New-York tribune., 1872-08-27
POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

8. j. BOWEN IN THE "Ao"' ~
CASE.
The Washington Capital publishes the follow
inc correspondence in the BowenGrant case 4:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY or TIIE UNITED sTarEs'{
W1sHISGroS, ID. G., Jan; 80, ,ss,, Issg, In.
DEAR SIR stia a y uSs yssterday In wch you Wish %
know what furniture would IKE 70 olspOS u Tinfrrview
t ,was AT liberty 10 regard the sale Of my hon5e -
Cancelled chose, and that you had an ea & y, se nm
less il Is to parties who talk now OF gh
present TO successor as or not I Do
not know but II II IL not would mucn Prele, ,o,t "a
the property have 70 making new Won "a
@ in the interview we mad the subject Of cancenng
the sale Of my house. and that you wan De Rus GaAsT
eonyenience by it. Yours truly, O'o' "AN"
8. ]. Bowen, esq, u,su,xorow Feb l. iseo
GEN. u g. GRASr-Dear s Ia reply 10 your ths h99 %
Saturday last, regret to be e0npeiisa niace he
tween "a al your residence, in regard 70 sno is
Of property SnoeEscod ON & 'GSS you to say
wished the matter TO remain open -, ioi understand
period as You %ixSa Raa lesate 50 renste you
in your present position as Genera accont dd YOU
o or desire TO retain the property and t vas on me .hs
basis OF this assumption alone tnat @ f,sIata %
as YOU supposed and not hearing rom you on @ oe SD M
ect believed that you expected ,e nroDort 20 y s @e
Indicated A.. , .s .ho ,oc4 ord b,dT
not believed that You and understood each other ana
that YOU as well "a l. considered the contract n force
nave made every arrangement 20 leave our present
residence early in March, and 1t will DO great neonve
nience and loss well as sorry disappointment 70 Us
If fail to get possession OF the premises purohaSeo
Regretting the necessity that npels me TO write TINS
1sIvaSt TSpain General most BOWEN
| HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED srATEs,l
WAsHNGToS, d. G., Feb. 3, 1852.
day was received and called this morning 70 see you
in regard to the contents Of it. As leave the ey So
| may not see you before my return, l write TINS
reply. certainly understood you tasS Soua with f
the contract 70 sell y,or my thntf hOse. would much
prefer not selling it, and intended TO do so but my days
and evenings have been so taken up that s,rn NJ
ture had in the house, how little IL wiz DC %Grsn
| to me hereafter and how little u VIII ,nis oIiins
ton to dicker about the price of such portion
as any one buying the house might want 70 tshs
| I concluded that 1 would much prefer Keeping
the house and renting IT, with the furniture TO selling
Since that gentlemen IN New-York, 10 Tno % oea sa
for the house in the first instance nave
buying with the furniture, to present 70 zen ne
In note received tney say On NV to them
for the house, and stated that felt as II uou t
sherman should have IT, ana @ Sne psSS saye me- great
annoyance to walk out without for what e efs
a IN sne PdsapSoIntmen and feel that you should not
suffer loss II any sustained by you, want 20 make
eyep When everything was az the highest cost about
So O exclusive of books and pictures u VIII pe ons gSs
bsya o do under an ordinary sale Hoping that this
wl be satisfactory 10 you, remain truly yours
Ps-1n view of what state herein win ask o IL for
accommodation and the acc @e from m the
contract referred in this letter. repeat pea tnat $oa
not only duty but pleasure " bear suce oss 7self
f s-,si fftS-4t U. s' GRANf'
The CAPITAL concludes its article with the following
extract from letter addressed by MI Bowen 10 the
President, and published in The Washington Transcript
1of,, Had bova xQh
was done April 1, 1862 the record shows, and SIX
weeks subsequent to the date OF your deed to sherman
of would be considered and no fayors bestowed on
any friend of mine till the contract was Cancelled.
GEN. EWING ON THE POLITICAL ISSUES.
THE RIGHTS OF THE NEGRO sECURED--RECoN-
sTRUCTION CoMPLETED-WENDELL PHILLIPS
THE SOUTH NOT REBELLIOUS.
The Liberal Republicans and Democrats OF
Belmont County, Ohio. held convention at st. Clairs-
VILE on the 22d instant and nominated county ticket
After concluding their abors they adjourned to the Fair
Grounds, where they were addressed by Gen. Thomas
Ewing The following are extracts from his speech:
Now all the measures proposed by of giving pro-
these freedmen have been accomplished Each
70 epe nc for Se nrotcction of That
100000 Of dependent people has been adopted ana mas
oy ae1nesced IN by the whole American people Of all
parties North and South There Is not to-day voting
negro may the right Of suffrage unmolested.
There is not now state In this Union the Exeeutye,
the rights OF the egroes under Fourteenth and FIJI
teeDth Amendments. Everywhere the people OF the
unanimous action OF all parties, that those amend
ments, having been enrolled and proclaimed at the
Capitol, entitled 10 as loyal. as cheerful, and
as thorough execution as any provisions OF the
Constitution. When they were adopted and mad become
recognized every department the National Govern
men of every State Government what other course
could the Democratic party take than 70 say Wui
execute them Just as faithfully as any other parts u tho
Constitution ih II know that party, the first anG high
NJ ria Dri Constitution Is
Judges executive officers citizens to whether this
be executed equally that which like and that which
do not like and IN accordance with that principle
the Democratic party have declared that these amend
ments being adopted, shall be faithfully and honestly
executed everywhere throughout the Republic, 50 lar
the power of that party can give them execution
(Applause.l
PEACE SHOULD FOLLOW RECONSTRUCTION.
This no new principle. We declared it in our plat.
form at Columbus last year. and it principle
them The year before, in 1870 every stump the
State OF Ohio Democratic speakers, OF whom one,
declared that the Secretaries of the proper number OF
States having certified raticaons by their States respeo
lively and Secretary OF State at Washington having
there1pon proclaimed the amendments to be part Of the
Constitution they must be executed as faithfully and
fully as all other parts OF It, These amendments being
ratified accepted, and recognized everywhere through
this country why must We have TINS wranglng be-
tween the North and SOuhl this division between
| white and blacki Why must we have this con
| tnued military occupation of every Southern
| State Why must the tires Of sectional and race
| hatred be famed as though they were the vital
san leaders including the Administration felt that II
the flames of sectional dseord were peltou 20 ue out,
ii the negroes were let OF their hands and suffered
10 go into one party the other they nj, they
would lose the control OF those Southern states There
fore they the false cry that reconstruction Is not
competed that there is yet safety for the negro;
that the Southern whites are st full OF reDeon anu Ol
they have maintained policies the South to suit
that view Hence this abandonment OF The Grant party
by those Republicans great In numbers and greater stu
lnuuonce,