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GRANTS QUARREL WITH JOHNSON.
What ex-senator Henderson Says About II.
RIEL'S EXECUTION POSTPONED
EDITOR sTEAD's TRIAL BEGUN.
WRECKS ON LAKE SUPERIOR.
ANTI.CHINEsE MOVEMENT AT STOCKTON,


0NANT AND ANDREW JOHNSON.
Ex-senator HendersOn's Contribution
to the COntrOversy-Gen. Grant Old.
posed Impeachment Until After II Is
Quarrel With the President Regard.
ing HIS Surrender of the War Port.
folio TO Stanton.
ST. LOUIS, October 23.-Touching the ques-
ton as to whether Gen. Grant did or did not
favor the impeachment of President Johnson
as raised by a recent correspondence between
Col Grant and Mr.. Chauncey Depew the
GLOBE Democrat this morning prints the follow
son, who was I'm the Senate at that time. and
Will be remembered as one of the very few re-
publican Senators who voted against the i'm
parchment. Gen. Henderson was also an in
Innate friend of Gen. Grant, and had superior
opportunities of knowing that gentleman g
views at that time. The statement is as fol-
lows:
There were two separate and distinct move
mentS to impeach President Johnson; one was
In the House in December, 1867, Immediately
on the assembling of Congress-. Ii was based
on the action OF the committee appointed dur
to investigate and report whether IL was adyis-
able to impeach Mr.. Johnson. / speak only by
memory, but at least action was taken i'm De.
cember, and the proposed articles of impeach-
ment were voted down by a very large major
ity. Gen. Grant was then acting as Secretary
of War and as a member of Mr. Johnson's cabi-
net, and have various reasons for stating that
at that time he was opposed to the impeach-
ment OF Mr.. johnson. Gen. Grant had accepted
the preceding August on the snspen.
sion of Edwin NJ. Stanton by the President
under the provisions of the tenure-of-office act.
That act provided that in cases where the Pres
ldent suspended an officer, his reasons for the
suspension and the name of the pro tenn. ap-
pOintment should be submitted to the Senate
II the Senate approved the suspension the old
incumbent stood removed. Ii the Senate re-
fused to concur, the new nomination fell, and
the old incumbent resumed his place. Within
the REQUIRED time after the assembling of the
Senate in September, 1867, Mr.. johnson, I'm
obedience to the re9uirements of the
for the suspension of MIR. Stanton to the Sem
ate, which were referred to the appropriate
committee, and, as remember now without
looking to the records, that committee made an
adverse report Within short time after
the reconvening Of Congress, the Sem
finally, late at night, came to a final vote sus-
tanning the report of the committe and over
ruling the residents action in suspending Mr..
stanton. Under the law this vote ipso Jdcto re-
instated Mr.. stanton and removed Gen. Grant.
Next morning Mr.. Stanton appeared at the war
office at an early hour, and before the arrival of
Gen. Grant, and on the arrival of Gen. Grant
Mr.. Stanton informed him OF the action of the
Senate, and said that he was now again Secre-
tary Of War. Gen. Grant retired, and in q few
days occurred the scene between Mr.. johnson
and Gen. Grant In the Executive mansion, and
bly, Mr.. Seward. In that interview, Ii will
he remembered, Mr.. Johnson stated to Gen.
Grant that he Gen. Grant, had accepted
the portfolio of the War department with the
agreement that in case the Senate disagreed
with the action of the President i'm removing
Mr.. Stanton he (Grant) would either hold the
Office and contest with Mr.. Stanton the con-
stitutiOnality OF the tenure-of-Office act, or i'm
the event of his unwillingness to do so, he
would give timely notice thereof TO the Presi-
dent, In order that the latter might substitute
the name of some other person who would con-
test the validity of the act in question with Mr..
stanton. Mr.. johnson claimed that, in his
opinion, the action was unconstitutional, and
declared that he was led to believe that Gen.
Grant concurred with him in such opinion. AS
to what was said and done i'm that interview,
Gen. Grant and the President seriously differed,
and members of the cabinet who were
Presidents version. Up to that time /
never knew or heard OF any serious misunder-
standing between Grant and Mr.. Johnson and
l am satisfied that up to that period Gen. Grant
was opposed TO any action looking to the inn
parchment OF Mr. j. A short time after this
difficulty, which, SO far as 1 could understand,
involved nothing but a question of veracity be-
tween the parties can state positively that
Gen. Grant became warm and jealous advo-
cate OF impeachment and continued until
memory as to dates, but the substantial facts
are correct"
What Gov. Ross Says.
Gov. f. g. Ross, of New Mexico, who was
then in the U. S. Senate and voted against the
impeachment, in reply to a Geographic inquiry
says: "Gen. Grant was understood TO oppose
the impeachment of Andrew johnson until
near the beginning of his trial i'm the Senate,
but to have favored it during the trial.
Lyman Trumbull, ex-senator from Illinois,
when approached on the subject last night de-
clined to discuss the matter and said he knew
nothing about Gen. Grants feelings respecting
the impeachment of johnson except what was
public record. He, however, entirely discred-
tied the interview with Gen. Grant as related
by Mr.. Depew.