New-York tribune., 1888-03-21
Of the next ana M Grant hss rsosived hunofs
Of Thousands Of dollars and not paid mo psnny.
PROPOSITION REFUSED

Of the next ana M Grant has rsosived hundrsds
OF thousands Of dollars and not paid mo psnny.
A PROPOSITION REFUSED.
It is stated by General Badesu that this lctter,
Of his to Mr.. Clarke doubtless made known to
Mrs Grant and her lawyers many circumstances
Of which they had until then been kept in ig-
norance. for it almost Immediately followed
by an offer from Mr.. COnldlng to pay $1,000 10,
worth only 1900 and this. Notwithstanding the
explicit assertions which the letter contained OF
my share in the preparation of his book
This offer from Mr. Conkling, Ieprsenting tho
Grants, was refused and, as nothing more was
heard from them until after the election, icnerai
Badeaus complaint was drawn up. This com.
plaint is given in full IN the statement vs,.S ous
in the earlier account given OF his relations TO
General Grant in the letter TO Mr. Clarke. Inc
complaint simply puts General Bsdesns aSssstonS,
that Immediately after the paper was served;
Colonel Grant and his lawyers made on oner OF
$500 to settle his claim He was INV nnw',ling 70
promise the case for the sake still Of General
Grant and his honored memory but ne says
tho Grants n ass aea ooo including $500
for lawyers fees General Badeau should disclaim
any joint authorship or coauthorship OF tne
Memoirs This, he says, he absolutely refused
20 sign as he WAS not claiming hush money
but o payment under written agrcement
The time allowed for an answer to his complalnt
tension was refused. .1hereupcn Nj; Conkling
withdrew from the suit. and Clarence Seward was
substituted as counsel for Mrs Grant: Il.
General Badeau goes into tho details OF ms
differences with Colonel Grant while he was living
In General Grants house, and rcnews his severe
criticisms OF Colonel Grant.
GENERAL GRANTS SEVERE LETTER
Concerning the long letter Of May s, 1885,
signed by General Gnnt which was printed IN
THE TRIBUNE on Sunday. General Badeau says
that II was written in Colonel Grants hand but
signed by General Grant He says IN conclusion
This letter do hesitate assert could never have
received General Grants sanction had he been wen IN
body and mind but drugged diseased and under the inhu
ence OF his son. he put paper unworthy OF his
fame petty spite aud vulgar malice such as he never
displayed and yet OF positive and palpabe fasc
hood For the that the compensation he had
originally offered both he and had at the time con-
large yet the agreement itself declares In his
hand the compensation was SMALL or course
he responsible falsehood but there It stands
under signature The letter Ia also too stupid for
General Grant written had he maintained the view
1t was supposed uphold 1t states positively that he had
originally offered 20 cent Of the prons whch ne ex
pected yet expresses indignation because asked for
per admits that the work expected 10 last
only three months AMI objects to paying Tor
had already required and would require still
more gives the lie whose veracity his own his
tory depends L. doubts In words the pecunary claims
OF who had been his intimate friend for half
lifetime and yet Invites that to be his guest and In
innate companion.
General Grant himself declared under recent and we'll
known circumstances that he had unwttngly put
his important and damaging document OF the
contents which ignorant when It was placed be-
fore him by designing and unprincipled man
This is all have TO about my letter ana that signed
with HIS name. My own 1 maintain, was fair, manly
respectful consistent with all relations and with my
regard for my chief The other not the letter OF the
Grant I had known who had taken Yicksburs and dis
played such grandeur Of soul a. Appomattox.
| READY TO PROVE HIS ASSERTIONS.
aIx In he pOu
all that assert striven for years TO avoid and
catastrophe which General Grants son has per
sisted In precipltatng For years have submitted to
insults and reproaches and to the Withholding OF what 10
been libeled in the public press, and my
character has been falsely asslcd In private Ny bus
ness has been interrupted have been threatened with
the disclosure private letters Of General Grant which his
charged by him not to reveal except uhuer CIR
cumstanccs that can and which, II General
Grant hem were obtained when he was under
the influence OF drugs and disease have been onereo
hush money; been approached with dlshonorabie
proposals and all this at the time when was working 70
build up General Grants reputation as statesman 70 oe
fend him as OF business to set forth his personal
virtues and even screening the conduct OF his son. AL
this while his family enjoying fortune whcn ou'
for me they could have received; Tor 'ehesi or
was not at liberty Of honor to write his history
without permission: anh ihr p''e0 'Aa' M o'u ioi
permission his family refuse TO pay General Grant,
dying and dugged and unused to literary abors was not
able write his history without my afdi and not ono
penny Of the hundreds thousands has brought them
could his family have enjoyed but Tor me- Yet the pOr
'S d a even Ns hsa % S son aemei @ to turn from
the friendship that had lasted half lifetime me- who
General Grant himself declared had done much TO IL
usrate and cofobOTae his fame. This attempted TO
blacken reputation upon the purity
OF which OF his fathers depends; for II had
spoken falsely, what becomes Of my testimony In GRANTS
beha7 He has sought only take from me the credit
had previously earned but enrap me Into admissions
which might afterwad be used TO prove me dshOnoaDe
He tried to make the good pure maranmous Grant guilty
OF dirty petty that would damn him before
the world II they had been committed as his son has
claimed lie tried get his fathers signature to false
hoods did place It to letters unworthy OF his fame
Worse than Noah who uncovered their fahers
nakedness this unworthy heir to great name en-
deayored st to make guilty of wickedness Of
which incapable and then to make capital Tor hn
self out OF the crime he laid at his fathers door
But the world and the country will decide that General
Grant neither perperaed sanctioned the acts which
the ascribe TO him. The country VIII see ana
declare that It is who have strven TO preserve GRANTS
glory from have borne everything for
his sake and the Of the Nation 70 which his glory be-
longs and II now appeal TO the country and
the law the sacrifice of the great reputation
which we all revere maintain 1t against the efforts
OF ono who would dcfe It and drag It down to his own
level The country will take that he does not sue
! ceed ADAM bADhAo'
New-York, March 90 1888.