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'; . ',T: ,1!- Tii'-re iTfrrr was liordt
' ,',; -., A,,v Vody friri sell it. I'vcrv
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; ; ., ' month Sr-Uii)fr this womie-r--'.
' '' " fijiiivo ':' ta loL'lie soil t
"v. w.tnt trood li A .rents
:. . , o ni't ie-ii.t.. ttir merits of the
, !'':!i "neots a universal
'I a!' !,';' -;ie toliif.,o.l ui wed as
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nurcliapeil the
T ',, . "ei- :m-.1 ni iie'.esnt a Siieritr-.- :
( 1 ro.-i ty f S-arnoel 1'. :
: -j . r !i;':;'r':-- h-l't. tho same in
i h. r.i v 'Corn'.' tturii'-r mv
-.,',.' '. in i, ,n j, i j persons inraiirsf.
. -,.;, :! with said re."-rl v, ri:
'.. :oe.r, 1 Ituieau. 1 dothes
1,rl'"'ix '..V!,! " "doves, It.iekio"
-Lvard-) Ciin-ct. i Itr-.klust :
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'V'!l:l n'.v ..' lrr,""town horoii;rh imd
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a.'HN MANMu ' Executors.
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"a Idee'.-Of ,.ivr-'-l of ! To 11 ttttr tl
j.o lie Urn. JTenry Wilson, Senator frcm
Jlla.-.sudtuseils :
Contrary tu Kiy first iu'entionp. and not
f i.t Afv-( withr.nt ivt:i.-tnr ra I l .:.. . .! .-l p
.-.-....v, i r.i'.ir uiuei tu:ir
... , .' b"-,lwl 1UHIUI IUI1C3 Wlil'.e
I take a biif 1
re vitv.-
T your bnt.!eri:e:i;:i cul"j:y o.i 6t
TLe oco'iireiiccs wLi-h can so! ti.is
thaiice of in: act inisbt rrnniro t.l;s:.:!i:!.
. i c t i.f'r:ir..-.r.!!-tj.w j Uit ti.ey are too enlirc-ly j.irs-ri;il to o.'CU.v
''''r"!.!:"",1,!'' i uv,y ft;'aco in xhc' Wul.oiu more
j roldce 1 give you my thoughts on your last
tss.iy.
ou take violent cxceiti?Ds" to tay fjrinor
letter as luiti.j T-.tuprrative :u i;i-U-:iipercd.
L't usicj l,ow tii-j aociiiut ftaii is bi-lwepn
ns on loo s-coie i f nicre r,!tt::tu':!, f.ud tl.en
oeU'rri;ino wl.flf.er jmi !i:iv a ji'it to et-t
oi:r. elf no as an arbiiar ch yintiumni.
'i rott. f-r cause. i tj be wiitsen. an l
(( (,, . j ul:iau. m a niaguztnc of larf circu'.atit.-ti,
. an aiticle in which y.-u atta.;kc l the r-- ul:i-
tiu'i ot ct'itun -:.rties in a M3'!c ro ecudiu
oim tint vittij ciiiticn i.i im i,Bti;e for it.
'i!h(Ut reserve or oi;a!
tion j'o'.i pro
r.oui.ccd tLtm guilty of tLo v.oi.si clinics
known an. on'' men. 1 he .mcilic nets of:
wnich yen accu.-c li.cm. and ti.a v n.b;
oU3 ej ill.tts vihieh vol: z: ;:!id to them.
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r.cre as i:is".!llr; as 301: c
M l of the ;.et!t'e:-,e:i t':.u
t'.iin !
-aiie.i v. cr- !
:ei'tl j but that made- no diff teuce t y...u : ;
vottr invee'ivo v. es r.ct cut eked by nx-.y re- j
itid for the f. eliups of friends or ie!jttiv. j
Tiie i-.al'-cein'y -f this v. a greatly ai;i .ivated ;
by the !'.ct that jot: put a in li.e fr::i of a j
funeral j antgvrie tij.-.-n vn'i recent ami j
j suiidcn i.vdtn Hi- hid iiftve t iH-ied your car- !
r ' ' TDV nArjr qtv ' fy" raK-' sod solemnized ycur heart, or .-.t J
OOUii t Ii I r'riUriln I I i l. a-t t j e rated as a te: p-i-ry sedative upon
Tfi!r ; j. e"a; lor ii-. 1 a:is it i-'u. hat w.i 1 i
to do? My iin-t imnuloe was no ma'.'.er i
what; I did r.ot obey if. i'oit I --!o-;u.cd
: ti. it al! tt.e purposes
f
fair Vil d.Ca'
n
j inight le a x mpiithed by a viuiple coMtra-
dicti.ui cl Vi Ur t.itenients, Coupled with the
, plain r .isui.s w ideh v. ual show ti.cm t j b-j
! uuvroithj- of ledef. I did this, bum 1 did
! no i.:ore. 1 di I it in terms so free J ' .n uu
i i.ccc.-si.ry haisioiess that 1 am f.u'.az-.-d thi-.
I m ire ut at tuy ov:ii iuo it-rat. on . lair you
: dcclaie aud tfhrm my denial to be an act of
!"reck!cfs atiUucitv :'' to our cv-.s r:i !
; th
i i
fjnee is an 7feOice. 1 re- i'y c
statal thid, unless you S-.p
aU'Ot uu'.or-
that o;ir !
podtic.il oj- tter.ts have no rights, even i 1 j
rer.utatl' ill , . h'.oii von
f -
b 1 to Mi.-neot.
thct slander.
iikt
er itij-ir.es, ii -n-
nr.ii-i . : sccrated oy io-suitv when a Ueiuoer.it id the
suh rer.
You'mado no a't.-mpt to impugn th
sc.'irdr: or t; nth oi t ':
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i.ev ai i & tve if. to
V V". ,-ii. . 1 .i.r l.'-O.O '
tne i is.-i :tiu t i: me -.tiii o
i v i . i v i , . i
T.iat opir.ii n wj-s very siu.ple as it Kood I
iip.-ii tl :ec rd ; and in my homr !-t:er i '
ii tve you 1--ment oy j rincij les, d.ified f-y !
the m ."-t f't.'ii.iar oitis 1 1 -1 i-m--', aio.i btoui.t :
the w ho c t-ul i-.ct v n to the level cf '
l.e ! w est uu.ie.-aliit.dirii.
the aid of abotil a d. z' ti
: lO
'..ti
I
iVnalors and tnein-
Wit h all th"t he! pa you ctriaiuiy tu n.bi
have itptcitir-il t-o;i!' nror in thi oj'inio.-i
if it le error.c tis. But ycu cori'.eut ntr
self with merely raiht.g at it. 1 thti.K I
may eay, with mure ci-uQut-hce th.iti ever,
ihut "y u cannot be f-o ignorant of the fun
damental law as not to know th: ct.r exvt;
tition cf it was petfrctly sound and correct."
W hile you io not deny its truth, ym
annihd tte it bv the- asseitt.-u ti.ai is cxui.-
!. j sively disappo ved. 1
yuo rtk.iy t.vhevc
w iiii enie-ie. ns e t
tliat nn eiu.er, oeann;
- oi ii t.y i . A. i:Vai- j law. is Lotintl to le p-.o ui
' c.-... merer I.---. rj.,.t ? Will vi u never lean
irn that "states-
men
ami
Htriots
Y'.ur jch'.ri! li-ive
iiotior.a about ad t!;e po!:t c
1 virtues which
n aounu mora;! :v iioi is in utter oyie. -i.ttt. n t
past; t.;i and coj :le the m.der-
.V.tV'srVV ( f. p,": r" t
i i; 1 .,i....!a .....t..i. ol i.?ct ot any hom-st man a iiu.u
i! highest
ho:. ' Mr.
;. 1 1 out li'Aercn ; .Jt-iffrson thought lit! t-Uiit to "do
.m"'!.1 P,Ve:'CM- I much good as jossibie. in spilt,
tnem as
of their
teeth." Imt on t.ur theory, to to
eve r
1 stri t g r.y n
tle stronct r stu.'," is not only
but high de.-irt; while it is
lity to ol'c-ii.1. the p ovcrfui by
coutitctjatiee if tiie law shine
g o 1 tor.ua
mere iml tc
lotting the
Upon too vrciiii cr oj
re.-.-e.J,
W i.o
am.ot
reward you who emeu or money, j s v.-iii
theoh gieal opinions coi f rm lo your !de.d
of political duty, ycu ffdt.cni the iuck t f
Barrala a- moie u.ei itori .u.- than the fidel
, 1
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ity of John or the d-ho, if ad the Marys.
Mo do'jbd there w
t.-.en, us th-.
is !i V
a pet of 'sundl, but frociou-i politicians,"
who btcamo completely infuriated against
me localise 1 did not falsify I he la .v, advine
the I'roddetit to violate the Constitution,
Htid thus bring on an immediate dissolution
of tha Union. Hut you can hardly expect
me to regret that 1 did not e.-cape their ecu
sure. Thev were nun that hud been tau.'ht
tha euti.i'.y to the Cnt titutim
as tha rum
td ad pnuiic ii'.iu puvaie viiuo;. ine.e cer- i
lainly is not an uncou-tij-.ted tnao in the
country who will say that I was to blame j
f.,r giving the law fa. ib!;i:ly and truly.
i. ...II- t..:.i..:.. -Ol ... I
Y'ou declare tbut 'contrropoianeotia histo-
y has already prtn-r unc-i" again.-;t n:e, and I
ry
you tpuote a iev v. oi-is i i iwa.nii'j, a
ly from the wtitir ga of s- me one w 1,
e . .1 i- . i 1 1
j tr; nt
e name
von are a
IiaHiCd to me ntion. i
1 Citd til's
a iudgmnt vi
me vdi
post rit v v- id
not bo likely to revet a:;. I ...fical oVer
dishonestly T,ie!ded always has Lacks to de
ft tat iis excesses by inniigiitug us t pp. ucuts.
A dozfn ix.ok.-t of that charactr; i.vu Lte::
priuted witi.in the la.-f seven years. These
reductions enno withiti the awkward dej
criplirns you have givcoi of your ow n ; they
are "not history or biography, nor intended
to be :" they aie p'acea f dej-.osit for worris
t tit calumnies mere frewera into which the
-"-NJan. lb l.'h'.'" ii-iu -At i tiiih of the narty is driiurd off. I hone I
i-Ttll' s 'wn j hiu tii'.erably secure from the praise of this
. 'e.. venal tribe; and tneir abUie is jnuma lacic
4'i : .V, iVXStSKth-l idence of a character at least i.egaUvely
'I ' iirmll i.iu'i.uIm.. .- i.:. i it.iI Tt is not Worth while lor von i.r mn
' i it'iioi ia. j.---.- -- -- j .. v,. ...v.
to trouble ourselvfs about posfcrir;, for pos
terity wi'd not probably take much account
or us. No doubt you did all in your power
to subvert the free institutions of our fore
fathers, and to debauch the political morals
of the country ; but tha utmost crcertiuns
of vour abilities has not sufficeJ to raise vow
to. j ' "-ccount of Kd ward ' above the common level ol partisans who
,r,'i 'iiiVtiofT."f ':,,wa"'l Mille-r.bav-' have engaged in the same evil work. , On '
IMir,'' "'""''- liorHlydvenTliat lb' 'her lln,1 ,,ie CSLWe 'f !ihf!rty regu'a- i
rJ' !''" i-V ,;)l!:"-oo-.i n.v tho Court of "''I 5w has had a crowd ef ad voe.ites so 1
. .... . -
-.:vvn to th" eon trio v ' it-io..t.. mitu.,i m 1- ui.n io n-ii iu ei-
'o, vf K' 1,ro' '-"notary. 1 'liU catlti0t l,e ' xpected to attract the notice
i.,ih i.-i -.-,-.s, . oi iu.E! g-ncraiions
EBUNSBURG, PA., SAT URD A Y, FEBRUARY 4, 1871.
Yuu ujiikj in) ctttni!)t to justify your
abuse of Mr. Uacliaiiuii ; you not rt-jujat
YOUr Chill ' f" 1 ! 1 1 J- E. Mr. 'I'llIU-PV of .-.".Ttt'-I -,cr
tLo tiiij.t. of tl.c navy to rooJer thsvt arm
j - owerU - os ; nor cl i yu uow it-teti:! t-j assert
th.u Air. Thomcs-'U waa :.'! tv of rol.lni.T
l, ..;.,. , ... j. . c- .
uuiau 11 uov uuo&. uui iu i uvl L.U
rt'imration, nur evtn :n cxiue, fi.r the vait-
ton stntj ::;oi uTo'ieJ irj jiy whicli you tried
to commit on tho cliAractcr of the living and
tho mtmoiy of the ciea.!. Vou tullenly per
tiiit ju-.fgmcnt to b rendered agaiiif-t you hy
nil uicil. 1 mtnuon this only to Fay that it
v Liy feci loiisiy all'vct 3 our credibility d j s-n
the other iuiuls. l'uiaus in uuu, J'dUus in
CIHIiiL'.lS.
uu ptrvert my wusdo ui.d my meaning
wheuyoii tay that 1 repre.-euti d Air. Thomp
son t huiii aoove tiie lauo ol oramurn
iinjrta'n. 1 ujereiy declared that his nun
ability, g..od scute, and common hyuoaty
piactj Ion: very far beyond you, v.lia had
abaued hiiii with a fa!bc charge ol fcioiiivllj
robbery. V ju Co not see the justice of this
eomputiaoii, anJ 3 ou think that if 1 Lad not
been ii uicre lawyer. Laving "little acqiuiat
unce or association with slatesmeu," 1
mi-zlit have entei tainedi a ddjyrent nolioti.
AiiiioUi:
1 oan.'-ider my c.illmg to he as ie-
. : ! .1 1 i Im :! II r 1 V I li 11 Vim pvur i iliMivinl f I 1 i i-
nHo.e .r f.i'u-r Voii t'jok up tho trade of a
i.o!;ti;an, you may make what deduction
you i:lase in that account fiom the value
ot my ju itiK-nt ; bat you mu.-t n ,t inteifeic
with my undoubted i iIit to i Jlcve (as 1 do
i.i- .-I devutcdlyj that it wouid take a j;i ca.t
iumy VV ilaoiia lo make one Tnompso.'i.
It was n-jt expt-elel th.t G.vttuor Fioyd
wotbd eicapejour iiiASedictious. X jp'al:;c
amii ever i-rovke.i m.ch a btorm of isut.uiar
wra;li a ..e hd. The l'tesalent, who l ad
ti ut?d Ltm, withd ew bis cohtideuee, lirovo
mm livm t.i counco, and oiw.-ie: him to
i ; mhcud for tnulvciatiou luitiice. J lis
I oode.igu.'s !clt ioni to hi.- late, and inero was
I n :Udy in a!! thts laud t-o take hispait. lis
i I. ad s'.n.'i j'aa!;t its which c.-nm.auoed" the
I respect of i nks like j ot; h ng as he lived
i i.mj moved am jug ou. ilut sbyrnt, tm
Ii ten-.
it;..
t!elei,st;iets, dead lalieii lii a hat !
causf an 1 t uried in an obfcure nivc he
wns the very man of all o.hers, iu or cut cf
Woi'l..', Whatil N r 01 r 111 I U AU .III it V W'ouiti
rviiipt you t . attack. Hal why did yon
no! ciiU'-ge i.tui wiili miooi.nduct m l tie ti
tiiii:L'.i. inatixget.it ut ot L: eicpai tine ill I
'1 liai n.ibt i.avi
I "'V
kt. t
i cui nai isoli
between i.itn and Ciineu n, much" to the dis-
a-ivatitaes of tie Utter, whom voii wished
l.' t'onrt, fliilor, atid v. hitewiish. Therefore
you prtfe-itcdio tuko nj the expo dd ehargo
of sending guns and munitions to the B.'Uth
f; r '.he tiso of the; sectis.-ioni.-ts iu the war.
lutir nret j :ipcr l.atl nothing iu u on tu;s
t,.i i....r . ;- t li... Ii.,!-t f . r ! i i .1 1 Uli! ? e a
rui.' i. i. v v . in-. ..vi i ...-ii.., ...... . ....
coi. lent w'uh a naked tlenial. J'.ui iu your
! iait you Cet.iC back with a mere exterded
I iveiment, and produce what you .seem to
: suppoj'i will be takci as evidence I y at least
' tuiue e f your ieliiers. Lst Us look at it.
j A o niiubdca was appointed by the lIoue
' f Hejoe-e-iilatives in .January, lfOl, to iis
ii'eitaio bow ti.e pub.io amis UlM I ibuted
! .ijt mg the year IbeiU had leen d:-poscd tf.
j "A r. i' .o d vts not pieaent at ino inrt-stiga
! tii.t; ; he had not a friend on ti c committee ;
I it v. as organized to cemvict" him if it
i could, it, it-potted the evidence, but gave
I a - ' t'dmf .tit criminating him with the client e
you accuse huu ef. U:i the contrary, ihe
j opinion was expressed by the chaiiman that
the oLaig'.ij we:e toiindcd in "iiimor, specu
j iaiin anil niisapi-rehenstoij." Hut you
! tale tip the reported evidence and try to
i.ii-.Kc oi:t a case which the Co-Uimtttte del
! 70 nirtke out bv carciuiiv su t.pre.-j.iug a I the
I OiC
lotl ftets and mi.-st:i'in
11.
j Your charge c f fraudulently sending am, a
' to the south cannot bo true of the heavy
i caution made at IhtUburgh lor the forta in
! Louisiana aud T x.6, he-Cause they wets net
i ti;t e.t all. 1'! 'V.i gave au order to tli'p
! them . n the LO.h if December, If GO, but it
I i. ;ts re veked ty the i'lesiticnl before a gun
i was eUitcd. It is, of course, poK.-ib!e thai
1-lovd
m ma'.u;
the ooicr, acted lu bad
' laith ; I lit then. i no proof of that. U i
j the- c.uitra.y. Colonel Maynadier, an honest
1 as well as a : l.aip man, and a most vig.laut
tilioer, who kt:ew ad the fat ts of the case,
: and understooti Floyd7 attilutle w iih regard
tieoessioii Rm; union as v;e 1 as HnyOody
ihc- ho!., c. untry, eheer.(u!iy fet abttit
' the business of carrying out the o-der, though
! it w .in not in eviitmg. and testified ttial ne
! bad uo t-uspicioti of any imjooper edj-ct or
ro-.l.ve it it. io fact and in tiuth, Floyd
I r.as not, in ttritinunt or in iscti.'ii. a seees,
- sionist until uf'er he saw that the br.-acn
I t.,.t ... l,in. !' ftiui the l'rt-sitlcut. wbich
ongiualed in other matters was irreparable.
L'p t. the tune hen l:e got notice that he
must reHg!i, he wan steadily oppo--etl to the
southern movement, and the bitterest cue-,
mief be had were tho leading men in that
section. Colonel 14 tyuadier e:ys that "he
. 1-1 i-. ....l..ii. li... .. iiintru ..l....
v." a 3 rcgaroe'i uiu'iii;iiu' wunuj .o
strong advocate of the Union and opponent
of sects-sion and he adds as a contii mat iuti
cf this, that "lie has recently published ever
his own signature m a Kiohmond paper a
letter cu this sut-joet, whicli gained for him
I, ifh credit tu the north mr his UoiJiie.ss in
rebuking the pernicious views t f many in
Lis o-.vu Slate."' Alter ho found the whole
ntimitdstiation against htm, he was driven
bv stress cf nee-ess. ty into the iat:ks of the
party which he had previously opposed.
'liio great and important fact to which
the resolution of the Home diiectedaud con
fined the attention of tho cmnmittce, and
which is made it-rlectly clear by the evi
dence, you do not refer to tt all, but keep it
carefully oe.t of sight from beginning to end
of your statement. The rpie-sibm vraa and
is, whether the sccrelaiy ti war under the
Buchanan administration did at any time
subsequent to the first of January, 1CC0,
tie.icherouIy dispose of guns and munitions
for the purposa ol giving to the south an
advantage m the war which the It.-tdeis in
that section intended to make against the
Federal govurnment. This wa the 'rumor,
s-peculation , and misapprehension," to
which the chairman of ths committee allu
ded ; this is substantially what th partizin
newspapers and stump orators have asserted
and to-asserted over and over again, until
thousands of persona in every pan 01 tne
country have been made to believe it ; this
Is what you meant by your first article, and
what vou persist in and re-affirm by your
thousands of persona in every part of the
. - . il....
last. Now examine tho facts. I here v. a-?
a law 11! most coe val with the government
for the distribution of artnn among the dif-
fereni states accord it: j to their representa
tion i:i Con-re;p, L.r the use of tlu-ir militia.
Under this law the ordnance bureau, with
out any .-j.eeial order from the head of the
den li in.cut, sjave to each state that applied
f i it her piopir quota of muskets and idles
of the be: t pattern and rn ike for the regular
army. During the year 1SG0 ti e number
of Uiuskehs ho distributed was exactly 8.423,
of whicli the houthjrn fctafes received 2,001,
while tho northern states got nearly three
times that number, to wit, 0,332. Some
loj?g-ranop rifles of the army calibre were
liistiibteil. The Rgrregite number amount
ing to 1,728, and they all went to noilhern
Elates except 7o3, about half enough Lr one
reiiimtnt, hieh w-?ro divided ainorg Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Tenntf-iee, North Carolina,
Alis-iss-ippi, and Lo uisiana, tiie other states
f tho- south receiving none. Why did you
conceal these facts 1 You knew them, and
you c uldnot help Lot see thtir strict rele
vancy and t;reat importance. Pet Laps c-u
diil not know tl;at the si'jyire.isio vcri us
bud as the stiff jetslio fa! si, and thought it j
fair to make out a criminal charge against !
'the d al rebel by keeping back as mtich
of the truth as did not suit your purpose.
The fict that the south ri states m glected
to take their pr.i r ar,d ju-t quntas, v. hich 1
they might have got for the asking, j-at i.-fld I
the enmn.utce, and no dotibt fu!!y convinced j
ycu. that there cotild have taen no fraudu- ;
icnt c'-rnbinatl-ii io I'c'J) between them an 1 i
the var depa-1 iiii-:, t It- rob the ovei r.me-ut i
of its arms f.r their benefit. Tor! c a. rin
ded the v. Lo'e eas;-, fir.ee it was impossit'lf
for a fane, man to be'icve that Mich a plot :
c u!d. have lr.i.n frmed and acted upon at !
a previous time, and y t had no existence ;
in tho year immediately j.-re-ecdirg the war. j
Ncvtttf.elcrs, the -mir.it tee writ lack, and 1
it was.
ooved (hat in ISoit. be
I e ah' war
e-hcl ion ( I
was r.pprehci.dod bcfoic the
Lincoln was drtan. .1 of before ihvd;vii
it
of the d. m cr acy, which made his e!t ctior.
po-sd.ie with a milhou iv.r.jority against him
riod ordered a irm-Sof ..f "l IS. 000 iou.;
kets fiom in it! t :i! to si nthern cstnils
'in is yo'l
...I'.O
Witn U'eat
uri-!i as t v!
in. ni b 01 a ;n;,.-i v.iti.o-i ii.i-i erv. nilt .Pre
we f.'id you rig -.in at the d i.-ir.uei.u -us biui-t.es-s
(is not t! a' a safj j Prase '?) of ker-pit-g
b.nk the truth which won!.! l .ive spaii.t.j
the f.rco of y...;r si .ry. 'J'f.-c ar.ns vcre
all irorftliss ai.J w.Tf"ccvo''. Wo h..d
ubO.COU of li.cm; they cumbered the north
eru atsei.a's. and c -i:!.1.- not lie Used ; a
law had been prised tt author!-.' the sale cf
them : they wvie- iTete-d f.-.r years at two
d.uiar and fifty cents apiece, about me
tenth tho price if a good gun, and they
coui i not be got (If. Twi.o a o m.-ddc rablc
liuni't cr v.cre to d, but the. i utchase.s r.p.rn
i'urth: r infe 1 mation refused to take theui.
Oi"tht--e f.bO.tCD C'li.demue. mm-kot? ;i,3
l e sent s .utli, t! Mil tles f -r the mi re cr.ee-
uict.ee tt torige. To "wf-aj.-n the rti
lioii" with a M:is like ihr-co wou'.t! hive
:;!-in-
suit.! us df'ftiucf.oti the- instant its f,
.:ce
tamo into the presei'.re .f tru -j.s haviii;- itn-pr-.-v;'d
m.-dciii guns i.i their har.-ls. I'lov i
CM',!.! not have eh. tie a .citer iijury to th?
t-u'htin tan. v.! t'oiu this w,.u!d have l.-een.
2 t is it possible to believe that Kr.theru
li-.oo 1 e would have cnnsj'.irfd with hi.ii to
pui'n iii there Useless arms in 18o9. ami then,
in lS'JO. declined to take the share that le
gally leioiiged to them of the best rnufket
ami i:ll-.8 e vc r in ver. ted. All these facts ap
pear iu the evidence repotted by the com
mittte. fic ui w hich yeu pretetid to be making
'fair and candid citations, and you say not a
w.ad al;-,ut ti.cui.
If ; were "a mere lawyer," or p.nv
lav.-yer at ail, and w oulJ go before a j idiciai
tribunal mulil?.ting the truth after t his f.ish-i-.-u,
'y.-u wt ti'id m meiiiiit! !y le fxrc-llnl
from lie prof.-fsi n. r.tid no jodc,e would ever
j e: not yon to open your mouth in a court
if j-.istice cgain. If y-it wtiuld at pear as a
wit in ft, tr.d i.. that character testify to the
conic iiU ' f a writ ten document in the way
yon have set out this report to your readers,
it might be followed by very d -sap ratable
consei'.ietict s, which 1 would not shock your
polite: ears by mentioning.
Mr. Cobb, wliil' secretary of the treasury,
informed his duties with singular purity,
uprightness an 1 ability. No tr etr.y hr.s ever
ven'urt i to p.oint out a single public act
done in that department by him of which
the! wi-idetn, the lawf-ilucss, or the honesty
coiihi be even doubted. The tiisj dntcd and
loose accusation f your li st paprr irr.j;i;fd
lli.it by s ano of'icial riel iiqu-rry be hud
j urpo.-tly dis.org. in zed the fiscal iriachinery
t f the govt i timeut. or otberw isa porpt ti atcd
Kitri.e n a'i' i .us mischie f on the public cred
it. Now, however, yon ate reduced to the
old and never failing resort of "trraorrablc
utterances," something that he said in pri
vate conversation had the effect of mjuting
tho credit of the United States. What was
it 7 it is well knowMi that the .rices of all
securitif s, public and private, bpgan to go
d iivn immediate! y tipon tho Presidential
election of ltGy. and C-ntititi"d going do-vu
f .r yeais aftei wards. Is this attiil utab'e
to the trs3ao?!able utt ranees of Thomas, and
Pix. and Cioiso ? Hut what, is the usa of
put suing such a subject ? Mr. Cobb was
1 .
eiea.i, anil vou ion. a son 01 necessity i.r tio-
ir.-jr eome despite upon his ''rave. This
fet L'e absurdity was al! you could do.
1 considered myatlf bound to defend Mr.
Ptanton agair.at the praisa which described
his chara'iter as ir.famons. P.iwn to the
time of his apstacy w were close and in
liniats friends, and I thought I knew him
as weil as one man couhi be known to an
oth"r. 1 do not claim t hat lie owed me any
thing; fir I made no sacrifices of myself or
anybody else to serve him. I advanced him
iu his profession and thereby improved his
foitnr.p, bat ho jot nothing in that way for
which he did hot reo.Jer equivalent services.
I strove long, and at last successfully, to
remove the prt j i.lices cf Mr. Buchanan and
o.hers cgainst him, because I thought them
uiiiost, and because it was inconvenient fur
me" that the President should not trust a
man in whom I had i:niimitfd confidence.
I recommended him pressinly for postmas
ter general upon the death of Mr. Bro'.vn,
solely for the reason that the exigencies of
the public eervice in that department re
rjuired a man' of his great adilily and indus
try. I caused him to be p pointed attorney
general, because I knew (or thought I knew)
that he and I were in perfect accord on all
questiems, whether of law or policy, which
ha might have to deal with, and because I
was suro ho vvou!J haDd'e them not only
-with fi.Iolity, but with consummate skill.
I'.ut though he was not in my debt, tho cp
paient warmth of his nature impelled him
to cs press Ids gratitude in most exaggerated
language. After he took flice under th
Lincoln administration our paths diverged
?o widely tint I did not often se him.
When I did, he sometimes overwhelmed me,
as before, with hyperbolical demonstrations'
of thankfulness and friendship. If his feel
ings ever changed, he "died r.nd made no
Ripn" that w?s visible to me.
Here let me record my solemn declaration,
that 1 never saw anyf.hinsi dishonotahie in
his conduct while I was associated v.ith Lira,
lit? never disappointed me while he wasem
phoe 1 under me, or while we were colleagues
to Mice ; and he never fdled main anything
which I liad a rirrht to expert at his hands.
His enemies im ke evil r.f hini. but that is
'the our;h bre.ke that virtue roost n
ihrougii," and I allowed no ta!c--ber.rcr to
.-tiake my faith. !y ovn pcisonal knowl
edge does not enable me tonccupe him of any
menu or disgraceful act. How far you have
succeeded, or may hereafter be able to tuc
eecd, in proving him h treacherous hypo
crite, is. a question to be con.-idt red. 'tut I
am not c ne of y air witm-ssos; mv testimony,
as far as it goes, is dittotly Hgviust you.
Undi r these circuni'-trmr.-f s i? w as impossi
ble lor me to be fi'iitu si'ei t wijeu I saw
o in j.i.i.'iie.ii..ii in in a ,i; i.mi.e, or in
i otdi.ie ni ysei f to a mere vindication of the
otiitr parties assault oil. It Ws-s piain to me
that yril bad "whfdlv
r.-tootl itie
cl,arr.c;er of Mr. Stanton, arm grossly injifed
bun by what you supp-.ed to be a r aneoyr
ic." Yonr d-fCiipd ..n of fdm, if accepte as
trc.e. would imi el t!,e br-li, f t;, -.t .U wiude
poiitici.l ;i:? was one long in.! ostine ; that as
a tiubtr-.i mt tur er cf the I'.uchar.an r..::.ii:.'..-.
tra'iion, 'no acted alternately ti.a incompati
ble parts id a. M y and a 1 uliy : that whiio
Le was tho chief law rfiictr of the govern
merit, he was engaged in the f:m!.js.t cot:?r,i-
tl at ever w-is h :ched against t!
hl-.
j liberty, and honor of a eo!hagni fr wh -m
: he was at that very time- y fosstrg unl eund
' ol fi..n i.-i.;p; that ho was the J ' 'J'' '
: eioiiv of iS iu'ti Cameron, an.; app-.M.tcd
seeietaiy of war t- carry out his pli.y ;
thai being so appointed on did h.yady au-l
.; h ioui -usly 1 11 ii i .: f. jomiie money to the
, aniota.t of two blind red and fifty thousand
dodi.os at t r.e time. It is true that ycu weie
; actual ctl by no ma.'icioiii. ititcnt. You meant
: to tio iiim bono'. Accoidiny to your ni ral
apprehensions, all the evil you ascribed t .
; I.i ui was good. When you wove for him
I this disgusting --roath of nlcorsSoone to
seed," you thought yen were decorating I is
! c. fiiii with a duplet, cf the choicest tl nvers.
; Ye U p-aiiiied si monster of tit praviiy, and
y.-u i y pecttd tho Ati.eiicau ( e. pic ti w 1.1
ship it with ail the terv t .- f .:vsgs whcti
they fall down to adore the image 1 I" s me
1 h iucons ih.-mon. No dc-ubt the votive offer
ing of yonr amotion took this anomalous
f.iito became you belkved that duplicity and
crime employ..! against demor-r.ittf wu.uld
ciro him the Idtiht-st claitu he crthi b.tv ..;i
the iiiimii ittion of the abolitionist, and be
cause it did greatly im re-ase your own ts
'.(cm and reard 1 r him. Hat my interest
in his imputation uquired that he shculd b(
prop-erly appreciate: by that honts-t pott'on
of the f-op!e that still adhere to the moral
creed, of their fatheis.
I tlo not as.-trt tlo't your last, paper proves
nothing. 1 will give you tho fuii benefit of
evfry fact you have established. So far as
yen have sh -w n Mr, S anton to be guilty .
the baft ess you imju'e to him. I wilt make
no contest about it. Hut I will not yield
one inc-h to any alienation of yo.urs ut.up
ported by evidence. I w;i! t'-y to save e.ut
of your hand-, as miich of his c'nai .cM.r as
' you have i.e.! al:'-ady destroyed by crc-dii ie
' f-vidence. My ell" rt was to take him diwn
' from the pill- ry 1 1 which y.-.u had nided
1 iiim by th.? ears as "a hv 1 fszure for scorn
! to p dut i-s finger at." Yon have done your
.-tr -ugctl it) oppose my rescue of him, and
; any partial success which may have reward
'. ctl your struggle, must le a gteat d-mfort
; of which I cannot justly depr ive you. We
i will eximiue your evidence and see upon
i what p.intsy.iii have made out ycur case,
i and w here in ye n Lave c me! short tf your
j ami.
I I. You aesortcd that Mr. Sba fr-ii hsl
j been lioin his earliest ytitith an aboht'onist
! iii his secret heait ; that to leading men of
i that party be declared himself in entire
: agreenotit with tlom, ant? in-.ped for th
I lime to Cf-iiie Then be c ti ! 1 aid them. In
( other words, he gave in his perfect adhesion
j to them, concurred in their views of public
j mora'ity, and w-as willing to promote their
designs figainst the federal and state govern
I ments whenever he could n".al:e him.-ed most
llkient to that end. At the sarmi time be
was iu the democratic party by virtue t f his
declared faith in exactly tire opposite' senti
ments. To us he made himself ai pear a
democrat e.f the most ultra cla?-. I do not
say thut he vrssati active propagandist ; but
all dtuitorats with whom he spok were
itui-rc-i-sui by the seeming s'.'engtii of his at
tachment to thosp preat j rinciph's by the
nppdeatiou of which tlify hoped to save the
biii.ii from dissolnti. o. the coun'ry from
civil war, ami the liberties of t!ie pe. pie
from the desli -notion with whit.-h your asc. u
dancy threateiied them. Wo took htm on
his wort!, believing him thc.r0n2.hly, and
gave him honor, cfuce and high trusts. Now
a man may be an holiest democrat or a sin
cere abolitionist, but he cannot horifstly and
sincerely be both at the same time. Between
t iioso two parties the hostility was deadly.
Each rccognizsd tiie other ts a mortal foe.
They were as f ir as-undr as the poles on
every point of principle and policy. They
dijjred not merely about rules for the inter
pretation of the organic law, boat opposed
each other on the broad question whether
t-hat law was entitled to any obedience at all.
One of them respected ami reverenced th?
constitution as tho best government the
world ever saw, whila the other denounced
it as an agreement with death and a cove
nant ith hell, w hich it was meritorious even
fer its sworn officers to violate. If we loved
any portion e-f it more than au either, it was
that part v.diich guarded the individual
rights of the people by habeas corpus, jury
trial, and other great judicial institutions,
which our ancestors on both Bides of the
Atlantic had shed so much of their blood to
establish ; and it was precisely those provi
sions which hid your bitterest enmity, and
which you made the Crst use of your power
to gbolioh, tramplo dowa,and destroy. Mr.
Stanton coutd not Lkvo- Leen tnov on i,...rr.
j than cue side of mhI. a controversy ; he
; could notterve God a-jj .Mammon both he
j could not be tor the cousi i.utioa and against
!, it too: he could not at once Le'iern a.l ,ri.
i believe in the Kinctity of an oath to suppo
j it. lie !rofessed im.st feiventlv to bf iy,
it
ut
j i.nd soul with us. If he aiso profeed to be
wnn you, lie was a hypocrite. If he kept
up this fraudulent deeeit for thirty e-ui.-,
flr.d thereby ot the highest places in tiie
J pdt of both j arties. he was "iho mo.t mar
i ehni3 impos.tor that ever lived or die.l.'"'
j When your first aiticie aoj-care l. J did
j not beliere that v.m had any ground f.-r this
j shocking imputation upon his chsiacter. 1
I was cotnjixlled to disbelieve and conL,;u:;ct
j it. for learns which v.eie theu t-ivi-n and
j need not now ie released. Hut 1 ' saui the
tiSlKiiohV of the chief justice would si't-oce
j tiiy denial. The chief justice has sp..hen ,.ut
j and sustained y-.u aertion. You do prove
! 1 3' hi-n a cicch.tation from the ht;s e.j Mr.
uic.i. urn, n.ajc neai i i:iuiy y ears HZ, 1k ni
which the inference is a fair one that he was
in the democratic j arty with intent "to be
t;ay the constitution and 1 is friends into the
i cruel clutc hes of their enemies" wlenevei
j ne c-Ai.o hail an ppoi t unity.
Hut uj ate not sati.li d wiih this. To
make ti;e brand ineiUee
ou sh
o.v that
M-vtral years alter hi.? c.u Li at:, n to Mr.
; an avow eu :i .Vocite ami
I o!i itopM n idiletii. cratic piinciples.w-ia either
! p pointed by his political bieti.rcn, . r ei.-e
! toluutcerid to answer an aboliti.-a lecture
del; vereif
lteuoenvii
i s i' l.. into
e by a man natoed
1 ail narths. incbid-
en
He
ii.g th- hcMiicr hiinseli', by thcdi.ii.g toc.-me
f it w-.rd. th. ugh very poin'edly cadet f r.
He n.. id.; uo ex-.-lixe at 1 to: tim - fa- de-sei tli.g
tho cause he had und.-i tak.-ti. but afterwards
!.-? rbppt-d r.Mii.d Mcn-tiy a,,.j .,5,,, , ti.e
private room cf the lecturer ami e-a.-e him-
self ii; as il Coll eld. "1 ii.e.int,"-' sai l he,
"t fight you. bti? i.,y , .ire spiked, and'
I i-.iii." to.-.ty t!.:.t I i.-.-v s, witi! you." etc..
etc. It rt ve r stii't s. M;-. W't d t'nat there
was anything M.eakii.g ol snubhy i.i. ut tms
tiiiiis u ti.ii. iii li.e oi'.tp.iv td vision
pocu iar to his political sect. I.-.- i-aw noioi:,"
...... I ...... r. - ' . T
l.' .1 '. i 1; .1 I l I . .1 : 1 -1 !. i'. ; : I A : '. I 1 : . . . '.- ! .1 0 . I , ; 1 ;
UiSi -i.t :ti d Keen ii.t-uhii
i'.i the c.
dr.t tol a man who j nvate y tit le
pinions aid pi ii.-ij.i.-s whieb h.
1 . . . 1 ..... 1-
imCen til''
putdlo'v
suppoi tot: ; ano tweiiiy -nve yt-ais i.uoi wa- os
Mr. Weld piously thanks Ga! oti a er for
s'.ieh an artful de-tiger to serve us a leader of
his party.
'l i e nest lace y. a hod him :-.f er the
Stt ube'uvilie ailair is in tiie ao of the Ch.i
d'-mocracy. They, too, believed in tie
"h-ariv I'r ii-ihii s.s and imiepeii ience" td the
1 - loc.ara 1 ions tie ma.le to Ifntii
j tl.ei. f.iiih by tiieir w.iks ;
Tiit-y showr.
tl.c- i. i;:t.la!
u:e
1 by ;i stri.-t party v..'e t'h-cf. d !i:i:; i
j er, :.n e fii :n '.vl.tch !;' s-. -i;.L t ea-rlv
oi 1-
a! 1
i
j recoved with many thanks.
! In all tl t c. 1 ii c's tt the HucLiiiian ad
j mini-trati-.o witii the abi.ltti mists and ti.e r
j it! ic. he w..s a:: oj.et.-.ui-.ii .hed i.nji .i.ti.t
j the latter. I!..' wi.s aiiiys sotmd on the
i Kar.s.is ejucft i. r., a;;. faithful amt-ng tiie
j ta tl.Lss in the Lecoinpioti constitution. S i
j far as we, his derm ei atic associates, were -r-
mitted t know Iiim. 10 man th test'-d ni. re
than he tit 1 the knavish trick of the ab !i
ti tii. tsiii prevcntiiig a v de on si iverv b-v
) which it would l.ave bet tt e.Vj filed from
1 Kan.-as nlid the whole trouble fettled ill the
wav they p 1-1-tended to wish, lie was out
and cut bn B: taken 1 ide iu 1CCC. and r6
gaii'.etl the salv ition of th country ss hani;
ng on the foi L-rn hope e-f his t h cti n. To
Mr. Bu -hanan hirum If. r.nd fa the me tr.bers
of his cabinet, he paid the r.mii assiduous
c .Uit, and was ale ays ready for mi rccasion
to serve theiii, an-.l sh'.wt d his it voii. ii in
ways which sotnt titiies we.it rather too close
lothv veigeof tb.-t juiousiit ss.
Whi t we were L-vkirg at this s''.;. t f his
character, nntl supposing it had no other, he
was. accor.hng to your undcrst.uidir.s of his
history, in entire agreement" with the
deadly euetuies of creiy pi'mciplo wo beiievv.-.?
in.
The tneie feci tha. he paid visits to Pr.
Ii iiley is nothiiii' It i e.-.thinri that he tht re
ui wt aboiiiioit people. Ail that nii-iii. happen,
ioni bis fi h'-lil v to the C oisl ii tl'dt.Il on'.d liiouil
no let '.her. Ibjt you mention it as a remark
ah'e c.ieiTnist 11 t e. nn.i it is reraar kahle. he
c .use a 1 i ti t ni ts t-x -,t'. i: i v e! y wt-i e hi the Iinl.lt
of as-eni'diiii' tlitio to talk over iheh- jihins,
to t'.'i-ci ct tlieir s'.niidir? against t!. ndutiiiis
ti :it"ion, ui:.! to lay tii !ii- plots for the overthrow
of tiie government and laws. It ns a h.ce
1 wheie nie;i coi piegatcd for political, not mere
I Iv for sot ial pui -oso. and Mr. Stanton knew
be would be rue troi unless he tas one ot
j theai. lie uccoruing'y laade himself not o;iiy
I ne-ceptiible, but ii.iere :ing, by t--illiig ibton
1 hat iie w as of Quaker blood, nn.i rrot hh, alio
j litionisin by inheritance; his grandfather lihcr
) iittd his slaves hotiid and j a reed the htniilv
i of thai t-in: anil Hot jantiti Lr i Oy took l.i.n on
bis keee licn he w is a little oov, 11 nil tau-hl
him the political doc-nine which he had never
forgotten, but v. hich he had opj ost i hv tveiv
(.pit 11 net ol bis life He wis pr buhl? fie.-li
from one of these svxpxsia when be went into
court in the S.e k ies ea-.i an-i lou-iiy b.-aggcil
that he was li:c s x t:r si.Avr not tor e; r.itHMj;
'iii! father was a INtiiih CiiuCinli-n , and his
mother a Yireiiiiiu. You nuvseo that p:irt
! of his speech 0:1 nape fitly one. ot tho f iinted
trial. il is nard to ran nuh li.e har and mint
witli the hound-, but Si ur.oa se-orii.s t have
inasrered the td-llie-uit v.
Mr. c-aiii..et's teyttiiioiiv to the Oarlv and
thorooch goin aim! .t ionitia of Mr. Scitit.-oi is
I etitiilo l 10 gteat weight, because it is coe;.!e.i
with an act iv Inch at ic-sts its entire sincerity,
j It is a part of his eeiidv.ito that i e:i Mr.
! Stanton's nomination as st rrotarv of w ar w as
j sent to the Senate, be (Sumner) iintriediatelv
j rose to urge the confirmation, stated his ac
! fjtiainiaree ":;!i the nomi.;ce, itod e:.id e tupiiat
j icaby, "Wiiaiu my k'low le-'i'e. he is eu.e ol
I us." Mr. bumner tcitainly would not have
i made such a declaration at sn.-h n time aid
for such a purpose unless he had the dcur-'
con vie' ion , bused upon jh-i-sOuI knowledge,
that Mr. Stanton was an sb .Viitioiji.n ot- the
most virulent type, prepared to tread ti e eon
etittition and the plat u:e book under his teot,
at d ready to go ail lengths lor tne iuhversjon
of lii-cny ami iis'ice
Tin re is another het correboralingyour view
which you have not mei.liotied, but ol which
you are fairly entitled to the be-. c tit. V feii
r. Stanttin went into the war tlep irtir.ent, lu
iTiinietliately began to act with reckless disre
gard of his sworn duly. 11 0 a:rrouuded h'tn
self with the most loathsome miscreants, and
used th cm tor the foulest purposes. Law, jus
tice and humanity were i,tu;r!y outraged
Those who knew him as I uid, and heard him
curse the pel net ru tors of si.cii crime's onlv a
'month or iwo behae, eiteitiscd llie chaihv
whicli believeth in all I'liiiips, and concluded
j he as moved by seme h?-Jioag iinpul.e which
NUMBER 2.
h.id fc-judeidy i evolutionized his Ukho IiIs lee
ny.s. and principle of notion. But j our proof
s!:o t.;ut 2a the kindness of our constructor,
we del not give bred enough to the maxhn
-N MOKIPENTE M-iTTftrifcS 3JCS. Suell Urnli!
couio not be reached by a fciu -Ie p!unre. The
iiii'-giity of hio moral nature niu.-t lILve pr-vioii-iy
in Joi-.-ne that gradiial process of .!--com;
osuion which euul.l residt on!v fiom loio
and syn.pattctic association with the enemie'
e.t J lie consuiution.
On the whole, k must be admitted that ou
have mr.de ool this y.t ,.f v,)Ur c.e ;vit,
.leinocrats he was a democrat, eijjwru- t'no'r
eonfi.l.-:ee 'and taking their favors, he
fuu.-ed to be cil uu ieraiood ninong "men of
your school in mor ris and politics." that hi
nevi. ioii to the dernu-iaev w.is cu'irelv sinu:
lattd. It is now almost el:.r bevond doubt
ta.it to souther:: in en heavov.d bimself a fuV .
t.'ooce 1 c.e-.-ia:.i. The lesdiaotiv of Gov
lUonn to tlott effee-t is as .tjood as a:,"v t!,at v.n
have promiced to prove inm an abohtioJbji,
n ml jo.i luve irueie the taet 8.. probable in it
self ihut v try slight jrojf wold bo guflich r. t
to e-tubl:rh it.
Is not n.v conolusioa a fur one from the
premises, that this is tho most 'marvelous"
ii.ij.osiiiie upon repaid? J)oe- iLe historv of
ihc woiid hold on all i-.s p:ig..s ,-,f onders" an
other cusp in vhkh a mini lias r.d-ed hiui-e'f
the hi-h-t pu'-'.ie nip.!ov iniit under two
ciflciei t i'.ii!;C5 i,l di iTiictiiealiy op;,Jile t !
hesii e prit:eip!t. bv mtkiii" ti:ujlt.i!.e.u
1 I r oles-iocs e f fidelity to both of them? !.
not mention J-ai
cuined him mukin
r.i.nd, h.r his Jiypocriv
: nor Tade-vi-and. ,.r ha
was merely a tr ininn-r; nor lien edict Aitiold,
P;r he acted ids dmiMe pMt t only duiiarr u few
u.oi.t'iiS. aii I closed it wish ii:o;iih.i.,ub inoiire.
To find a parallel, you must fro to i.nothe:
scene of action, and a fir loner line of Ii;.
don-than V.'-.i I for . wen:? ars in; posed hiiu
st!.'' on the L .n.Kiii poN.-e s ;-.n honest mar.
11 iid a most zd'o-n fiiiitl of j-ioice, pretende-d
to .-is-ls' the i.!?i cts in their ! .u-ines-;, and
s'- .i.-d ticbly in their rcvaids; bat. during nil
! t!
that ti
:C was 1
;e iidvi-
er, the
guide, phi-
10- o; her and 1'iienii" of tne prii ti ill thieved
of the city . and to them he constantly betrayed
the n. e . -ni..-.- taken bv the public auihorities
l'... ll.o r . e. i vi.t'io'i of t rder and law.
II. We :11c ilhec'lv at 0:51.0 p(,a t!i . q'nes-tl-oi
wbrtbt-r or not Mr. St.in'on adtlse-d Fres
i ieiit r.t.tliai.an, be tote his appamt nient as nt-
::,( oer.t i-1. that ivnr iiiight be legally inide
a-:-;i:ist the Units, and the pe-'ple tl.eieu!', in
w hich o: iiinance-i of sc-ccs-io.i had nee:; p issed,
bv way of coercing thttu t 1 remain hi tho
I'liion A'o-t s ir he was sent f.-r bv the Pres
ident, and er.ve lam that advice, accou.paniud
bv an argument in writing, which was so con -
!ucl:.;r thut it was icseite 1 in the first draft of
tie message, but af-o w in Is stricken out. Nj
s.ic-h pat t r bring in eslste-nce, r.nd Mr. Buchan
an as w ell it Mr. Sum cu heli; de td. vour al
leeatitui is e:t:iiy made; If it be true, it is hard
10 picvo, an-i thc.ii.-h ta'se, it i- hauler Ftiil to
ilisrrio.o '1 he evidence yen produce is Mr;
Bawex's s'atf no-iii th it Mr Sianicn told him
so I sh; lioihtng about the danger of r el ting
. ti the s.cciii acv of a conversaii n reproduced
11- om f.icie ircr.'i'fciio'i, alter so long a time
but 1 im?-er that it is tot tiue. f .r the f.dljT--
ii.g re iions :
I. Mr. B'i.-hiinan made It r. 1 i;!e never to
seek advice lioti; o'.itsideia on !eal q ieitn.
V.'iicii he wns ju ioubt, betook the pinion4
of those who were ofiiohioy 1 espbusibie fer
their c-.ntetness. He had no kitchen cabinet.
2. If be bad made this an e ice: tiorial case,
si ml take; Mr. Stanton into his counsels hr tho
back stairs. 10 d if Mr. Stan ton bad furnished
Li iii nub a 1 :. Cr which produced foovit-tiva
on his mind that all I ii coiislitutiocal advisers'
weie wrcng, be would most certniuly have
shown it to them, or told t! cm of it.
.' Mr. Siiinton w.-is a lawyer of unddubte i
ability, and the ab.-urd opinion which ion at-
liha'e to Slim could not have Lo tid a lodrncnt
in hii! mind, even lor one muinert.
4 1 1 . be really had enTt tiiine I stt.-h a notion,
and deire l in good faith t- impress it upon tha
adniiiii-lratioa, I e would not (I think becou'ii
no!) hare corcea'ed it from tne It would
have been cemtcrv to the whole lenor of his
I clntvior in liio-e ti ics, and what is more, very
much ag dust his own hOeresis.
:. He old est' rt-Ss views exact? tie opposre
! tlio-e vilich yeu say he urged upon the
lh eriiieiit. lie endorse! the opinion which I
gate on tie '2 'th of November, Ibiifi, in ex
travagant terms of apr-rohaiion, adhered stead
ily 'o ihe d.-cT h e- of the annual me.-sar.e, amj
when rttpiiied oilie-i.-ol y to pronounce t-.pon the
spec ial message of Ja..i:.iiy, I '01, he gave his
eoneiii 1 t-iicc fsoafti'T, rtioi.g'.v and .lneqihro
cally . In all the discussions upon the troject,
he .h i not onto intimate that there was, or ever
had been, the sligh'e.-t difference between him
and the other men, I if-rs of ihe aohiunistratinit.
lo yon rae.iii to -av that this was mere sh.-i n. ?
IV.b he so i.l'erly tievoid of all fimh-titr, hon
or, am! Ir:i'h, that lie gave thowiio!e weight
of bis iiiU'-r-nc-e and power to the sup pott ol
doetiine which he belii'Ve l to be not only false
but pernicious? Il he s sn;!i a kaave as
that, then tell me what le'iiance can be placet
on any staieniert Le may have made to llr.
B.iw 09
III. Did fee betray the Tou-lianm ndrrin;s
tratiori w hile be was a member of h? Wns he
filse io the principles that he pretended (o be
lieve in? Was be treacherously engaged with
you in trying to defeat the j-.ies.r-,',i ti he tat
trusted tos-apnoit? I'i.l be aid ;.r d streegtlien
and assist in yf.ur t IVorts to blacken the repu
tation of his assoeintrs aid .'thuds. Hefoifc"
ih.se quesii.ins a-e answered, let us look f.-r a
mon cnt at the situation v.'e were id.
Mr Buchanan wa compassed round en alt
shies with ntore oof-iouhit'- ar.i dnjigers tlin
any o'.h. r public man in ibis eounTrv ver en
ctumter fed . The party w hich elected him wa
utterly routed: Sis forte was wasted bv diri
rhni. it heart broken by defeat. Evarv "north
ern State w n in the b.-.nd of political eremies,
tlushed with ihe insDlence of newly a, rpiire.t
power; mid afur his otticial eonden. nation of
scce-sioii . she sou'h tfil away from his side in'
a body. With hitter , ie:iio!se'es, unrelenting
l ies in front, -..n 1 tlink, and rear, be was liter
ally unsupported by any p alitical orgait'i itioa
capable of n a king it.-eli" fcit. ?nt he wa
"shic-hle l. and Lelrneti. and weapor.cJ with the
truth," sml he went richl onward in the ptlh
niaUe snered l.y lie? footsteps of his great pre
decessors. He declared the seces-Oem ordinan
ces mere r.uliiUes; the Union was not for a day.
but for all tune; a State could not inttrposo
itself I ctweon the fedeial gove: nmenl and iu
tiivicMial citi'tbs who violated federal law;
ihe coercive'pow e-r till not apply to Stare, anil
co;:M rot be used lor purposes ol" indiscrimi
nate carnage ia which the innocent and the
gr.ilty would l-e minrr'ed together; tint the law
inu-t be executed, mol the just rights of the
federal government tr. aintahieJ iu every nart
d the c.'U'iiiy against all oppose rs. The whole
theory o! tl e Constit -.nior. , as expounded bv the
men who made it, and all their sitcce-sors down
to that tiiTie. justice, humanity, patriotism,
honor, ami conscience, required hi.ii to en.
notinee an.'S maintain tliese principles. The?
were net ouly truo, but were eirhcr expres!?
or implicd'y ttdminetl to be true by all except
the open and avowed enemies tf the Union.
The secessionists, ot course, had trained the-m-selvfs
tt a different Way of thinking, nni! thet
i.aine lisi'tely assumed an atlitudeot" prion'-nnced
hostility to the adminis'-raTion. The loteruost
of tho aboiitioa orators and th leariiitg. bew-
T