The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-02-27

other definite time, nor was ] sent for
by tho President until the following
Tuesday.
From the 11th instant, to the Cab.
met meeting on the l4th instant,
doubt never entered my miud about
the President fully understanding my
position, namely: That if the Senate
refused to concur in the suspension
Of Mr.. Stanton, my powers as Secre.
tary Of War ad interim would cease,
aud Mr.. Stauton's right to resume at
once the functions Of his office, would
under the law, be iudisputablc, aud |
acted accordingly.
With Mr.. Stanton, l had no COM
munioatiou, direct or indirect, on the
subject of his reinstatement. During
his suspension, knew il had been
recommended to the President TO
send the name of General Cox, Of
Ohio, for Secretary Of War, aud thus
save all embarrassment, a proposition
that / sincerely hoped he would en-
tertain favorably, General sherman
seeing the President, at my partic ular
request, to urge this, on the 18th.
On Tuesday, Mr.. Stanton re enter
ed the Office Of the Secretary of War.
Gen. Comstock, who had carried my
official letter, announcing that by
Mr.. Stanton's reinstatement by the
Senate I had ceased to be Secretary of
War ad Interim, aud who saw the
President open and read the commu.
nicatiou, brought back to me from
the President a message that he
wanted to see me that day at tho
Cabinet meeting, after l had made
know the fact that | was no longer
Secretary of War dd Interim.
At this meeting, after opening it
as though l were n member Of his
Cabinet, when reminded of the noti-
6cation already given him that | was
no logger Secretary Of War al ia
terim, the President gave version
of the conversation alluded to already
in this statement 1t was asserted
that in both conversations had
agreed to hold on to the Office of Sec.
rotary eff War until displaced by the
Courts, or resign, So as to place the
President where he would have been
had never accepted the Office. After
hearing the President through |
stated our conversation substantially,
as given in this letter.
l will add that my conversation be-
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ters not pertinent here, and is there.
fore left out. / in nowiso admitted
the correctness of the President s
statement of our conversation, though
to soften the evident contradiction OF
my statement, said, alludiDg to our
first conversation on the subject, the
President might have understood me
the way lie said-namely, that | had
promised to resign if | did not resist
the reiustatement. | made no sref
, statement,
/ have tho honor to be, very re
, spectfully, your obedient servant,
US. GRANT, General.
GENERAL GRANT TO TUE PRESIDENT
HEADQUARTERS ARMY or U. S. !
WASHINGTON, Jau. "a, 1868. I
His EreeHcncy, Aadrec johnson, Pre-
eident of tie United States;
SIR: | have the honor very respect
fully to request to have in writing
, the order which the President CAV,
! me verbally on Sunday, the l9tl
instant, to disregard the orders of In
Hon. Il. NJ. Stanton as Secretary o
War, until l knew from the Presdeu
, himself that they were his orders.
, l have the honor to be, very re
spectiully, your obedient servant,
U. S. GRANT, General.
/ THE PRESIDENTS INDoRsEMENT.
The following is the indorsemen
3 on the above note.
r Gas requested in this communica
= ton, Gen. Grant is instructed i
| writing not to obey any order fror
t the War Department assumed to b
: issued by the direction of the Presi
{ dent, unless such order is known b
, the General commanding the armie
0 Of the United States to have bee
= authorized by the Executive.
@ ANDREW JOHNSON.
S Jan. 20, 1868.
GENERAL GRANT TO THE president
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF U. S.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 80, 1868.
7 His Eccetlency Andreto johnson, Pre-
sidenE
; SIR: l have the honor to acknowl
J edge the return ofmy note Of the 24tI
instant, with your Endorsement there
: on, that | am not to obey any orde
from the War Department, assume
by order of the President, uules
such order is known by me to be au
= thorized by the Executive, and, i
j reply thereto, to say that am in
c formed by the Secretary of War tha
= he has not received from the Execu
> tive any order or instruction, limiting
9 9 or impairing his authority to issu
orders to the army as has heretofUr
: been his practice, under the laws an
custom Of the Department.
While this authority to the Wa
Department is not oountermanded,
i viii be satisfactory evidence to m
Q that any order issued from the Wa
Department. by direction of the Pres
ident, are authorized by the Execu
tive.
Ihave the honor to be, very respect
. fully, your obedient servent.
: U, S. Grant, General.
THE PRESIDENT TO GENERAL GRANT.
n EXECUTIVE MANSION, Jan. 81, 1865
5 GENERAL; have received you
Q communication on the 28th instant
1 renewing your request of the 24t
: that / should repeat in write
r form, my verbal instructions of tn
e 10th instant, via; That you obey n
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