The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-26
Letter from Washington.
me Condition Of Grant as Left By
tie. -Prosilcnt-n his Name aI1
| Prestige Shattered Strange and
| Important Ransrs About tn
! President and Stalten- Lat
term Danger Of Being Oustet BY
Force.
Especial Cor. Of the N. o. Picayune.1
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL, 1868.

Especial Cor. Of the N. O. Picayune.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 1868.
The Presidents final letter to Grant is
the admiration Of every one. ] do not, OF
course, include fanatics or fools, but all
reasonable men declare, without any quail
ifcation, that he has fairly skinned the
Western tanner alive. Had the letter, Is
originally written, been sent to Grant be
would have smarted as only skinned in
dividual can smart, but to keep . weapon
ont Of the hands Of the Impeachment !"
Committee, the President withdrew his
heavy guns from the letter and confined
himself simply to plain and unanswera-
BE statement Of facts reading his deceiy-
er q lecture upon the subject Of his unen-
yiable position, and his exact relation to
him, the President, his superior officer,
that he will be apt to remember to his To-
test day. =.
This effort Of the Presidents is finished
in every respect, and his antagonist, il 1t
all worthy Of being considered game, lies
before him like Q whipped spaniel.
4 Writing under his deep wounds, he at-
ftsmpts snap back, but he had as well
have kept quiet. The case Is closcd-no
further proof Of his treachery and Implicitly
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is needed. and from this hour forward he
will be looked upon with distrust--a per
son lost to honor and lost to shame.
But though this unpleasant difficulty L.
closed 90 far as correspondence is concern
ed, it cannot be said to be otherwise clos
ed. The exteiats cordiale can never be restor
between the President and Grant. Az well
think of placing FIRE and gunpowder to
eether. The President is honest, open and
above board. He shows it in his broad
generous face, and never again will b
trust Grant with the execution Of an i'm
pcrtant order-at least, such IN order q
| would imply the least doubt as to its exc
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cuti0n. 3E Eissils
Grant has placed himself In the Radical
camp, and the President is contentto leav'
him there. He knows what church b
attends now, and he will hereafter NOV
untrameled by any fears as to his course.
! Very naturally. the Presidents shrewd
moss in finally shaping his letter 30 q +
hit straight 70 the mark, yet Ai~ssy lsp
jfee from dangcr ef lhe clxtches Of the IN
psacAers, has riled those gentlemen yer.
much. They guash and foam fearfnll'
over the fact that there is not peg in tn
entire letter npon which to hang . hope q
|" suspension and for the present, at leas'
lie not forever, the whole movement ma
be- regarded as miscaried. e
The latest dodge to-day is to endeavo
to get the opposing members ofthe Judic
ary Committee to agree to the Edmund
Impeachment bill, but they will not do j
The majority Of the COMMITTEES have bee
opposed to this high handed measure ffo'
the start, and 1t is doubtful if they woul
ever have reported It to the Senate. eve
Lhad articles Of impeachment been prefe
!. red by the House.
There are strange aud important runol
afoat this evening, to the effect that Il
President will once more order Stanton
lvacate the War Department, and shonl
he fail to do 20, he viii gee what Writ
there is in the word compnlsion. Sherma1
3 is reported to have On understanding vii
THIN (the President) on this point and
lease Of need, he will step into the broaa
land openly support the President, in q
lexercise Of his constitutional functfc
against Stanton, Grant and the who
: pack o. congressional usurpers, The n q
9 is not yet. sIlt Vi taflssi SNOW BALL tlLL