The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-09
FITx JOHN PORTER.
Senator Logan sam 0pnosed to Him-H,
Will Not Follow Gen. Grants Lead.

VIII NOT Follow Gen. Grants Lead.
: WARRINGTON, January III propose
fight 1t out in military way" taid GeI
! cral Logan to a reporter, referring to GEL
cral Grants unexpected attitude in til
Fita John Porter matter. 81 shall perm
the enemy to develop himself, and / sha
then strike. But am not prepared d
present to say anything about the matte,
The time has not yet come. wish TO Sc
what General Grants reasons are. II
has stated in his interview that be vii
soon have some reasons to give to the pub
tic for his unexpected change OF position
lie has not given any yet. But the tim.
has not yet come for me to talk in this mat
ter. will say this, however. This con.
vetsation OF Grants has not changed sin.
gle vote in the seEate, and you may bC en-.
tirely sare that the President is not going
to reopen the case"
Gen. Logan, whose speech in the Porter
case is now so very much in demand as n
complete history Of the battle, Is evidently
not going to change his mind on This I'M.
Portant military question, to which ho has
glVenso much study, on account Of Gen
eral Grants views. The publication Of
Grants interviews has caused n great many
demands from all quarters here for LoVanis
speech in the case. 1t Is book in Itself.
Being asked again whether General Grant
could possibly have had new evidence n,
any new maps, orhave had any knowledge
as to the different dispositions of the enc
mys forces from that in the possession OF
the Senate Committee at the time Logan
made his speech, General Logan answered:
Certainly not There is no new evidence.
There is no new map. The map that Is mem
toned in the interview that is published in
New York is the map OF the engineer Off.
Gers which Is printed in my speech. It il
the Identical map which Generat Grant
spoke about" Whatever NAV be tho mo.
tive for General Grants sudden and unex.
pected change OF position with regard 10
this historical case, it is evident that Gen.
eral Logan knows nothing aboutit General
Logan had received no information from
General Grant upon the subject until after
he Logan had written to General Grant
and asked him whether the report that he
nad changed his views was true, This is
the only correspondence that General
Logan has had with General Grant upon
the subject.
Careful inquiry among others who have
been very near General Grant, and who
ought to know that gentlemans motives
and purposes, il anybody does, disclosed
the lIct that none OF them had had any
notice that any such thing was contem,
plated, and they expressed the rrputegt
surprise, Said one OF General Gnnt's in
Inmates: "Thcre is no excuse for such nc
ton OH the part OF General Grant The
matter was settled. There is nothing in
the world that is new about it, and II is A
great surprise to Guuts friends here. and
his attempts to secure reopaninp Of this
case will not prove successful"
It IS an interesting fact in connection
with the tltz John Porter discussion that
General Garfield, while still member OF
the House, had very carefully prepared
himself for speech in vindication Of the
action OF the court which tried General
Porter. He was very reluctant to take part
IN the debate, owing to the fact that he had
Deen member Of the court, but, after civ
ing full consideration to the subject, he Ind
decided that il, in the course OF the ex-
pected debate, the action Of the court
should be assafted, he would then yindi.
cate its action upon the floor Of the House,
lie had taken full counsel OF the Judge
Advocate General, the Attorney General
ami the Secretary OF War rs to how far
1t would be proper for him, us n former
member OF the court, and now a partiCi.
pantin the debate for the purpose OF yindi.
eating the court, to make known what took
place IN the private deliberations Of the
court: While it is not known what thee
act decision upon this point was, Il is
known that Gen. Garfield considered him
sell in full possession oil sufficient points to
thoroughly vindicate the action Of the court
against all who might asSaii it on the floor,
It is understood that a portion Of this IN.
tlclpated speech was written out and now
exists, and that other portions Of II exsist
IN the form OF notes, and these may vet
furnish an interesting contribution to the
forthcoming debate on the case.
There are two criticisms made here upon
portions OF Gen. Grants letter by those
who are not ready TO adopt his views. AS
the record comprises over 2,30O printed
pages and twenty-one long maps, three
days are considered rather brief time in
which to carefully read the entire record.
1t is further said that Gen, Grant has been
mistcd by one of the maps, which he de.
scribcs MS n "now map OF the engineers
giving the field and position Of The two
armies accurately" The fact is that the
map referred to was simply Typographical
map OF the country, embracing the field,
prepared by the engineers, but that the
positions Of the troops upon this map were
not established by the engineers but by the
witnesses before the court.