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6 WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 The President to.
day translAitted his reply to Grants letter Of
the3d aRstant, enclosing the statements of Ave
members of the Cabinet, who were present on
the occasion OF Grants conversation with the
President, JAM ! 14thg The Presidents letter
is quite long and pretty bitter against Grant.
1t says Grant admits that from the time he &c.
cepted the War Office ad interim, he intended
to circnlnvent the President It was to carry
out that intent that'he accepted the appoint
ment, and not in obedience to the order Of his
superior, as has heretofore been supposed. The
President says, at the time you assumed the
duties of the Office, you knew it was the Pres.
ldents purpose to prevent Mr.. Stanton from
resumiag ofice as Secretary of War, and you
intended to defeat that purpose. You accept
ed office, not in the interest of the President,
but OF Stanton. IL this purpose, SO entertain
ed by you, had been conforined to YOURSELF
If when accepting Office you had done so with
a mental reservation to Illustrate the President.
itwould have been deception. In the ethics
OF some persons such a course is allowable, but
yea cannot stand even upon that questionable
ground. History, your connection with this
transaction, us written by yourself, places you
in q. different predicament, and shows that YOU
net only concealed your design from the Prcsi.
dent, but induced him to suppose you would
carry oat his purpose to keep Mr. Stanton out
of Office by retaining it Yourself after an at
tempt Mt restoration by the Senate, and so re-
qulre Mr.. Stanton to establish his right by ju-
dicial decision. The President proceeds to
quote Grants language, admitting that he
agreed to hold on 10 the Office until the courts
adjudlcated the matter, or surrender il to the
President before Stanton was reinstated. He
says, at the date of this conversation. YOU did
not intend to hold Office with the. purpose OF
forcing Stanton inte Court, but did hold it then,
and had accepted it, To prerent that course.
In other words, you said 10 the President,
his is the proper course" and suia to Fs,lr.
self. " have accepted this office and new hold
1t to defeat this course" The President gees
on TO animadrert upon Grants direct refusal
TO obey an order directing him rot to recog-
nize orders issued By Stanton, aud quotes
StantoG's letter of the 4th inst, admitting that
he had received no orders from the President,
ner held any connuncation' with the Execu-
tive. He adds= q II thus seems that Mr.. STAN
ton now discharges the duties of the War De-
partment without any reference TO the Presi-
dent, and without using bis name. My order
to you had only rsierence to the orders assun,-
ed to be issued By The President. The Pesi-
dent orders you pst to esey orders supporting
TO be made by the direction of the President,
until you have referred ts him for approval.
Ycn reply. you have received the Presidents
order, and will not obey it, but viii obey an
order purporting TO be given by bis direction,
if it comes from the War Department You
viii ebey no direct order Of the President, but
you will obey his indirect order IL, ns yoa
say. there has been practice in the War BE-
partment, 10 issue orders in the name Of the
President without his direction, does not the
precise order you have requested and received
change the practice r. The President con-
cludes by reproaching Grant for insubordina-
ton. Letters ARE appended from the Secreta-
.ries of State, Of the Interior OF the Navy, and
the Treasury, and the Postmaster General,
sustaining the Presidents statement OF the
conversation with Grant in the Cabinet meet
ing on January i4th. .asls.e lr.eeh
GraBf's reply .ts the President is brief aud
relates only TO tho charge Of characterization
in refusing ts'disobey ordersissued by Stanton.
He said he did not propose to disobey any legal
order OF tho President, and only gave an inter-
probation to what he would regard as satisfac-
tory evidence OF the Presidents sanction to
orders from the Secretary Of War =
The Senate rejected the nominations of
Bishop for Commissioner Of Patents, and Les
lie Coombs for Marshal Of Kentucky. aa3'p~
/ Sherman 'intraaaced q bill declaring that
Alabama had adopted the constitution by u
majority of tbase SotiHgs also declaring the
State entitled to be restored to the right Of
representation in Congress .aa..aI 4sf III
Conprss introduced a bin to grant land in
aid of the railroad from Vallejo to Hum-
boldt in California. It was referred. s. s.,gst
Morrill, called nm the resolution en0uirinp
into the forcible election of coIored employee
of the Senate from the cara vf Tho Alexandria
and Georgetown railroad N.'.'" ~ ..I
+ Tn the course Of the debate Conness urged
the, immediate consideration of the rights Of
american citizens abroad, and complained OF
the delay of the CammitteeDn Foreign Affairs
in acting on his resolutions introduced aast
month. "a. s,.s .,e}Re..t.l al5lap 4uI
Sumner said the Committee was giving itl,e
subject their careful, and constant attention,
and their action would be soon knewn., The
resolution passed. ..,,.s
Nates fayy notice ne woJld c1l up tic bin
for che namissioh Of Colorad0 at ah early d0y.
In the Hodse the bin concerning the rights
of Amenican citizens came up. Banks moved
the previous sqnestions1 The Hguse refused TO
sustain the demand. ~
Jenckss offered san amendment declaring
the right of ,expatriation and naturalization 10
be part of the public law Of the United States;
and directing the President to insist upon the
recognitio,r sof, such rights by other govern
NESTS. bA1Huniber Of other amendments were
ofaretkeia in Eas1Ed 4 80 5a*fNxAa IA t0 -
iIhc Presidents Accommodation q was refers
rad t0l the. Reconstruction Committee aud
Grants letter to the Committee onlCOrrws.
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