Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-07
INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL
GRANT.

CHICAGO, ILL Oct. Sine Inter-
Ocean publishes an interview with
Gen. Grant respecting the interview
published yesterday mOrnlng, In
which he (GrsnL says: Though 1t
is, In most respecIs, correct, 1t contains
also many mistakes, and makes me
saw thugs in a way not intended, and
uses some language that di not en-
ploy.h In answer to the question,
HWhereiu ia the s'atemsnt of DIR.
Fowler incorrecl? 2" Gen. Grant said
"It is Inaccurate in many respects.
Down t. 1864 be see med like man
ambitious to DO his duty as an officer.
but in 1864 When Mcclellan was NOM
mated, Hancock received one vote,
and tntt gres y excit ID and changed
him, he was 90 delighted that he
suIled all OVER. Ii croZed hiU. Be-
fore at veg 10 well; afte t ut tie
would hardly sp-aR ms. L WAS
working t, enforce - laws OF cOu-
gr rs auU ne Was WORKING for ~ pres
idency. Perhaps he fought L did net
praise him enough. But, anyway, he
hardly spoke me-. 1t was Oh my NOM
in t on be Was made brigadier-geueral
il tue regular army. When l was made
General. SraI t u tIld me it was a
cOmplrmel UO me, aud at | could
nam. ~ neU t. tiIl Vacancies in 10
LleL t,uaI GeueTalship and Maj jDr
GeneralshIp, caused by my prom tiOr.
l DOminst d hIm for the ii sjOr Gener-
alship ia the regular army. He &C
knOWledseu it maDfully. he was a
very fair corps commander, bat was
never though t of for auy great place.
When the army of the F. 'mac was
hu, 0g for commander 1T t)nk al
most every yoody. IteVen came over lit
the west for Ulcers, but nobody ever
even suggested Hancock fDr the place.
After he received that vet , in 1864 he
had the bee in iiis bounel, and sh p d
every thug t. gain demOcrs TIC aud
s0Lt leTn favor. He has Warcned aud
planned aud waited till at la. he has
received tie democratic nOminSt on.
I said, substantially, that up to 1864
I didn't suppose Hancock had thOug hl
of the presidency, but at the democrat
ic convention or that year he got 8
vote, not one vote. as DIR Fowler has
1t, which makes me imply that he go
the support of but one delegate, and
from that Iime he had the presidential
bee in his bonnet. When [ met him
afterwards his smile was SO broad thai
you 'uld almost see il when his
back was turned. / do not msau
that | said he thoug' d ID not praise
him enough. Possibly that may be
the fact. Hancock is man who
likes To hear himself praised, aud
sometimes cOmplaIued that he was
not cOmplimenred high enough u
He also said: DIR. Fowler does not
get hold of the pOints about order No.
10 correctly. By the various recoustruc
tIOn acts, cngress, for consis Ell cy e
sake, suppose, stripped me of al
authority over dIstric5 cum mandeIs iu
their civil duties except in the matter
of appointment and removal of civi
officers in reconstructed states AS
was senior, my authority was superior
to Others. DR.. Fowler quotes me az
saying that the Louisiana Legislature
passed q law authorizing the Issue o
$1,000 600 of leVee pnds. This NAV
have said, but if did it Was mls
take, the amount being 81 000, ,000.. II
regard to the statement also tha
the Louisiana commissioners agreed
to pay Reverdy johnson
and o,ner lawyers $3.50 600
stated what understood, aud Uot
%lthlu my own persona
Inc next paragraph of Dr.. Fowler
report Ia wide of the mark T an
made TO say: He president Iobrson
called Hancock TO Washington + :, in.
ttEuot him in defeating the Ia No -
congress I, of course, do not knou -
why Johnson called Hanc ck.
c"uld only surmise. 1 know
Hancock came. A mistake ais
occurs in the following para
graph wherein 1 am made t
say: 'He (Hancock) went south an
removed Tue governor and commits
sloners that Gen Sheridan had 30
pointed instantly teIegraphed hin
noI 10 appoint to Office any man VIII
nau oeen removed, and to give his rea
Sons by mail for removIny the mar
When Hancock went sonth nnh
Iished an order prohibiting him from
appointing anybody to Office who hs,
been removed by his predecessor
This, l suppose, he did no
IKE; put my obi ct wa
prevent the possibility oil men helm,
put In place who had arrar ged for tn.
Negotiation of those bonds even for a,
hour. 1 had intended to tell Hancocl
ali about IT. as had Johnson, but see
ing during my Interview with him
tnat he was not disposed to listen I,
my advice, I did not tell him. Aftel