The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-23
CRANT-J0HNS0N !
The Truth Of the Atttempt by
the Latter to Subvert the
Government.
what sold Tecunseh' and
Others Have TO Say About 1t
10 the Reporters.
IL Was e Critical Hour and
Grants Pop ulartty Caused
Him to succeed.
Ohio at Last Closes Her Count
with Little Change In the
Final Results.
GRANT AND JOHNSON.

Prominent Opinions OF the Matter.
NEW YORK, October 22.-The Sun
says of the Grant-J ohnson matter:
"Onc of the controlling facts in the
history of Andrew johnson is that he
was an opium eater. To this cause
his most extraordinary eccentricities
should Doubt, IS be attributed and
among them, the scheme he proposed
to General Grant was perhaps the
most irrational. His career had sew
eral startling outbreaks that were in-
consistent with state of perfect
sanity. At the same time they were
presented with great deal of intel
)tectual shrewdness aud this Is one OF
the characteristics of an opium eater.
The Herald has interviews with
persons on the subject. General
Sherman at st. Louis fatty refused to
open his mouth further than to say
that he was perfectly familiar with
the condition of affairs at the time re-
ferred TO but he thought the events
had best remain unwritten that they
might sooner be buried in oblivion.
To all direct questions the general
returned fiat refusal to reply. His
manner of refusing made it very evil
dent that he thought DePew wrote
the truth but only part of 1t. "Why,"
said the general, al have papers and
letters, a great mass of documentary
evidence, proving just what transpir-
ed In relation to the matter, but |
will never allow anyone but myself to
read them and the information pos
sess will never impart to living
soul"
Colonel Fred Grant said he had
been asked by the Herald why this
action of General Grant had not
been brought up at the impeachment
trial. He said he knew of neason
definitely but he did know that the
general was very much opposed to
the impeachment proceeding and
that his father had told him that the
only great difficulty that occupied
the minds of thoughtful men at that
time was as TO who was to take John
sons place 1t he were in peached.
lie further said that he knew of no
documents in existence that were ex-
actly corroborative of the facts of
the conversation that Mr.. Depew had
with his father, but he had no doubt
that there were some public men yet
living who were contemporaneous
with the period referred to and who
were made acquainted privately with
the actions of President johnson.
"There is no one who could speak,
said the colouel, "with greater conf
dence and more reliability than Gen.
eral Horace Parker"
nnparaI Dnrsar .rnnnrollu nnrrnh-
GRATED the Depew story and said that
the secretary of war aud General
sherman praised General Grant fol
not accepting the mission to Mexico
A curious complication lav In the
fact that General Sherman had al
ready been ordered to Washington tC
take General Grants place, IL being
taken for granted that General GRAM
would go upon this mission and Sher
man WAS already on his way to Wash
ington. General Grant commuui
Gated with him and asked to see hin
as soon az he arrived in Washington
General Sherman arrived In tn,
morning aud went to General Grants
house where the general told him Of
his alarm In regard to the state OF
things at Washington, mentioning
what had TRANSFERRED with the presi
dent aud the stand he had taken II
the matter. General Sherman's pa
triotism was at once aroused, ant
with the promptness and franknesi
characteristic OF the man, said, "yol
did right, Grant, you did exactl!
right" The question with the exec
utive was then, what excuse he coult
make for having ordered Sherman t.
Washington, and as he had arrived
there he was ordered on mission 4
Mexico, accompanied, If | remembe
rightly, by Lew Campbell, o
Ohio. This is about tn
secret history of the matter
Grant by his force of character an,
determination, and the strength h
had on account of the confidence @
the people in him, prevented the o,
currence at that time which nigh
have been very disastrous"
General Sickles said he had rea
Mr.. DePew's letter with great intel
est. at is not a surprise to me- sal
he, 'for President Johnson's attitud
toward the south and congress WI
looked ON with great uneasiness b
General Grant and Score tary Stal
lton."
The Herald also publishes inte
views with A. M. Kelly and W. v
Pasco, which perhaps may be be
told by Its comments as follow
at will be observed that Presidei
lJohnson's friends-for example nj
Pasco and Mr.. Kiely-do not hesita
to impugn General Grants veracit
that Ia the substance Of their letter
however, 1t may be yelled by apr
- fusion of words. II 10 asad issue tn
has been raised, but being raised, II
one which the country will insist shi
not be avoided, but shall be settl,
now and forever. On the one hand
involves the loyalty and honor of
president of the United States wi
has lain ten years in his grave. {
the other hand II involves the hon
aud yeracity Of the greatest soldier
our continent who also held the saI
great office and was borne to burr
less than three months ago, We dee
It the filial duty Of Colonel Ora
forthwith to give TO the public {
documents, filters and personal rec
lections by which, as he assured y
Depew In letter that we print
Yesterday, he has verified Genol
Grant's narrative Of President job
sons revolutionary designs and pl
posals. The interview with Color
Grant, which we print this mornil
Is net altogether satisfactory.
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Democrats in Ohio.