New-York tribune., 1888-03-21

-. r,, ,,,ne,. or indeed Of any sale Of the
work and rsfsafnsd from resertng 70 the nw 'us
,sst shoud interfere with the sale OF the book s
This as nay reason Mr.. Alexsn1er who commenue y
-.ode,at,on Roth he and another member OF the nfm
..sure. me that when Grants paid the immese
sums which Il was now the book would prihs IN !"
could hardly Be possible that they "ouia l'H " -
mo nv share and L waited.
EFFORTS AT A SETTLEMENT
General Badeau says that some efforts were
made to obtain satisfactory settlemen. iroin .''e
Grant family through his friend. H. NJ. Alexander
,ho acted in this matter not as his legal adviser
but sImpy as his friendly representative Incse
efforts failed General Badeau's statement then
c0ntinues
In February 1887 the publishers OF General Grants
memoirs sgnned strong desire publish this work.
ana an agreement signed between us very favorable
to The publishers assured me IN writing that hey
could three times many copies m the ooox as any
other Shortly after this agreement was executed
the Grant famy inerfeed and the publishers approached
and ssid they could not publish my book unless
stipulated to strike out anything that might DO oisa-
grccabie to Mrs Grant 1 offered to submit the por-
already completed tabout twothrds OF the WORN :"
MrA Grant and discuss In advance the yet unwrt1n
chapters with view to regarding her tase OF oc"ns'
stated had idea Of introducing any mater
to which it possible she could object but "as w
that must sign advance stipulation 10 strhe ou'
ANYTHING that in tho future rs Grant might pronounce
disagreeable TO her She refused to say whae was u
greeable her now but she objected W ehe vooA hs
4 I asked what were her ob)ecuonA pu' 9no ''AN
make them known; and the publishers repeateu 'ha'
unless stipulated in writing make any future changes
she might dictate. they would withdraw from tner asIoo
uent OF course could make no such blind snpuiauohS
and her publishers did withdraw from an agreement"
signed, sealed and delivered mouth before
Messrs Stanley, Clarke & Smith were engaged
! as General Badeaus lawyers, ana on july co.
1887, General Bad"au wrote from southampton
L. L, to Mr. Clarke long letter giving his version
Of his connection with the memoirs, but stipu-
lating that this letter was not for puohca'ioh
but only to be seen by General Grants 1amlly
! or such persons as it might be necessary Tor mem
or for General Badeau to consult, ana WIN 't 1ht
hone that General Grants desire for secresy mghc
even yet be complied with. - .,,o o;a
| In this letter General Badeau describes inc ara
which he gave General Grant in the preparation ion
of his articles for I" The Century Magazine but
the the s" wGF Which Ga General Bsdeau
| count of his claims for assistance on .he S,e i
ors" these details do not appear TO De OF n'Jn tSa
| consequence This letter to Mr. ClarXe ia the
summer of 1887 reports and elaborates the story
| of General Badeau's relations with General Hraht
! while he was in his house ana aiuihg nihi ih '''0
preparation Of the memoirs.
HIS OWN WORK POSTPONED.
This mart of General Badeau's argument is
given herewith:
| As he was anxious finally postponed the comple-
ton OF my work. and went TO him on the loh OF octo
Der For months spent four Ave hours day at his side
and many besides In own room at work on MS
hook When we were together sat at the same table,
and often he had written page he handed 10
to me- did not the original matter and In that
sense did compose the book The thoughts were 'eh-
eral Grants and the original draft OF the
language But suggested much ] told him when to
descriptions Of scenery where to place an account
OF character how elaborate picture OF batuc.
recalled scenes and incidents TO his memory In whch
had participated with the story Of which was ID
miliar and verified his statements did not compile
data, as Colonel Grant supposes The data were com
piled and ady my history and that he always took
fhnrifv Il road nm
the Mexican and then went over what he had Written
on subject verifying correcting it. and almost TO
this portion construction ana style are
concerned l discussed his statements ana the au'sao
fly OF his expressions opinion and often persuaded nun
to change the withhold or modify the omer anu
then when subject matter was setedI took TINS roush
aerial my and made any changes sa" h'
in language STYLE took out whole pages 1 Trans
ferred others from part of the book to anothet
modified expressions which disiihed or dsipproNeu
and there page in the first volume. nor one IN
the second down the Wilderness campagn when oa
not contain dozen alterations notifications entirely
broke sentences soitened or heigheehcu .he
effect corrected the and all with the knowledge
and sanction and by the express and repeated desire ol
General Grant -
WHAT HE SAYS OF HIS SHARE IN THE WORK; ,rSR;
| v-,vVsauy constructed tho work. Geneia "ra"'
had very good power OF clear and forcibe expression
I'm matt rs with which familiar OF In which he
Interested and passages OF his were oiten ec'o"'
These always retained and always sought to preserve
his simplicity dirccness and even rusgcdnesS oI
language never betray my own share in the WORK.
But he never whether what he wrote was good
English and his slips in grammar were constant lie
had besides idea whatever OF building up ehapef'
or q book OF treating theme so as TO Lead UP 10
| noint or 10 make a complete picture argument II
he struck out good sentence at the first rai so hucIi
the better but he could repair improve IL as iue
| This was no discledit TO him Hteratuie was not
his occupation or his talent lie was soiueI' o' ai
| author I was happy TO put whatever knowledge, or
experience talent had Of this sort at his service
and do this part u his work for him ana WIN MN.
There was nothing dshonorable in relation either 70
him or to me- The work labor OF love 10 me- anu
he apprecated this and enjoyed seeing the book take
different shape color in hands. or, rather seeing
his thoughts and deeds brought out more Clearly anu
more absolutely according to his own idea
| I,ut the book could not have made what 1t Is
| without There no one else who had Doth my
peculiar knowledge Of the theme and the literary qua'y
There was no whom he would have allowed 10 90
| what I did But he knew how loved him, ana now
devoted I was TO his fame, and he trusted me- did
my work Loyalty II man did ana never Dcuayeu
him have nothing to precipitate this question:
/ would have told what am writing now il /. haa
not been extored from by the imputatons reiefeo
| TO by his son.
General Grant once said Badeau know
| could not do this work without you think couid
tell o plain story that people would understand wha'
| 1 meant; but 1 could not write such book as this
| without YOU. You have Invaluable and indi spensa
BILE to me- only iii verifcaton and revision Dut IN
| suggestion, and am very grateful
Another time proposed to leave his house. having
remained q m NTH OF weeks, but he would not near
O, It, He said was comforting great obligation on
him and sis family by remaining TO help HIM Ihose
| were his words He said his family understood anu
! appreciated the service 1 doing him and them IL
he could afford It, he declared he would ohef me sow
or 5000 month while stayed in addition to my interest
| In the book Itself SO / consented TO stay.
| WRITING AN AGREEMENT
When he became i'll asked him to put the agreement
into writing lie acquesced and wrote out the agree
men the day while was out OF tho room Without
any other suggestion word from me- When he SOW me
alone he handed me the paper Some one entered ana
put my pocket and read 1t afterward alone Ihe
next time ho II 1t satisfactory, aud
told him IL was This was on 7th February 1855,
The terms the agreement precisely those he had
offered me In August preceding at Long Biarch No sug
gestion modification in regard to matter 9r language