New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
GRANT IN PEACE.
nv GENERAL ADAM BADEAU.
NO. VII.
CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION.
ru...,-.,hf 1884


,,s as,orts preyailed. Although every
xortbern State had promptly rauheu 'ie oo -,
..i,,,tional Amendment, yet under i'oS'''", ,,
-oss,,re persiasion and advice. every seceu'u
State rejected IT, c.,. rrsdc-
w-hon this result was known Grants preui0
.;ors were speedily verified. congress '' 0"
ao+o,mined that the recus'tnt states sno"u
r,dsr vervditferent conditions from 'hose
., ,ronosed The whole territory tiEil n''"
oI+.d ,vas divided iDto five military uis
.r;cts and military rule declared sup
,ocb Commanders were to be appo'''0" -.
80 and duty to protect all persons a' .i'o
S.b 70 suppress insuri ectOD ana uisoiu
- .. nunish all disturbers OF the peace "i,'
..;,ois These commanders were eHploSrIii
el..hi1;-.d IN superseIr the civil courts oy IN, n
r. tribunals aud all civil or State go h;.ct
sSbsteIe or was declared provisional anu anu, Ste.
tn the paramount authority OF 'le O.i n Tho col
This military rule was TO coh'liiuo ,-' and the
ored p.,puLlti.n w,s allowed Io W. lifted
omon6ment already rejected should oe az SD,tes
Then and nrttili then, would lne se,;o seoG in the
ha admitted to their former posluU" enacted
TiIion. and the stern provisions 18th houses
Sn',"rUed This measure vs'Fl ooCn 'inr- no;o
~ Congress in Ma ch, lsOI' oy l'e0
;ties over the Presidents velo. 81. IN accord
i199 Guort ,v,s at this time completely III 'o'Gl"
With the Legislature. The change ID NJ, ,bant
,on nJ m his feeling had ben 1rouEn' ~ "p tbe
not only by his deteIence 10 t"t tha Cb;cnerv of
North and his indignation Al the Tin0 ant;on 0i
-, hut in a O, eat de- gree by the ACTIN
.,,n So,tbprrers th.n,-elve>. 1he lTesueh'
corrse nd aroused temper NJ the 'ou'a, tha
Cant believed dangerous TO ue H,io.s, " - do
county. Acts had been colllili.';;i ioraJ .hcrld
bo ,enres-ed nv stringent means. ne poPur'- pop
co. tPat had been subdned, he thought VIZ eH
c;ted apuin The reports from W Su uuV' w ~
assured him that the Union peopi as .n I tb,t
,yere not safe without Northern over T-'Ule' I .n'
tha hacks were massacred, in snort UNI
tbe results he had fought 10 secure We - t.-
dargcred and believing as he no" , ulo i''''' h1
IL lam,urv extended to the conquered htu
ben abused he approved of rcstralhihg u'IS'
~, h ~ shown themS, lveS unworthy ol Inil'ie'
treatment. He agreed fully with congress tn''1 LEN
tbe onl, n,acticil me n of securing What iIi'i
been won i'm the field wa- In the extension "i
the suffrage 10 thr freedmen =, H..
Ab.t.icfiv he did not favor TINS sep pu'
be Looked upon it. AS he had TtgaIued eih'th-
;notion in the war n rendered necessary oy
event. He was not men much governed oY
sentiment. or aDt 10 be led away ny ue"iiC. :
he >,w the uutitnes Of the freedmen al I'LL ulii
for th,. bsll,t be recognized tn" danger oi 90
mitting them 10 the sVifr ge bnt he iell t''a'
TN. dan rer was IL : than m Il OF allowing tlo'e
who had been the nations enemies r' re-
turn unt-ammrlled 10 their former pos'"on >
10 provoke new III di-sen>lons ara p"sSl' ~ aus
onntbr. var Tie wa> gradually bTought ~ tha
convlrtlon that in Oide~ to secure the ChlOH
which be- desired and which the Northern ptolie
had tonight for voting pOpul ton ~ ule ~ouO'
friendly IL the Union W.. in'I~pcn ~'oe' ana ~
until the south WIS willing 10 coh'el' "'. ou
lot l. the bl k il must be kept under m Htd'y
17lla The process Of conversion WIS slow, ana
tbo convert mwilling-but when once ne ac-
cented the new faith he rem med nm -
Six week. before the passage OF the Re
construction measures he vote to Vrhe,N llo"-
ard. i'm command of the FTeedmen'- Bureau
HEApor ARTFRs ARMIES OF THE UNITED }
STATES. WASHINGTON. Jan. Is, lSoID
[Confidential.1
DEAR GENERAL: VIII you be kind enough
to send me a list OF authenticated cases OF mur-
der and Othrr violence upon f1fPnm"h'
Notle-n or oiher Union men. refugees etc,
in the Southern States fO~ the last siy months or
- vear. Nv object in thi, is t0 make report
shown. that the courts IN The STATES eXcluded
fom Congress afford no security tO lie or prop
crtv of the cl,s.e~ here referred TO and to recom
mend that martial w be declared Owe such
district. ~ do not afford the p ope' protoe1o
Ynnrs truly. 7. :. GRANT. Gene al.
10 Gcperai O. o. HOWARD. Cong Freedmen'S s
IWcrH, rte.
On the 18th OF March, two days after the pass
az Of the Reconstruction bill. he wrote 10 his
intimate fIiend Was,bume, who was then
abroad;
"ReconStruction measures have pissed
both hou-e~ ot Cong ess over one OF The most
ridiculous veto mes ages that ever emiia'eu IRON
any President Ierry Black l. supposed TO he
the .. fhnr nt it, lie has been about W L-hlngtOn
for Stone time. and 7 am tcld has been 2 eat
deal about the White House. II i a lifting end
t. all olf controversy u believe this last me 'surt
to be a solution. unless the Pre-id NJ p owes an
ob>t >turtonl thar the man who tled to- prove
M Al tf4 lt-S
that the alton had no constitutional power to
save II f,l> row irving 10 prove that the nation
ha> not now the power. after IA victory, 10 deinan
sccultv TO- the future.
d. not show what have -aid on political
matters 10 any one. 1t is not proper that q
sub dnate should crit iSe the acts Of his
supeiioi-ln public manner. ! rely upon ou
person Itl tion~. however, 10 speak TO you
freely as ! iecl upon all matters"
Grants apprehenSions in regard tc the President
were well founded No sooner did the sub)r
dnate commanders begin in goodiM TO caIl1
out the llw than the Administration lniervenet
- thwart them. sheridan, who WAS III comm III
II Now-Olleans. found 1t necessary 10 remove
certain civil Ofiirers, and immediately johnson
claimed that district commanders had no pOwe
under the law u make such removals. In TIN
he was supported by his Attorney General
Grant tolcg aphed to Shell idn app owing A
couise, but ,dvl ed that he should make no fur
thel removals unless they were indispensable
He was himly Oi the opinion that the night ex
lsted. but was anxious 10 avoid dliect coniilc
between The President and tn. dlstllct comm nt
els letter 10 she Idam Ol the oh OF Apr
1867. shows his anxiety to carry Out The pole
that Congiess and tie people had determine
on anu yet ~ act with caution and suDoIdlEl
ton:
CONFIDENTIAL
My DEAR GENEkAL. " hen l telegraphe
you .eN d-.ys d-O .idVlsl-g nOL-atctOn IOi
While III tne mAItcI OI IuIuscr removals OI
ONCE undei the authOlIty Ol the KccOn>iru,
ton si,i, IL W.s OeCauae | knew tlu the Al
tOlBey -OcucI.al n.td Lihcn Tie ground tndt tIi
bill ll.,.. uo such auAuo. lty Ia, district con