The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-05
GRANT AND THE PRESIDENT.
The Question Of Veraoity.

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Washington (Jan. 27) Correspondence of the
New York Herald.
But, as another and more faithless person
has given publicity to what was forbidden
to use, it is now proper to repeat after him
that this manuscript record, which Secretary
Browning declares to be "a full record of
what" occurred at the executive mansion on
Tuesday, the 18th inst, includes the state
ment of not only the President and Secre-
tary Browning, but of Secretaries McCul-
Tough, Welles, and Postmaster General Ran
DIAL. All these gentlemen, the very highest
officials of the nation. unite in and are ready
to subscribe to-day to the following allega-
tons:
First-That Gen. Grant himself acknowl.
edged, in their united presence, the day after
he quilted the war department, that he had
promised on the previous Saturday either to
retain the Office, or to tender his resignation
in time to enable the President to appoint
his successor.
Second-That Gen. Grant admitted that
he had assured the President on Saturday
that he would see him on Monday, and fui-
FL the aforesaid promise.
Third-That Gen. Grant tried to excuse
himself for the non-fulhlment of these obi
legations By SAYING that he had been look
ing over the law; that he was very much en-
gagged with Gen. Sherman, and many little
matters" .s--
Fourh-That the President instantly re
minded Gen. Grant that the law had been
carefully discussed between them on Satur
day, when Gen. Grant made his promise;
and
Fiffh-That Gen. Grants other excuses
were much confused, and 'shad in them no
intelhgibiiity.
Gen. Grant is, in fact, described as having,
after these essays onTuesdav, the l4th, tried
TO explainaway his tergversation, and retired
from the apartment where Mr.. Johnson and
his ministers were sitting. in an embar-
raised and undigni6ed manner, which re-
vealed his keen appreciation of the strait III
which he had put himself. 1t is with a good
deal of reluctance that your correspondent
enforces the power of all this evidence by
adding that one cabinet officer is reported
to have branded the General as liar
and "sneak."
Your correspondent takes it that the
above is q perfectly impregnsble showing of
the first evasion, to use mild term, by Gen.
Grant. But there is now equally impreg-
nable evidence to show that the General of
the Union armies has since been guilty of
another evasion. | have said in a previous
dispatch, by official authority, that L cut.
Gen. Sherman and Gen. Grant subsequently
called upon President johnson and promised
that they would jointly 60 to Stanton and re-
quest him to resign.
They were to make this request last Mon
day, but, after that call on the President,
Gen. Sherman wrote letter to the Presi-
dent, advising him that, as Gen. Grant had
previously agreed to go to Richmond on
Monday, and as he (Sherman) had also
agreed to go to Annapolis, the visit to Stan
ton would be deferred until their return. Gen.
Sherman reiterated in this letter that this
was Gen. Grants own proposition, that the
General would advise Stanton to resign "for
the good of the service and the country,
that if the advice should be Intellectual some
''ulterior measures might have to be re.
sorted to-" and concluded by saying that "a,
this time there happily existed no necessity
for precipitation" Gen. Grant was also tt
have seen the President at once, after his
return from Richmond; but notwithstanding
all these promises, and the fact that he
reached Washington last Thursday, he has
not seen the President, nor is there anything
to prove that he has given Mr.. Stanton the
advice alluded to. He appears to have staid
away from both parties, and there is excel
lent reason to suppose at last that the Gen
eral of the armies. far more ductile in the
hands of politicians than it used to be
thought such military bulldog could be
has himself accepted advice from the over
bearing member from Illinois, who boasts O
being the Generals keeper, and that he nov
tarries until congress has decided upon ths
new reconstruction bill before venturine
another step in any direction.
Sooth to say, Gen. Grant does not dare to
open his mouth upon any subject and the
authorized denials that have been or may be
made to the statements IN regard to his tur
P'tude In this affair may be taken for abso
iuteiy naught, except what Washburne'
suappish phrases can be valued at.