The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-26
MEMS STORY.
He TELLS WHAT HE KNOWS OF
SAERMAN'S CONNECTION
With the Grant-JoItnson Controversy -
Eutter Knows Something lnportant,
Eat VIII Not Ieli-some state
tnent, from Other Men.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20 Col. Findk \
Burr, Of lue iInies, has Ia press a hpsfI
phy OF Gen Grant IN wjlic,. the fpl!u"in5
s. sfatenenJ Il Aimrti AnI.nen re- 'i.I a.
Gen SArriuiu's connection with tho ut.tiL-
johnson controversy h taken Tue 'l"f, !
given ns told 10y Aiiihrni Amneu:
tEci. SueIEnhu, III sitIk.nS to ino / tita
lnC.uput 7itya: recall very rlrarly tuiiS
ealiei t' VI nshthnt tn oy II telegram h,ii
President Johnson during hIs trouble, "tth
dongrr, iiy hen tluaiteIS "ers ih,n al ~,
lIJuI5, tat VAS down III Now MeAlto
among the intIGiis, 'itl not Know what
was gong on, but cane to Washington a
repIiy ls u.Sib!e, and at "itr' went 10
ttrn. btanL'a huu to hnI out W hei.
together | asked uiIll mat was up Ills re-"
ply Was Laat lie dIti not know, but that
ILero was something going "n. Ito saii
tnere wa diap'siil"n Ia tho cabinet to get
r!I Of him. The proposition had been nih,ie
to neni hin t. Mexico, hut lie hiui deter
mined not To- go. He sal he would
stand court martial first. lie then told
nie that Mr.. Seward Formulated -hnin" sort
OF u paper which had been retit: and agreed
upon at u recent cabinet nnotiGs. Ha re-
marked that he had said ut the time that
he was not III the habit OF receiving ordera
from the secretary OF STATE whercupon they
had saii that that could be very easily rem
cdied; that it could hs made to read as an
orier from the secretary of war.
Con. Grant then urged that 1t was
II diplomatic mission, AMI one nnder
which hs could not ha seat under the law.
Ilo aid II they wantoi TO send tho army
down there, with him at the head, that was
a d diiierent thing; bat he could NOT ho or
derol by the secretary of war upon any dip
lonlatic mission whatever. After tins eX-
planatlu | sand t. him: "Well, what do
they want OF meg Il don't kuow,' was his
reply. Altar this nver-atlon | wont over
immediately and called upon the president
without visiting Secretary stanton or
any other OF the cabinet officer. The proSt
IL ~ fr,n
to senl Low Campbell as minister to M axico
accredited to the JaureH government, and
that it was thought best to ,eni Gen Grant
along with him; that his high position AMI
his known friendship for Mexico would give
this act high standing and place our minis
ter in commanding position with the
government to which he was accredited. |
asked were Juarcz wa. Tho answer
came that he was either At FL paSo ur near
Monterey. | then said: "Mr fresi-
dent why do you want to send Gem Grant
upon this seryice" Nv ell" said the presi-
dent, "he has Il grent reputation there as
representative" | said; Mr., President,
this is Il diplomatic mission an Con Grant
VIII not go upon it. tie will di,obey the or
der If it is issued" The president seemed
very much urprisel, and sail that he had
very great regard for Gen Grant. and
would not like to do anything that was di,-
tasteful to him, yet he thoughtit it would be to
the interest of tho government il he would
go down Win ME- talnpDel anu present
him to the Juarfz government After
some further conversation replied: well,
Gen. Hancock'i command extendS to El
faso and Gen Sherid ans south of that to
the gulf. Either OF them would escort our
minister to Mexico to his proper destina
ton and present him to the government to
which he is accredited But if it woul! re-
lievc the executive of any embarrassm mhnt
my command includes both of these.
and | will 70 down myself" Very
we'll, if you will 20, that settls3
it, said tn" president "aud it will he in-t
aS we'll" He asked mo to call upon the sec
rotary Of tho navy, which did, and five
days later took the steamer for the gulf
Thus was the liilirnlty, so far as Con. Grant
was concerned, bridget over, and he
kept from an rian rurtura with the eXacu-
tive. Ny ori lion is they desire to get rid
~ him and k'op him from being candidate
or tho lra.i lenry. What they wanted of
mo in Cae Gen Grant was son,
out IF tho 'olitrv do not know. The iiS
cussiun hctwotn President John ,on an IN,
self nCy yer cot that far,