The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-02-14
GRANT WRITES A LETTER AND
PROVES HIMSELF LIAR.

Is stripped from his face the better
The sooner his treacherous character
and the purpose of his treachery are
exposed, the more easy will be his over
throw. Hence, we shall not hesitate,
in speaking of him, to call things by
their tight names.
At Appomattox, in April, 1865, L. s.
Grant accepted the surrender of r. E.
Lee, upon the condition that so long
as the said Lee and his troops
should obey the laws, and conduct
themselves as peaceful citizens, they
should not be molested in person OF
property. To this Grant pledged not
only his own faith, but the honor OF
the army and of the Government. A
few months afterwards, thissame Grant
made a tour of the South and reported
to the President that the people of the
States which had been in rebellion,
were we'll disposed towards the Gov
ernment of the United States, desired
to be restored to their former relations
with that Government, and ought to
be represented in Congress. But
the Radical cabal at Washington
determined that Grants terms to Lee
should be violated, and Grants report
to the President treated as a falsehoOd.
They established an odious tyranny
over the very people to whom Grant,
at Appomattox, had pledged his
word and the faith of thearmy, that they
should not be molested in person and
property. AS a mass, those people had
faithfully obeyed the laws, nay, in Obe-
dience to othesuggestion of the President,
they had abolished slavery and repudi-
ated their war debt. No complaint
was made against them, as cOmmu-
nifty, for disobedience to the laws
Nevertheless, the Radical Congress en-
acted such laws as place their persons
in the hands ofa military despot and
subject their property to taxation for
the support of governments in
which they have no voice. Thus,
Grants terms to Lee and his soldiers
were trampled under foot. 1t WAS
natural to expect that Grant would
never become party to his own dis
grace, by Ginning in with the Radicals
in repudiating his own pledged word
and the plighted faith of the army.
For some time he preserved his integri-
ty, but at last he fell. The Presiden-
tial bait lured him into the Radical
dead-fall, and forgetting his principles
as citizen, his faith as a soldier and
his honor as a man, he put under his
feet the terms upon which he received
the sword of Lee at AppOmattOx.
But we anticipate. Confiding in the
patriotism and honor of Gen. Grant,
the President appointed him to place
in his Cabinet. AS our readers well
know, Edwin NJ. Stanton was suspend
ed from the War Office, and Grant ap-
pointed in his stead. Stanton refused
to go out until Grant demanded the
office, and, then, Stanton declared that
he yielded to superior force. Thus
Gen. Grant became one of the Presi-
dents official advisers, trusted men,
Der of his Cabinet. But the time came
when the U. S. Senate, which now as
sumes to appoint Cabinet officers, was
to act upon StantOn's suspension. The
President, aware that the Senate, for
partizan reasons, had determined to re-
store Stanton to the War Office, called
upon Gen. Grant to state what course
he intended to pursue in case the Sen
ate should attempt to re-instate Stan
ton, and the Genera! replied that he
WCu d either resign, SO that the Presi-
dent could appoint some one i'll his
stead, or hold on to the office and let
Stanton seek his remedy in the Courts;
a, to which course he would pursue, he
would inform the President at a certain
time which he specified. That certain
time came and passed, but Grant failed
TO see the President. The General,
however, hung up the key to the War
Office upon nail, where Stanton could
conveniently reach it, and sneaked out
of the Department without saying a
word about it to the President, his
commander-in-chiefa and superior. The
country was scandalized by the mean
ness of his treachery and even Radical
partizans condemned the duplicity and
faithlessneSs of Grant. The damage
done to the Generals reputation, be-
came apparent even 10 the supposed
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