New-York tribune., 1888-03-25


MAKING A DIRECT CHARGE OF FAISEHoOD.
Colonel Grant then inluless In some plain talk as
to an assertion Of General Badeau's, Affecting winch
he says:
The statement Of General Badcau in tho twentynr"
psragrsph that ever proposed that he should finish my
fathers Memoirs and let me sign my to It IN IN
ousfned falsehood And It is not consistent In MIN 20
declare his willingness to finish the book In zen
eral Grsnrs NAME and In almost the same breath oeeiae
that should undertake that service for me or any
one dictation BY General Grant to stem
ographcr alluded TO in paragraph twenty-five was paoy
and entirely rejected afterwsrd and new ssenoe
pher Mr. Noble L Dawson. employed. who remained with
Grant the end rendering most faithful ana enc
ient service II General Badeau did anything to this dc
not used But ss to this as 10 every page
In the book the manuscript win be the best evidence
The whole OF the twentieth paragraph OF the Address
Is qubbe General Bsdeau must havc refused to deny
thss he had written line OF the book. either because
that not technically true or because ne
claimed to have done original work 1t Is possible tha'
there may be line in the book in his words although
doubt IT, It Is equally possible that there may DC
l,nc m nv words although am very there is not
The manuscripts frequently read over BY Badesu ana
in his presence and in the Of other persons As
always happens such suggestions were made ana
questions asked The records were constantly eA-
amned for verHcaton Of statements and by far the
part this work done by my brothers and my
SELF -
General Badcau. my father prcphesed he would do
has been making the technical definition
of the word clerical" II that word is to be taken a.
indicating the work Il mere ccpyst It has never
been pretended that General Badeaus work was ceres
He not good t.Iyist But my brothers ana myself
vino constantly revised manuscript corrected proof COM
ped mans and made suggestions when manuscript was
read. dreamed Of supposng that we were oo'hs
ether clerical work that could not oe per-
formed by any intelligent amanuensis Inc seereio'
OF Messrs Bancroft who have siaed tnose se
tienen In compl Ing the enormous mass OF da'a upon
which their histories based might certainly win a.
mueh reason claim the authorship Of those WORKS as
General Badeau make his claim In this case pu'
they would not dream OF making such pretensions
IL cannot be too often repeated that
had General Badeau beer willing to accept
the sum s1O for his services as IN amaauenss upon
the 421 pages, about one-half the hrsl Vo'u VI
the Personal Memoirs to which his seryic"s wefe
rendered such a. they were. he would have been pau
the full OF $4,000 Notwithstanding that 'hink !"
can demonstrated that these pages contain soou' d ~
errors in the published, and certainly nave my
self had repeatedly to correct Badeaus mis''h
in verIncaton notably in his list OF the killed, wounded
and missing at the siege Of Vieksburg.
GENERAL BADEAU's NOVEL.
1t NAV perhaps be worth while TO mention that, nc
the time when General Badeau would have the "ori
Understand that he devoting himself soleiy 10 my
fathers aid. he also engaged upon novel suoS
quenty published after several publishers believe hau
re ected t. title OF Conspiracy Ihe manu-
script he read family and 1t was crii
cised BY them at the reading scapdslous They GER
tsny do not desire either Its authorship or liter
airy style because II read TO them for CRITICISM Inl'
book also proved failure Mrs Grant prophesed IL
would
In tho TWENTY arst pararraph General Badeau makes
notable namely that he did not write the letter
OF May until after General Grant had made afahge'
ments obtain q stcnographer He hd spent seven
months In the house and 1t had been found necessary to
obtain this remarkable paragraph ne
would have t that he had not perceived prior
to that time General Grant had much regard for his
literary fame his words assured him that
/ desire claim the literary merit which now
saw he much frgarded'
The Inference to be drawn from them Is that to
that he had supposed that General Grant was
willing that he adesu) should have the credit OF tfe
literary production but that then, seeing Tor
the the General valued his literary repu-
tation, thought IL good opportunity 10 write the
letter Of Nay aud sccr in consideration OF new
contract which he should receive $1,000 month
in advance per OF the profits Of the book TO
hide the fact that the literary merit Of the work
was due TO him. and avail himself OF the probability
that work By the author Of The Military History
Of General Grant" the novel Conspiracy ana the
" English Aristocracy" would have better sale II
signed by General Grant than by the person to whose
planning suggestion revision and wider knowledge OF
General Grants campaigns than General Grant hmseir
possessed is jdesty suggested the WORK owes It's
very existence
tcron for all Intelligent by which TO Judge General
Badeau and his Address the American People IL woud
the manifold Inconsistencies ana
absurdties OF that document
i desire to reply TO the gross personal abuse
myself by General Badeau As the eldest surviving son
my father have had to take charge OF my mothers az
fairs with regard her interests and tho interests
Of immediate family and others dependent upon her.
NY mother has paid only every just bill presented to
her but she advised could not be legal
y enforced and grossly exOrban She has also paid
Of Of losses who. like ourselves suf
fered through the failure OF Grant Ward
The supervision that 1t was my duty to make OF ac-
counts presented been In instances cause
of attack upon myself For this have no concern.
am willing to decide mere Ques-
ton Of probabilities whether deserve the coarse abuse
reted by who owes whatever success or
position may baYe achieved to father and who has
made repeated proessons friendship and affection to
myself: man, too whose fallngs have endeayored to
conceal. lie says In coreirding the extraordinary
twenty first paragraph OF his address:
Had General Grant been we'll. have no doubt that
he would have consented to my proposition. or, more
probably would have proposed arrangements adyan
agcous and fslrer than the original bargain"
In other words, he that except for magn In
fuenee and drugs under which kept dying father.
whom dearly loved with assgnable motive except to
lniure General Badeau, General Grant would never have
repudated dishonorable proposition that another
man should bund to his memory a great monument at
the OF which HIS should appear as the builder
but the contrary would have proposed that General
Badeau who had already erected to his memory upon the
book shelves Of the shops the stupendeus nonumcnt of
The Military History" should erect another pyramid Of
the sort. In the hope that General Grant by signing
his name It's base might insure pecuniay benent
for himself and Badeau than had resulted from previous
efforts Of sctusl Badeau him
self This Is Bsdeau's logic ana 10 would seem that
child might draw the Necessary conclusions from the
| premises.
SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS.
One word the damage sustained by General
Badesu through the competition of tho Personal Memoirs
with the Military History" General Grant expected TO
use maps Of the Military History for the Personal
Memoirs" although In fact did not do lie asked
an Intimate friend and publisher, Mr. George W. Chnds
what thought would be fair compensation to General
Badeau Ia the Of the maps-ts prior
signing OF the menlosndun-and his reply was s'oo
The General also what supposed would be q
fair compcnsa asked. DO you Wish to DO far or
| generous r. lie replied Generous
understood at that time that General Badeaus pay as
an officer on retired list had been stopped