The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-14

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risAtfally earns Fsr he credit 4 Tie sisfs
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NAs1to1, Feb. ofIses. ST.
Sin: Thsmeeting sos~Aach - refer Is
yosr letteravas . regular Cabinet meeting.
While the members very assembling, and b.
fore tho President had entered the Council
Chamber, Dsa. Grant, N coming IA. said -
me that hs waseHos IN attsndancs - meA-
hsr Of IL CAhinse, hnI npon inIitaii0n. AnA I
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prsss1ent had taken his ssal business vent N
tad by the several Secretaries. When ile
tim. came for the Secretary Of War, General
Grant said that he was not there as the SEC
rotary Of War, but upon the Prssidsnt's inns
psss sd .Soa. me abbdssd hsllalIod. de-
Grant saying that the officers who had borne
his letter 70 the President that morning, an
noancine his retirement from the War Dr.
partmenf, had told him that the President d,
sired to see him at the Cabinet, 70 which the
President answered that yheg Gen. 4rsnts
e6Sid5r6esyipn n Ids6t ia tqa Nm the
President simply replied Chat be sappossd
Gen. Grant would be very soon At the Cahix
net meeuas. regarded the conversaaionf
TINS begun % incidental. 1t vent on quite
informally and consisted Of statement On
your part OF your views in regard to your M
Outstanding of the tenure upon which Gen.
Grsut had assented 10 hold the War Depast-
u.ens "a tsfertss, Ard 81 his sepaies u SSy of
answer and explanation. Il vas respecifnt
aud courteous On bdtti sides Being in thi5
conversational form. the details could only
hare been presented BY : rerbdfim report.
S6snfasI knos 10 sarA fSpsft ~As Made 1t
he 4. ,i~ srs se rs sss.,1 .s,
that although you had reported the feasols
for Mr.. Stanton's suspension 10 the Senate,
you issefthslSsS AGnl dnthe Would ~ Be
entitled 2 ssssn2s thf paics .af SECRETARY q
his suspension, and that you had proposed 10
have tie question tested By judicial process,
10 be sppked To ths person Ah0akdald ~
the insonhsnt afs the department, under
your designation, Of Secretary of War I'd
interim in the place of Mr.. Stasss
ton. You commended that this was vells
hefxeeA yourself md qe1eral
Grant; hat when he snsersd the Depdrtment
as Secretary I'D interim, he Expressed his
concurrence in belief that the question Of
Mr.. Stanton restoration would bel Question
for Tho coarts; that n Z saheeassat cohssssa
ton with the General yod had adyerted TO the
understapliya lhaA lid. md thss General
Grant expressed his concuFfesce 10 il; that q
the same conversations which hsd been preyi-s
oasly held, General Grant said he stall ad-
b rsd 10 DE sarae coGassuctiuu sftks hs,
but said X hs ~shsala change his opinion be
would give seasonable notice of it, 50 that
Jon could IN any -Sass be placed ia the same
position in regard TO the War Department
tiat yoa.wsfe While Geasral Grant 1sld i
did noksn4sFsised GsAeEA Grant q deny-
ing nor as explicitly admitting these state~s
ments in She fera, aad to the full extent i,i
witch you made them. His admisjiQp. II
chen wss rather iu3is scs and etseems1a initial,
though | sssdrnot yadentend tito be IN eva
sixa oas- lie said thai s@asessag tsea .AAs
bad occurred in ,heease Of the police In Ma
rylaad, which be regarded asa parallel ONE,
be vss OF the opinion. and 30 assured yos,
that it ~ sithhs hin right. ord datvI under
your instructions, to hold the war Office after
the Senate should disapproYe OF Mr. Stan
too . suspension. until The question ehouh
be decided BIZ the ronrts; that he remained
till very recently Of that opinion, and that On
the Saturrluy before the Cabinet messing !
conversation was held between yourself and
him, in vhieh tie suhjees ~ generally din.
cussed Gen. Grants sfatement was that in
The conversation he had stated to yon the
legal difficulties which might arise, ihvoiv.
laG Inc AndA u nrisorw e0t4 uAnr a. fsiSit