The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-13
IlEWlTT'S REPLY TO GRANT
MORE LIGHT ON THfT INTERpIEW
~ IHE HHTTE HOUSE.
What Prcsidrnt Grant said but Didn't Mean
The statement Of n Grnticmnn who.o
vrrnciiy has never been Quc-tionrd.


WASHINGTON. Dc. T.. Tho following ia
firnished by the Hon. Abram $. Hewitt, ad-
dressed to the Washington agent of the Asso-
ciated Trcss;
In ycst,r rday's papers | nnd a despatch from
lol recitiug u conversation with President
Grint IN r terence to tie unfortunate state OF
urairs in South Cirollni. and my Interview W tn
him iu reference thereto. So FAR as South Car
clini was concerned the President euj jIined no
confidence, bat expressly stated that ! W a a:
liberty to communicate his views to the pnblc
Ito did en- JOIN confidence in rcgatd to what he
saiu " Lou-ilua AFFAIR.", ana that conn1ence
have respected, although, US / have already
stated to him, believe the publication OF his
statements would do much to tranquiilize the
public mind
In regard to South Carolina tho President
stated that, In h 4 Judgment not less than sixty.
three me nhcrs, having ctfiinc ltgs fI0m the
Secret ~ Of state, wero eiiliOle to org nizo tho
House and transact business. A thls view nc
c"ru"d wtb INV own, and as no go ndencc was
en'inod, teieIraphed 1t In tno following Tan
guAgc.
4; q. H,si,a chrrmu. charbNou. $. C.
iI by the pr, sldcnt unu gctssr three uiCmbers
hnRAM :. HEWITT
My object IN sending this dcs 1atch WIS that
thnught 4 would tend To allaV the excl ement
g. = .uth Carolina, and prevent cOiiisi n be-
NV On the ucullc and the truous. ~ Whcu We
were vcrv npprehcnsivc. ON tne6 " D'cen-
TIER IeCrlNrd a rrpiv, witch induced me to
SEM tie following kilograms to the President
To ruR rars1tNr hive received a hsolc tcic-
grah from uMw. siaiing tlat the siNt,-fhnd mem.
has been sworn tO utH ~ u.e picsied over b, cnatr
iaerq -e.o vi H. iss a.. icd oy y''u'"'' soa
,"s rt1i.t ~, Sye ~ -, M de-
i%ina % lac ir"a9unccd .is iismcgt ana aecla tne
ecn.iti'e iousc ~ nepre,cntauvcs. and asi Massey
i.aprA t. p.ison.n spgaker VI Ia any respect An
/ 4 - - I
On the evening Il the same day senator
landolnh suggest that he aud ! should Can
ulou tn, President and ask htu wnrtuer un-
DER IN crcuu a ce-. hr c"u'i not sne hi,
waN clear To- oldrf the Withjrawal OF e United
Sidies no = it'm columbia hh recognize the
.i"use ~ heprcsentatiVes =" constituted wi'h
s. members. Ihe President grant Il Us an IN
t,nirw which began " my SAVING that had
-rut MN Two telcGr"ms from the H"usriu RI
cfence t. : uth Carolina fnrS. Inc l'rtsii,n mt
at once replied tnat lie had received them and
that very .ate on the cedlug evening he h "a
received telegram from Columbia swing th,t
| had informed parties there that
the LEGAL House. that body which should have
TX y tlrer meupers with certificates from the
secretary of state. Inc President replied that
hc mad not made any such stat ncnt; that he
did not beli We na said ne had zone So. aud
that. al any rate. 1t was not true.
Ircplicd that hal no sent any Telegram to
tnat elect; but hal sent one, "a nearly l
cond recoiect, - follows:
aur bic TO that the Precedent will not recoS.
ne -, ion hat does nos contain sixty three rn-
1ci, with ongnii .e'urcAi,s from tie returning
The President replied; " rh,t IL correct
did a. 80. ihat WIS my iriv 'tc opinion; nut
din not saw tnHt would rpcosniz. a House that
had rixtN-thrce memb RS"
Ireplied; That l. true, but think 1t l. Inn
Eiied, nj we have cane to ask YOU TO ut Bo."
the Pre- iOent replied tha'. as at present adj
vs-d. ne must decline to recognize the House
containing -lNty-three members, aud he did not
know tnat he would recognize the other Iious
that CnAmDerl In was Governor until some one
was regularly inaugutated In his place. and that
be should sustain hun. The President did not
say that uad violate. his conn Ience IN any par
ttcul r, but Ire -iiI IL would have been "A viola
ton OF his confidence n had sent the irle-
gram reported to MIN from OOlu nDia, to. send
m 81 ~hlrn A-siu de- led.
tneu reminded the President that ha had
means 4 testing the acclricy OF ny recolleo
/ tinus OF hts atements. brrause, in1itdia. ely
utter the interview on >uud y, had dictated
the sun-t No. OF the conversation. aud fur
nisheu htW with a copy, Whirn requested hlm
10 return To ne, Wit aty corrections he uls 4
cn 'use T. make; etther t. he puhlsNeu, II he
would cun-eut. or to hr retained for his IA ure
jus inchtlun Ia case. after the Of " lrtu ueA..
ni- intentions should Dr cilleu Ia question. lie
has not returned To- ne the copy 50 furnished,
. IN de any corlectl IA, therein, t. my know-
tdsc.
lnr President nd nothing TO me In regard to
my using any uf hi statements fuf the purpose
T urf-H.iuE the uafty Which Ir Une j rc,iuen)
ieircspu ed. nave never fcl aruod The Pes dcnt
OF tue TIM ed states a~ reufts"utiug anN p.r. y,
ani shall regret to see the Ire. iirnt kr INV
O.her position tam that u the o. Inorrd head of
thr ue pie Of these Cuted States, without re-
gard To- uHrtS. ADRIAN :. HEWITT
" AsnIAoToS, Dec. Il, loiG