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William A. Crafts, Life of Ulysses S. Grant: His Boyhood, Campaigns, and Services, Military and Civil., Chapter 10: (search)
n the purpose was announced to him, he addressed to the President the following letter, which shows his respect for law, his fidelity to principle, and his honest independence. headquarters armies of the United States, Washington, D. C., August 1, 1867. Sir: I take the liberty of addressing you privately on the subject of the conversation we had this morning, feeling, as I do, the great danger to the welfare of the country should you carry out the designs then expressed. First. On ththe promises alleged by you to have been made by me would have involved a resistance to law, and an inconsistency with the whole history of my connection with the suspension of Mr. Stanton. From our conversations, and my written protest of August 1, 1867, against the removal of Mr. Stanton, you must have known that my greatest objection to his removal or suspension was the fear that some one would be appointed in his stead who would, by opposition to the laws relating to the restoration of th
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXII (search)
n from Secretary Stanton due recognition of his rightful authority as general commanding the army, but with no permanent effect. Grant's Memoirs, Vol. II, pp. 104, 105; Sherman's Memoirs, second edition Vol. II, pp. 446-450. General Grant opposed the removal of Mr. Stanton by the exercise of the President's prerogative alone, for the reason, with others, that such action would be in violation of the Tenure-of-Office Act. See General Grant's letter to President Andrew Johnson, August 1, 1867, in McPherson's History of Reconstruction, p. 307. He also objected at first to either removal or suspension, mainly for fear that an objectionable appointment might be made in Stanton's place. See General Grant's letter to President Andrew Johnson, February 3, 1868, in McPherson's History of Reconstruction, p. 286. But those two objections being removed by Johnson's tender of the appointment to Grant himself, vice Stanton suspended instead of removed, General Grant gave his full cou
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
523, 524; his military text-books, 523, 524; interest in the relations between the President and the general-in-chief, 539; greets S. as Secretary of War, 543; last thoughts for S., 543; his character, 543-547 Correspondence with: Johnson, A., Aug. 1, 1867, 411; Feb. 3, 1868, 412: Logan, J. A., Feb. 14, 1884, 239, 240; Feb. 23, 241. Schofield, J. M., Dec. 27, 1864, 252-254; May 10, 1865, 373-376; Jan. 24, 1866, 390, 391; April 18, 1868, 400, 401; April 25, 418; April 26, 418; July 12, 1881, 2934, 374, 376, 395, 420; consults with S. on Mexican affairs, 379; vetoes reconstruction acts, 395; his conflict with Congress, 395, 404; impeachment, 395, 404, 407 et seq., 413-420, 478; controversy with Stanton, 411 et seq.; letter from Grant, Aug. 1, 1867, 411; relations with Grant, 411 et seq.; letter from Grant, Feb. 3, 1868, 412; claims the Tenure-of-Office Act unconstitutional, 412; appoints Grant Secretary of War ad interim, 412; controversy with Grant, 413; Grant on his impeachment, 416;
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter XI (search)
oment they were seeking to undermine it; a bit of craft worthy of Machiavelli, or of Seward. But Grant protested earnestly against the entire proposition. He not only did this promptly in conversation, when Johnson announced the design, but on his return to his own headquarters he wrote the famous letter marked Private, which has already been given to the world. I quote the portion referring to Stanton: [Private.] headquarters armies of the United States, Washington, D. C., August 1, 1867. His Excellency, A. Johnson, President of the United States: Sir,—I take the liberty of addressing you privately on the subject of the conversation we had this morning, feeling as I do the great danger to the welfare of the country should you carry out the designs then expressed. First, on the subject of the displacement of the Secretary of War. His removal cannot be effected against his will without the consent of the Senate. It is but a short time since the United States Senate