The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-02-17

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after ten days, if said conveyance be no
made within that time, or if this decree b,
not otherwise satisfied; and that neithe
party recover any costs of suit.
The Grant-Banks Sensation.
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SECRET cHAPTE1
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WAR"
Especial Dispatch to the N. Y. Herald
WASHINGTON, Jan. q.
"A correspondent of q New York morn
ing paper, whose communication was pub
!lshed yesterday in regard to the orders o.
banks to supersede Grant before the fall
OF Vlcksburg, is singularly misled in his
statements. The simple facts are these
The President, Secretary Stanton, Halleck
and Grant all agreed that the armies Of
Grant and Banks should be combined, the
more efficiently to operate against Vicks
burg and Port Hudson. Banks was the
senior officer. For that reason when the
armies were combined, the command would
necessarily have devolved upon Banks
On the I'd of April, 1863, Halleck tele.
graphed to Grant. What is most desir.
ed, and your attention is again called to
this object, is that your forces and those oil
Gen Banks shall be brought into co-opera.
ton as early as possible. If he cannot get
up to cooperate with you on Vicksburg,
cannot you get the troops down to help
him on Port Hudson p On the 18th OIL
May, after Grant had captured Grand Gull
and Port Gibson, Halleck telegraphed him
as follows Ifpossible, the forces of your.
self and Banks should be united between
Vicksburg and Port Hudson, so as to at.
tack these places separately with the com.
bned forces. The same thing has been
urged on Banks" On the 10Th of MAY
Grant telegraphed to Halleck, from Jack
son Miss, as follows al sent special
messenger to Banks, giving him the sub
stance of the information I had and asking
him to join me as soon as possible" This
message was sent on the 10th. On the
I'd of June Halleck telegraphed to Grant
as follows: " | have sent dispatch after dis
patch to Banks to join you. Why he does
not ! do not understand. His separate OPP
Grating on Port Hudson is in direct viola
ton of his instructions. If possible send
him this Dispatch On the same day
President Lincoln telegraphed to Grant as
follows: care You in communication
with General Banks? Is he coming to-
ward you or going further off? Is there,
or has there been, anything to hinder his
coming directly to you by water?" On
the 9Th of June Grant telegraphed to Pres
ident Lincoln /: I" 1 eend by mail letter
from Gen. Banks" This letter from Cen
eral Banks stated his reasons for not pro-
eeeding with his arLiy to combine it with
Grants army and assume the command to
which his rank entitled him. When Banks
demonstrated against the orders from
Washington and Grants own request that
he (Banks) should join him Grant, which
necessarily would give Banks the CON-
mand, unless there was express designa-
ton by the President to the contrary"
Grant sent a member Of his staff to urge
upon Banks to bring his army Gp the river.
Grant further instructed this officer to say
to Banks that he hoped no feeling of deli
cacy in regard to the matter of rank would
deter him that he, Grant, would cheerful
ly surrender the command. Both generals
acted nobly in the matter, Grant in sinking
all personal considerations for the suppos-
ed good of the service, and Banks in de-
Ginning to step in and take the fruit which
Grant had shaken until it was ready to fall.
You will see, therefore, that the cores
pondeut is grossly mistaken in supposing
that Gen. Grant has received any new light
on this subject within the past month. I
am assured by gentleman who was there
with Gen. Grant that it was well under
stood at Grants headquarters, not that
Banks was specially ordered to relieve
Grant, but to unite the two armies, which
would have resulted in his superseding
Grant, because b. (Banks) was the senior
officer. am further assured by the same
that there was no time during the
siege of Vicksburg when General Grant did
not possess the entire confidence and re-
ceive the earnest cooperation of the
President, the Secretary of War and the
chief Mr.. Dana, the Assistant
Secretary Of War, was with Grant, and
was fully advised of all his plans and ope-
rations during the entire siege of Vicks-
burg. He made full and frequent reports
to Stanton, and approved and applauded
Grants conduct. The fact that the matter
is not discussed in the text of Badeau's
book is probably because he was not aware
that Banks at that time ranked Grant, and
therefore did not appreciate the effect Of
the orders and kilograms which are publish
ed in the appendix to this book. Badeau
was not, till long afterward, member of
Grants staff, and had no personal knowl-
edge OF this most interesting period of
Grants history. Grants whole conduct
during this period displays the remarkable
fact that, in all his campaigns and in all
his reports, he never seemed to do any
thing for his own personal distinction.
He was ready to yield command on the eve
Of apparent victory to make the success Of
The cause more certain.
A SENATOR THAT HAS Cor RIcH-I
look across the street and See in front Of q
Senator's house the carriage of another
Senator. The pair of blooded horses cost
some thousand of dollars. The gilded har-
ness is in keeping. The close, handsome
shining coach is one of Brenton's best,
lined with silk velvet, and graced with the
choicest and thickest of plate glass. On
the coachman's seat sit two of Gods crea-
lures, called men; one bright mnlatto,
the other white man, and both in livery
They sit in solemn silence, under their gay
robe of furs and white gloves. Directly
the door of the house opens, and two la
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