Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-14
NUMBER l3.

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and this srsatly excited and ehsngsA
him. He was. % delighted shss -
smiled all over: IL erased him. As1bss
that we got on we'll, afssr that ~
would hardly speak % ms. I vas
working to snforcs the laws Of con.
gress, and he was working fsR the
Presidency. Perhape he thought did
not praise him enough, bat anyhow he
hardly spoke 70 me. It Was On my
nomination that he was made BRIG.
.,sd,isr-eensral in the rssulas amy.
told me il M . oompIimsst = =. and
could name the men 70 All thovSoau-
cies In the lieutenant-geaeea6Alp and
major-Gepesalship oau0od by ~ peu.
motion. nominated him 6e She -.
ior-generaJship In the regular asal9.
He Acknowledged it msufpllys H
WAS very sair corps eommandesS -
was never Thought Of lbs any 9ssok
place. Whom the army Of the F0to0ao
was hunting for . commaadsr, % toek
almost every body. IL came over Int
the west for omcsfs, bot nobody ever
even suggested Hancock 1bs the ploeo.
Afterhe received that vote In lool ho
had the bee In his bonnet end shaped
everything 70 gain DsDeossue and
Southern fhvog. He hao watched and
planned TIL at Lest he has rocsivea TIE
Democratic noOlDoGtoo.n
DR.. Fowler-''0susal, do you think,
II he II In sympathy with the south,
crazy to be President, ambitious, vAi1
and weak, that they will control hi0f
Do sou think that bis celebrated order
Np 40 represents the direction Of his
sympathiss?"
Grant-"I will give you the true In.
ner history Of order Ne. -. Ccugreso
was striving. to prevent Andrsw John-
tion laws. Whenever oongrsoe poaood .
law Andrew Johpsnn beot hb sose.
gies to defeat it onfbrcemeU1 cd
would dnd prstsxts to dodge afouNA.
Then congress would pass suothSe
law 70 hedge him up. 30 it went on,
till congress had taken rom him all
control Of the generals commanding the
seven districts Of the south, except the
power to remove them and appoint
others In their plaoss. These COM
manders could remove any civil ofncsrs
M any grade, judge or govsrnoe.
When was made general, and they
were determining my power and dutiss,
they gave the general BY accident, I
think, or ithout seeing all it In nvolvSh,
coordinate power with those distrjct
commanders, and % I wss senior h
gave me authority. Gen. 6hesidan
was sent TO the department. q Louisi-
ana, covering Louisiana snd Texas.
He u very shrewd and very able. He
kept his eyes open, lsaynig6 ypptelY Tie
nen Who were D0t worthy % N6bopy
their places, and discovering so0pS.
| "a - A. a. -
places. The Legislature Of Louisiaas
passed law authorizing the issue ol
81 ,O0O, 900 Of levee bonds, ostsnsibly lbr
the levee. They couditioued their salo
on their bringing 20 the STATE not lee
than 90 per cent Of their fAoo. The gov.
crnOr and three commissioners wesO %
place the bonds on the market, bet
they soon found out that the bonds
would not bring moro than 20 per cent.
To avoid the law they invented the
plan of borrowing money and using the
bonds % collateral. They could borrow
about "a or Is Per cent. Of the fhce of
the bonds. Just at this juncturo, %
prevent these men from deffau auding the
State, Gen. Sheridan took o6 the heads
Of the governor aud commiaaioner %
quick that they did not know what
allied them and appointed good men In
their places. For some reason the re-
moved men were very anxious to b
resppointed. They employed Reveriy
johnson and another lawyer 20 work
fofthem, agreeing 70 pay them o260, 900
II they were reinststed. This 10 . great
deal Of money for four men 70 pay for
positions unless there IL some special
came to me, but I was % stupid and
stubborn that could not be Induced
to reappoint them. He went 70 An.
drew johnson, sent Sor me and asked
me to reinstage these men. ] refused
to- do %. He said: 'Rsinstate them.
even fit 10 only for one day, ! will
promise that they will resign. Thtuk--
Ing TO do johnson service In keeping
him from q great blundsr I told hIm.
that one hour would do these meo -.
well - one day, and / unfolded their
intent, but johnson insisted ON thaie.
being reinstated. refused and sScus-L
ed myself. Johsou then removed 0en.
Sheridan and appointed Gen. Haaoook..
He called Hancock 20 Washington 10
to instruct him In debating the lava
Of congress concerning reC0ustru0tlon..
Instead Of sending for Hancock / went
to his room and sajd: General you and
are army Officers holding life posi>
ttOno. WITHOUT te8oto 20 party, lk -
our duty 70 enforce the laws Of oon-
gresa.' He said: We'll, ] sm opposed
to Niger domination.' ] ssid: Gene
raj, Il Il not question Of niger dom-
ination; it II . question Of doing our
sworn duty He said: 'Wsh I'm OPP
posed 70 Niger domlnation.' He then
went South snd::reuovsd ths governor
and commisaioner that Gen. Sheridan
had appointed. 1instsutly ss)egsapbeo
him not n sppoint 70 ooce any man
who had been removed and 10 give mo
his reasons By mall tor veneving the
men. He tslegrsphsd in long reply.
,osting the govefnDeut $50. tsIs.
IRA phed him thst the reasons ven not
Iuflcieut. To send by npat Other rsas.
ms. He again tslsgfsphe.i sbout the
'sme points, only not quite N lnag,
,ostine $50. He tsleGraphsd that n
10 could not have ftsr0om n sct his
,sefulness would b. Destroyed, and
hat he would have b ssk 70 b ~.
isved. I telegsaphsd him % revoke
,is order. He osked Johnson n rsllsvs
lin, - no one else Cpuld. That n the
p0Ae htafORvv n nd arsxplN ~ hla <~1ahS~s