The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-01
frs. paragraph may serve illustration OF General

Gated" - Il is now m AIDE pnoIic xe
Now what was omitted by General Badeau in the
above paragraph? What should take The place Of the
three stars? viii quote il In full-.rners Is no
reason doubt the veracny OF General Taylor, who
but those who knew the three persona said 10 have
had conference at the War Office when General Grant
tenant general will question the accuracy Of She
statement. 1t 10 now made public" &c
Can words add force TO the natural feeling
at such manifest base misrepresentationY And tho
guilty OF such trickery pretends 10 write his
Taylors statement were added after tho article
| prepared. Instead OF forming The text as SAID by
NO Connection WIN me how Of !. or
! with the main purpose Tor which It was written.
Mr. wess, however. while discrediting the assertion
General rylor describes argues withoa. Offering par
| General HaHeck.
ssrnere was, have no DOUBT, a conference at the
| time aud place mentioned between Generals Grant
personal knowiadge ana in my presence, General
Grant asked such conference oi the results have
no recollection, II ever knew them Ihey were un-
| quesionably preliminary 10 GRANTS assuming active
Mr. WeIlcs' "argumenl" and ..prooi'' of the moot
ing clearly stated-tnat 70 his personal knowl-
edge and IN his presence General Grant asked such a
plainly that there such conferences between tho
| officials named at that time. verifying Mr. Weles'
statement why atsmp. 70 ps ;,v ~, ~ , sor.
tary also deliberately asserted" that General Grant
was concerned with General Taylor in an endsavor 10
Mr. WeIiss' deliberate assertion is couchsd in the
| following terms:-
was not advised Of that attempt party toM; knew
nothing until after Its failure. but to quote the words
OF General Taylor this Information came to me wen s"'
Do these expressions make deliberate asser.
| tionP'' Styling them SO Is deliberate perversiop.
General Taylor 10 alive and to tho cor
rectness OF the attempt hnd my fathers iniorma-
tiol length but have not yet the perns-
sion OF his informant 10 publish tho details IL may
Ia nj a
General Granps recollection. General Badeau-Grant
contln ues-
else and never entered his mind until in 1857 Mr. John
ana repeatedly refused aequissce When the President
the
Finally sFssf 20 nd I'M the
he accepted position, Immediately I'D in person
his approval
hna . iS fea T''I the s
| gave stanton right to resume it.
General Grunt says General Taylor That he stalks
well aud talks great DEAL and, like men OF that Kind
often gets his blended with hclion." That hap
pens also TO who.t4k very little. General Grant
has COMPOUNDED his entrance mo Cabinet
rotary Of War interim with his departure from the
Cab,net Inc latter event probably impressed itself
| more iorciDly his mind on account OF some Pc
| culiar circumstances connected herewith. Fortu-
na,ely have the written data At nand 70 correct him
and give the history be desires. Truth 10 at
ali times to be desired, whether In recorded history
| or spoken word. copy from the memoranda written
! curately stated by Generals Grant Badeau. II
thereby other points concerning which General Grant
may feel some lendsrness are touched upon trust
| he Will remember this article has been rendered
necessary by the elaborate series of measurements
made by him in the artice OF The 9th ult.
EXTRACTS FROM MR. wELLEs DIARY
"ls67--Aueust H. sonday.-saw the President this
pleasant social and friendly intercourse. They mad
come TO a mutual understanding. The President
s,aa.,al adherence between them Grant replied there
was not except that he had not last ail copcurred IN
rs % tsa saa
ton leave The War Department. and he desired
him. ad Interim TO discharge Toe duties. Grant SAID
If stantons removal was decided upon he bad notn-
ing further say on that point Asregarded HIM.
self, he always obeyed orders. de seemed pleased
with the proposed arrangement and withdrew.
.1s67-Monday, August 12-rhe President showed
the letters which ne had prepared to stanton and
L. Later in the day-"the President handed me Stan
toms letter. He is furious, blusterins denying the
Presidents authority TO act without the consent Of
the Senate; but as General Grant had accepted he
withdrew with protest
tended the CABINET mesnng. : / can perceive
that all aispleased with his new POSI-
tom on the contrary, there selI-satsiaclion very
obvious stanton disappointed in him."
Aluaing to the newspaper statements widely pub.
Secretary OF War il The Senate declined to assent
The removal OF Nj. stanton, ned the lolowing:-
.lse7-Thursday. October 10. Advised most ua
not already, have frank and unreserved conversa-
ton with giant The time. assured Nun, had az,
decisive attention. There could be improperly,
but It was u matter OF duty on his part 20 nave
and especially with his Secretary OF War and Genera
D-Chief; that l knew not how freely ne nad COM
municaled with Grant, but thought q. loved ofhce
was pleased with his poshon-was gratihcd with
confidence and attention. > The President
listened attentvely received my suggestions kindly,
thanked me Tor them and assured would have
AN interview with Grant tomorrow II possible, though
"i9th saturday Tue President informs me that no
called on General Grant IN pursuance OF my advice dc
wont the War Department last Saturday. woek TO.
day, and consulted IN friendly way with General
Grant; told Grant he could not be ignorant Of The
schemes and threats that we're made, ana must be
aw that u his (the Presidcnps duty 10 DO pre-
pared 10 vindicate the rights Of the Executive and
maintain constitution and resist innovations and
usurpaiions. He says Grant met him frankly;
seemed 10 appreciate luly the question OBJECT
OF mis- inquiry: he should expect 70 obey orders;
that should he (Gran change his mind he would ad-
wise the President season. that lie might have time
TO make arrangements U1der these declarations the
President thought he might RELY on General Grant.
He could, alter this avowa, press the point fur
Their la this, ! think, he was correct. Grant Will
faith. SO said 10 the President ana Expressed my
qualification that the interchange OF views had taken
place.
on saturday unwilling to believe that Grant
false and decs,viny MIN.
tended Caoinet meeting to-day but stated II was
by special request OF the President The Senate had
notified him evening that the reasons for suspend
ing Mr.. stanton we're ullcent, ana he mad, tuere
fore, gone early TO the War Department. locked the
and gwen the KEYS to tue A0JutAut GENERAL
subseq uentiy no had sent General Copstock 70 the
President with letter aud copy OF the uton Of
the senate, aud had received request through Gen.
erai c., when he returned, ~ be present TO-
day, aud had, therefore, come over, though he was
now at tho headquarters and considered himself re-
Itevcd OF the duties oil Secretary Tho Pres
deut asked " this proceeding concerned 10 their
previous understanding, &c General Grant, without
nswering directly, said ho had promised some time
ago that would give the President notice before
ng the Office, bat that he had not then ex
aIrin.d closcy the second aud NTH sections oil tue
Tenure of ONCE bill. lie aus not Wiling to suier
nve years Imprisonment and TO pay $40 900 nne, but
preferred give up tue olce. Inc President asked
why when had these sections and come TO
the conclusion to leave, he had not informed him, as
agreed, and remarked That ne would undergo
the whole imprisonment and hue himself
which might be ad1udgcd against General Grant,
and said he TOLD Grant ON saturday
he spoke oil apprehensous. Inc General
ne not aware OF the penalties IN the
| Tenure OF Office Till until he saw the discussion
In te papers; not know OF them whom he had MS
FIRST als win the President ana ne came over on sat
urday expressly TO take UP THIS subjects nad spoken OF