The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-06

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it shows that instead of having stated
our conversation as given in &e letter
which has made this reply necessary.
you admitted that my recital ofqtbem
was entirely accurate. Sincerely anx-
iouE, howeyers to be correct ia nv
statements, | have to day, read this
narrative Of what occurred on the
l314th inst.1 to = the members of the
Cabinet who were then present. They.
without exception, agree In its aeen-
racy. 5I0q gtltlaf5a rffrv vo4
It's only necessary to add, that
| on Wednesday morning, the 18th.
you called on ME IN eompany with
Lieutenant General Sherman. Aftgr
some Preliminary CONVERSATION YOU
remarked that an article in the Nd.
h9ndt Intel iqencer Of that date did
YOU much Injustice. / replied that T
had not read the LateliiqeRcel. Of that
morning. YOU first told me it was
your intention TO urge Mr.. Stanton to
resign hi. Office. After you had with.
drawn,1 carefully read the article Of
which you spoke, and found its state
ment of the understanding between Us
was substantially correct On the
18th, I caused 1t to be read TO four or
FIVE members of the Cabinet who
| were present at our conference On
! the 14th. and they concnrred 10 the
! general accuracy of the statement re-
specting our CONVERSATION on that oc-
! casiOn.Gg sllE IxA ..s "a .-.tsi.r Fna
sy" Inreplg to your communication,
/ l have deemed it proper, to preyen
/ further misunderstanding, 10 make
this simple recital of facts. M
Very respectfully yours,
l.gf..f. ANDREW JOHNSON.
Gen, U. S. GRANT, Commanding"
21g GRANT TO THE PRESIDENT.
(" H'DQUARTER u 8. ARsfYl
ntal WAsHISGroN, ID. &. Feb. 3, 1868.
{" His Excellency, Andrew johnson,
+ President of the United States.
~" SIR: / have the honor TO ae-
| knowledge the receipt of your com
municationAof the 31st ult.y ia answer
to mine Of the 28th ult d After a |
careful reading and comparison Of |
the article in the National sLiLelli- !
! qeaceEsOf the 10Th ult., with the arti- /
Gle over the initials j b. s.. in the I
i New York Z World of the 9th lnlt, |
kpurporting to be based upon your /
statement and that of the members |
of the Cabinet therein named, find !
it only to be but a reiteratinn. spme7
what more, in detail, of the many and /
gross misrepresentatiops contained IN
| these articles, aud Which my state
/ of the "a n u IT., was, Intended to cor
Ffeet, and hereih reassert the cor !
krectpess q Of my statements In that 1
+ letter. anything ia yeuIs replyto the 4
I Fcohtrary hbtwithstand ding. '2s1- ee| 4
7 b"I con ess my surprise that the Z
Cabfhet officers grelerf'ed Aolsh6ala 10 \
4 greatly niisapprehehd the, facts, intbe /
matter. .of admission Alleged 70, have
! been made BY me at the Cabihet meet 4
.ping Oh the 18th ult., as to suffer their
nalues to be made the basic Of the 4
/ charges Ii the newspaper articles re-
4 ferred to, or agree to the accuracy, 'as
you affirm they do, of your 9bero1h6 of
I what occurred at that meeting. itthi +
4 " You know that we parted 1pn the
4 11th ult., without any promise on lniy-l
Ppart, expressed or implied, that b
I would hold on to the office of Sec
4 retary Of War ud interim against ahe
action Of the Senate, orr declining
4 to do so, would surrender il 10 you
H before such action was had, or that
IT would see you again ae any fixed
time on the subject The perform
ance of the promises alleged to have
n been made BY me. would have ain@i
2 volyed a. resistance 1of the law, aud
Fl an ineonsistehcys with the whole hiss
4 tory of my connection with the sus-
Il pension of Mr. Stanton l9o1q Hal-
lP ni's From our conversation and my
written protest Of August j, 1867,
4 a~airist the removal Of Mr. Stanton,
4you must have known that ofAy great
4 est objection to his removal was the
lpfear thaf some one would be abpoint-
4 ed il his stead who would, by 6ppOsi-
a ton to the laws relating to the festo-
& ration of the Southern States TO theft
{ prbper relation TO the Government,
n erhbarrassi the army ih the perform
ance of the duties especial ly imposed
upon it by the laws, and that 1T was
to prevent such an appointment that
| accepted the appointment Of
Z Secretary of War at interim, and not
! for the purpose Of enabling you 10 get
+ rid Of Mr.. Stanton by withholding it.
"A from him in opposition tolaW, or, net
doing so myself, surrendeH TO one who,
as the statement and assumption
, lin your communication plainly lndl-
Gates, was sorght ;and it was to avoid
this danger as well as to relieve you
from the personal embarrassment IN
which Mr.. Stanton's reinstatement
would place you. that urged the ap-
pointment OF Governor D0x. believ-
ing Il would be agreeable to you, and
also TO Mr.. Stanton, satisfied as / was,
: that It was the good Of the country
, and not the office the latter desired
! = :. On the 18th ult., in the presence
/ of General Sherman, / stated