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

anu thinking I would do him gre, t
service in keeping him from great
blunder. / told him that one hour
would serve thess men as well a3 one
day, aud ! unfOlded tleir iLteit.
But Johnson INSIST ID on their being
reiust ted | refused aud excuse my
self. Johnson then removed Sheridan
and appointed Hancock, he called
Hancock to Washington ID instruct
him in defea ting The laws OF
Congress cOncernsng rec0nst rGctl0u.
AS soon as | learned that Hancock was
in town | called ct his botel in, tead of
sending for him. [ wal ri t) see him
privately in his own room. found
nim in his room perhaps before he had
had his breakfast. [ said, "GeDera',
you and are sOlu eiat army officers.
We have life pos t Ions; We serve uU-
der successive adm nis tcat ;ons wttaoLt
regart t psitJ. 1t is our duty tNen-
force t9e laws Of coDgrese. We are net
responsible for the wisdom of the la We;
congress bears tlat sponsibliity; we
simply enforce then.' He said, '.Well
| I am opposed t, niger domiDst or"
| I SAID, General, it Is net q question If
| negro domtDation. Four millions OF
ex slaves W lout educst on or proper
| ty can hardly dominste thilty million
| OF VIII 4s Wlt1 all educet on and prop,
eIty. 1t is quett on of doing our
sworn duty" He said. Well, [ am
opposed TO negro do ninet'oD." [ saw
tnat my only chance tt Influence him
was by the remnant OF aut 1Or.ty left
in my hands, He was Del .rmined
| to please t1e democrt tic pa.t1
and the souti. He went sOLt1 and re-
moved the governor and commission
ers that Gen. Sheridan appointed.
instantly telegrsphed him not to ap>
point to office any man who had been
removed, and to give me his reasons
| by mail for removing men. He tele-
graphed q long reply, costing the gov
ernment $3.50, his reasOns. 1 tele-
graphed him that his reasons " ere not
| sufficient, t. send by mail other ree-
sons. He again teiegraphed about the
same points, only not quite
20 long. costing the government only
$3.50. He telegraphed that If he could
u,t have frsed0m ID eCt, his usefulness
would be de t Dyed anu tust be would
have t. ask to be relieved. [ tales
graphed him to revoke his order. He
asked Johnson t. relieve him, as no
else could. This is the inner history
and spirit OF his celebrt ted order NJ.
40. This order resu ,d In tIe loss OF
mauy lives. [ know of cases and can
give them. His It stemeI t t iGt the
bivil autlOrjt es are supreme is u trt t /
admi ID by all in me Of e tbli-ht d
peace, but I can amous ira g
at he did not subject military power
10 civil, but that he used his military
power to overthrow civil"
10 speaking OF the Chicago couvens
ton, Gen Graft said: There are
three reasons why I would have &C.
cepted the nomination. First,
on account of the charac
'e, of the men who urged it, !
e tenn their respect and confidence
M re than the nomination second, I
o-lIeve L could have broken up t he
solid south. Many lifelong democrats
ia the south had given the strongest
assurances Of their cordial support, be-
lieving tlat could deliver them from
he evils of 1e solid eoL to; third. There
ia another partial reason. | believe
hat | could have jn1uced, fiom
NY knowledge of our consulat a., the
sual tmeLt OF cert ain laws touching
our commerce tlst would have given
US COZ troll of much desirable commerce
for instance in Mexico. int t sad of deal.
ing WI ID people who use only slave
labor and receive Lite or nj t1Ing bui
t-rIing in exchange"
Dr.. Fowler, who held the above
cOnver-st on vita the ex presideL
was Ill recently editor of the Advo.
cate, leading Methodist paper pub
llshed in New YORK. He is now mis-,
siOuary seer, ttry of the MET lodist
Episcopal Church.