Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-02-13

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them understood your position. and
that your action would be consistent
with the understanding which had been
reached. TO these questions you had
also replied in the affirmative.
Third. next asked If, at the conclu-
sion Of our interview on Saturday, IL was
understood that we were to have another
conference OH Monday, before final ncI
! ton by the Senate on the case of MIR.
| Stanton. You replied that such was the
understanding, but that you did not sup
/ pose the Senate would act so soon thny
on Monday you had been engaged in
conference with Gen. Sherman, and were
occupied with many little matters, and
asked If Gen. Sherman had not called
on me that day. What relevancy Gen.
| Sherman's visit to me on Monday had
| with the purpose for which you were to
have called, am at loss to perceive, as
he certainly did not inform Inc whether
you had determined to retain the cfileY
or to afford me opportunity to appoint q
successor in advance Of any attempted
reinstatement Of Mr.. Stanton.
This account of what passed between
| ns az the Cabinet meeting on the 14th
inst, widely differs from that contained
in your communication, for itshows that
ifntead of having stated our conversa-
/ tlOIs al klNtH III IHc tttLtT WhlCll
made this reply necessary, you admitted
that my recital Of them was entirely ae-
curate.
Sincerely anxious, however, to be cor
rect in my statements, l have to-day
read this narration of what occurred on
l4th inst, to the meEnbe of the Cabinet
who were then present. They without
exception agree in its accuracy.
1t Is only necessary 10 add that on
Wednesday morning the 18th, you called
on me, in company with Lieut.. Gen.
Sherman. After some preliminary con-
versation you remarked that an articip
in the National Intelligencer, Of that
date, did yeu much injustice. / replied
l had not read the Intelligencer OF that
morning. You first told me it was your
intention to urge Mr.. stanton to resign
his office after you lad withdrawn. I
carefully read the article of which you
spoke, and found its statement of the
understanding between US was substan-
TALLY correct. On the 18th l caused IL
to be read to four Of the five members OK
the Cabinet who were present at our con-
ference on the 18th, and they copcurred
in the general accuracy of the statements
respecting our conversation On that &C.
/, casion.
In reply to your communication have
deemed it proper, TO prevent further mia
understanding, to make this simple re-
cital offacts.
Very respectfully, yours,
ANDREW JoHSsoN.
Gen. U. S. GRANT, Com'diug L. S. A.
{ GEN. GRANT TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
HnADeuAErEEs Army OF FsrTEP TIP sraIxs ;s1
. TO His Ercellency, Andrew Johnson
. PRESIDENT:
, SIR; l have the honor to ack nowledga
the receipt of your communication of the
: 3lst ult., in answer to mine of the 18th
q ult. After a careful reading and COM
Q parison of it with the article in the In
8 telligencer of the 18th ult., and the arti-
n Gle over the initials }. B. g., IN tile New
: York World OH the 9th ult., purportins
e to be based upon your statement, and
: that of the members OF the Cabinet there
in named, / find it to be q reiteration,
n only somewhat more in detail, of ths
y many and gross misrepresentation con
: tanned in these articles, and which my
r statement of facts set forth in my letiel
4 of the 24th ult., was intended TO correct
: and herein l reassert the correctness d
e my statements in that letter, anything
e in yours in reply to the contrary not
I withstanding. .
9 L confess my surprise that the Cabine
q officers referred to should so greatly mis-
! appre hend the facts i'll the matter of ad
e missions alleged to have been made by
q me at the Cabinet meeting OIL the l4ti
/ ult., as to suffer their Iames to be MADE
r the basis OF the charges in the newspaper
: article referred to, OF agree 10 the accura
: ey, as you affirm they 90, of your account
!. OF what Cured at that meeting -,
I You know we parted on the l1th ult.
: without any promise, on my part, eL
: pressed or implied, TO the effect that
' would hold on to the cffice ef Secretar,
: of War dd Interim, against Tie action o
a the Senate, or declining 10 do 80, woulc
surrender it to yeu before such actor
\ Was had, or that [ would see you agalr
!. at any fixed time OIL the subject.
d The perform anbe Of the promise alleg
ed TO have been made by ine, would hav,
= involved u resistance of the law, and al
J. inconsistency with the whole history @
C my connection with the suspension o
@ Mr.. Stanton. From our conversations
If and my written protest of August /, 1857
d against the removal Of Mr. Stanton, yo
must have known that my greatest OF
& lection to his removal was the fear tha
& some one would be appointed in hi
= stead, who would, by opposition to tn
G. laws relating to the restoration OF tn
Of Southern States to their proper relation
ID to the Government, embarrass the arm
y in the performance of the duties especl
l. ally imposed upon III Dy the laws, an
N it was 10 prevent such an appointms n
e. of Secretary of War dd interim, and no
for the purpose of enabling you to ge
n rid of MIR. Stanton by Withholding
1t from him in opposition to law, or, nc
le doing 70 myself, surrender TO one whc
r. as the statement and assumption in you
ID communication plainly indicate, wa
r sought. And it was to avoid this dan
rs ger as well as TO relieve you from tn
10 personal embarrassment III which MI
E. Stanton's reinstatement would place you
n that urged the appointments of Go,
d, erncr Cox, believing ii would be agrees
ne BILE to you and also TO MIR. stanton, satii
r fed, as | was, that the good of the cOun
l try and not the office was what the Iai
st ter desired.
ID On the 18th ult., in the presence q
Gen.. sherman, l stated 10 you that
s. thought MIR. Stanton would resign, bs
Ut did not say I would advise him TO do 81
IL On the 18th did agree with Gen. Shel
man to 90 and advise him to that cours,
TX and on the 18th had an interview alon
as with Mr.. Stanton, which led me to tn
Id conclusion that my advice would be uss
ar less, and so informed Gen. Sherman
o. Before consented TO advise Mr.. Stanto
n to resiga, understood from him, in cor
g versation on the subject, immediatel
10 bD his reinstatement, that 10 was hl
uu OniniOu that the act Of ,apgross entitle