The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-06
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Nhsn ;issssr, To klhsh1 ~ sessae lleery
Of Andrew Johnson's administration is.vrit-
ten. from authentic data, the Booth>Made
President il certsin Of distinction above II
his predecessors for Incompatible yiciousssss
and depravity. At present the curtain IS oc-
cas;osally drawn ssids and " - sAssgh to
disgust this generation. TIE cosrespondeses
Just published between General Grant and
His Accidency with regard to the War Ofice,
is highly interesting. The question Of versci-
ty between the two il distinctly made. Gen.
Grant makes his statement clearly, distinctly.
positively. Nj. Johnson afarna thaA Gen.
Graas said be would either resign the War
Ofsee in tims tor johnson Is appoint sue
csssor, or that b would hold the once
against Mr.. Stanton until The right Of occu>
pancy could be decided 81 the courts. Gen.
Grant uneqnivocsiiy denies thst be ever pro.
missed one thing on The other. johnson reit>
era.es his statement Yss beit semsshessd
that Just the other day, President johnson, in
tho presence Of General Grant md Lieuten-
ant General Sherman, positively disclained
any knosledss of, or responsibility fos, the
charges published by Washington corrsspon-
dents Of copperhead papers, to the effect
that General Grant had violated solemn
promise made 70 the Presidentin connection
with the Stanton War Office imbroelio. Ths
President denied that General Grant ever
made any such promise TO him.
.Aadrss johnson, the traitor 70 his PROBES
sions ana bis party, the violstor Of his solemn
pledges, psovsn faiae and ansrnshfnl in :
thousand instances, isn't the man 10 impeach
the integrity and veracity Of Gnnt-he cannot
convince ths people that il Is Grant that i
guilty Of faIsshood in this case-the false.
hoods are too clearly Andrew Johnson's.
Mr. Johnson's hostility to General Grant
is shown in this paragraph:
Could l have anticipated your act
ion, | would have been compelled to
ask of you, - | was compelled TO
Department letter Of resignation, OF TO re-
sort to moro disasresabls expedien, sus-
pending you BY the appointment of > sue
eessor.
Bat sthst wss not it. Mr.. johnson hored to
make tool of General Grant but he didn't
dare TO remove him. General Grant shows
3 clear apprehension Of Mr.. Johnson's per.
idioss purposes, and hs nys:
Mr.. President, when ny honor as older and
integrity - man. hAs been 20 violently 49,
sailed, pardon me for saying can but regard
this NAole matter from beginning TO end ~
an attempt to involve me 10 resistaice Of law
for which yon'hesisatedto assume the respon-
eibility, in order to destroy my character be-
fore the conntry. an IL ! measure con
hrmed in this conclusion by your recent or
ders directing me TO disobey orders from the
Secretary OF War. my superior and yonr sub
ordinate, without having ccuntermAnded the
authority am to disohey.
IS There u the express statement d Gsn9al
Grant nov, TOT fact which We never doaAt-
ed, and that is that Grant took the War or.
fce in order to prevent the Congressional
Reconstruction policy from bGng |hindered.
Grant says to Mr.. Johssos
from our conversation and my writ
ten protes, of August LIST. 1857,
against the removal Of Mr. Stanton,
you must have known my greatest OBJ
lection TO his removal was the fear that some
one would be appointed ID AiG stead 0ho
would, BY opposition to the laws relating 10
the restoration Of the Southern States to
their proper relation TO the Government,
emtmrrass the army in the performahce ofths
duties especially imposed upon Il BY law;
and that it was to prevent such appointment
that accepted HE appossemeut ofiSecretary
of War nd interim ard MT FIR fhe rnrv,,nn
Of enabling you to get rid Of Nc. Stanton. y
This correspondence il another chapter ia
the history Of the per6dy aid infamy Of An.
drew Johnson-and il furnishes cumulative
proof d the conatancy, faishfulness aad 10y.
Atty Of General Grant. =
REvERDT JOHNSON In opening his reply 10
Senator Nartnnia eneech ~ r~en..4rassso.,