obey h,s indirect
order. II, as you say, there has been prac
tice in the War Department to issue orders liz
the name of the President without his direc-
ton, does not the precise order you have re-
quested, aud have received, change the prae>
tice9 As 70 the General of the Army, ouuH
not the President countermand any such or
der issued in the name Of the President to do
special act, By an order directly from the
President hiu,self not 10 do tho act? Is there
adoubt which you are 10 obey? Tou answer
the question when you say to the Presidents
in your Letter OF the Sd inst, that s.lhe Secre-
tasy Of WsE.ss my superior aud your ~ bO~li-
nste, and yet you reHgse obedience TO The,
superior.
Without further comment on the in.ubsr-
dinate attitude which yoE have assumed am
at q loss toknow how you can relieve yourself
from the orders of the President, who is
made BY the Constitution the commander-in-
Chief Of the army. and nAyy, and IS, there's
fore, the o1icial baperios, a. seH Of The Gen
ssaI OF the Army s Of The Seoresass u War
But q specious piece Of pet,ifoesing and
skilfully-woven faIsehcod never had a more
complete extingaisher than Mr.. Johnson IF
orr found in
GENERAL GRANTS REILLY.