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ZION'S STANDARD
50
ZION's
STANDARD AND WEEKLY REVIEW.
Wednesday, September 4, 1867.
WH. HOWARD DAT, Editor,
[SBOULAR DEPARTMENT]
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Official Organ of the Colored People of the State of New York, and the Soldiers and Sailors of the United States.
and of the Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaris[[best guess?]] of North America. 
General Howard's Probable Removal.
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General Howard being the Chief Commissioner ship of the Freedmen's Bureau:-
On Saturday last, John M. Langston,
the well-known colored lawyer, hearing that the President had expressed a desire to see him, called upon him, whereupon Mr. Johnson said: "I have determined to remove General Howard; I have reason to believe that he is running his Bureau as a political, partisan and seotarian machine, and further, sir, I am prepared to give that place t, a good colored man, if your people will indicate such a man." During the whole interview, Mr. Langston says the President intimated that he would like to have him accept the place. He finally said: "I have decided that General Howard shall be removed, and that I will give the place to a colored man, if a good one is presented; and I will give you until the first of the week to see upon this subject."
   This morning Mr. Langston called upon General Grant at his office in the War Department, and stated to him the substance of his interview with the President, and then asked General Grant's opinion as to the propriety of his accepting the office. The latter replied that he though, under the circumstances, that it was unadvisable for him, in every respect, to accept the office of Commissioner. He thought if General Howard should be removed, Mr. Langston could not hope to give greater satisfaction to the Bureau. General Grant further said that he was fully satisfied that General Howard had done his best and that he had committed no set which would not bear rigid scrutiny; but if he, General Grant, were to remain as Secretary of war, and Mr. Langston should be appointed to the position, he would aid him to the extent of his ability. General Grant, in conclusion, said nothing had been said to him about General Howard's removal; but if it were accomplish, he thought, for the reason already stated, that it would be [[?]]