General Badeau's Lawsuit

Wbrn Genend Badeau brougbt U suit againM the Gntot fainily for mom-v elaimed to be ilue hiin lor services feu dered to General Gmnt ín wriiing hi memoirv, t was expecutl th.it iora m satlonal developments mtghl follow Sucli expectations ware well fomidwl The lsttr from General Grant to Bailt-au publiibed in Suml.iy'.s Letidnr, places t lic latter gentleman in a very iliscreditahlt light, wbilc it furnishes additional strom_ proof' of the fireiigtit, good judgmei t and honesty of tlie htr of Appomattox Badeau claims coinpensation for havl'if rendered services to General Grint iu the prepnratiön of bis memolrs. lt now np pears beyond a doul)t that be oflVred hi Mrrfcet to General Cnm, l.ut tliat they were not acceptsd. The letter in whioi General Grant rejeetcd Uip services n Badeau wal dated May ¦", 1888, and say"Since pondering over the contenls n yniir latter, and more paiticul irly ove the conclusión) I have ilrawn from it aml reflrctkme baed apoa what yon say and in y knowledge of your t'inper ani clisposition, I understand the letter bette than yon do. ] have CODCluded thiit you and I must give np all KMOclatlnn Bfl fii as the preparation of any liierir.v wnrl goes wliieh s lo her my slgnattire. Ii all other respects I hope our relation niay oonllnn as tliey always have been pleasant uid friendly. You sy tht I mu aman ofaS&ira, and can teil a .--in ple story, etc. Vou iniply that a litearj man rjlUKt RU pp); sume detiricnees, ¦ t hal you are the 011 ly man that can do it If Iliis is the case. Genei al, I do imt wan a b?ok Uenrlay my name to go bef o re the world which I dld not wrlteto BUCh uu ex tent as to be fnlly entttled to the credit 0 aiühorship. I do not want a secret betweel myself and some one else whlcb wouh destroy my honor if it was divulged. cannot think of my holding myself a dependent apon any pe rsou to supplv : capacity which I am lacking. I may fail but 1 will not put myself in any such posi tiou. Vour letter furDishes abimdance o other rea-ona whv yoo should not hcl me In my work which is to be ar my Dame But these are suftlcient. I add only wha is necfssiry to inake a part of what bas been already said plain if others than yoursclfshould ever itad thia letter. Yoi ask tbr a contract and (Iemand $1,000 per monlli in advanee till the work is cun pleted, and 10 per cent of the entire prof its arisiüii trom the sale of the work after it is put opon the market. This wouk make yon a partner with my family as long as the book fouud u sale. This is preposlcüous. Xot tor one moment bas yonr propoaltlou been entertained by me. This, with the statements enumerated ii this letter and others contained in ycmrs. makes it impossible for us to he associatei in a work whicb is to bear my name It woüld be degrading for me lo accept bonors and prolit trom the work of another man wln'le c!eclaring to the public that it was the product of my own bruin and hand. I write frankly because I wanl you to know why 1 cannol recoive your services now on any term. I hope that t will not disturb the relations which have hitherto existed between us in all parliculars. Vour prosperity in lite will giatify me. Thecorrespondence between us may be unknown to tlie world if you OhOOte. I do not a-k secieey, but the aeceüdlty for pnblleity will not oocur throub any fa uit of mine. Repestlng my assurance of the best of wishes for your siicccss ii. life and healtli and bappin(¦s to tb end. I subscribe mytell as ever, yom frler.fi aml el1 wi-ber, U. Ö ÜKANI. ' from the ahove it may be seen that while General Grant may not have been a literary man be had sense enotii;li to sce tbrough the cbeines ot a preteutious litieratcur and to exposé them to the public, He was sufttcicntly cultured to te 1 1 bis story in a way to give the most complete satistaction to the American lciiile aml to link all name in immortalty in a Meld npirt from war and nolitics. lic was too proud to wish to sport in borrowed plinnage, and he held the happines8 ot bis tamily too high to make any man it patner with them in the income from a work which he intended should prove a source of reverme for their support. If the H:id au trial shall cali out tnv more fucb lettersas the above, let t jroceed. The country will be giad to iad more of the saine kiud from the ininortal leader of tlie Union armies. The principal of Protection is not ounded upon the interests of any one section orof any one class of individuáis, uit pon the interests of the entire nimtry. lts supreme object is to rendcr Vinfrica indf])fiident of Europe j to render the United States entlrely ielf-suttalnng; to keep our nioiify at home, and jive einployine.nt to our own worklng eople ; to subslitute home competiti'in 'or foreign ; to buili) up towns and vilages; to encourage a;rricultuie and enlance the value of farms; to provide lome markets for the farmers; toadapt mr manufactures to our doineític wants; o promote the OMnlng of rapid and licap coininiiniciitioii between the States ind Territories; to open mine.", and to develop all the vast resources of the country, so riclily blessed of God intall bat is needed to make a pcople great, ontented and happy. - Convention of iepublict.il Clubs, New York, Dec. lötli, 887.