New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-31
H4ycocK IND Observation-Disclosures

PRESIDENT JOHNSON SENT HANCOCK 10 IHWAKI
THE RECONSTRUCTION scHEAGE-HOw IL La
BORED TO THAT END.
To me EdltOr Or The Trt0uhs.
SIR; My memory is good. do not forget
that General Philp Il. Sheridan commanded IRE United
states New Orleans in lsO5'6G nor that Cen
eral Winfield Scott Hancock succeeded him. 40 not
forget thar there was conflict of regarding
construction in those and other years The President.
Andrew Johnson held and Congress Ecld al
other the President believed thar tie rebels Of the
South having surrendered. and having taken The oath of
allegiance, should De forthwith clothed " Ia al the
powers Of Government. and that tAe sooner and easier
done the better Congress treated treason very
moderately as Il crime not to De too severely punished.
but 1T tie same time. to be- sly forgotten.
Il determined ihat the loyal Of the south should De
and helped. II reenranchsed most o. those
who were guilty OF treason, aad wh0 under martial law,
might have tried, condemned and shot ana II ell
fanchsed the emancipaed blacks. This last act made
one Of divisions Of parties hat had been
known in our cOuntrys history. The Preldent was BIT
terry opposed 10 it, lie Wiling that The dsiOyal
ped but not that The loyal should be- LOU
slana looked upon As pivotal State New-Oreaus
had influence Washington. j. = Black was AT or near
the White House. He advised the President. The feel
ing between the Executive ami Congress grew worse
and worse Louisiana to be reconstructed by Con-
gress the Johnson pan having failed It was necessary
that the great STATE sGoud be reconstructed as
nearly to suit the President as possible.
General Philip II. sheridan was there. judge Black
told the President thai If ne wished 10 succeed III Lou
yana rs against Congress- he must remove the gallant
cavalryman from command. And whyi Because he
was in sympathy with loyal millions who saved the
Republic and opposed the traitors who sought to de-
stroy it! Whom shall put commando" asked Presi
dent Andrew Johnson. JUICE Black replied: Put
General Hancock in toe place be Is good Democrat;
and lie IA do your bidding faithfully liz was critical
moment and no mistake could be made without peru to
my Policy"-that 10 to say-"tne johnson policy" 50
Sheridan was removed ana Hancock was appointed.
Other reasons excited which helped the change nut
II came from what mpended than for what had al
Flander. and the row about the Freedmen, Who were
defended by General Conway, were mere tribes COM
pared with the with Congress. Ihaddeus
ptrvens Charles sumner. ben" Wade. William Pitt
Fessenden, General Garfield and orners we're on one
side. and andrew Johnson, jeremiah Black d a., were
on the other.
ing the appointment OF Hancock and the disp acement
Of sheridan statements are true may be Inferred
when say that was personal witness OF most
Of what took place IN connection with INC ehahge OK
commanders in Louisiana and had personal knowiedge
OF nearly all the facts ofthe reconstruction OF me se
Those which relating To the interviews De-
tween Judge Black and President johnson, concerning
removal OF Sheridan aud the appointment OF ms sue
eessOr gathered Distinguished confederate Zen
erai dead, and from an Ex-Governor OF Louisiana,
still living, who were present with the president tune
General Sheridan in Louisiana, associated more with
the men who served with him IN the war 10 put down
the Rebellion than with those VINO Gu az t4sy o1uu
make the Rebellion a success General hancock III
N X.
nnt down the Union than with those who did their best
10 save IT, Sheridan did all he cOud to help re-
construct louisiana loyal basis. General Hancock
dd All he help reconstruct 10 on thr basis OF the
erI sheridan sympathized with loyal Congress rather
than with "A dIsOyal President. General Hancock
favored the Presto nj ard did all he dared do
10 defeat General Sheridan did what ne could
10 preserve the lives OF the Union men OF LOUISIANA
General Hancock allowed more Uuion men TO
be killed during the election of 1868 than
have been killed at any election since
Tbe 1remeu who murdered 500 Union men in the mas
sacre July 1868. hated SHERIDAN because or MS e.
forts bring them tn justice, but these nfcinep IN
March 1857 after shouting themselves hosrse TOT
Davis, VINO then stopping at TIE e. Charles Hotel
forthwith and Shout Ell FOL HANCOCK whose heau
onarters were at Park House. Lafayette square
fnese murderers were for JEFF" Davis ana for Han
cock then in 1867; and they are 50 to-day Is II any
uonder that tne Louisiana dele gates 10 the Cipcinna
Convention the nomination or the old favor te
or the White League" first. last, ana all the time
surely not Ii was perfect harmony with the fitness
VI To- symour and Blair riots of 1868 all winked
of nv Hancock in the interest OF ms White League
end, In the hope that they might be the means or in
n Inc success OF the party which now, twelve years
lar mas nominated the same Hancock for tue Prest
dency pnat the same means would DO resOIted
70 this year II necessary aud Dy tine seIame men, ad-
shapIdsn called these White Leaguers Banditt"
Vancoek In his address 10 them In March, 1857 from
The hnleonv of the Park House, called them " Gentle
men One local reporter had hn styling them, did
| Sevmour the rioters In 1868. Ny friends" hut
80 him and know he addressed them as "Gentle-
men" He must have known that there were thousand
of them murderers OF some or the very men who
fnnRlt with him under the " stars ana stripes out IL
| made no difference they were Democrats and there
srre gentlemen" When this nlustrous soldier Is
COZ. plineni ed for his splendid conduct IN New-Or