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tives from the loyal States, and protect
them If necessary. They would appeal to
Ihe coulery and to the army he had SO
recently mustered out of service. Johnson
asked him if he did not recognize the
powers vested in the President by the Con-
shtutlon, and if he would refuse TO obey
the Commander-in-Chief Grant said that,
under such circumstances, he most GER
tainly would.
STRATEGY OF THE PRESIDENT.
Shortly afterward the President sent for
General Grant, and said to him that the
relations of our Government with Mexico
were very delicate, and he wished him to
go to the City of Mexico at once on very
important mission. The General knew that
this was to get him out of the country, and
put 1t In the power of the President to call
as his successor to Washington some officer
upon whom he could rely He replied that
II the appointment was diplomatic one
he declined 1t. If it was a military one he
refused to obey, because the General of the
Army could not be ordered to a foreign
country with which we were at peace. The
interview was a stormy one, but the subject
was dropped. One day the General was
sent west on a tour of inspection. He
knew that General Sherman was to be
his successor, and III him he had
absolute confidence. The outspoken
loyalty ofthat great soldier prevented the
project ever being renewed 1t is at this
date needless to speculate uTon what
might have happened had General Grant
actively assisted, or possibly obeyed, the
President. No one doubts the courage and
obstinacy Of Andrew Johnson, and only
men of equal frmncss and determination
could have prevented a most cGlamitous
and unfortunate strike at the most critical
period OF the reconstruction of the repub-
he. Yours, very truly,
CHAUYcEY VI. DsPEw
To Colonel Frederick D. Grant
New YoRK, October Is. 1885.
Dear Mr.. DQep: am in receipt of
your letter, and thank you for your re-
sponse to my request. l have read your
account with great interest 1t is sub
stantially correct, and have been able to
verify the facts from documents, letters
and personal recollectious. Yours, very
truly, f. d. GRANT.
To Chauncey NJ. Depew.
THE NEW YORK HERALD" PRoPoUNps A
coNUNDRUM.
New York, October 2fst-A. M.=The
Herald says of the Grant-Johnson matter
We have not space to comment to-day on
this correspondence, which is, of course
only one of the most precious episodes in
our national history. Among the dis
closures that are 10 come we wait with
special interest sufficient explanation why
/ the reasonable propositions of Johnson,
which Grant related to Depew and which
Colonel Grant certifes that be has letters
and documents to attest, were omitted from
the articles of impeachment presented
against the President by the House in 1868.
MARKED TRIBUTE TO LOYALTY.
New YORK, October 21st-A. M-A World
editorial says This is story that has been
| repeatedly limited at. and now that it is out
| everybody will feel better. 1t is a marked
tribute to the loyalty and steadfasness of
| Grant, and it adds another shade to the
| darkened memory of Andrew Johnson.
A SECOND WAR PREVENTED.
| The Tribune says: Depew's letter will go
| far to sustain his assertion that Grant pre-
vented a second civil war. There would
| indeed have been trouble if the loyal Sen
ators and Representatives of the North had
been declared trump Congress"