The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-25

Grant Acknowledgements of ahc p,se.
side ns and Cabines Onlcers an 10 the
Conduct and Promises or General
Grant. =
| WASHINGTON, January 22.-The cues
ton Of veracity that has been raised be-
tween President johnson and General
Grant in certain journals compels your
correspondent to make known the follow
ing facts, which confirm his original state
ment to the World, and which not only the
President himself, but four of the most
prominent members of his Cabinet will
positively vouch for:
Just after the formal meeting Of the Cab.
met on January II, the article from the
National Tnteuigencer Of the 10Th was read
in presence Of the President and the
| before mentioned members of the Cabinet.
The statements made in that article, which
| were substantially those telegraphed after
an interview with Mr.. Johnson by the cor
respondent Of tho World, were agreed to
| by tho President and all the Secretaries
present; but the objection was made that
! they fell short Of what actually occurred
during the meeting Of the Cabinet on Tues
lay the l4th instant. The first Secretary
Or member Of the Cabinet present at the
| meeting on January 18th, referred to, OBJ
| served that General Grant acknowledged
that he General Grant) had promised
I either to retain the office or to tender his
| resignation in time to enable the Presi-
lent to appoint successor. He General
| Grant, said his opinion at the tirae was,
that the ms must stay in until the 'outs'
| could get in by due course of law"
L r,,1 N &c hot Il
here on Tuesday,.
The second Secretary said: "The Sec
retary's record, then, agrees with this
newspaper 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 Depart
ment, Grant said that he bolted one door
of the Secretary's office on the inside,
locked the other, and delivered the key to
the Adiutant- General. He did not pro-
fess to know what transpired afterwards"
The second Secretary added: {" 1t is not
at all surprising that he (Grant) did not
recollect. He was evidently too much
confused to remember much"
Then the third Secretary remarked
I"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 Grant
remarked that he did not wish to be sub.
iected to imprisonment and fine; when
the President replied: sWhy, told you,
General, that / would take all the impri-
comment and pay all the fines that might
be imposed upon you"
The first Secretary continued: "Hc
(meaning Grant, admitted all, and made
stammering excuse that had in it no in
telligibility. He admitted that when the
interview terminated Saturday he was to
have seen the President on Monday upon
the subject"
The second Secretary now observed
"He (Grant) admitted that if he
changed his views the President was to be
notified in season to enable the President
TO put the office in the same position as it
was when he'' (Grant) twas appointed
Secretary I'D interim"
The third Secretary then proceeeed to
say "The President said to General
Grant: Il expected to sec you Monday
Why did you not call p Grant replied
that he was too much occupied by Gene.
raj Sherman and by many little Matters
The second Secretary amended as fol
lows: 81 think he was engaged in the
preparations necessary to an abdication OF
The War Office"
The fourth member Of the Cabinet pre-
sent declared: "And the fact was de-
veloped that General Sherman was here
on Monday"
The President now pertinently said
Son Saturday, when he (Grant) referred
10 the tenure-of-o office act, told him that
would take all the Imprisonment and pay
all the fine that might be imposed upor
him under its provisions. When he arose
to leave the room I repeated the remark
for wanted to know whether or not he in,
tended to hold on to the office, designing
TO relieve him if it was his purpose to
yield it."
The fourth member of the Cabinet wen
On to say to the President " On Tuesday
you told him that was the object'of your
conversation with him on Saturday"
The second Secretary spoke: " He IRE
ferring to Grant, did what expected he
would do.''
The fourth Cabinet member continued
after the Secretary: 81 did not suppose 6
man occupying his position would so pre-
varicate.''
Your correspondent deems it best te
omit the stronger terms employed by the
speaker to denote his evident disgust at
what he conceived to be the bad faith O
Grant.
The third Secretary said: 'sMy idea
is that he supposed that the Senate
would act on Saturday, and he in
tended to carry over the President unit
Monday. The Senate not having acteo
then, he did not come to see the Presiden
on Monday, not wishing to see him unit
the whole thing had been consummated.'
The President finished the converse.
ton as follows: 81 desired to know what
he General Grant) would do, and did not
think that he could have so misunderstood
the agreement"
Your correspondent having communi
Gated not merely in substance, but lite.
rally, the dialogue upon this subject which
took place at the White House on Friday
last between the Chief Executive and hi.
Cabinet advisers, has merely to observe
in conclusion, that the signatures of al
who rendered the testimony would doubt
less be affixed to it if it should be OH
cialIv denied. J. B. S.
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