Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28
EA-President q rant speaks.

The New York He aid prints very in
teresting interview WI tn General Grant, at
Edinburgh, in which be ex-President talked
very freely about hist orian Motley, Charles
Sumner and Carl :'churz. Ex-President
Grant is human, ans he evidently has not
forgotten the bitter assaults made uoop
him by the Massact lusetts Senator ar the
Civil Service Refor mer. Of Mr.. Motley,
he said
Mr.. Motley was certainly very able,
very honest gentleman, fit to he i'd anJ official
position. MIR. Summer asked me to appoint
Mr.. Motley as Minister to tie Court Of St.
James. told him | would and did. Soon
after, MIR Sumner made + lat violent speech
about the Alabama clair MS and the British
Government was gre atty offended. Mr..
Sumner was at the time Chairman OF the
Committee on Fore IN Affairs Mr.. Motley
had to be INSTRUCT ed. The instructions were |
prepared very c,refully, and after Gov. Fish |
and had gon's over them for the last time, |
wrote an addcndum charging him that
above all .ningS he should handle the subject |
OF the Alabama claims with the greatest |
delieacy. Mr.. Motley, instead of obeying hi
explicit inst tuctions. deliberately fell in J
with Mr.. Sumner and thus added iDs .'n'
! previous njury As soon As hear d.. u
went OVER TO the State Departing ", IA
Gov. F ssh to dismiss Mr.. Mott II anu 'o'I
was very angry indeed, a. y a. on't 80
sOrr many tiTIe since al nov -.
t, nv first de.erminatic nat did not sticS !,
I, delay becacse of NJ IN. MT: risn auNi'eu
the Senate and b i. sumner posi'ou =.
question. We ; atttuue oh ."'
again just tt did not want 70 sur mn "
sesere Ger en-. We deSpa'cneu ho'o y,
ordered sure to Mr.. Motley al ONE anu
hectic aim to abstain from any iui.nei eon,
cor a with that question. we tneIeupon
.menced negotiations Win tue ~ y. a
-Iinister at washington anu 'ie -.
the Joint High Commission anu 'no IL" 10
4. award. | supposed MI Mo'lev Noulu Il
manly enough to resign a,'ef '"'' '"10
+ but he kept on till removed.
D. Mr.. Sumner fares hardest a. General
J. c.,, bands II 10 CHARGED by the ex-
At .,.o,.d b;s duties as
President tnat nc nes'e'N
III Chairman OF the Connh'''ee U"
d Relations in the Senate, that he was de-
. - ,,t.r,ion 10 routine, that be
- nciel' !" "
| ft7NS' -0 =,
IT been promptly reported to the Senate anu
1t ,b,, be was very careless-General Grant,
IF e.. .;,o,, him % have been will
IN iac'' cons'ue'' '''1
. fully untruthfui-in some Oh MS s'a'e
/ Gen. Grant said
l. Ceo-,. William Curtis called on me to
# -oouest an behalf of number of infuen-
II .;ai PennbI;cans the reinstatement of Mr.
II S,,mnor os Chairman of the Committee on
!, Farc;sn Afsirs told him if should 60
Il - ,hs Senate and dictate the organization
If tho commi,tee. I would be apt to hear
!, sono,b;n, abont the fellow who made a
c,r,,,,o Ly m;nd;pr his own business.
naro him d;-t;nctlv To understand that |
h IA 80, n,onose IN interfere in the matter.
!. ere, bv ,dyice 10 personal friends among the
Son,toys and that 7 thought Mr.. Sumner
= bad not dona his dirty as Chairman of the
e C,m,n;,,.e bccause he had hampered the
IS business Of tho STATE DEPARTMENT by pigeon
If bol;n, treaties far months Mr.. Curtis said
,ba, ,,,s imnossible for Mr.. Sumner had
'' o,Ir sbo-, ,ime before told him that his
V Sn,,ossor uorH find a clean docket. told
d NJ Cnr,;s that nronosed to prove to him
- ,ba, his friend Mr. Sumner had not told
him rho facts and that he made these state
1t ments knowing them TO be falsehoods. Mr.
:. Cnr,;s was amazed at nv offer, bat | as