The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-02-20

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GEN. SHERMAN has written to sew
eral Senators asking them to secure
the defeat of his confirmation to
the brevet rank, to which he was
nominated by the President. He
declares that in any event, he will
not accept it, and seems to think the
President has done an indignity
both to Grant and himself by his
action in the matter. ,...i.
The Press On the Grant-J OInson
Controversy. Fl,
The Cincinnati Gazette concludes
an editorial thus:
The charge preferred by the Pres
ident, in the last letter, that Grant
meant to keep the office for Stanton
and not for the President, is strictly
in keeping with the character of the
latter, as developed in his proceed
ings in the business. Grant dis
tinctly stated in his first letter that
he knew it was the good of the coun-
try Stanton sought, and not the Of
fee. and Mr.. Seward bears testimony
to the fact that Generals Grant and
Sherman hoped to procure an ami
cable settlement Of the affair. To
this end, the appointment of Gov.
Cox was proposed to Johnson, but
he refused. The latter desired a
fight with the Senate, but he wanted
Grant to stand between him and
danger. -
Grant has come out of this con
troversy with great credit to him
self. He permitted himself to be
placed in an equivocal position in
the hope of advancing the interests
Of the country. And he was con
tent to ramain silent under the sus-
picions of his friends and the claims
of his enemies, until johnson,
through the press, under the cover
of editors and correspondents, as
sailed his "charcter as a soldier and
his integrity as man. Then he
spoke to the point and with empha
sis, and he has triumphantly vindi-
Gated himself.
g The N. Y. Post says: @
Grant appears to US to have acted
throughout with his accustomed
GOODNESS and sagacity. 1t is seen
that he and General Sherman tried
to have matters so arranged as to
avoid deadlock they are practical
men and statesman, who know it is
best, in public affairs, to get along
smoothly, even at some sacrifice of
personal will. But Mr.. johnson sat
still, like sulky boy, and rejected
all advice. It would appear as if
he meant to bring on a deadlock.
The Cleveland Leader also says:
There can be no doubt that the
President was fully informed of G en-
eral Grants intention and purposes
in the.premises in this interview
w by did he not request the General
to resign or reissue an order remov-
ing him? Why did he not? Sim
ply because to have done so would
have been to have enhanced thou
sand fold the Generals popularity
the very thing he was bent upon de.
stroying. a=ss z.
There is no need of further dis
cussion of the matter. The contra,
dictory and absurd nature of the
statements of the President are evi-
dent to any apprehension. The con
spiracy against Gen. Grants charac.
ter has failed, as itdeserved to fail
and this transaction adds another
stain to the dark character of the
staggering drunkard Of the 4th OF
March 1865, the demagogue of the
22d of FEBRUARY, 1866, the pilgrim
around the circle of October, 1860
the Mephistophelean abettor of the
New Orleans massacre, the patron
of Mrs. Cobb, the traitor to the Re
publican party, and the worst Pres
ident that ever disgraced the Office
once filled by George Washington.
Nor less certain is it that from the
beginning to the end, Gen. Grant ac-
ted under an imperious sense of du
ty. He accepted the ad-tntertna ap
pointment, he explains in order ti,at
some enemy of Congress and its
measures might not obtain contro
Of the War Department, and he re
linquished it the moment Mr.. Stan
ton was reinstated by the action Of
the Senate, under the terms of thu
Tenure of Office law. He woulc
gladly have seen collision on the
subject averted by the appointment,
of man acceptable to the Senate
and the withdrawal by Mr.. Stanton
Of his claims. But this mode O.
averting difficulty having been fount
impracticable, he followed the die
tates of his judgement, fulfilled hi
intimation to the President, an(
obeyed the law by allowing Mr.
Stanton to resume his place in thu
Department. In all this we fail tt
discover any trace of partisan Of
personal feeling. At every step w
see the soldier, censiderate, concili
atory and just-clear in his ideas o
duty and unbending in their 'appli
cation. The same motive which in
duced him to undertake temperaril.
the labors of the War Office impel
led him to give effect to the procee
dings of the Senate, and forced hin
to define the causes and extent o
his difference with the President
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