The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-15

nc ana that ] could name the men Z,
q liIl HE yaclncic, In the Lieut.. GEN
craiship anl tile Major General.hil
Il caused by my promotion. nominated
MN Tor vacant Major Gcncraiship in
Tue regular army, he Acknowledged il
; mahlUIly he was q very fair corps com
70 malider but was never thought of fOI
any great place. When the army OF the
l iOtoinae Was hunting for commanders
{ II TOOK almost cycryhOdy-cvcn came
into the west for. officers, bat nobody
l ever even f.ggflc,l Hancock fOI !.
} place. After lac received that vote in
1861 lac had the bee Ia his bonnet and
shaped everything 10 gain Democratic
aud Southern favor. Ne las watched
and planned aud waited ill nj last he
has received the Democratic nOmintiOu.
800 you think, General, That his eel
ebratcd order No. 10 represents the di-
rcc,ion Of his synpaihics Z"
"Well, I will giAe you the truc inner
history Of oIder No. 10. Congress wa,
striving TO prevent Andre Johnston
from undOimg the rcconsu uclion laws.
Whenever Congress passed a law, John
ston bent all his energies to defeat it,
enforcement and wound find "a pIetcNt
TO dodge around n. Then Congress
would pass another law 10 hedge him
up there. so it went till Congress had
taken from him all control of the GEN
erals commanding the seven districts Of
the South, except the power 10 remove
them and appoint others in their places.
These commanders could remove any
civil officers Of any grade, Judge or gov
crnOr. When | was made General and
they were determining NY powers AMI du-
ties they gave the general, by accident
| think, or without seeing all it inyolv-
ed, coordinate powers with these dis
trict commanders; and as | was the SEN
Tor, IL gave me authority. General She
ridan was sent to the Department Of
Louisiana, covering Louisiana ana Tex
as. He Is very shrewd and very able.
He kept his eyes wide open learning of
men who were not worthy to occupy |
their places and discovering competent
and worthy men to put In their places.
The Legislature of Louisiana passed
Il law authorizing the issue of 1900,
600 of lcvee bonds, OstenSibly for the
lcvce. They conditioned their sales on
their bringing to the state not less than
eighty per cent, of their face. TheGOv-
ernOr and the Commissioners were to
place the bonds on the market, but they
soon found out that the bonds would
not bring moro than forty per cent.
To avoid the law they invented the plan
of borrowing the money and using the
bonds rs collateral. They could Dor
row about 81 or IS per cent. of the face
Of the bonds. Just ut this iuncture 70
prevent these men from dcfrauding the
State, Gen. Sheridan took Off the heads
OF the Governor and the COmmiSs toner's
so quick that they did not know what
allied them, and appointed good men in
their places. For some reason the re-
moved me were very anxious to be re-
appointed. They employed Reyerdy
johnson and another lawyer to work
for them, agreeing to pay them S25O,- .
900 If they were reappOintcd. This Is a
great deal of money for four men to pay
for positions unless there is some special
gain in the case. Reverdy johnson
came to me, but | was 50 stupid and
stubborn that | could not be induced to
re- appOint them. He went to Andrew
johnson and made his case, and An !
drew Johnson sent for me and asked '
me to reinState those men. | refused to
do so. lie said: 'Reinstatc them, even 4
If it is only for one day. | will prom |
Use that they will resign thought ,
Johnson might not know why they !
were so anxious 70 lie rcinstatrd, and a
thinking | would 10 him a great service !
in keeping him from IA great b%lundcr,
told him that one hour would serve ,
men as well ms one day, and Imn-
their intcntS. But Johnson in
on their being r%einState,l. | re-
used and excused myself. johnson 4
hen removed Sheridan and appointed I
Hancock. lie called Hancock TO Wash =
ngtOn to instruct him in defeating the |
avs Of Congress concerning recon- !
'truction. As soon as | learned Han ]
'ock was in town | called ut his hotel -
instead of sending for him. | wanted
o see him privately in his W room,
perhaps before he had his breakfast.
aid, General, you and | are soldiers,
officers; we have life positions;
We serve under successive administrS-
ions without regard to party it is our
to enforce the laws Of Congress:
We arc not responsible for the wisdom
# the laws, Congress bears that rcSpOn-
Utility; we simply enforce Them He
aid, well, | am opposed to Niger
IominatiOm.' | said: General, it is not
question of niger domination. -Four
lillions of cX-slavcs without education
II property can hardly dominate over
hirty millions Of whites with all the
dUcation and property. 1t is a Ques-
Of doing our sworn duty lie
aid: 'Wcll, | am opposed to niger +
ominati0n.' ] saw that my only l.
nance to influence him was by the TO
cmnant Of authority left in my hands. pi
lo was determined to please the DEM q
cratic party and the South. lie went en-
ouLh and removed the Governor and tn
he commissioners that Gen. Sheridan IN
al appointed. instantly telcgraplIed &c
i'm not to appoint to office any man nc
.ho had been removed, and to give me Of
is reasons Ivy mail for removing men. na
e tcleGraphcd in = long reply, costing WI
&c Government $3.50, his reasons. / DO
him that the reasons were III
Ut sufficient and to send by mail Other -
,aSonS. He again telegraphed about nj
lc same points, only not quite so long, ]1
only $3.50. lie telcgraphcd that
he could not have freedom to act, his res
3efUlness would be destroyed and that W
/, would have to ask to be relieved. | or!
legraphed him to revoke his order. yei
c asked Johnson to relieve him, as no an
,e else cou'd. That is the inner his qu
ry and spirit Of his celebrated order Oh
D. 40. This order resulted in the loss IS