The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-10-29
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RELATED BY GEN. GRANT RAM

RELATED nY GEN. GRANT. q a n
7 Dhanncey NJ. Depew Tells Of Interesting
L Conversations Held with Gen. Grant on
s. the. Trouble Between China and japan,
end HIS ]: Relations with Johnson!
New York, Oct. 2o.-Hon. Chaunceey X,
sDepew has furnished to the press The fol:
lowing open letter to Col =. D. Grant:
5 In e pr " your request Tor the bar.
glcnlnrs 81 the conversation i had with:
your father, and to which III U allud..
e et N 70 speech before the chamber 81
commerce, the following is my hest recol-
side Gen. Grant at dinner. There were
many courses, slowly served, and tile enter.
talnment lasted several hours. He said To-
me- thnt When:in; China Prince Kungi who
was regent and the real ruler during. the;
minority q OF the emperor, told him Of.
their n CONTROVERSY with Japan. Z War was
5nbontt to be declared, and the prince thought
# would be:nT$long and bloody one, and
y I Gen, Grant If he would act as arbitra-
tor. The general declined iorlwant 81 time,
cls1on. He suggested, howeverya the terms
OF Compromise. When in Japan shortly
aiter, &he :mikad o,s ministers told their sidet
5of the( trouble, "a nd eYealedS the fact that
several Of the Euro pean govern rents were
actlyely stirring up the strife onb ot hsides,
hoping be benefited by The Nn The
same at requestwaa madet to him on; the part 81
the i, = japanese government oct as
i 4 and in again ~ declining he
promiss she had advised Tor China.
The two ationsf nd opted Substantial
the terms PROF posed bSy;7s Gen Grar Il ;and d
disastrous conflict WINS averted 4 The con
syersatipn drifted into ai conside alton OF
his relat ions with Presid ent Andrew John-
SON The narrative Of this period was one
5of the most graphic descriptions to which
ever listened, and it IS nntostunnte Tor his.
tory and posterity that it cannot be- pre-
served, as il was told IT had the local
5coloring2 Of eonyersat ions with and state
ments BY the chief ctors; and Of the sitlia-
tionsa OF parties and persons as the
events occurred, invaluable as azspor-
Itraiture and estimate OF the u hines.
j said in 1 my address that Gen.
Grant performed services to his country
which were unwritten, quitesas important
as my that were recorded, and think
this narrative will bear me out. This is the
substance ofsthe sto j ohnson began the
dity alter the assassina tion OF Lincoln, to
loudly claim at NIL times and .places,
with const ant feiteration, tbs shibbo leth:
reason gissod ious and must !b6 punished,
and the chief rebels shall he hung, d
To give effect to this sentiment, as
soon as he was innugurated he insisted
upon the United States courts in Virginin
finding indictments against nll the leading
members oil the coniete racy.i He also want
ed tho officers in thefrebe larmy who had
left the regular army to join the rebellion,
to ibe, summarily dealt with by court mar
tial. These movements of the president
produced the greatest consternntion
through put the south. The confederate
them in the parole he had given.
He saw Johnson on the subject, only to be
informed that the president Was, by the
iconstitnti on, COM and er- in cliief 81 the
army, and that any thing BY the command
ing general In the field was sub beet to his
Lappr wal or rejec tion, and he rejected tho
terms. Gen: Grant urged that :the rebels
had surrendered on IA these conditions
,disbanded their orga mia ions, submitted
UNIVERSAL to the stun ton, and were car
.rying DUB in ood faith their part OF
the agreement, and every consideration
OF both hon and expediency Demand
ed equal good faith 4 on the part OF the
government. Tho other course would have
led onn endless guerilla warfare. . ohm
,sonso obstinate ~ adhered to his view; 7 and
assumed the authority sof commander,
when Grant fatty told him that, if there
wete1to be anyscourt martials, one must he
called to try Gen. Grant first; that be would
by every means in his power protect ibis
parole and appeal to congress and the coun-
try. In the hal tscalled by this attitude OF
Gen. Grant, q very tremarka BILE change oc-
Cured in the views and policy 95of /. Presi.
dent 7 Johnson. Gen. Grant, Z discovered
tint the most II frequent and f,sveresl
visitors to the Rhite House we're tho lnen
whom fthe president had proscribe In
the generals opinion u ohnson's loyalty
was rdinat 70 to, sif5n lot entirely depend.
ent up on his intense Ia bred Sof tie slave
holding oligarehy. He was poor white,
beenst iourney lyman, tail or, and notwith-
standing the distinguished public positions
ne haTheld sshe could not break through
socially with, contempt by the proud aris-
tocracy When they plunged into rebellion
he saw his opport nnity He believed in
the power Eof the government and thought
that the time had come when he could
defeat his enemies confiscate their proper.
tyy ghumiiiate their pride. and possibly de-
stroy them. The absorbing ambition3and
passion Of his lilo had been to be received
and treated as one Of them by the oligarchy.
Having failed ia that aud
], 4 80 yTERED INSULT AND slNDIGNITY
In the eiidgts5s he became one sof the most
yindictive oEme He says them 9foiled In
their rebe lliops defented md impoverished
and nowhe Wanted to kill them. While he
was deyising means 4 to. overcome Gen.
Grants resistance to the last purpose,
leaders Of old feudalism called upon him.