The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14
GRANTS MALICIOUS ATTACK
Upon HANCOCK.


The Cincinnati Gazette publishes
and the Republican press are trying to
make sensational over an interview
which DR. G. H. Fowler, the notorious
political parsou, claims to have had
with Grant. Below are specimen ex-
tracts from Grants utterances:
Down to 1864 he seemed like a man
ambitious to do his duty as an officer,
but in 1864, when Mcclellan was
nominated, Hancock received one
vote, and that greatly excited and
changed him. He was so delighted
that he smiled all over. 1t crazed
him. Before that he got on well; at>
ter that he would hardly speak 70 me.
| was working to enforce the laws Of
Congress, and he was working for the
Presidency. Perhaps he thought l
did not praise him enough. But, any
way, he hardly spoke to me. 1t was
on my nomination he was made Brig
adler General in the regular army.
When | was made General, Stanton
told me it was a compliment to me,
and that | could name the men to ill!
vacancies in the Lieutenant General
ship and Major Generalship, caused
by my promotion. | nominated him
for the Major Generalship in the reg
ular army. lie acknowledged it man~
fully. He was a fair corps cOmman-
der, but was never thought of for any
great place. When the Army Of the
Potomac was hunting for a command
or it took almost every body. 1t came
over into the West for officers, but no.
body ever even suggested Ham
cock for the place. After he re-
ceived that vote in 1864 he had the
bee iii his bonnet, ana shaped every
tuing to gain Democratic and South
ern favor. He has watched and plan
ned and waited TIL at last he has re-
ceived the Democratic nomination.
Of "Order No. 90" Grant said.
johnson removed Sheridan and mp
pointed Hancock. lie called Han
cock to Washington to instruct him in
defeating the laws of Congress
concerning reconstruction. AS
soon as learned that Hancock was
in town called at his hotel instead Of
sen ling for him. l wanted to see him
privately in his own room. l found
him in his room, perhaps before he
had his breakfast. | said, General,
youand are soldiers, army officers; we
have life positions; We serve undersuc-
cessive administrations withoutregad
to party, and it is our duty to enforce
the laws of Congress. We are not r.
sponsible for the wisdom Of the laws.
Congress bears,thatiesponSibility. We
simply enforce them" He said,
"Well, l am opposed to nigger domi-
nation" | said, General, it is not
question of nigger domination. -Four
millions of ex-slaves, without educa-
ton or property, can hardly dominate
thirty millions Of whites, with all the
education and property. 1t is a ques
ton of doing our sworn duty" He
said, "welI, l am opposed to niger
domination" | saw that my only
chance to influence him was by the
remnant of authority left in my
hands. He was determined to please
the Democratic party and the South.
He went South and removed the Gov
ernor and Commissioners that Gen.
Sheridan had appointed. telegraph
ed nina to revoke his order. He ask
ed johnson to relieve him, as no one
else could. That is the inner spirit
and history of his celebrated order
No. 40. This order resulted in the
loss of many lives. | know of cases
and can give them.