The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-16
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An Interview With the President.

New YORK, Aug. 10.
The New York Herald this morning
publishes an interview with Pfc5idelt
Grant, in which he explains his relations
with Bristow and Wilson. He said there
were many misrepresentation made in
connection with the official communication
between himself and ex-Secretary Bristow
and ex-Solicitor Wilson. As an illustra-
ton of this, he rever asked for the resigna-
ton of the former, but three several times
when he voluntarily proposed to resign
and was urgently anxious to do 30, he
(Grant) prevailed upon him to stay in office.
Once Bristow insisted upon the acceptance
of his resignation, because he said he could
not undergo the ordeal of experimenting
another discharge or cutting down of treas
ury employees. Again, for the third time,
Bristow rendered it, and the date of its
June 20, because, he said, that was his
forty-fourth birthday, and he would be glad
to close his official life upon that day.
On the second occasion the presi-
dent prevailed upon Bri,tow to remain
because a new order of things in the
treasury department was about to take
place with the substitution OF SILL
yer for fractional currency, and he
thought 1t would need the supervision of
Bristow. So far as anything la1 BE- en- eli
cited in the congressional Gamma ion bear-
ing on himself or attaches heretofore Of the
white house, the president wa3 was willing
to leave the whole matter to TIE judgment
OF the country, from testimony given by
ex-Solicitor Wil,on before the congressional
examining committee. In relation to tlat
of Wilson's testimony which charged Gems.
Babcock and Porter with being concerned
in the black FriGay speculation, the presi-
dent said he once put lot Of papers rolled
up for moment in private drawer of bis
desk, and subsequently, took them out,
banding them to his son, who was acting as
his private secretary, for exanir a'ion. The
papers he found, when reported upon by U.
s. Grant, jr., did not show any connection
whatever of Gen. Babcock with the black
Friday affair at the time stated, because
they could not, as he was then in San Do
mingo, and as for Gen. Porter's connection
with the back Friday scandal, he could not
find that he had ever bought dollars
worth of gold in his life. But he hal pur-
chased one or two small pieces of property
on Washington Heights, New York city,
through or in connection with Gen. But
terrified, which, from all he could learn, was
perfectly honorable and straightforward
transaction. When these many and fire.
quent reports were made about those bear
ing near, intimate official relation TO him
it was natural he should accept them with
great caution and suspicion, but he always
signified In the most distinct and emphatic
manner, as he did in the letter Endorsement
of "Let no guilty man escape"
which Wilson was endeavoring to
abstract with other papers from the
treasury department that he did not
desire that any persons, no matter how
high the officials might be, even if they
were his own inmates, should enjoy immu-
nifty from responsibility, or escape punish
ment for wrong doing, If proved upon
them. AT first, when hints were made to
him, he was led to believe that they meant
Casey and others. He was told by those
attacking Gems. Babcock ard Porter, that
facts would be given by Gen. George H.
Sharpe, surveyor of the poIt of New York,
and those papers examined by young Grant
were lett by him. But at no time did the
president stand in the way, or intimate
anything but lis strongest desire to have
full, earnest, honest examination and pro-
secutlon Of any wrong doing among Lis
friends. AS for Bristow, the president adj
ded; Notwithstanding the doubts and
expostulstions of my friends, l always re-
garded him with the fullest confidence,
good will and respect, but my friends
laughed at me when gave it finally as my
opinion, from the facts and informs ton
brought to my knowledge by peraons whom
though reliable, that there was a C lnspira-
cy on foot in which he took part in rela-
ton to the presidential candldscy, and |
regrt that the conclusion is forced upon
me now that there was more than seeming
truth in the supposi'ion."