The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
HANCOCK vs.. GRANT.
In Attempting to Correct His SLAM.
derous Statements He Makes
Matters Worse.
HIS SPLEEN FALLS HARMLESS.

Matters Worse.
HIS SPLEEN FALLS HARMLESS.
Whom the Gods Would Destroy.
They First Make Mad.
PITY, THE POOR OLD MAN.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean pub.
fishes an interview with Gen. Grant
respecting his interview published
on the 9th inst, in which he says;
Though it is in most respects cor
rect, it also contains many mis-
takes, and makes me say things in
a way not intended and use some
language that l did not employ" In
answer to the question: "Wherein
is the statement of Mr.. Fowler's
incorrectY" Grant said: cit is in
accurate in many respects"
Here he quoted the following
paragraph as published yesterday,
IN tOWlefS interview:
"Down to 1854 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 de-.
lighted that he smiled all over. 1t
crazed him; before that we got on
we'll. After that he would hardly
speak to me. l was working to en-
force the laws of Congress, and he
was working for the Presidency.
Perhaps he thought l did not praise
him enough, but any way, he hard
ly spoke to me.
~ said substantially that of 1864.
l did not suppose that Hancock had
thought of the Presidency, but at
the Democrat convention of that
year, he got a vote. Not one vote
as DR.. Fowler has it, which makes
me imply that he got the support of
but one delegate, and from that
time he had the Presidential bee in
his bonnet. When l met him after
ward his smile was so broad that
you could almost see it when his
back was turned. l don't meal
that / said he thought l did not
praise him enough, though possibly
that may be the fact. Hancock is
a man who likes to hear himself
praised, and sometimes complained
that he was not complimented high
enough"
He also said: CDR. Fowler does
not get hold ofthe points about Or
der No. 40 correctly. By the vari-
Gus reconstruction acts. Congress
for consistency's sake, l suppose,
stripped me of all the authority
over the district commanders in
their civil duties, except in the mat
ter of appointment and removal of
civil officers, In reconstruction
States as / was senoir my authori
ty was superior to the others DR..
Fowler quotes me Is saying that
the Louisiana Legislature passed a
law authorizing Levee boards, this
l may have said but if L did l made
a mistake, the amount being four
million.
In regard to the statement also
that the Louisiana commissioner
agreed to pay Reverdy johnson and
other lawyers two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, l stated what l
understood and not a fact within
my own personal knowledge.
II am made to say: president
johnson called Hancock to Wash
ington to instruct him in measures
to defeat the laws of congress- L,
of course, do not know why johnson
called Hancock. 1 could only sur
mise. know Hancock came; and a
mistake ESQ C in the following
paragraph. where I am mcde to saw:
"He (Hancock) went South and re-
moved the government, and the COM
missioners that Gen. Sheridan had
appointed. l instantly t~elegraphed
him not to appoint to office any man
who had been removed and to give
his reason by mail for removing the
men, When Hancock went south
l published an order prohibiting
him from appointing anybody to Of.
flee, who had been removed by his
predecessor. This, 1 suppose he
did not like, but my object was to
prevent the possibility of men being
put in places who had arranged for
the negotiations of those bonds, even
for one hour. l had intended to
tell Hancock all about it as 1 had
Johnson, but during my interview
with him I saw he was not dispos-
ed to listen to my advice, l did not
tell him. After he had been down
south some time he made some pref
ty clear sweep of officers who had
been appointed by Sheridan. II
then telegraphed him to suspend
his orders of removal and report to
by mail. There al an order
existing, if l remember Alright, pro-
hibiting the use of telegraph when
the mail could be employed. He re-
piled in a very long dispatch cost
ing i'll remember correctly about
two hundred and fifty dollars. 1 in
formed him l was not satisfied but
if he had any further reason to conf
municate to do so by mail. He
again replied by telegraph but gave
nothing new saying simply hat his
usefulness would be destroyed if he
was not left free to act he would
ask to be relieved and 1 relieved
him. l always regarded his mere
declaration in order No. 40, that the
military should be subordinate to
civil power as something that every,
body accepted and nobody disputed
As officers we are sworn to obey our
superiors-Congress was II superb
or and had made laws and these
laws made military subordinates.
We wore acting under them but his
order made laws subordinate to his
own opinions.
A CERTAIN firm in North Missis,
sippi advises farmers to sell their
cotton and buy futures. If they
were to heed such reckless advise
the New York sharks would soon
have all the money out of the South.
We believe farmers would make
money hv selling their cotton as