The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-07
GRANT ON HANCOCK.
HE CoRRECTs THE MISTAKES MADE.
Though I'm Most Respects.he Says the
Interview with Dr. Fowler Is Cor
rect-General Hancock Heard
from in Regard TO the Harsh
and Truthless GRrrul.
ity OF Grant.

respect to the interview published yesterday
morning, in which Grant says; "Though ii
is in most respects correct, it contains also
many mistakes, and makes me say things
in way not intended, and uses some Ian
guago that l did not employ"
In answer to the Question-wherein is the
statement OF Fowler incorrect, General
Grant said at is inaccurate in many res
poets" He quotes tho paragraph beginning,
down to 1864" sent yesterday. II said
substantially, that up to 1864 / did not sup
pose Hancock had thought of s. ncy,
but AT the Democratic convention of thst
year he got II vote, not 'one vote, us DR..
Fowler has it, which makes me imply that
lie got the support of but one, and from that
time he bad persstently had bee in his
bonnet When | met him afterwards his
smile was SO broad that you could almost Q
it when his back was turned do not mean
that | said he thought did not praise him
enough, though possibly that may be the
fact. Hancock is a man who likes 10 hear
himself praised. and sometimes complained
that he was not complmented highly
enough" He also sad "Dr. Fowler does
not take hold of the points about
Order No, 40 correctly. BY tho various recon.
structlon acts congress, for consistency's
sake, lsuppose, stripped mo of all authority
over district commanders in their civil duties,
except in the matter OF appointment and re-
moval Of civil officers in the reconstructed d
states. AS l was the iior, my authority
was superior to Others. ijr. Fowler quotes
me as saying that the Louisiana legislature
passed laws authorizing $1,000, 900 of levee
bonds. This | may have said, but il | did it
was mistake, the amount being $4,000, 600.
In regard also TO the statement til tho
Louisiana commissioners agreed to pay Row
erdy johnson and another lawyer $3.50 600,
| stated that under,tood such TO be the fact,
but did not know within my own personal
knowledge that II was true. The next para
graph of the report is wide of the mark.
am made to say "lle president Johnson),
called Hancock to Washington to instruct
him iu The defeat of the laws Of congress"
Of c,urio do not know why johnson called
Hancock. | could only surmise. / know
Hancock came. A mistake also occurs in
the following paragraph, wherein | am made
10 say, He (tlanuock), went south ana remoy.
| ed the government commissioners that Gen
eral Sheridan h9d appointed" | instantly
Photographed him not to appoint to any office
Gny man who mad been remOved and to give
his reasons by mail for removing the men.
! When Hancock went south published an
o. der prohibiting him from appointing any
body 70 office who had been removed by his
pre- 1ecessor. This, | suppose, he did not
like; but my object was to prevent the posi-
bility of men beng put in places who had
arranged for the negotiation of those bonds
for one hour had intended to tell Han.
cock about it MS | did johnson, but seeing
during my interview with him, that he WIS
not disposed IN listen to my advice, did not
tell him. After he had been down south for
sometime no made pretty clean sweep of
the officers who had been appointed bv
Sheridan. then telegraphod him to suspend
his orders of removal aud report to me by
mail. There was an order existing, II / re.
member Alright, prohibiting the use Of the
telegraph when the mails could bo employed.
He replied in very long dispatch,
costing, if | remember, about $3.50. | Ia.
formed him that was not satisfied but if he
had any further reasons to communicate TO
do so my mail. He again replied by tele-
graph, but gave nothing new and said simply
that his usefulness would be destroyed il he
was not left free, and that unless he was left
free he would ask to be relieved. / ordered
him to revoke his order making the removals
and to make no more. He then asked to be
relieved and | relieved him. always re-
garded his mere declaration in Order No. 40.
":hat the military should be subordinate to
the civil power" as something that everybody
expected and nobody disputed. As officers
we VIC c sworn TO obey our superiors. Con-
gress was our superior and had made the
laws, and these law, made the military subor-
dinste. We were actisg under them, but
this order uade the law subordinate to his
own.
WHAT GENERAL HANCOCK SAYS IN REPLY
TO GRANTS ASSERTIONS.
New York, Oct. G.-The Telegram
this evening contains the report
o. an interview by one OF its cores
pond nts with General Hancock with regard
to the statements recently made by General
Grant. General Hancock said: III find it
hard to believe that ex-President Grant has
said such hard things about me'
Then you think he never said you were
"'Hf anu Nchht anu tuhb luu uhNb
been crazy to be president for the last six
yearsp %
81 have no positive evidence
tnat he has so expressed
himself, but Rev. Dr. G. II. Fowler says the
OK president did make use of such expires.
slons, and the Chicago Inter Ocean published
an Interview with the ex-presdcnt, in which
the principal ltatements of Rev. Dr. Fowler
are confirmed. Imean Just this. Thus far my
knowledge Of what General Grant has actu-
ally said is confined to what may be called |
hearsay evidence. | h,vo read what has
beel attributed TO him as his II .terances in
newspaper. Now | shall take the pains to
ascertain, from authoritative source Just |
what General Grrnt has rai about me-"
"Will you apply to him personally for in
formation 2"
THAT would be The best course to pursue
suppose. mean to get at the truth"
III you find that the ex.president has really
made assertions derogstory - your charac-
ter, will yod make u reply" "Yes. if
necessary"
"Then l am to understand that if General
Gran. has assailed yopr character. as he is
reported to to have done, you will make a
general denialp
III will certainly deny everything that is
untrue. After have sited matters to the
bottom and have decided to reply will pre-.
pare a careful and comprehensive statement
for publicf tioa."
'How much time will be required for you
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