New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-31
SUNDAY EDITION.
OCTOBER 81, 1886.

intellectual and able and Of course he nevG1
dreamed Of denying his patriotism; but the genius
OF the one was 30 Numerically opposed 10 tha1
of the other that Grant could not do Justice To
the considerations, whether OF legitimate ambition
OF lofty craftsmanship, that may have actuatsd
Seward. He was too intensely himself to be
sympathetic. He could not put himself into
SewarG's place. lie could not unArstand bow
Seward could reverse the feelings and principles
OF lifetime 10 remain in .Johnsons Cabinet.
lie could not perceive that seward. once the bug.
bear OF the slave holders might take an eXnuHito
pleasure IN the thought that they owed their ex-
efnptOn from many misfortunes 10 the man they
bad so long and 50 bitterly reviei.
But although Grant thought seward only 3
follower OF JOl nson IN the reconstruction policy,
he certainly believe that many Of the de ices OF
johnson were Cue u Stewards suggestion. lie
did not think johnson clever enough to initiate
all the craft that gave the country and Congress
so much trouble and alarm Many Of the acutese
arguments in defence Of Johnson Grant thought
were in reality per- ersions Of Stewards intellect
in an unworthy cause and the effort 10 send
Oiant out OF the county he always attributed tn
Seward. The conception worthy # the dip
lomatic Secretary, b whom il would fall 10 carry
out the device il il succeeded for il Grant had
accented the position pressed upon him he must
have received his instructions from Seward. who
had Onrosef and defeated Grants MEXICAN policy.
Those instructions in fact werr written ont. AMI
Seward once began 10 read them in Cabinet hut
Grant refused to hear them. Even after this thew
forwarded 10 Grant through the Secretary
II would indeed have been Nachiaverian tri-
umnh to have got rid OF Grant az that iuncture
in affairs at home and at the same time forced
him TO carry out Stewards policy in Mexico.
But though rs have said Grant never cot over
his dislike of Stewards course either in the Mex
lean matter or in the general po1ty OF the Admin
istration Seward was determined not 10 nuarref
with Grant He was never personally cOnsricuouD
in the strataooms which Grant Obliged Ia con-
test and even at the crisis of the relations be-
tween Grant and Johnson when other Cabinet
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President. Seward cOntrived 10 write a letter not
entirely unsatisfactory 10 his chief. while vet he
refrained from giving the lie To Grant. Thus their
relations although after this period intimate.
were not absolutely interrupted. Some OF Sewarf's
admirers even proposed 10 Grant to invite Seward
to main in the State Department but he never
entertained the idea
remember dinner at the house Of Mr. Thorn
ton. the British Minister given after Grants cleo
hosr and Grant on the left and Seward remarked
az he took his seat after the 4th of March,.
General, YOU and ! viii be obliged 70 EXCHANGES
places at table But there were many even then
who placed General Grant above the Secretary OF
State and Grant himself in more important mat
tiers than rank or etiquette was asserting his own
shown 10 prevent the host who was then enter
tanning them from NEGOTIATING treaty with Sow
ara, and he had strtven successfully to lessen the
influence OF Stewards Minister TO Mexico
Still the honors divided. Seward hal
defeated Grant in what the soldier had 81 much AZ
heart-tne forcibe expulsion OF MaXimiian sc-
comnlishing the Oy erthrow Of the em0rc by dino.
matte means though he rislSed. as Grant believed.
the existence OF the Mexican Republic hut >ewarf
himself was defeated in the great object Of lohn-
sons AdministTatiOn-the reconstruction rohcy;
and in this defeat Grant the principal hguN
and instrument Grants election. indeed. was the
seal of Stewards anl Johns0n's overfhrlw. Up
tre last their differences continued. In send
ing Rosecrans h Mexico Seward must have known
the arront he offered Grant. and by the rejection
Of the Clarendon Johnson Treaty.. which Grant
did so much TO ACCOMPLISH the final effort OF sew
ards diplomacy fOiled.
But after all. both We're patriots. both were
Indispensable 70 the salvation OF the State Grants
Victories would have been useless il not mrossbe.
unless Stewards skin hal STAYED the hostile and
impatient hands OF Fnrland and Fame and
Seward's Diplomacy required ViclSsbuIg AMI tha
Wilderness 10 he OF anv avail As Lincoln oncH
said 10 Siriles when they were discussing ths
haFf1e of GettVshu "There is glory enough To
% all around Nevertheless. n is wei 10 tell the
whole truth about great men in great emergencies.
~ ADAM B,DEAU.