Western Kansas world., 1886-02-27
HE SAW WARM THE SKY,

i HE SAW WARM THE SKY.
A Staff Ohacer Tells How Gen. Grant Killed
| A Conspiracy.
New York Mail and Express.
A book issued in New York will re-
vive in lively manner the controversy
respecting the alleged conspiracy Of
President Andrew johnson, the true par
ticulars of which it is said are known
only to those to whom Gen. Grant told
them in confidence. The volume is en-
titled, "Uncle Daniels Story of Tom
Anderson and Twenty Great Battles" 1t
is by staff officer of the union. At the
close of the book chapter is given to
the scheme for New Rebellion" and
in this is given what is pronounced to be
the true history Of President Johnson's
part in the project. Proofs Of this
chapter containing the story were shown
to leading United States senator a few
days ago, who was familiar with what was
going on just at the close of the war,
and he said that it was true account.
Through the favor Of the publishers, a
reporter for the Mail and Express was
permitted to copy that portion of the
book.
cat this time there seemed, !" writes the
author, ''to be some friction between the
president and congress. This condition
of things continued, with iIl-feeling and
the breach still widening. The president
differed widely from the Republican ma
jority, as well as the secretary of war and
the general of the army, as to the recon-
struction of the states recently in re-
belion. Every measure that congress
would pass, with view of taking charge
of the colored people or aiding them in
their perilous condition was rejected by
the president and had to be passed over
his veto. 1t was the same with matters
in reference to reconstruction. He be-
gan haranguing the populace from the
balcony of the executive mansion in Or
der to create ill-feeling and prejudice
in the minds of the people against their
representatives. He, however, very sud-
denly changed his views as to the prop
er treatment for the leaders of the rebel
lion. Instead of wishing them tried and
punished as formerly, he thought por-
ton of congress should be tried and pun
ished. He turned his back on his union
friends and made the leading rebels and
their sympathizers of the north his con-
fdants. Jefferson Davis and all those
under arrest for treason were, under his
new programme, released. He denounced
leading republicans as conspirators and
traitors. He was cajoled by every con-
spirator of the late rebellion. Finally,
the visits of certain men from Maryland
and Virginia became SO frequently that
they aroused a suspicion in the mind of
the secretary of war and the chief of
staff to the general of the army, and very
soon this suspicion extended to the gen.
eral himself, that new conspiracy was
being organized. The general was led to
believe this, first on the ground that the
president at one time wanted all the
leading men who had been paroled by
the general arrested and tried by the
United States court in Virginia. This
the general of the army had resisted in
such manner as to cause quite cool
ness between the two the same men
that he at one time desired to see hanged
had now become his companions, conf
dental friends and advisers.
SECOND REBELLION AVOIDED.
Information was received about this
time, through a source that could not be
doubted by the secretary of war nor by
the general of the army, of programme
which had been agreed upon by the
president and certain rebels claiming
that their states were sovereign, were
states now as ever, with all their rights
that of representation included. The
president determined to issue his procla-
nation for an election of senators and
members of the house of representatives
from all the states lately in rebellion, and
if they came to Washington claiming
their seats, and should not be admitted
by the republican majority, he would
organize congress with the southern
members and the northern democrats,
and as president would recognize them
as the congress of the United States and
send his messages and communications
accordingly. If the republicans resisted
he would disperse them by force, and
thereby make them the rebels against
the lawful government, as he claimed,
and that way turn it over to its enemies
and their sympathizers, with himself as
their chief, instead of Mr.. Davis, holding
the capital and all the government ar
chives. If he could induce the general
of the army to obey his orders he could
carry out this scheme; if not, he would
get rid of the general and try and find
some other officer upon whom he could
rely. To be prepared in case he could
not use the commander of the army, a
force was to be organized in Maryland
and Virginia, which was to sweep down
upon Washington and take possession
before outside forces could be organized
the presidents authority, using in con-
nection with his force such of the army
as would obey him. He tested the gem
eral of the army and found he could not
use him to aid in starting new rebellion.
He then concluded that he would send
him away to Mexico, and put in some
plant tool as secretary of war and then
put this scheme in operation.
"Just about this time an application
was made to the general of the army,
without coming through the secretary of
war, by the state Of Maryland, for its
quota of arms This at once struck the