The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-24
TIE DIPLOMATIC MyssEox.

General Grant then urged that it was a
diplomatic mission, and one under which
he could not be sent under the law. He
said that il they wanted to send the army
down there with him at the head, that
was very different thing, but that he
could not be offered by the Secretary Of
War any diplomatic mission whatever.
After this explanation said 70 him:
"WeI, Vh&t do they want OF me?"
~ don't knoE," was his reply"
After this conversation ! went over and
called upon the President without visiting
the Secretary Of State or any other OF the
Cabinet officers. The President told me
frankly that they were going TO send Lew
Campbell a. Minister to Mexico, accredit-
TO the uarez uoVgrnment, and that il was
thought best to send Grant along; that his
high position and his known friendship
for Mexico would give this act high stand
ing and place our minister in command
ing position with the government to
which he was accredited. | asked where
Juarez was? The ansEer was that he was
either at Z! PAso or near Monterey. !
then said: Mr.. President, "WhT do you
want to send General Grant upon this
service?"
"Well, !" said the President, "hs has q
great reputation there as well as here and
will properly introduce our representa-
tive"
tic mission and General Grant will not go
upon it. He will disubey the order il 1t il
issued"
-Yhe President seemed very much sur.
prised and said that he had very great
regard for General Grant and would not
like to DO anything that was diGtastetnl to
him, yet he thought itwould be to the iH'
terest OF the government il he would so
with Mr.. Campbell and present him to the
Juarez government.
Alter some further conversation re-
Piled: "Well, General Haucock's com.
mand extends to II PGso and General
ShermRn's south OF that to the gull;
either Of them would escort Mr.. Campbell
TO his proper destination aud present him
TO the government TO which he ia ac-
credited, but II it would relieve the ex.
ecutiye Of any embarrassment, my COM
mand includes both Of theirs, will go
myself"
THAT SETTLES IT.
"very well, il you will, thst settles it,"
said the President, "and it will be just as
WELL" He asked me to call upon the
Secretary Of the Navy, which did, and
five days later took the steamer for the
Gulf. Thus was the difficulty go far as
General Grant was concerned bridged
over and he was KEEP. from an open rup-
ture with the Executive. My opinion is,
they desired to get rid OF him and keep
him from being a candidate for the Pfesi-
dency. whatthey waited oime in case the
General was sent to Msxico don't know ;
the discussion between the President and
myseli never got that far. In relation to
the belliSerent side Of President Johnson's
acts about this time aal the organic Ition
OF A force 10 sustain him in open rupture
with Congress, Of which Mr.. Horace Por
ter speaks, Mr. Burr continues: Gen
eral Grants differences with Andrew
johnson were continuous, without open
conflict, during all of his term al
President. As the difficulties between
Grant and the President grew Gen. Gram
was informed that an arrangement was be
ling made in Maryland for an organization
Of force TO support the President in case
there was an open rupture between him
self and Congress. lie directed the OF
ticer commanding in Washington at the
thine TO send trusted oihcer into Mary
land 10 ascertain the strength Of the iarc'
and what was being done in the way o
Rrming and drilling it. 1t was the duty Q