Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-06
GEN. GRANrON HANCOCK.

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-The Times
publrehts the following from Cincin-
uatl: The G4Z-,t, will priI to. NOR
row, a repnrt of an Interview between
ev G.. Il Fowler, D. D., and Gen.
Graz t, which gives some startling
points in connection with the inside
history of Hauc0ck's order No. 40
Grant talked freely tt Fowler anu
after the j, t9rview gave written con-
-ent t. ITS pubi'a ion under ceItn
re. ictlOus ae t the time the cOnversa-
10. ,ok place in Crafts library al
Ct rIeua on the 2l t Or SEPT mbe-
@peakiDg of Hancock, the EX Presi-
de- t salu:
Down t. 1864 be seemed like man
am mbitious to % his duty as an officer.
but in 1854 when Mcclellan was nom
tna.ed, Hancock received one vote,
aud tat gre y excit d and changed
him. he Was 90 delighted that he
-m' lei all over. It craZed him. Be-
| f.,r- rat we on well; after Iat he
would hardly ep1aK t. me-. was
VOrkIDg t, en4Orce 10 laws of COL
r ss AMI ne was WORKING for he pres
| ency. Perhaps he fought did not
praise him enough. But, anyway, he
nsrdly spoke me. 1t was on my nOm-
in, t ION he Was male acknowledgements
/" the regular army. When | was made
GeneTa!, S'al N t)ld me IL was
cOmplimeI tn me, aud tnt | could
nam. ,e men t, fill vacanc,es in le
Lieut. uaI G-uers'thip and Major
GeutralshIp, caused by my prom tiOn.
[ uOmin; d him for the Msj Of GeneT~
.ishlp III the regular army. He &C
know l-dx Ell it manfully. He was a
F.ir "a a or 81 VDo
neVer thougl Of for any great place.
When the army of the P t'mac was
hur ting for comm 4uder t took al
10 everybody. 1t even came over to
The west for ff1c-Is, but nobody ever
-ven suggested Hancock for the place.
After he received that Vt t, in 1864 he
mad the bee in his bOnue,, aud ship d
every thing t. gain democr, tic and
Iot teTn favor. He hss wal essed and
plaun,d and waited til at la t he has
r.caIved tie democratic uumInst on.
| 'Dnyou think, general, that his cele.
hra'td order M 40 represents the di
recfinn of his gym psthies ?'
well, [ w'l' give YOU le true inner
history Of order No 40. Congress
J was striving to prevent Andrew
Johnson fIom undoiDg the re-
cOns -uction laws Whenever
congress passed a law Johnson beI
his energies t. defeat t' enforcement
and would find prete8tI to dodge
around il. ThenEcoDgre,s would pass
an, ther t. hedge him up there, so it
went on III till congress had taken
from him all control of tbs generals
comm 4nding re seven dis t"icts of le
-0uth except the power tt remove
them and appoint t1ers in their placer.
These commanders could remove any
civil fficer of any grade, judge
or gV nor. When was made
genera, and they were determining
my powers and duties. They gave y
general, by accIteI t. l think, or with
out seeing all t involved, co-ordinsts
power " ith lhese district commanders,
and 1 was senior, t gave noe authority.
! General Sheridan was seLt t the de-
| pal neI of Louisiana, covering Lon;
siana and Texas. He is very shTt wd
aud very ablr. He kept his eyes op n,
learning rapidly men who were
net worthy II occupy their
places and discovering cOmpt t Il
and worthy men TO put in their places
The legislature of Louisiana passed. a
law authOriz ng the issue of 100000 of
leVee bonds, Ost-nsiby for the levee.
They conditioned their sale on their
bringing TO the stlte not less than so
per cent. of their face. The governor
and three comm issi0ners were to place
the bonds on the market, but they
soon found out that the bonds would
bring more than 40 per cent. To avoid
the law, they invented plan of Dor
rowing money and using the bonds
as cnllst4rsl. They could borrow
about "a or 35 per cent. of the face of
the bonds. Just at this juncture to
prevent these men from defrauding t 1e
state' General Sheridan took off the
neaus or the governor aud commits
stoneFs s" quick that they did not
knOw Wnat allied them, and appointed
good men In their places. For some
reason the removed men We're verv
anxious t. be reapLoiI ted. Thew EN-.
plOyed Beverly Jnh"son and another
lawy er 10 work r ,ens, agreeing to
pay t 'em $3.50 ii they were reap.
poiI It'd. This Is u great deal of money
for four men to pay for positions un~
less there is some special gain in the
case. Beverdy Johnson came t. me,
but was sn ipid and tt lbborn that
L could not be induced tt reappniL t
them. He weIt t. Andrew Johnson
and made his case. and Andrew John.
son sent for nae and asked me tt rein
sttt9 those men. I refused t. do so. y
de said "reinstate them even if it is
| only one day. [ will promise that
they will resign, though Johnson
might not know of the motive why