Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-07-18
Helena, Montana, Thursday, July 18, 1873.
GENERAL GRANT.
The Inevitable Olive Logan Captures
Ulysses in Paris and Makes him Talk
to her.WhaU ne Said.

lOive Logan's Letter to the Cincinnati InquirerI
General said l, ''your interview with
the .HeraId correspondent, and the letter ad.
dressed to the editor of the Herald by Gen.
| Badeau, concerning the assertions made by
the late Gideon Welles and General Taylor
regarding your campaign in Virginia, are ex-
citing universal comment"
''Those assertions" replied General Grant,
''are an insult to the living and dead To in.
| innate that 1, in any way. at any time. ever
cast the slightest breath of reproach on Mr.
Lincoln is preposterous.'
''Mr. Lincoln's judgment of your military
| abilities, General, stands on record before
humanity, and nothing could be more fatter-
ing"
''And my sentiments of respect for Mr..
Lincolns judgment have been frequently,
constantly expressed. am glad of this op-
portunity to again deny the assertion made
by Gen. Taylor. MIR. Lincoln was in no way
responsible for my campaign in Virginia. |
fought Lee according to my own plans and
ideas, according to my best Judgment
''And the final result proved that yours was
pretty good judgment, General"
''Gen. Badeau's letter" said Grant, ''fais
to cover this point our losses, instead of
being 100,0 900 men, as Gen. Taylor asserts,
were not half that number. Forty thousand
will cover the whole of our loss"
"Why did not Gen. Badeau mention this,
General?"
'P7obably because he intends to give fig.
ures of the most extreme accuracy in his
forthcoming book. There our exact losses
and the truthful history of the whole of the
Virginia campaign will be given"
"You read Gen. Badeau's letter before it
was sent for publication, did you not?'
''Yes In fact, he wrote the letter under
my dictation, though the wording of it is
bls."
81 think, General" l ventured to remark,
''that the country is pretty well satisfied with
what you did during the war Of the rebellion,
and | believe if the people at large could be
consulted there would be 3 sentiment mani
tested to express the national gratitude in
some tangible shape"
Il am entirely satisfied with what the
country has already done fer me-" replied
the General warmly. Everybody has treat
cd me with the greatest kindness, both at
home and abroad"
''How do you like Paris, General:'
''Very much. indeed. Still, am getting
tired of remaining. Iwant 70 go off and
travel again, and see other countries.
'Where do you go next p
1--WE leave on Friday for Brussels; after
leaving Belgium we 60 to Holland, and
thence to Sweedan, Norway and to other
parts of Europe which have not yet visited,
and next summer We return home"
''Just in time for your friends to nominate
you for the presidency again-that much
talked of third term, eh, General?"
''Oh, no" he replied, laughing. If there
were no other obstacle in the way, there is
this very great one-I am thoroughly tired of
public life
"What do you think of the relative merits
of the Paris exposition and our own Centen-
nial ?"
''Our buildings were finer; of course the
artistic exhibit here is grander than it was in
Philadelphia"
"Do you think we Americans make d good
showing here?'
every good indeed, considering the short
time we had. OF course our exhibits are of
a practical character, and think in that re-
gard we are pretty sure to win attention"
''Some one was saying the other day that
the impression was you were going to settle
in Philadelphia after your return to Amer
ica"
Il have not yet decided where ! shall make
my home,'' replied the General, ''but proba-
bly, in Washington. l have lived in Wash
ington so long that now feel more at home
there than anywhere else.''