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| "and are preparing for the worst." | |
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| Ulysses S. Grant says he intends to fire Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, | |
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| Stanton has refused to resign and Congress has supported him through the Tenure of Office Act, which requires the consent of Congress to removals. | |
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| At the same time, Congress has weakened the president's control of the army through the Command of the Army Act | |
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| Johnson believes the Tenure of Office Act is unconstitutional, and hopes to defeat the effort to force Stanton upon him by employing the popular Grant. | |
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