Evansville Journal, Volume 19, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 19 February 1868 — Page 2

THE EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAI : WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1868.

An Analysis of the Johnson-Gran Question or Yeracltr. , To the Editoi of the Chronicle: A careful analysis of the statements of the President,, his Cabinet witnesses, and General Grant, in regard to the vital point at issue namely, - the conversation held on the Saturday before Staaton's reinstatement ioay throw coniHorable light on the Sucstioa-of . veracity between the two istinguished disputant?. There is "no controversy as to the General having supposed last August tb at, "as a general principle," the court was the proper, tribunal, for .the settlement of the ''controversy between the President and. the Secretary of War, and that he then consented to hold the position till it was thus settled, or to resign; "and if I should change my mind in this particular case, I would inform him of tht fact. ' (General Grant's letter, January 25.) Nor is there any question that the President, after this long discusf :"sioo on Saturday, January 11, "expected " to see the General again before the Senate finally acted. The President, in his letter of January 31, goes no farther than to say: " It was then understood that there would be a further conference on Monday." General Grant states, however, (letter of January 25:) "The President said

he would see me again. 1 aid. not hgree to call again on Monday, nor at any other definite time, nor was I pent for by the President uotil the following Tuesday;" and Mr. Seward, detailing the conversation at t he Cabinet, on Tuesday, says that tie General admitted "his expectation or purpose to call upon you on Monday, and assigned reasons Tor the omission." The Secretary adds: . He acquiesced in your statement that the fcaturday's conversation ended with an expectation that there would be a subsequent conference on the subject, which he, as well us yourself, supposed could seasonably take place on Monday. The evident reason for the failure to meet each other on Monday was, that on that day Gen. Sherman called on the President "at ray particular request," says Gen. Grant, to suggest sending in the name of Governor Cox as a satisfactory solution of the difficulty, and that no one expected the Senate to act as promptly as they did the absence of the previous question there, and the understanding that there was to be a general debate on the subject in Executive session, leading public men generally to suppose that the vote could not be taken before the middle of the week. After the prolonged and antagonizing discussion between the President and the General on Saturday, ao one can doubt that the Preoident would have sent for General Grant on Monday, if he had supposed the Senate would act finally on the question before their adjournment " " that day. . '. . But the vital question is as to what teas said at that Saturday discussion .before the. Senate acted. Let us first quote the President's . asser- . tions in regard to it. Let ua first quote the President's own language from hia letter to General Grant of J anuary 31. Professing to detail the coaversatfon at the Cabinet meeting, after alluding to the first understanding of last August, which is mot in controvers3 he adds: Kecond. I then asked you it at the conference on the preoediog Saturday I Und not, lo avoid miMunderstandinsr. requested you to state what you intended to do; aud tanner, lr in reply to that Inquiry you na not rererrea to our rormer conversations, saying that from them I understood f our position, and that your action would e conKiKtent. with the nndemtandin which had been reached. To these que- - tions you also replied in the affirmative. Third. I net asked if at t'ie conclusion of our interview on Saturday it was not then understood that we were to have another conference on Monday, before final : ctlon battle Senate on the case of Mr. Hittntoi. You replied that suob was the understanding, bat that you did not suppose the Senate would act so toon ; that on Monday you had been engaged in a conference with General Sherman, and were occupied with " many little mat lers," and asked if General Sherman bad not called ou that day. No wonder that the President, in making this statement, says " my recollection of what then transpired is diametrically the reverse of your narrative," for General Grant, in his letter of January 25th, had detailed that Saturday conversation as follows: Subsequently, on reading the tenure-of-offlce bill clos iy, I found tuat 1 coud tot, without violation of the law, refuse to vacate the office of Secretary of War the moment Mr. Stanton was reinstated by the Seuate.even though the President ordered me to rmmo. which he never did. Taking this view of the subject, and learning on Saturday, tbe 11th lnt., that the Senate bad taken r p the subject of Stanton's suspension, after some conversation with L.eutenaat Oeneral Rnerman and some members of my staff, in which I staled that the law leit me no discretion as to my action, should Mr. Stanton be, reinstated, and that I vntenaea to xnjorm trie fresiaent, I uvt to the I-esitientfor the sole purpose of making this decision known, and did so make it kmiwn. In doing this I fulfilled the promise made in our la.it preceding cornerration on the sutjtct. The President, however, instead of accepting my view or the requirements of the tenure o: offiee bill, contended that he had suspended Mr. Stanton under the au'horlty given by the Constitution, and that the same authority did not preclude him from reporting, as an act of courtesy, his reasons lor the suspension to the Senate; that having been appointed under the authority given by the Constitution, and not under anv act cf Conscrens, I could not be governed b the act. J stated that the law was binding on me. Constitutional or not, until set aside by i he proper tribunal. An hoar or more was consumed e tch reiterating his views on this subject, until, getting late, the President said tie would see me again. I did not sgree to call again on ; Mod day, . nor at any other definite time, iior was I t-eut for by the President until the fallowing Tuesday. From the Ilth to tLe Cabinet meeting on the 14th insst. a doubt never entered my mind about the Piesident's fully understanding my position namely, tLat ll the Senate refused lo concur ;in tae suspension of Mr. Stanton my powers as Secretary of War ad interim would ceus. and Mr. Stanton's niiht o resume at oiice the functions of his ofiice would, under the law, be intlisjuiaDie, anu i acua accordingly But oa the 5th cf February Mr.

Johnxm calls ou hia Cabinet officers to verify his statement, above given, as to " the conversation betfeen -the President and General Grar tat the

Vabiuei meeting on Tuesday," the 14th of January. We pass over the general -endorse ment of the President by Messrs. Welles, McCulloch and Randall,' only Hading to- -tb"-iiguifieaBt' reference of Mr. McCulloch that " substantially, in all important particulars," his recollection accords with- the President's statement, md which indicatea that he felt there were some omissions. And Secretary Browning, in his letter, supplies these pmissions. It la for-i tunate that ther President ; called 'on these Cabinet oScersfor statements; as, otherwise, the most important part of that Saturday discussion would have rested only on the General's statement -Mr. Johnson, deliberately ignoring and omitting it. . ' Secretary Browning first gives the substance of the President's charges against the General, as follows: The President further said that the conversation was renewed on the preceding Saturday, at which lime he allied the (ieneral what tie intended to do If the Senate should undertake to reinstate Mr. Stanton; in reply to which the General referred to their formeroonversatlon upon the same sal Ject, andtaid: " you undersi and my position, nnd my conduct will be contoimable to that understanding;" that he (the Oeneral) then expressed a repugnance to being made a party to a judicial proceeding, saying that he would expose himself to a fine and imprisonment by doing so, as his continuing to duejxarge the dutus of Secretary of War ad interim, after the Senate should Lave refused to concur in the suspension of Mr. Stanton, wool I be a violation of the tenure-of-of-flce bill. That in replv to this, be (ibe President) Informed General Grant he bad not suspended Mr. Stanton under the tenure-ot-offlce bill, .but by virtue of the powers conferred on blin by the Constitution ; and as to the fine and impri-onment, he. the President, would pay whatever fine was inflicted, and submit to whatever imprisonment was adjudged against uim (the Oensral.) That they continued the conversation or sonie time, discussing the law at length, and that they finally separated without having reached a iteflnue conclusion, and with tn mtiaerstanding that Oeneral Grant would see the President again on Monday. It will be" seen that" taking the President's statement at this Cabinet meeting of that talk alone, he and General Grant did Dot agree, the General clearly stating to him that he did not want ' to be a party to any , judicial, , proceedicg,, nor to suffer fine and imprisonment for violation of law; and that they separated, after a long controversial argument, without any agreement, the President having failed to induce the General to consent to what he desired. Mr. Browning" then gives the General's reply at this Cabinet meeting, to the President's version of ih'w conversation, as follows: i i In reply. General Grant admitted that the conversation bad occurred, and said that at the first conversation he had given it as his opinion to the President that, in the event of non-concurrence y the Senate in the action of the President in respect to toe Secretary of War, the question would have to be decided by the court: mat Mr. Stanton would have to appeal to the court to Jrelnsi-ate him In ofiice ; that in ins would remain in till they eould oe displaced and the outs put in by legal proceedings; and that he then thought so, and had agreed that if be should change his mind he would notify the President Fa time to enable him to make another appointment; but at the lime of the conversation, he had not looked very clo-ely into the law; that it had recently bien discussed by the newspapers, and that this had Induced him to examine It more carefully, and that he had cme to t-.e conclusion that if the Senate shon'd refuse to concur in the suspension Mr. Stanton would thereby be reinstated, and that he (General Grant) could not therefors continue to act as Secretary of War without subjecting himself to fine and impt itonment, a nd that heeameoter on Saturday to inorm the President of this change in his views, and did so inform him; that the President replied that he bad not suspended Mr. Stanton under theienure-of-office bill, but ender the Constitution, and had appointed him (Grant) by virtue of the anthority derived from the Constitution, As. ; that they continued to discuss the matter some time, and finally he left mthout any conclusion having been reached expecting to see the President again on Mouday, - . : Let the attentive reader notice how exactly this confirms General Grant's version of the conversation before the Cabinet, and how materially this full statement differs from what the President gives as his version of that conversation in the first extract quoted above, 'under the head of "Second " and " Third," in which he deliberate ly omits ali the important points given in Secretary Browning's carefully detailed statement. Was there ever a more striking illustration of the old law maxim, suppressio veri suggestio falsit The General's friends can well afford to let the question of veracity rest upon this full statement of Mr. Browning. Failing to trap General Grant into resistance to the law, even by his kind offer to accept the fine and imprisonment vicariously in his stead, the President, after receiving the General's notice that the Senate's action had ended in his incumbency of the War Department, sends for him to attend a Cabinet meeting; and as Mr. Browning says, in this same letter, "when he (Gen. Grant) had been reached in the order of business, the President asked him, as usual, i. he had anything to pre sent" a very innocent question! iJut the General refusing to act as if he still considered himself Secretary of War before these witnesses, and thus disappointing the President again, brought upon himself the attacks which we have analyzed in this article. X. Y. Z. THE DEMOCRATIC QF1RREI. Tallaadigbam versns the w Tork World. Fxom the Dayton Ledger, Feb. 15. '"The 'New; York World of the 5th inst.. contains the following: "The Democracy of the Union expectof jheir friend in Ohio no tenderness in dealing, with Vallandigham, who publicly and privately exulted over the defeat of a Democratic

CougreBomn, which he helped to procure, and who publicly and privately at once undertook to make that defeat a weapon against Ohio's favorite son, George H7 Pendleton." ; The Democracy of XJhio expect the New York World to attend to its own business. We do not recognize that oaDer: as the mouth-piece of the

Dfmocratie' party- of the Union. " If the cowardly time-serving- and venal counsels of such papers as the New York World had not been repudiated and scorned by the Democracy of the Great West in times past, we would have had no Democratic organization, other than a mere demoralized banditti, bound together only by the cohesive power of public plunder. - We hope) the Democratic press of Ohio in -response; to the exhortation of the World, in regard to the manner ;of dealing with Mr. Vallandigham will henceforth show no tenderness in dealing with the New York World, wnose base treachery in this whole n atter is apparent in the fact that it is notoriously opposed to the nomination of George M, Pendleton or any other Western, man for the Presidency. Its purpose is at once malignant and treacherous to destroy the influ . ence of Vallandigham, and to defeat the nomination of Pendleton and yet the proprietors of that paper have the effrontery to ask support from the Democracy of Ohio, and the impudence to tell what is expected of us. We can tc'.l the World what the Democracy of the Uoion may expect of us. They c;in expect, first of all what they set k in vain for in the columns of th New York World unfaltering fidelity to the principles and organization of the Democratic Darty. Thfv ticiy expect our adhe rence and n'tiporr iu every effort to restore the Union under the Constitution, and in all measures designed to protect the great wealth-producing and laboring interests of the country against the rapacity and wily stratagems of those who seek to live without labor, consume without producing, and to fill all public places without deserving them. They may expect of us, at the same time, the repudiation of that whole brood of cowardly and venal tricksters who have no other appreciation of the Democratic organization than as a means to secure the honor and emoluments of office, and the plunder of partial legislation. If it shall unfortunately become apparent to the Democracy of Ohio and of the West that the principles for which we have struggled are to be betrayed, and the mt n who have been faithful to them repudiated; if the vital intereiitsof this, the seat of American empire, are to be sacrificed to the rapacity and exactions of those who wish to administer the Government in the interests of a class, and not of the people, it may as well be unastood first as last that the Democratic party ia ' the West will not lend itself to the accomplishment of such purposes. The WorLl claims that Mr. Vallandigham helped to procure the defeat of Colonel Bums. This is false it is as false as it would have been had Mr. Vallandigham been in Fort War'ren, where Colonel Burns and the New York Wrld would have been glad to havo had Lincoln send him in 18G3. Colonel Barns was asking the support of Democrats, who voted for Vallandigham in 1863, when he voted for Brough ; and who felt disappointed, moreover, that those Democrats who syinpat bized with Col. Burns, and the Ne York World, had just succeeded id defeating Vallandigham for United. States Senater in place of Ben. Wade, who had been denounc ing him all over Ohio, at the preceding election, as a convicted: traitor and an aspirant for his- place. The Democrats of Colonel Burns'a Dis trict, howevor, like true Democrats elsewhere, came to his support man fully a the regular nominated candi date of the Democratic convention; unlike Colonel Burns, however, in the Gubernatorial campaign of 18&3, which did mere to vindicate the pluck and manhoo'i oi the Democratic par ty than any election that ever trans pired m the United States. Besides all this, Gen. Beatty flanked Gen. Burns on the bond question a question upon which the .New York rFbri affects total blindness in looking to the causes of Col. Burns's defeat, and in its anxiety to implicate Mr. Vallandigham's active complicity. Uut again the World patronizing ly speaks of Mr. Pendleton as Ohio a favorite son and yet there is not a man anywhere in the United States the World in more anxious to defeat for a Presidential nomination than George li. rendleton. With sinister and treacherous purpose it stabs Vallandigham that it may destroy Pendleton. It remains to be seen whether this amiable and manly system of tactics

is to prove successful. Now a word as to Mr. Vallandigham: The New York World is no doubt well acquainted with Mr. Vallandigham's public history and antecedents. Its editor is probably not acquainted with him personally, otherwise he would not h ive spoken of him as a " vulgar politician." There are few men in public life who devote more time to systematic study and intellectual pursuits than Mr. Vallandigham. He is not on "y an able lawyer, a good classical scholar, a well read historian, but he is thcroughly acquainted with the political history of this country, and the current politics of the world. He has had. a large ' experience in public affaini. His. utterances upon public questions have always commanded grear. attention, and however 'KV', ' ' .r.-'...l t ;.

much hia course has been condemned byisis opponents, b6 ocVhas ever breathed a tuipieion against his fidelity to hi own honest convictions,, or to the,, cardinal principle of thes Democratic faith. He preserved atd maintained that fidelity under circumstances which proved not only his couraee, but his wisdom and stateq-

f manship-, and by fearlessly- enforcingupon the attention of the people his views of public duty and Constitutional rights, as it was his undoubted right to do, he became the victim of a despotism as infamous and unjustifiable as ever was imposed upon a free people. His bearing under, these cirenmstances was courageous and manly. He told the officers of the Southern confederacy, that be came among them not of his own free will, but compelled by superior force; and that he had no sympathy with their effort to divide the Uuion and establish a Southern Confederacy. He found his way, not through..the violation of any parole or ether obligation, to Canada, and while there,' the Democracy of "Ohio, true to their instinct of manhood and against the timid counsels of the very men who still take counsel from policy instead of principle, nominated him J with unprecedented enthusiasm for Governor of Ohio. AH remember the incidents of that memorable campaign, in which the Hon. George E. Pugh bore himself so gallantly, and p'aced the Democracy of Ohio under an obligation that has never been canceled. Mr. Vallandigham, in due time, returned upon his own responsibility to hia .home and i his safety from rearrest was due in a great measure to the courage which the Democratic Earty had shown in the preceding potical campaign. Since that time he has not been a candidate, but has been prominently before the public, and has exerted his whole power and influence to promote the ascendency of Democratic princifles, and the restoration of the Union, le has contributed at least as much as any one man in the United States to maintain the integrity and purity of the Democratic organization, and we can tay to the New York World, and to its sympathisers, that there are a thousand sound Democrats in every part of the United States who will stand by C. L. Vallandigham, where they will find one who will approve their attacks on him. It is simply silly for the New York World to talk of Vallandigham as a traitor in the Democratic camp, or expect to write him down, or read him out of the Democratic party. If such men as Vallandigham and Lis friends were read out of it, there would be nobody left but a party of eunuchs. To the native courage of the masses ana me ooia leaaersnip or tne Lfemo . u . i , crane party or unio iu tne last campaign, the Democracy of the Uoion is indebted to that political success, which properly followed up, would be the harbinger ot restored Democratic ascendency and constitutional libertv. But no party ever deserved respect or acnieved Euccess without courage. The Democratic party has been time and time again cursed and be trayed by the sinister and malignant tactics oi sue n papers as the iNew xork World, seeking to sow discord in our ranks, to accomplish local and sectional purposes, and by those who put themselves lorward as leaders, after the success of some political forlorn hope, who counsel with pale lips how we may give least offense to our adversaries, instead of boldly ad vancing to right ,the wrongs we have suffered, and to restore the sacred guarantees that have been violated. The task before the Democratic party now demands the highest qualities of manhood, as well as of statesmanship. No success is worth the effort unless it secures the ascendency of Demo cratic principles, lielter, a thousand times, defeats - in an open, honest struggle for principle, than success, if n pnng oniy mere personal triumphs, the demoralizing spoils of ofiice and the gains of legislative blunderings. DEIITISTS. DR. I. XSesIcIent Dentist, Over First National Bank, " Corner Main and First Street, Evansville, Ind TyrASfCFACTlTREB OF COJffTIJrtJ. JJA ous Hum work. Gold, canite, Coral ite, and Amber Plates, Carvec tt urn, Aruacuu .raiateti, etc. ADMINISTRATOR of Nitrons Oxld (an excellent and safe anesthetic), Chi roform, Ether, and also several local pan lyzers. i NEURALGIC Affections treated. MY FACILITIES are as good and rr establishment as large (consisting of jrrv. rooms) as any in the united States. I RETURN MY THANKS for the ei tensive patronage received during the pa EIGHT YEARS. mchX DR. J. C. BDSRBOWER, iQjjTr Surfleo" Dentist, Office, No. IO FIRST STREET, bet ils Tenders his professional servlaa to f uuusui cvau3viuosDa viclnitv livLHSf Administers Nitrous Oxide Gi ir viate pain in extracting teeth. " E. & T. H. EDWARDS : , l tOKB THE ITIZEXS ar or .uvansvuie mat tnev have nwni a NEW i Millinery and Xotion Store, on THIRD STREET, three doors west of ixKJusi, ana Dope to receive a iioerai snare or public patronage. . I novo darn

HARDWAEE.

- I V CHEAP It . w 12 3 Cooper Toolsl Eacking, Hollow, and Chamfer- : ing Knives - . SO each. CARPENTER TOOLS. Single Plane Irons, 2 toZ1 inch...23e each." Rabbet Plane Irons. to 1S in ... each. 1-Inch Corner Chiaels ...M....k..60c eacn. Wood Bench Screws ....J. ..:...a.'Sc each. NOTIONS Knitting Needles ... Lead Pencil Bteel Pens . Feu Holders ., 35e per Gross. ..VI AO per tiroes. 80 per Uros. 7e per Oroxe. SUNDRIES. Coal Shovels (large) Bnuffeis .... Mob and 8 hoe Nails.... Shovel and Xonga......... Iron Pokers .. -tl 23 each. T5c per doeen. ....IU per paper. Tcry cheap. ....ive eacn. TERMS OlSEC. ..FOR SALE BY FRED. P. STRAUB & CO., V-i MAIN STREET. t - ' feblO ........ SAXITEXi ORR. JAB. DAVIDSON. J. L. ORE SAIIUEI. ORH z CO., DEALERS XJX i IULOIS", TJBEILi Springs, Axles, Carriage Flow Bolts, and BELL O WS, A ATX.S. VISES, SCREW PLATES, HORSE & MULE SHOES, HORSE , NAILS, Wagon & Baggy Woodwork W bave constantly on hand a good stock ot the well known and unlyernally approved "WAYNE" brand of PLOW STEEL. ALSO, Tinners' Tools, Tin elate. Common and Charcoal Sheet Iron, Galvanized Imitation Russia and Russia Sheet Iron. Wire, Sheet Zinc. Spelter, Block Tin, Pig Lead, Babbitt Metal Lead Pipe, &a Onr stock of evervthlDir in oar line will oe sept .'nil ana well awtorted. Orders sued with care and promptness. WROUGHT SCRAP 1ROK Bought at the highest market rates. Water Street, EVANSVILLE, IND. decU d6m II. I. Well fion, Importer and Dealer 122 HARDWARE CUTLERY, Farmers' and Mechanics' Tools, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, CJHCULIB AXD CSOSS-CUT SAWS Fair-bank's Scales, No. 31 MIIV ST., an9 EVANSVILLE. IND. FEED STORES. Western Feed Store. WM. TROUP & CO, "Wholesale and Retail Dealers In rt a v nn t?m ntm ? a ; MEAL, FLOUR, SHIPS TVFF8, JJUM1J r, HA Is 1 , llMM., Horn. I OS and HO Corner Main and Fourth Streets, EVAJrsVi ( ul, lm: tSf Aaent for the Chicago Sets Comvanv. , j ; . BRAY & DAY, Physicians and Surgeons, No. S FIRST STREET. .

Vfill ride in tne country. Jun38 03a

DRY GOODS.

I SCHAPKER, BUSSING & CO,, Nos, 47 ana 49 Main Street, Will sell off their large stock of. Staple and Fancy Dry Goods VERY CHEAP r - : In order to make room for their -xi i. STOCK. SPRIXG Jan20 G. MAG H EE & CO., No, ie Fine T H T., Eran8YilIet Indiana, BE NOW OPEXIXa A LA II (J 1 stock of NEW and DESIRABLE STAPLE ASD FANCY Hosiery, Notions, H O OP SKIRTS, Sc, AC .1 Having bought this stock tor cash sine the great decline, they .will give special Inducements to buyers, and invite all la in searcb of cheap goods to examine their stock. novlS dtl u. mag;:ee a go. IXtIY GOODS. FALL HTOCK SECOND ARKIVAL ' ' " AT THE MAimOTII IIOC8E OF HUDSPETH, ADAMS & 63 Main Street CO,, "YV1 E KOW OFFER TO Tllfe PFBllo a larce and well-seleLed stork oi Fall and Wluter Dry Goods. Having bought new goods recemly, and Heliinif all our foods at prices otiy Justified by present low prices Kant, we retipectfully lequeHt the public to call and see our stock In l)res0ods. All the oaweHt shades in French and Irish Popla, French AlerlBcotch Plaids, and All-Wool tHflaiDes. Our stock in Woolen Uoodu is the largest in the city. In Cloths of all colors, Ciuwimeres. Bai lnet. Tweeds, Jeans, and Flannels, we are able to offer to customers In ducements no ot her house In the city can. Our stock of Notions is lance, comprising everything expected to be found. W e bave a large stock of Knit Uoods, Shirts and Drawers. Hood and Nubias, Bhawls and Hoop-Hklru, Blanket, &c. Doinestie CJooilw. We have now in stock. In Bleached aud ! Brown Muslins, Canton Flannels. Prints, Checks, and Hickory Ktripes, goods of the bent brands produced in this country. The house that will hell goods at marked value is HUDSPETH. ADAES & C0 63 Main Street. oc2i A LARGE AXO BiEAirriFCi. Aim sortoient of Toilet Goods for Fverybody, consisting of Porte-Moimales, Purses, Wallets, Pocket-Books, Letter-Pockets, and an endless variety of Perfumeries, Colognes, . Pomades, Soaps, Hair, NaiL Tooth, & Clothes Brashes. Also, a supply of Haonchin's NIGHT LIGHTS Just received at feCHLAEPFEK'3 Drug 8'ore, Cor. Main and Kecont. Streets. aov2(:'b7 dbm MATTHEW DALZELL,; - ' Wholesale Dealer in ' " Groceries, ' Nails, White Lead, Lime, :x : Cement, &c,..: t '-. -r

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