Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-08-22
President Johnson and Gen. Grant.
tho FaIsehOOd and Double
dealing of Grant.

Mterim The question Of the power
OF the President to remove the Sccre-
tary Of War having been raised by
the Senate, President johnson desired
to have it settled by the Supreme
Court, and 50 informed Gen. Grant.
The Presidents plan was, in case the
Senate should not accept his reasons
for removing Stanton, that Grant
should still continue to hold the office,
and thus force Stanton or his friends
to apply to the court for a writ of
Cjectmcnt, or for such legal action rs
would bring the question Of the Presi-
dents authority in the case before it..
| Grant agreed to this But, as it sub
scqucntIy appeared, he was playing
false to the President, and was all the
time in conference with Stanton's
friends to Illustrate the Presidents plan
Of securing legal decision. As Grant
afterwards acknowledged in letter
to the President, he took the office to
pewcnt the appoiu,mepf of another
and not to get rid Of Secretary stan
ton; this was in violation Of Grants
promises which promises Grant fatty
denied, but which the President prof.
Cd by five Of his Cabinet officers,
Grant, as soon as the Senate acted,
suddenly surrendered TIE Office to Stan
ton, without notifying the President,
thus frustrating the Presidents plan
to oct the question before the courts
and also proving the false part Of
Grant in accepting the office from
President Johnson and promising
him that he would hold it or notify
him. 4 correspondence followed be
tween johnson and Grant.
The substance of this corespon-
dence is given in the papers for which
we have no room. We however
publish the conclusion of this matter.
briefly, in order that our readers and
others NAV know how much reliance
can be placed upon the word and
nromiSo Of President Grant In ronly
10 fine assertion Of Con Grant that ON
Saturday the nth. he (GranN called
upon the President and informed him
that he should yocate fine War De-
partmcnt the moment he should be
notified Of the action Of the Senate in
s1stainino Stanton. thc prosidont cold
his recollection was precisely fine rc-
verse Of that. and he said that in fine
presence of the cabinet, on the 18th
of JAN, the day after Grant gave up
the office to Stanton. he asked Grant
in Drcscacc of Me cabinet offccrS. if he
did not, shortly after taking the war
office agree to remain in that Office
and abide the decision of the judicial
proceedings or to rosicn IN timo to
Give fine President IN onnortnnty ,o
apoint another before fine Senate
should act? This said tbo President
Won, CGronN admitted And on tbo
nrcccdino Saturday tbo prosidont hod
osI,od Grant u,bo+ ho into,dod 10 Jo
and Grant yonIi, i thot he ,rou,1 oh;do
Inv tbo understanding Lotwoo, Than, .
and Grant also odr;ttod bi, in tho
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Bnt Gon Grant d;d rot COLL ,s
agreed, on Monday TIE yoc,tod tbo
office that dav, without NOTIFYING fine
President rs he had ,orood f. do md
in his LETTER Of .Juno 28tb. Con Grant
dccIorod that he mover m,do orv rro-