Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-02-26

dent, to do SPECIAL act, and an order direct
Iy from the President himself not to d. the
act, is there doubt which you are to obey ?
You answer the question when you say to
the President in your letter on the 3D. inst :,
The Secretary of War is my superior and
you subordinate
without further comment upon the in~
subordinate attitude which You have assnm-
ed, am at o loss to know how you can
relieve yourself from obedience to the orders
of the President, who is made by the Consti
tuition the Commander in Chief Of the Army
and Navy, and is, therefore, the official su
perior as well Of the General of the Army as
the Secretary of War. Respectfully yours,
ANDREW JOHNSON.
General L. S. Grant, camman1ipg the ar
mics of the United States, Washington,
DC"
6. The Presidents circular to the Cabinet
"ExEcUTIvE Mansion.
"WAsHINGToN, ID. c., Fob S, 1863
"SIR The Chronicle OF this morning con-
tains a correspo ndence between tho Pres-
dent and General Grant, reported from the
War Department, in answer to resolution
Of the House Of Representatives. | beg 10
call Your attention to that correspondence,
and especially to thu part of il which refers
20 the conversation between the President
and General Grant in The Cabinet meeting
on Tuesday, the l4rh o. January, and to re-
quest you 10 state what was said in that con-
versatioD. Very Respectfully.
ANDREW JOHNSON"
7. The Secretary Of the Navy to the Pres
ident, February 5th, 1868, says: "The main
points specified in that letter, giving your
recollection Of the conversation, are correct
Iy stated"
8. The Secretary Of the Treasury to the
President, Feb 9th 1868, says:
81 cannot undertake 10 state the precise
language used. but have no hesitation in
saying that your account Of that cnnversa-
ton, as given i'll your letter 10 General Grant
under daate Of the 3lst ult., substantially and
iu all important particulars, accords with my
recollection Of it,"
9. The Postmaster General TO the Presi
dent, February 9th, 1868, states, that Gen
eral Grant admitted that he had agreed TO
remain at the head Of the War Department
until the issue was decided by the Courts, or
10 TeeiBU Tue OLuCC IutO INV Haudo W IhC
President
10. The Secretary of the Interior to the
President, Feb. 9th 1868, states, in substance
the same as the Postmaster General.
IL. The Secretary Of State to the Presi>
dent, February 9th, 1868, states that the
President said to General Grant that i: was
his understanding that Grant was to hold
he Office until the Courts settled the matter,
or that be. Grant, would resign to him, but
that Grants admissions to the President
were rather indirect and clrcumstantIaI, and
that il was not an evasiye reply.
u. Extract from General Grants letter
Of Feb, lh, 1868, TO the President:
''SIR have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt Of your Communication OF the
tenth, accompanied by the statements Of your
Cabinet Ministers, Of their RECOLLECTION uf
what occurred in Cabinet meeting on the l4'
ui January. Without admitting any thing
cnntained in these statements where they
differ from anything heretofore stated by me,
propose to notice only that portion OF your
Communication wherein I sm charged with
insubordinatiun. | thiak Il will be plain to
the reader of my letter ot the 90 b OF Janu-
sry, that did not propose to dIsobey any
legal order Of the President dIstincily gwen,
but only gave an interpret alton Of what @o'd
be regarded as satisfactory evidence of the
Presidents sanction To orders communicated
by the Secretary Of War;"