The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-01-25
wHEE1 INC W VA SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 1868.
JOHNSON VS.. GRANT.


An OmciaI Report Of the Johnsen
Grant tAnair-statemeuts Of Cnbtne
Omcers M 10 Grants Conduet AM
Premises.
From the Worlds Correspondent
WASHINGTON, January22.
The question of ysracity that hal
been raised bet ween the President anC
General Grant in certain journals, com
pels your correspondent to make known
the following facts, which confirm hi!
original statementlto the Horld, anC
which not only the President himself
but four of the most prominent mem
bers of his Cabinet will positively Vouet
for.
Just after the formal meeting of th'
Cabinet on January IL, the article fren
the National Intelligencer of the 15ti
was read in presence of the Presiden
and the aforementioned members o
the Cabinet. The statements made IL
that article, which were substantially
those telegraphed after an interview
with Mr.. johnson by the correspondent
of the World, were agreed to by th'
President and all the Secretaries present
but the objection was made that the!
fell short of what actually occurred dur
ing the meeting of the Cabinet OF
Tuesday, the l4th instant. The frs
Secretary or member of the Cabine
present at the meeting on January 18th
referred to, observed that "Genera
Grant acknowledged that he" Genera
Grant, "had promised either to retair
the office or to tender his resignation il
time to enable the President to appoint
a successor. He" General Grant
"said his opinion at the time was, thai
the 'ins' must stay in until the 'outs
could get in by due course Of law"
N make a fun record of what occurred
here on Tuesday,
The Secretary said: "The Secretary
record, then, agrees with this newspa
per statement, excepting that it is more
full"
Whereupon the first Secretary said
eyes, it gives much more detailed &c
count of what occurred here. Speaking
of his withdrawal from the War De.
partment, Grant said that he bolted one
door of the Secretary's Office on the in
side, locked the other, and delivered
the key to the Adjutant General. Ht
did not profess to know what transpir'
cd afterwards"
aThs second Secretary then added: "It
is not at all surprising that he Grant.
did not recollect. He was evidently toe
much confused to remember much"
Then the third Secretary remarked
"He" (Grant) "said that the discussion
in the papers had caused him to look
over the law, and he had found trouble
in the second and first sections. He
to be subjected to imprisonment and
fine; when the President replied; why
| told you, General, that / would take
all the Imprisonment and pay all the
fines that might be imposed upon you.'
The first Secretary continued: "He'
(meaning Grant, admitted all, and
made stammering excuse that had in
it no intelligibility. He admitted that
when the interview terminated Satur.
day, he was to have seen the President
oil Monday upon the subject"
The second Secretary now observed
He" (Grant) admitted that if he
chaaged his views the President was to
be notified in season to enable the Pres
ident to put the Office in the same posi-.
tion as it was when he" Grant "was
appointed Secretary ad interim"
The Third Secretary then proceeded
to say: "The President said to General
Grant: y expected to see you Monday
Why did you not callr Grant replied
that he was too much occupied by Gen
eral Sherman and by many little mat
ters."
The second Secretary amended as fol
lows: 81 think he was engaged in the
preparations necessary to an abdicatior
of the War Office"
The fourth member of the Cabinet
present declared: "And the fact was de-
veloped that General Sherman was here
on Monday" .
The President now pertinently said
"On Saturday, when he (Grant) re
ferred to the Tenure-of- Office act, TOLD
him thatiI would take all the imprison
ment and pay all the fine that might bt
imposed upon him under its provisions
When he arose to leave the room, / re
peated the remark, for l wanted Il
know whether or not he intended II
hold on to the Office, designing to re
lieve him if it was his purpose to YIELD
lit"
The fourth member of the Cabine
went on to say to the President: "0I
Tuesday you told him that was the OBJ
ject of your conversation with him OF
Saturday.
The second Secretary spoke: "He'
(referrng to Grant) "did what expect
cd lie would do"
The fourth Cabinet member contin
ued after the Secretary. 81 did not sup
pose a man occupying his position
would so prevaricate."
Your correspondent deems it best Il
omit the stronger terms employed by
the speaker to denote his evident dis
gust at what he conceived to be the bat
faith of General Grant.
The third Secretary said: "My ide;
is that he supposed the Senate woult
act oa Saturday, and he intended {,
carry over the President until Monday
The Senate not having acted then, h
did not come to see the President oil
Monday, not wishing to see him unit
the whole thing had been consum
mated
The President finished the converse
tion: as follows: ~ desired to know
what he" General Grant) "would DO
and did not think that he could hav
so misunderstood the agreement"
Your correspondent, having communi
Gated, not merely in substance, but lit
orally, the dialogue upon this subjec
which took place at the White Hous
OH Friday last between the Chief Ex
ecutivo and his Cabinet advisers, ha
merely to observe, in conclusion, tha
the signatures of all whe rendered th
testimony would doubtless be affixed l.
it if it should be officially denied.
j. BIS.
A Few Slight Hints.