•■> ' 1 ■
two Dollars por your If paid Rtrlctly ’ ' . '
t«’ : '“i /p wo pnllurKuml,Fifty rents If iml«l . •
ff*^ 0 * rn ,i T it.fiM t niter whh'h Three Dollars , • ’ ——. —. —- —— ■--- - ■.' :- 1 -• :■—_ —~ : ■ —"^r:
’itfiH*'! Tli psp terms will bp rnrlrily ml- -r —.—. - “ ~
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. • . CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1871. > VOL -
Caros. jg r)) (g ooi , B
oIIST ' :
v DJIV GOODS!!
AND
L «jj }VST ATEA <1 Eire YI
war. B. BU TLER,
I ‘ at t.aw. . . --
I‘llovan’kllii"( lmi*>\ ’iTon'OiT Tan over'STCreW'
II I'linihffim I cornuy. Fauna,
lillruioiw By mall,' will receive Immediate
iSSirMlentlon Riven to tUesaUlno: or rent-
Rnuifo, in frown or country. Tn nil lot*
IVimiiiirv, nlcaso onoloso postage stamp.
Kn!Wo-tf , .
rjETttTdriA.tram, jh.,
fiTrORNBr A.T LAW,
XO.U SOTUfI HANOVER ST.,
I CAnMSLR, PA.
|. r Judge Graham's.
KcU i IH70 —tf
■
attorne Y~A T~LA W,
CARLISLE. Pa.
LrJK' on Seuth -Hanover Street, opposite
Lsdry goods store.
ruMIUCH & PARKER.
A TTOlt NIZYS AT LAW.
.a mi Mata SLioot. la Marlon Unit, Car
pi.'
.. i Ivß-
EG. S. EM IG
attorney- at-l a. w,
o£Ui!u with S. [raplmni, Jr.
East Main , Sind,
CAUbISLI!, PA.
e1t.2,71- ly
r iCHN'NEOV, ATToruvioY at Law
\ (.':u'llsU\ pHimii. Olllcesamoas thutol
■A*m»rf*«m Votantcor." .
w i isna
[i GEORGE S. SFARIGHT, Dkn“
(tist. Frmil Urn llullhinu-p Cnt/ryc of Dental
vr f 0/lh*D«r the roshtmico of Ids mother
Jlcnthfp Street, three doors below Bedford
fi-le, I’omm.
h-, I IS’IV
jQats ana ®aps
n E S H A R HI V A L
OF Al-r. TUB ,
Aiir STY LI uV
or
iu-tb and caps..
ie subscriber has just. opened nt Tfo. 15 NoWft
.«v*r AVjw>/. ft fmv fhuti'H North of Mio Carlisle
n ,lt HniiU, one of Hip hmfesl and hear blocks
S,\TSand CAPS over oiVorotl in Curlmlo.
ife fftitx, Cimshnwro of all styles ami qualities,
rßrlmfl. dlUeront ooloil*, and every descrlp
nkfSnft ilats now ma'lo.
v> Dmiloird and Old Fashioned Brush,con
itly on Imrnl and made In order, all warrout
jglrosatlHftud.lori. .
A full ohso\ tmeut of
MEN’S,
BOY’S, AWT)
CHILDREN'S,
HATS.
ire also added to my Stock, notions of ditfer
ktiuls, conslstlnis of -
ilflSS* AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS
s/rry, MwipeTUTrrfi,
Collar*, . Glove*,
Pencils, Th read,
Sewinfj - Silk. ~ Umbrellas * nfrc
RIME SEGA’RS AND TOBACCO
. always on hand.
ve me a call, ami examine my stock as I feel
ideal of pleasing all, besides saving you mo*
JOHN A. KELLER., Aoent,
No. 15 North Hanover street.
.■i.-InTO,
ATS AND CAPS T
M YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP ?
If so, don’t Pail to caw- on
J. G. CALLIO,.
NO. 20. WES 7 MAIN STREET,^
:eio can be seen tho liuost asaonmom, ol
. ■ hats and caps
•MitongM.to Carlisle. Ho lakes groat plens
• In Inviting Ills nhl FrUnnls ao'l cnstomeis,
I nil new ones, in his spluinlut > ‘Or.lt lust re
ived rrnin Now York aml.PbUodelpbla, c °“-
uug in part of line
SILK AND CASSIMERE HATS.
*lilps an on.ltcsa variety of TTats and Capa of
; liitost. HtvU*. nil ol which he will noil at the
Onh'Print*. - Also, his own manufacture
Kutsalwiiys on tmml. nnrt .
HATH fttANUPAOTDUBD TO OUDEfI.
le has l*'e best arrangement for coloring Hats
•I all klniiAof Woolen Gcmd», Overcoats, cc,, at
e shorioKt. noMco (as ho colors every wecii) amt
,tl)« mosf. rcitsouablo terms'. Also,«mioioc ol
olcc brands of
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
rays on hand, lie desires to call theatteuttoa
persons who have.
’ GO U NTHYFURS
cell, as ho pays the highest cash prices for Uo
Sv» him a call, at llio above number; his , dd
iml, as he feels coiilldout of giving eutlro sa.ls*
ct. Is7o.
|>hnnt.rts, §cr.
§ T § w'q § $ $ $
WES CAMPBELL. 1 W. P. HEN WOOD
CAMPBELL & JIESWOOB,
PLUMBERS, ■
JAS AND STEAM FITTERS,
So.lB North Hanover St.
OAKLISIiE, PA.
BATH TUBS,
•WATER cr.OSF.TS,
• WASH BASINS.
UYDl r>f?rANnPonoK pumps.
CISTERN AND 1W S '
WSSHADES AND OLOOES Ac.. 4a
lead, Iron and Jerra, Cotta Pipe
CHIMNEY TOPS and FLEES,
'if:' 1 ‘ All kinds ol
brass work.
ior Steam and Water constantly on nand.*
WORK IN TOWN OR COUNTRY
promptly attended to,
43-Tmmedliitp attention given to order* *o r
Material or tvoric Irom tv distance.-®#
Having special advantages wo aro prepared to
f nnj!nh r _
COPPER WORK
ol nil doncrlirtlnns for Still Houses [and other
purposes m pomo or ul a distance.
COPPER PIPE
tarnished to order cither drawn or brazed.]
fc (3 Ij &
Bep, 1. 70—ly
j r. knsmisueu.
M. MICHAEL.
££OME AGAIN,
Michael & ensminoeu,
inform Urn emwma of Carlisle, and y'elo'ty
tiiev. have permanently located in t.arllji'e. and
have opened a ilrst class \V UolcsMo and Uciau
leather and Findings Store
nl.Vo. 7-1 North Unnovor street, opposite their
olil Hinnd u'tioro lhn ' uwult u vit-lt from tillthflr
°l'l fUstomei'H.nml ns nmiiy now ones ns itmy
>l«lro eniul Is nl miiilel'iuoiiilviiiiotss on nisi
«M. Thelrstonli Is nr the very Iwstcpiilliy.con
si'ilns of nil lilmls of Icnllicr.
AincvJcun Cnlf Slims, Moroccos of nil Klmls. K P
""il 1 Inrlicss l.niilln-r, Mpniilsli u", 1 ’
Kilo leinlicr* liy lilts slilis or slonlo sole, flic., tic.,
Shoemakers' findings, <tc.
„ nicy imimnnnc llml. they ore (lolt-rmltw'tl "to
live nmi lei live" mol will furnish nothing Iml
s'liml pnnils ill full-noil rciisolillll o I™ '
Kyi 1 \i:; ih mil!" lulro mitlstiiclloiil Cull »nd
- “ ttnd ° ,,r K SicHA E r. a: KOTMINOBRi
Ho.U tf.lfanoverSL.OarlUl©,
Aug. I), TO
D RY GOODS!
—AT—
~:„:hakpeb!s
South Hanover St.,
NEW STOCK OF FALL GOODS,
I take pleasure Jn offering to my patrons ami
the public, a block op
DRY GOODS,
.* *
complete in every branch, and not excelled In
quality, Penury, ami eUoupue.ss. I have now
open a beautiful stock of
FASHIONABLE DKESS GOODS,
comprising Black Sl|Jca,''fitnr>Jf nnd .Colored All-
Wool Bens, Bmelc nnd Colored All-Wool Pop
lliif, Black nnd Colored Wool Delaines. Black
amt Colored MerJnnc*, Rich Plaid Poplins. Ser
ges, Vdonrs, Flue Tamlso, bombazines. Pure
dlidmtrs, now brand »«f Pouitio Wa'p Black Al
paca, for homily of color, w-lght fif loxturo, and
prlco.lt takes the lend of any Alpacas in the
market.
Fashionable Shawls, In now styles of Stripes
and Plaids.
Long and Square Thibet Shawls, all of which
I offer exceedingly cheap.
BLANKETS,
White and Gray. Bargains guaranteed,
FLANNELS,
In ovary variety. •
LADIRs* CLOAKINGS —Black Beavers, Volve
tems, White Corduroy. Opera Flannels, Plaids
for Circulars
WATF.B-PUOOF! WATER-PROOF i
Hmae Furnishing Dry Goods,- Table Linens*
’.Napkins and White Omuls.
' All the fiopulai* brands of Domestics, at, prices
to moot. M»o lowchi quoiaiions,
■Merino Vobts. and Drawers, for Ladles,
Misses. Men ami Hoys.
ivnHUua Yarn-’, ’Zephyrs, Germantown Wool,
P*'isj in \V/>«l, mid Bafmoial Yarns, Ilumhurg,
Edgings and Inserllngs, Thread toners. Oulpjm
J.aces, Linen amt Lm;o Collars, KUI Gloves,
I'amllceichiefs, Felt; Hiilimmil.m.d Hoop Skirts,
Corsets, ami a general variety of notions.
CLO HIS AND CASSIMERES,
Furs 1 Furs ! Furs I
Nohrsltnnuy In saying that the prices will be
as Imwas any In town.
All goods bought.* at the head of the ninrkcl.
for cash, ami superior inducements will bo offer
ed at the Cheap Cash -Store,
Cor. Hanover and Pomfrcl Sts.,
THOS. A. HARPER.
Oct. 20 7b,
E W GOODS!
Wo havo just reluruod from the city, with
another very heavy stork of Goods, making our
Block tpo largest, ever hold In Carlisle, by any
othev House. We have extra good nu A thick
BLACK SILXCS, COLORED SILKS,
SILK POPLINS, o( all shades.
SILK AND WOOL EPINGLINES
WOOL REPS,
WOOL PLAIDS,
ALPACCAS AND j^LAINES
MOURNING GOODS.
alt kinds.
r»rjAXir axxt> rjk-wav o a DICING X^LANNELS,
WATER PROOFS AND CLOAKINGS,
CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES,
QUILTS AND COVERLETS,
Carpet* and Oil-Cloths,
DOMESTIC goods
In great variety,
Shawls, Gloves, Hosiery, Ac.
m, a whole Uio moat splendid assort
ment oSC-Woof <h* .cities. Wo have
tho very best ami most handsome , ,
SASH RIBBONS,
In dm town, nil of which wo nra selling cheaper
nod al amun"r|in.ll|.sllnm any olhov big .lore
"o'lvo ul'liwMamlynn will save a good deal of
money In ypnr purebuses. BENTZ & CO-
Nov- ID. 70. -
rpHii OLD ESTABLISHED
STOVE MB TBffBE STORE,-
Barnes McGonigal,
A r o. 83, South Hanover &t„
(Adjoining Blair & Sous’ Grocery Store.)
CARLISLE. -PA.
After nl } rpf n'l'ilrfiaTp.Tllo un
iminlty. Uo now offers the cclobralcd
EMPIRE gab burner
which he feel,. natlalW la. tho
In tho nmrkel. K a inooa n liro „„
iiSsiili:!
•V. ,s h l Sm : Km or by W iw-h vlmms may.be kept
niatlnu darnpu y . produces as great
of coal as any
,ap.vo over affined L l !'. (.}',•}V.iallT" and the
Also" bo'following well known
COOK STOVES
njmuod, ironside®.
These are nil wnrmntwl »nrt
Imf w l hy a '»o J l» ““ "cowimmliy. »»a ihoir
popularity Is unlvei-silh t my cstali
!,ASi?sKn^«sari.v«.op«tu»
urine them.
SPOUTING AND'BOOFiNU,
, , ot . n,70-lhn N«- Booorf^j
V L. STEKNEK & BUO„
'i'cVBBY AND SALE ' SABLE
between a vvovsit uawniir «
IN THE HEAR OF BBNTZ HOUSE
OATU4RLT!, PA;
Having mlcil up Uto Ktal.lv will.'now Carrl
*v.. lam prcpaml t» I"'" 1 '- 1 ! lu ' lit - chl:,a '
Inm-oau.i rotatonablo rale.. PWtU. take to
nndtrom thospring'
ipvn.23.1857.-27
DO DEAD MEN TELL TALES?
Survivals wiih clear Jifr.ninries Often,
Do—Jeremiah S . Black'd let
ter to Senator IH£-
son,-of Mass.
&•
STANTON ElTKft A GfIEAT IMPOSTOR ON A HUMBUG
Inside view of the Cabinet that Loyal
dom Honored . but Did Nut 'Trust—
lhat Midnight fifed in y at Sum- ’
. ner's—A Icrribtc Cabinet
Scene.
A COUP D’ETAT UNEAKTUED !
[Prom the Galaxy for February.)
7'e the Honorable Henry Il'dion, kenator Jronx J/at
sachusctls: •
Cunlrflry to my first intention, nnd not
without reluctance-, T b*y n«ide other
business of fa/ greater importance wlille
I taken btlef review of yoursupnlemcnt
at eulogy on Stanton. The occurrences
which ftuif-wl this change of mind might
require explanation, tint they are entire
ly too personal to occupy any space In,
these pages- , Without wore preface 1
give yon my thought on your latest es
say. Y»-ii Dike violent exceptions to my
former letter ns hein# vituperative ami
ill tempered. Let ns sea Jiow the ac
count stands between us on the score of
mere manners, and then determine
whether .you have a right to sot yourself
up as an arbiter clcyantiarum. You
wrote, or caused to he written; and.pub
lished in n maLmzfneof large circulation,
.an article in which you attacked the rep
utation of certain persona in a style so
scandalous that vituperation ia no name
for it. Without reserve or qualification
you pronounce l (hern guilty of thewor-d
Crimea known among men. The specific
acta of whieh you accused them. and the
opprobrious epithets you applied to them,
were as insulting as you could - make
them. 'Most of (he gentlemen thus ns;
salled were dead, hut (hat made no dif
ference fo you; ynn’r invective was not
checked by anv regard for the feelings o(
triends or relatives. The , indecency of
(Ids was greatly aggravated by the fact
that you "put in (be form *»f u funeral
panegyric upon a mini .\vhu?>o recent and
sudden death should have sobered yqur
party rage nnd.solemnized your her» rr, «fr
at least operated as a temporary sedative
upon your appetite for defamation. What
■was I* to.do? My fir.se impulse was— no
matter what; I did not obey It. But 1
concluded that all (bo purposes of a fair
vindication mighi be accomplished.by a
s nipfc contradiction of your statements
rouphd with (he plain reasons wjiitili
would show them to lie unvyorihy'of-be
lief. I did Ibis, and I did nv»rr. I did
It in terms so free fiom unnecessary
harshness that I am amazed this moment
at my own moderation. Hut you declare,
nlTii'iu —mv denial to he an act < f “ reck
less audacity;” in your'eyes my doicnee
is an o/’-fe'nce. X really cannot under
stand tins, unless sou suppose that your
political opponents have no rights, even
of reputation, which you-nre bound to re
spect and that slander—-like other inju
ries—is consecrated by loyally, when a
Democrat is the siiderer.
Yon make-no attempt to Impugn the
soundness or truth of thelaw as X gave It
lo the President on the2oth of November,
ISGO; That opinion was very simple anil
stood upon the record; and In my for
mer letter I gave you the elementary
piineiples, cluillled with the moat fundi
iur illustrations, and brought the whole
subject down to (lie h*vel of the lowest
understanding. Hesidea, you have the
aid of about a dozen Senators and mem
bers of Congress In gelling up your re
njiiiiion, tf it lie erroneous- Bill you con
tent. ymireelf with meiely rallinu at it.
Ilhiliu I may say;, with more coulhtence
tlmo ever. Unit ‘you cannot he an i«nnr
runt of the funihnnental law aa . not to
know that mir exposition of, il was per
fectly aimmi'aml correct.’
RADICAL PATRIOTS AND STATESMEN.
While you do not deny llrt truth, yon
nnnlhllnto'it by tho insertion that, it Ir
extensively disapproved. Pn you really
lipllmvg that mi officer. denlinir with tlie
nncjdions of law. if* hound to he popular
ruiber than right? Will you never learn
that, ‘statesmen’ .and ‘patriots* of yonr
tohool have notions About all political
virtues which a sound morality holds in
utter detestation ? To flatter the past*
ions and cjolc the underHiandliur of the
neop’Q Ih not, Ui© highest object'of any
honest man’s ambition. Mr. Jefferson
(bought he omrht to ‘do them ns much
uood as possible in spite of their teeth,
lint on your theory, to be ‘ever strong on
the stronger side,’ Is not only pood for*
tune, hut hltrh desert: while it Is mere,
imbecility to offend the powerful by let-
Unp the countenance of the law shine
upon tho wcaU or oppressed, who cannot
reward you will) office or .money. If
vour theological opinions conform to
Vmir Ideas of political duty, yon esteem
the inch of TVn-ahbas as more meritori
ous than the fidelity of John or thode*.
votii.n «f all the Marys. ,N«> doubt there
was then, as there is now, a set of 'small
lint ferocious politicians.’ who became
complete) v in forint ed uiMlnst me because
T did nut iii'fii fy I lie law. the Pres
ident to vitilntc the Constitution, andthuH
hvhiK on an Immediate dissolution of the
Union. Rat yon can hardly expect me
lo regie! that ! did not escape ’heir ecu
sure. They "'ere men who had been
tauwbt that enmity to tho Constilu'Jon
was the sum of all public and private
virtue. There certainly Ik not an nneor
rup'ed man In thcconnti.v who will say
that! was to blame forgiving the law
faithfully and truly.
BADICAI* TWADDLE.
Ymi declare that • contemporaneous
history has already pronounced’ against
me. and von quote a few words of twad
dle iipparemlv from the wi illngs of mime
one " hope riaihn von are ashamed to
mention. Y m call, this a Judgment tin
on me wliieli posterity Is not likely to
reverse. Political power dishonestly
wiehleil always has hacks to defend Ha
excesses by maligning ft« opponent*. A
down hooka of Hint character have keen
printed within the Inst seven yearn.
These produotlona come within the awk
ward description yon have [riven of yonr
own - thev are‘not history or biography,
nor Intended ’ to lie;’ they are p'aces of
deposit for worn-out ealnmn es-mere
sewers Into which the tilth of the party
is drained off. I hope T am tolerably se
cure from the praises of this venal lyih“ ,
and thefr abuse is prima tncie evidence
of a character ni least negatively Bond.
11 ianol worth white fur nieorynn totronh
to ourselves ale ut posterity, for posterity
wilt not probably take much ncnmmt of
ns No doubt yon did all in your power
to subvert the free institutions of one
revotnliooary fatiiers, and to debauch
tlie nolitleal morals of tiie country -, hnl
11;;: ftmnst exertion of yonr abilities has
not snfliced to ra'se yon above the com
mon file of partisans who have engaged
the same evil work. On (he oilier
hand-—the cause of liberty regulated by
|„w tins had a crowd of advocates so In
finitely superior to mo that my feeble ef
furls cannot ho expected to oHraetthe
notice of future generations. Yon may
make no attempt to Justify your abuse of
Mi- Buchanan ; you do not repent yonr
ebarge agal.tst Mr- Toucey of scattering
thi Ships of the navy to render 1 hat arm
pnwerli-s - -, nor do yon prelbnd '« «•' r *
that Mr. Thompson was grotty < rot
ui„« tijfi JtuiUm truM fniuin. lint >ou
offer no reparation, and not even make
»n excuse for the wnnion anrt unprovok
e.t injm-v which ym. triel to comma <P
nii tile character of 11,0 '•'jj’f. 'I .' Y on
llvlii"- and the memory of thoileinl. you
sullenly permit judgment to ho n'o''‘red
as linsl yon by rvl (licit. I nieot o ' "
onlv to say. that U very seriously affects
yoiir ci-eilUdlily upon the otherI’ 1 ’ 111 '?;
‘f-’n/mri hi » uno, fdhiUH m onvvbun* j
t:. ;. tvoils .'■’'VT^'Ttmmn 1 .
u.iv that t ivnrfMi’Uloil Mi. n> » np
inni asheing above the range of ordinary
mortals. I merely declared that ids men
tal ability, goo ll sc* l6o nn(l common Uon '
#e(y placed him very far you,
who had asßtulod bint with a fatso charge
of foloiiMMis robbery. You do not see the
justice of UiL c imparisoa, nnd you think
•(hat if I hud not been a mere lawyer,
having ‘Utile acquaintance or association*
with statesmen,’ I might havd enter
(ained a "tjillereuj,notion. AllbnuKh I
consider mv ealllng’c<! be as
Iff iy‘ VlitiC'y oif'e ve r'Tiyil Wed -feltho r hoTm-e;*
or alter you took up the trade of a poli
tician, you may make what deduction
you please on that account from the val
ji* of my jmlgment; but you must mit
inlerfero with .my undoubted right to
believe (as.l do most devoutly) that it
would take a great many VVMsons to
make one Thompson. It was'TTdtto bo
expected that O >vern«r Floyd would
escape your maledictions. No public man
ever provoked such a storm of popular
wrath ns he did. The President, who
had trusted him, withdrew hlscoufblence,
drove him from biscounsels, and ordered
him to be indicted for malversation in
ofilce Ills colleagues left him. to his
fate, and there was-nobody In all this
land to take his part, lie had some,
qualities which commanded the respect
of folks like you as long as hejlyed and.
'moved among you. Buff
friended, defenceless, dead—fallen in n
lost -cause and buried in an obscure
grave^—lie was the very man of -all
uthera.'dn or out of the world, whom your
magnanlmily would prompt you to at
tack. But why did you not charge him
with misconduct in the financial man
agement 'd bis <lep irtmenl? That might
have provoked a comparison between
him ami kamcron, much to Iho dlsad
vantage of the latter, whom you wished
to court,Hatter and whitewash. There*-
fore you preferred to take up tbe'e-xplo
dial charge of sending gun* and munl
tiotis to the South for the use of Beets
ionis’s in the war. Your first paper had
nothing in it on Ibis subject except the
bald a*S‘*rtiou, and X was con,tent with
the naked denial. But In your last you
come back with a m >ro extended aver
ment, ami produce what, you seem to
suppose will be taken as evidence by at
least some of your readers. Let ua look
at it.
FLOYD DRIVEN INTO .SECESSION.
A cmmnHtco trns appointed by (bo
H f >uso of liPiiVf'&entntivo* iti 'Jarnm , 'y,
3861, lo awnt-iln how (.he public finin
disl ributcd during the year iB6O had boot?
disposed of. Mr. Floyd was not present
at the investigation ; ho hud not a friend
on the committee; it whs ‘organized to
convict’ him if It could, ft reported the
evidence, hut gave no j.mlgmcnt crlmi
nnting him with the offence yon acciis
ed him of. On the contrary. the opin
ion was expressed hy the chairman that
the charge.-* were fount) In ‘rumor, specu
lation and misapprehension.’ Jluf you
tube up the reported evidence nnd fry fo
make out a case which thecommiUe did
not make out hy carefully suppressing
all the principal facts an misstating (he
olher. Your charge of fraudulently
sending arms lo the South cannot hetrne
of the heavy cannon made at Pittsburgh
for the forts at Louisiana and Texas,
because thov were not aeiU at ad. Floyd
gave an order to ship them on the2oih
of December, 1800. but It was revoked by
the President before a gun wn« started.
Tt Is. of course—possible dial Floyd in
making the order acted In had.faith ; but
there Is no proof of that. On the con
trary, Colonel Maynadler, an honest ns
whl(_|}s a sharp man, and a must vigilant
officer, who knew all the facts of the case,
and understood Floyd’s altitude with
regard fo secession and union,as well as
anybody hi the whole country, cheerful!?
set about the business of carrying out
tUe order, though it was mU
a \mjifoyerobject or motive in it. I*n
fact and in. truth, Floyd was not, in sen*
liment or in action, n secessionist until
after he saw (hut the breach between
himself am! the President, which origi
nated in other mailers, was irreparable.
Up to the time when be got police that
be roust resign, he was steadily opposed
to the Southern movement, and the bit
terest enemies he had were the leudlng
men of that section, Colonel Maynadier
sjiys-'tbat *be was regarded throughout
the country as a strong advocate of. the
Union and opponent of secession and
he adds its a confirmation of this that
he had recently published over his own
signature in a Richmond paper a letter
on this subject which gained him-high
credit lit the North for hU boldness lu
'rebuking the pernicious views of many
in lua own Shite.’ After be found the
whole administration again**!. him, be
was driven by stress of-necessity * lotn
the ranks of the party which he bad
previously opposed. The great and
imnorlant fact to which the resolution of.
the House directed ami confined the air
lenlion of the committee, ami which U
made perfectly clear by the evidence,
you do not re er to at ail, but keep it
carefully out of sight from beginning to
tbeeml of vour statement. The question
was ami Is. whether tn© Secretary of
War undert lie Buchanan administration
did at any lime subsequent to the first of
January,‘iB6o, treacherously dispose of
guns o‘r munitions for the purpose of
giving to the South an advantage in the
war which the leaders in that section
’intended to make-against the Federal
government. This was the ‘rumor, |
speculation and misapprehension. ’ to
which the chairman of the committee al
)tided ; this is substantially what the
partisan newspapers and stump orators
have asserted ami reasserted over and
over again, until thoiJHpmlsof persons in
every part of the country have been
made tohelievo h; this la what you mean
bv your first- arllc c.and wbatyou persist
in and reaffirm by your last.. No*v ex
amine Die facts. There was a law a*-,
most coeval with the government for the
distribution of arms among the different
Stales according to their .representation
in Congress, for the use «.f their militia.
Under this law the Ordinance Ihirean.
without any special order from the*head
of the department, gave to each Kiata
that applied for It her proper quota of
rnu-Uelaand rifles of the heat pattern ami
make provided for the regular army.
During the \ ear . 1860 the ' number of
mu-kets so distributed was exactly 8,423.
of wh’ch the Southern States received
2OP I whilelhoNorthern Slates received
near/*' three timed that number, to wit:
1)332. Some long range rifles of Jhe
army calibre were distributed. The
aggregate numbvramounted to ].725. nod,
they all went to Northern States except,
75k about half enough for one
which were di* ided between Vlrg »doj
I Kentucky. Tennessee, North Carolina,
Mississippi and Louisiana, the other
States of the South receiving none. Why
did yon conceal these facts? You knew
them, and you could not help but see
tbelr strict relevancy and great Impor
tance. Perhaps you did not know that
the wppremo veri Is a* bud as tho*Mo
- fabi, ami thought ft fair to make
out 11 criminal charßC against a ■
el hy keep!»K hack as milch of Sp? ‘ }, 'l
<11(1 not salt jour purpose. J[' e fa °*
I lint (heHondiern Stales neglected'to lake
their proper ami Junl d’ 11 ’ 1115 . "’'''S'.
mi"ht have Rot for üßkiiiß. satisfied tile
committee. uml nodonht fully convlm-eil
von. Unit there could have keen no Irnuil
uleut combination 1,1 J8»0 between them
anil the War Department lo rob the Rpv
ernmeat of ils anna for their benefit.—
That concluded the whole ea-e, since It
waa hmmaaiclo for a sane man to believe
thatßiich a plot could have keen formed
ami anted upon at a previous time, ami
vet had no existence in the year home
ilialely precediuß the w»r Xcvertiu ; ..M
Ufa committee went hack, uml it was
~roved that In before any war was
J.pprehended -before the elccthm o.
Lincoln wasdreumed of—hefoio theid'
slon of the Democracy, which made his
election possible, with a million majority
against him-Floyd ordered a transfei f
113 0(11) mnakefa from Northern to Hniitli
ern arsenals. This you parade with a great
U.mrish a< evid-nce of a most wicked
robbery. But here we llnd you aa ' d" 111
, .the disinaeiuouH hnsinms (n not j
poll nhrase ?j of keeping hack a troth
' w hich would have spoiled the force o
your story. These arum were all worthless
and unserviceable. Wo bad 500 ODD of
them; they cumbered the Northo*n ar
senals and could-not be a law had
been parsed to authorize thes'ile of them;
(hey \y,cro oifered foryearsarS2 50apiece,
abo'ut one-teutb the price of a good gun,
and.they could nolbe got oil.
Twiconconsiderablo number were sold,
b«n'llcfTsWfelfaBFrsntitbtT“ftirther-'ex«mi
nation, retused to take them. Of these
500.00 D condemned mu*kets. the fsecry
(:»ry of. War, in !So9.*ordeaed 115,000 lobe
sent (o (ho South, iloubt.less for the mer-*
coiivPnieuce of storage. To ‘weapotflho
rebeMlon’ with arms like these would
imve Injured lis. destruction the instant
Its forces came into the presence of troops
having theimproved modern gun in their
hands. Floyd could not have done a
greater injury fo the Southern cause than
tills .would have been. Nor is it possible
fo believe that .Southern leaders would
have conspired with him to purloin these
useless arms in 1859, and then, in IS9O,
decline to take the share (hat JegUHv be
longed (u them of Che best muskets and.
rides ever invented. AM these fuels ap
pear hi tht evidence reported by the com
mlimo, from which you protend to be
making fair and candid (.•iiadona. ami
you say not a word about, them. If you
were * a mere lawyer.’ or any lawyer at
all, and would go before a judicial trihu
n«l mutilating the (ruth after tills fashion,
you would immediately be expelled from
the.profession, ami no judge; woubi ever
> perm If you to open vour mouth in a court
of Justice again. If vou would appear ns
a .witness, ami in that character testify
(o the contents of a written document in
the wav 3'on have set out.this report t,.
your‘tenders, it mlgbt.be followed by very
disagreeable consequences, widen I will
nothbock your polite ears by, mentioning
JIOWFLD C<*BD.
Mr. Cobh, while Secretary of the Trea
sury, performed his duties with singular
purity, upHghlne-a and ability. No en
emv bus ever ventured to point out a
single public, act done In (but depftr(men I
hv him of which the .wisdom, the lawful
aces or tin* honesty could be even ib nhl
el. The disjointed and ioosc accusation
of vour first p iper implied that by some
oilicial delinquency he bad purposely
(Unorganized the fi-cal nmchincry of the
government, or otherwise perpetrated
some malicious mischief on (be public
credit. Now, however, yon are reduced
’to the old and never failing resort ot
‘treasonable utterance*; 1 something that
he »idd Jn private conversion hail (be
cdlotß of Injuring the credit of the United
Spiles. What, was if? It is well known
that'the prices of hM securities, public
and private, began to go down immedia
tely upon (lie Presidential el-ction of
ISiiO.and continued going down .for, years
afterwards. Is this uttribu'»b!e to the
(reasonable utterances of Thomas, am)
Cox, and Chase? But what is the iim*
of pursuing such a subject? Mr. Gobi)
whs dead, ami you fell a sort of necessity
for doing some de-pite upon his grave.
This feeble absurdity was all you could
do.
EDWIN M. STANTON.
I oonMilereri myself houml to
Mr. Sfanton Rtfalnut U>c praise which
hta channter hr Infamous
Down to.the timeof his apoßtary we were
<»loi»ea/)ii Intimate frlewln, arnl I thought
T knew him hh well wone man couM.lu?
known to another; I ilonot<*Uum that
lie owed me nnvthinp,} for I made no
RabrlrtoM of myself or anybody else to
fterve him. I advanced him in his pro
ftwiori mu! thereby improved hie fortune,
hot he cot nothing In that way for'which,
he d“j. not remlnj 1 if>
felho |frt»Jn«licca of Mr. Bnohanan.
and others acalna.t him; hecansel thought
them and because it wim incon
venient hr me that Hie President should
lint trust t man in whom T hml unlimited
confidence. I recommended ,lilm prea
sinulv for Postmaster General upon the
death of Mr Brown, solely for the reason
that tlie oxlfencies of the public service
In that depiiitmeiit required a man of Ilia
creat ahitUvanfi industry. I caused him
(o be nppoiiiied Attorney General, be
cause f knev (or xhnnirht I knew), that
he and X its e in perfect accord on nil
onestions, whether of law or policy,
which lie might have to deal with, and
because I was sure I hat he would handle
theft nnl only with fidelity hut with
consummate skid. Bnt though lie was
not in my debt, the apparent warmth of
his nature impelled -him to express Ins
gratitude in most exaggerated language.
After he look ortlce under the Lincoln
administration nnr paths divorced so
widely Unit X diil not often see him
Wh"h T dil.be sometimes overwhelmed
me as before, with hyperbolical demon
stritions ofthankfiilness and friendship.
Xf Ida feelings ever chanced,.he ‘'died
and made ao sign" that was visible in
me. Here let me record t my solemn dec
laration (lint I never saw anything dis
honorable in his conduct while f was
associated With him. He never iliaup
nirt filed me while he wasernployrd under
me'or wldlo we were cnlleacnes in office;
ami believer failed mein anything widen
I I uni a right to expect at hla him K His
enemies spoke, evil of him, hot that is
■the mush brake that virtue must go
through.’ and I allowed no tale bearer
to shako mv faith. JI» own personal
knowledge doea not. enable me to accuse
Idm nr any ihean ordisgracefnl act. How
fur yon inivo succeeded, or mav hereafter
liß 'iihio to succeed, in proving him a
treacherous hvpociite, Is a question to be
considered. But X am not, one of yonr
wit nesses; nay leslimnnv.‘'S tar ns it goes,
is directly against ydil. TJnder tliese cir
cumstances it was Impos-hde for me to
be unite silent, when I saw your publicly
linn in Hie A/fnnlln. or to coniine myself
ton mem vindication of the other parties
assaulted. It was plain tome that yon
had ‘iiludiy misunderstood the character
of Mr Bfahton ami crossly injured him.
he what yon supposed to lie a panegyric.
Your descrip'ion of him. if n-oeplcd ns
trap, would compel tlie belief that Ins
wbols political life was one long impos
ture ; that ns a trusted member of the
IPiehanan Administration, he acted al
ternately the incompatible parts of a spy
and a tnllv; that whi'e he was the chief
law nlfiser of the government, he was
P,maced in tlie foulest, eoneplraov.that
pver was hatched acid oat the life, liberty
„„d honor of a colleague for whom he
wssat that very lime, professing ’ J'
■ ; HI friendship ; that he was thu/jontege
and enmv of Simon Gameron, and ap
pointed Secretary of War to carry out
la polirv; that being so appointed, he
did disloyally and feloniously embezzle
miMlc uvumv to t.hft amount of two hnn*
a”l fifty thmwitml dollars atone
n «, nis true that yon were actuated
J no malicfoiia Intent,, You meant to
0 him honor. According to your mm
apprehensions, all the evil yon ascribed
p i,!,,, was good. When you wove for
dm this disgusting ‘ wreath of ulcera
CO e to seed,' you thought you were dec
orating his coffin with a chaplet of the
ehoiC St fiowers. You pal ute.l a monster
of dsprjivltv, and yon expected the
r can people to worship H with all the
fervor of savages wlien tliev fall down to
adore tlie Image of some hideous demon.
No doubt Hie votive offering of .vonr uf
fretion took lids anomalous form because
I™,, believed that duplicity and crime
employed against Democrats would give
him he highest claim ho could have on
" , . miration of the Aholitlonlats, end
because it .11,1 greatly Increase V.n.r own
i»«toetn ami regard for him. JhJt mvin
(crest 111 his riqmfnliotl required
slionld he properly appreciated >V that
honest'portion of tl.o people 'Vl’""!' 1
ndherototho moral creed of their fathers.
, Ido not assert t lint yonr last I’"';",'’"’^
, nothing, r will give yon '"’h l . l i-w nir
of every act you lm"o established, hrt far
‘ as Vint hayo shown Mr. Stan on to ho
. guilty of the baseness yon impute to him.
1 will make no contest about It. But I
[ wilt net yW«I '•»» hich V" e *“ ll
:
r cff ° rt
w/w to tako him down from the pillory
whieh you had naMed him by the ears
ns *a fixed figure lor scorn to point its
finger at.’ You have done your strongest
to oppose rny rescue of him,and any par
tial succes* which may have rewarded
your struggle must he « great comfort of
which I cannot justly deprive vwl Wo
will examine your evidciVcound see upon
~p(dn^H_you have made oitt your
ease, ftiid 'wburelff 'you cTfiiie ’yiiOTt"
of your aim., .
1. Y'oii asserted that Mr, Stanton had
)cen from ids earMest youth an aboil *
foufstin bis secret heart; that to loading
men oftlmt party he declared himself In
entire agreemonc with them, and hoped
for the time to come when lie could aid
them. In other words, lie gave in his
'■perfect adhesion to them, concurred In
(heir views of public morality, and was
wilting to promote their designs against
the Federal ami SCUtegovernments when
ever ho could makehlmpelf most efficient
to tnnt end. At the same time lie waa in
(bo Democratic party by virtue of his
declared faith in exactly the opposite
sentiments. To ns lie made himself ap-.
pear a Democrat of the most ultra class.
T-do not «av-fchai-4*e--Wus on acilvo prop
agandist; lint nil Democrats with whom
fie spoke were impressed by Die seeming
strength of his attachment to those great
principles by the application of which
they hoped to'savo the Union trnm dla
solulion, tl»e country from civil war, and
the liberties of,the people from the do.
sfructimi with which your . ascendancy
threatened (hem. We took him on .his
word, behoved him thoroughly, and gave
him honor, office, and high trusts- Now
a man may bean honest .Democrat or a
sincere Abolitionist, but he cannot hon
estly and sincerely he both at the same
(hue. Between (hose two parlies, the
hostility was deadly. Each recognized
tin? other ns a mortal f«e. They were as,
far asunder ns the poles on every point
of principle and policy. differed
not merely about rales,for the interpre
tation of‘the organic law, but opp ut»d
each other on, the broad question whether
(bat law was entitled to any obedience
nt, all. One of them respected and rever
enced the Constitution as the best gov
ernment the world ever saw, while the
other denounced I tax an agreement with
death nnd n covenant with hell, which it
was merUorlmuj even fop Us sworn <ufi
eers to violate. If we loved any portion
off! more (Inin another, it. was that part,
wliicli guarded the individual rights of
the people l>y habeas corpus, jury trial,
and other groat jndiebii issiiinti'Ois,
which nor allocators, cn both sides ot.tlie
A liaiitio. iiinlslicd comooli of their bleed
to establish ; and it was, precisely llidse
provisions which liad yoor bitterest en
mitv, and which you made the first use
of yoor power to abolish, trample down,
and destroy. Mr. Stanton emild not have
been truly bn more than one side'of sneii
controversy; he could not servo Clod and
Mammon both; he could not be for the
Constitution and againstdi. loo;- he canid
not at once believe ami disbelieve in the
sanctity of an .oath to support it. He
professed most fervently to be heart and
soul with ns. .11 he also professed to bu
willi you, lie was a wretched'hypocrite,
trite kepta it p tills fraudulent deceit for
thirty years, anil thereby got the highest
places in the gift of both parties, he was
‘TUB MOST MA.IVVEhT.OOS IMPOSTOR
that ever lived or died,' When your
first article appeared, r did not believe
'that von had any ground for this shook-
Ill" imputation u on his character. I
was compelled to disbelieve and contra
diet it, for reasons which were then "iv
on and.need not' now lie. repented. But
Sih‘f?th“en<'rnJo -my uMfim."'
niatieo haa apolren oot and anstained
vonr assertion. Yon do prone l-V him a
declaration from the llpa of Mr. Stanton,
made nearly thirty year* into, from which
the inference.ia a fair one tiiat lie was in
the Democratic party with .intent‘to be
tray the Oonatitutlon and it? friends into
the .cruel clutches of their enemies’
whenever lie could ilnd an opportunity.
But voii are not satisfied with this. To
make the brand inoitaceahle, you show
(hat several years after ids declaration to
Mr Chase, lie, being an avowed a'lyn
eate and champion of Democratic princi
ples, ivaa either appointed liy his politi
cal brethren, or else volunteered, to an
awer an abolition lecture-delivered at
Steubenville by a than named Weld.—
He disappointed all parties, including
the lecturer himself, by declining to
come forward, though. very pointedly
.called for. He mule no excuse at the
lime for deserting tiro cause he had un
dertaken, hut afterwards he slipped
round secretly and alone to the private
room of the lecturer and gave himself in
„« n convert. ‘I meant,' said he, to
lialit von, but mv gnus are spiked, and 1
came to sav that t now see with you;
&i' , &c. It never struck Mr. Id eld ( hat
(hero was anything sneaking nr slmhliv
shout this transaction.. With the -on
linoify of vision peculiar to (da pofitical
sect, lie saw nothing hut 'lieariy frank-
Inclppotulencc*,'nionil Inptßht, flttu
keen force’ lu-Hie conduct of* »
man who privately denounced the opin
ions and principles which he publicly
supported: and t.wpntv-tlve years after
wards Mr. Weld piously thanks God on
paper for such an art fill dodger to serve
as a leader of his parly. The next place
von dm! him after the Steubenville af
fair is ill the van of the Ohio. Democracy.
Th"V, too, believed in the ‘hearty frank
ness and indepeiideuoe’ of tile declara
tions lie made to them. They showed
their faith by their works; the legisla
tare, by a strict party vote, elected him
Jaw reporter, on offlop which he nrmchl
eagerly and received witli ninny thanks,
In'nll the conflicts of tile Buchanan ad
ministration with the abolitionists and
their allies lie was an open-mouthed op
ponent of tlie latter. He was always
-mind on ilie Kansns question.and sith
ful among the faithless on theLecomplon
constitution.- So far as we. his D mo
erntic associates, were permitted to know
hi 111 no man detested more than he did
the knavish trick of the aim ItionlslH m
preventing a vole on slavery by wh oil it
would have been expelled from Kansas
and the whole trouiilo settled in .the way
they pretended to wish. He was out and
out for Breckinridge in 18U0, and regard
ed the salvation oj Uie.connlry as hang
ing on the forlorn hope of ills election
To Mr. Buchanan himself, anil to the
members of his cabinet, he paid Ihe most ,
assiduous court, wan always ready for an |
occasion to serve them, and showed Ids )
devotion in ways which sometimes weld .
rather 100 close to the verge of obseivii -
onsness. While wo were looking at lids
aide of Ida character, and supposing It
had no Ollier, he was, according to your ,
understanding of his lis’ory, In entire
agreement’ with the deadly enemies of
every principle we believed in. The
. inert fact that, lie paid visits to Dr. Bailey
l» nothing. It is nothing that be there
met abolition people. All that. might
happen, ami his lldelity to the Constitu
tion would moult no leather. But you
mention it as a vemarkahlecircumainnco,
ami it is remai kahlc, because aholiiiim
isla exclusively were In the habit of as
sembling there to talk over their plans,
to concoct their slanders against the ad
ministration, and to lay their plots for
the overthrow of the government and
laws. It was a place where men con
gregated for political, not merely for so
, cinl purposes and Mr. Stanton knew
lie would be dc O op unless he was one of
them. Ho accordingly- made himself
not only acceptable, hot interesting, by
teillng them that lie was of Quaker blood,
and gut Ins abolitionism by Inheritance;
ids .grandfather liberated Ids slavea-lm
did—and purged the family of-thut sin ,
and Benjamin Lundy took him on Ida
knee when lie wins li'tlo hoy and taught
him tho political doctrine which lie had
“(lover forgotten, but which he “id op
posed by every open not, of- Ids life.-—lts
was probably fresh from one " r , these
symposia when he went into conrtln Iho
rilektes case, and loudly bragged Ihat e
was the sou of slavulioldnig parents , his
lallier was a North Carolinian and Ids
mother a Virginian. You may see that
57.—N0. 35.
part of.bla speech on page 51 of.the prlnl
et] trial. It fs hard'to run with the hare
nnit hunt withtlm hounds, hut Stanton
seems to have mastered the difficulty.-
Mr- Sumner's tpslimonyto the early and
thorough 'gainst abolitionism of Mr.
Stanton la entitled to great weight, bo**
muse ft lecoupled with an act which at
tests Us entire sincerity. It la a part of
hla certificate that when Mr. Sianton’s
umtiiivatlomns Secretary of-WaNwas-Bent.
to the Senate, he (Sumner) immediately
rose to urge the confirmation.'slated bis
acquaintance with the nominee, and said
emphatically. ‘Within my knowledge,
he Is one of ns/ Mr. Sumner certainly
would not have ina le such a declaration
at such a lime and for such a purpose
unless he had the clearest conviction,
based upon personal knowledge, that Mr.
Stanton was an abolitionist of the most
virulent type, prepared to tread the Con
stitution ami the statute-book.under his
leet, and ready to go all lengths for the
subversion of liberty and justice. There
is another fact corroborating your view,
which'you have not mentioned, but of
which you ate fairly entitled to the bene
fit. When Mr. Stanton went. Into the
War Department, be immediately began
to not with reckless disregard of bin
sworn duty. Ho surrounded himself
With the most loathsome -miscreants,
and used them for the foulest purposes.
Daw, justice, and humanity were utterly
outraged. Those who knew him as J
did, and had heard him curse the perpe
trators <»f such a mouth or
two before, exercised the charity which
dielievelh all things, and concluded that
he Was moved by some headlong Impulse
which had suddenly revolutionized all
his thoughts, feelings, ami principles of
action. But your proofs show that in
the kindness of our construction we did
not give heed enough to the maxim.
A r cmo repente fruit turpizshnua. -Such a
depih'eoutd not he reached by a single
Plunge. The Integrity of Ills moral na
tore most have previously undergone
that gradual ' process of decomposition
which could result only from long and
sympithetic association with the ene
mies of the Constitution-. On the whole,,
if, must bo admitted that yon have made
out this part oi your ease. Wiih Demo
crats he was a Democrat, enjoying- their
confidence and taking their favors, while
he canted It to ho well understood among
‘men of.yourschool In morula' and poli
tics' that his devotion to the Democracy
was.entirely simulated. It is now also
clear' hey <nd doubt, that to Southern )
men he avowpd himself a full blooded 1
secessionist. The, testimony of Governor 1
Brown to,Chat effect Is as good aa any !
that you. have produced to prove him an
abolitionist, and you have made the fact
so probable in itself that very slight
proof would he sufficient to establish it.
fs not my conclusion a fair one from the
premises, that this is the most ‘marvel
otis’ imposture upon record? - Does the
histo y ot Die world hold on all Us pages
of wonders another c»se In which a man
has raised himself to the highest public
employments under two different parties
of diametrically opposite and hostile ,
principles, hy making simultaneous pro
fesaloiiH of fidelity to both of them? Do
not mention Sunderland, for his hypnc
rlsy gained him nothing; nor Talleyrand
for lie was’merely a trimmer; nor Bene
dict Arnold, for.he acted his double part 1
only during a few months, and closed It |
with Ignominious failure. - To find n
parallel, you must go to another scene of i
action,, and a far lower line of life.— i
Jonathan Wild for twenty years Imposed i
himself on the London police as an bon- t
eat man mid a moat zealous friend of jus- i
lice, pretended ,to assist the .officers in ]
their business, ami shared richly In their .
was ure navißwr, uie pnnosnpuel, <
and friend’ of the principal thieves in
the city, and to them he constantly be- ,
trayed the measures taken by the-public
authorities for the preservation of order ]
and law. <
H.-We are directly at Issue upon tho
question whether or not Mr. Stanton ad
visod President Buchanan, before his ap
pointment ns Attorney General, • that
war might he legally made against the
Slates, and tho peoplu thereof, In* which
ordinances of secession hud been passed,
by way of coercing thorn to remain in
tho Union. Yon say ho was sent for hy
the President, and gave hurt that advice;
accompanied hy an argument in writing,
which was so convincing that it was In
serted In the first draft of tho message,
but afterwards stricken out. No such
paper being In existence, and Mr. Bu
chanan as well as Mr. Stanton being
dead, your allegation is easily made; if
it be true, it is ban! to prove; and
though false, it is harder still to disprove.
The evidence you produce la Mr.
Dawes's statement that Mr. Stanton.told'
him so. 1 say nothing about the danger
of lolviug on the accuracy of a conversa
tion reproduced from mere recollection
after «o long a time; hut X answer that
it is not true, for the following reasons: !
I MV. Hiiohanan rntulo M n rain never to seek
Advice -from outsiders on Iwpd quosHons,--
Whvu 0“ was In d»mUl he ionic tho opinions of
those who weio onictnlly rraponiMh o for llielr
corrvcanvsH. lie |p*ii nokltclu'H oal'liiOv..
• O If no imd wind© Mils no excepMonnl c/iko.
niVd taken Mr. Stanton into his counsels hy too
ImScstntiH.nmt M Mr.-Slanton hart furnished
him wlthu paper which produced conviction on
that all his consmuitonal ndvlsers
were wrouu, In* *xoald most oerlulnly have
shown it to ihom.or mid them of It.
a Mr Blanton’was a lawyer, of umloubted
nlulltv. and tho «»wmj opinion which you ui
vrlhuic tn him could not have found a lodgment
lu hlsmlml, oven for onomoment
4 if ho hud really entertained such n. notion,
anil desired in good faith to impress. U■ upon
the administration. he would not (t think ho
could not)havo concealed it from me. II- Would
have been contrary to ihn whole tenor of his
behavior In those davs. and what Is more, very
much uaainst Ills own luioroKia.
1 'i Me iHd express views exactly the opposite
or t.hoso which you say honiwd upon Mm IVe#-]-
tleot lie indorsed the opinion which t K'tvn on
muiWtli ot of November. IHtiO, In extravagant
tonus of approbation, adhered steadily lq the
<JoetrJm*s of tho annual message, and when re
mtired ortUdailv to prnnounco upon tho special
mescauP of Jiiuuary, 1801. he navellds concur
rence heartily, Mronjrly. and unequivocally. In
all rho discussions upon tin* subject, ho did not
<mco intimate timtlhma \y ■*. or ever had been
.tho Klleitlest dllleronco between him and the
•illter members of ‘ ho.adintnlsi ration, Do you
mean to say tnat this whs mere sham 7 was he
ho utterly devoid of nil sincerity, honor, .nnd
iiuth that ho t-avo Uio whole weluhtoi Ida Intlu
fmeo mi'l power to the support of a doctrine
which ho hodevedlO bo not only Mlso but per*
melons* If he was such a knave as that. Mien
tell mo what roimnco can bo placed on nay
statement ho may have made lo Mr. Dawes.
XJT.—Dili he helray the Buchanan ad
ministrallnh while he was n member of
H? Was ho false to tho principles that
ho pretended to believe In? Was he
treacherously engaged with you In try
ing to defeat the measures he was trusted
tn support? Did ho aid and strengthen
anil assist you in your efforts to hlaekcn
too reputation of his associates and
friends? Before these questions are an
swered, lot us look for a moment at the
situation we were in.
Mr. Buchanan was compassed round
nn all shies with more liiHlonllles and
dangers than any other public man in
this country ever encountered. The
party which elected him wag interly .
routed : its force wasted hy division, its
hcait broken hy defeat. Every North
ern State was lu (ho hands of enemies,
Unshod with tho insolence of newly ac
quired power; nnd after his official con
demnation of secession the South fell
away from his side In a body. With bit
ter remorseless, unrelenting foes tn front
ami think and roar, he was literally un
sunnorted hy any political organization
catmhle of maklftg itself felt. Bathe
was ‘shielded and helmed and weaponed
with the truth,'and ho wont right on
ward lu the path made sacred hy tho
footsteps of bis great predecessors. He
declared the secession ordinances meriT
nullities; the Union was not fora day,
but for all time ; a State could not Inter
pose Itself between tho Federal govern
ment nnd individual citizens who vio
lated Federal laws; tho coercive power
did not apply to a State, mid could not
bo used for imrpoaea of Indiscriminate
coinage in which tho Innocent and tho
guilty would tie mingled together ; but
the laws must be executed, ami tho just
rlgh's of tho Federal government main
tained In every part of the country
u'mlnslall opposers. Tho whole theory
I of the Constitution, us expounded by tbs
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men that made It, and'all their success**
, ors down l« that lime, justice, humani
ty, patriotism, honor, and conscience,
required him to announce and maintain
these principles. They were not only
true, but were either expressly or Impli
edly admitted to be true by all except
’the open and avowed enemies of the
Union, The secessionists, of course,
Ifad trained* themselves to a different
. .way.,o.f thinking, and they Immediately
assumed an hos- ”'
nllly to the. administration. The fore
most of the abolition orotors and the .
leading newspaper uigan of the so-called
Republican party took the high ground
that the Southern States had a right to
break up the Union if they pleased, and
could not Justly beopposed. But, though
tligy ‘drew much people after tnem,
and gave great encouragement to the
insurrectionary movement, no man who
was nt unco honest, intelligent, and true
to the country failed to see the wisdom,
of the President’s views. The President
elect endorsed them fully on hla way to
the capital, as he did afterwards by h a
official action. From nil quarters ad
dresses and -petitions , came up, which
showed the popular appreciation or them.
Fveii the Massachusetts Legislature,
without one dissenting voice in its more
numerous branch, nod by an overwhelm
ing majority in the other House, passed
u solemn resolution approving them iu
the strongest language and oiiering to
aid Jn carrying Inem out. But every
; tiling,depended on Congress, and What
did Congress, do? Both houses were
completely i» the hands of shallow par
tisan®, who were either 100 stupid to uu
deisinhd their duty or too dishonest to
perform It. The men of most ability and
ntegrity whom Republican constituents
bad sent Ihere—sncb men, for instance, ,
as Charles Francis Adams— were heard
but rv t heeded. The President, Ihorr
onghly Informed bn the whole subject,
communicated all the facts hi a special
message, told Congress that the p »wers
c ollided to him were wholly Inadequate
to the occasion, demonstrated the abso
lute necessity of further .legislation, and
Implored ibem not to postpone U, for the
danger. Imminent then, was increasing
with every moment of delay. Jo all
this they were as deaf us adders. they
could be reached by no appeal to their
hearts or ’consciences. They neither
adopted the executive recommendation
nor gave a reason for refusing. - if any
measure having the least tendency ei’.h-»
er to restore p,. ace or prepare for war got
so lav as to he proposed It.was uniformly
referred to a committee,’ whem it was
sure to he quietly strangled. .7hc issues
of life mul death inihenafion hjtng upon
their action, find the)/ would not lift a fin
ger to nunc it. No legislative body, since
the beginning of the world ever behaved
lb a great crisis with such scandalous
disregard of its duly. But if there were
no statesmen among the managers of
that Congress there were plenty
OP DEMAGOGIES,
if thoy wero -indifferent to the fate of
tlio nation (hoy wero intensely alive to
the interests of their faetion; if the rcg- •
ular committees slept supinely on the
great public • questions submitted to
tliem, the secret committee, spawned
by a caucus, went prowling about with
activity as incessant as it was stealthy
and malignant You could not gain-ay
the views which the administration
took of their own duty or yours, nor de
ny the wisdom of therec-rainendationS
they made; hutyon couid. and did,an
swer them with a storm of personal de
traction. The air was filled with false
hood; the atmosphere was saturated
This crusade was conducted
with so much vigor and success that
some members of the administration
were pursued into private. life by the
ra<re of the partisan mob, and thousands
of^he.worthiest men in the land were
actually imprisoned and persecuted al
most to death for nothing worse than ex
pressing a friendly opinion of them.
The messages of the President will
stand forever a monument to the wis
dom, foresight, and honest patriotism
of the Executive administration; while
history will proclaim through all time
the dishonor of .that Congress which
could answer such appeals with noth
ingbut vituperation and insult. It was
at such.a juncture that Mr. Stanton was
appointed totaled a high and most con
fidential place in the ndniinis ration.
His language glowed -with gratitude,
liis words spok© all th* 1 fervor of jreraon
al-devotion to his chief and his col--
leagues'; tie gave his thorough approval
to tuo measures which they thought
necessary to preserve the unity ol the
nitiou in the bonds of peace. Yet you
inform us that ho did .immediately put
himself in communication- with the op-,
position; sought out you ami others
t whom lie bad never known befoie. nun
sought you solely because you were en
emies of the ado iiii-dnilion: offered
himself ns your spy, and did net for you
in the capacity of a false delator; went
skulking about at midnight to aid you
in detecting the measures which with
us he pretended to support; forgathered
with your secret'committee, and giwe
you assistance iii currying <m your per
sonal warfare against his benefactors;
tiny, worse than'all that, ite helped you
to trump up, a charge of treason against
one ol liis e -Ileagues—a charge which
he knew to be talse-a charge for winch,
if it laid been line, that trusting incit'd
might lawfully, and would deservedly,
have oeen hanged tty the neck'until he
was dead. Oh !it was too foul; n was
ba-o bey .ml the lowest reach of compar
ison. If your story bo unfounded—ll
.-tanton after all was a trno.nnd honor
able man- bow will you answer in the
judgment day for this horrible outrage
no ids memory and on the feelings of
his friends?
If tliou dost slimilc-r him tuul (orlnro to.
Nev'itr pmy inon? : abandon all rein*>n>o,
On horror’** uoinl honor* iieciunalafo;
for noth'pcr r n i thou lo damnation add
Deeper lima that.
A Mocking Butu on a Bender.—
Good temperance people will ho shocked
lo learn what a sot —no milder 'ertn can
be used—Hie mocking bird makesof him •
self in Florida. His special weakness is
the berry of the PrhWof China tree, upon
the mice of which lie becomes as drunk
as a lord. A flock of tipsy mockingbirds
is a very funny sight. They fly around
in the most comical manner, hiccough
log and staggering just like real men,
mixing up allsoctsof bachanallaii songs,
and Interrupting each other in the most
impudent manner, not at all like well
behaved birds It Is even said that they
will fly out promiscuously. Intrude on
domestic relations, forget the way homo,
and gel Into each other’s nests and faml-
I Ilea, jiisl like the lords of creation. It js
not improbable that also, like iho lords
of creation, they become very penitent
alter tho season is gone nud the yearly
frolic la over, and that then they make
many good resolutions, join tho tel| iP ( - r "
auce society, and keep sober until the
next season comes around, and the ber
ries are ripe once more. As they are
‘•mocking” birds, It is not out of the woy
to buppoao that they are only imitating
men. _
Goetiik was In company with a moth
er and daughter, when the latter, being
reproved for something, blushed, and
hurst Into tears. Ho said to-tho mothers
•How hMttflful your reproach has made
your dawbter 1 The crimson hue amt
those ericur tears’becomes her much uot
ter than any ornament of gold or “t
those may bo hung on the nocfe or any
woman: these are never “ e “it unco ijwtrt
ed with moral purity. A "
er. snvluMed with fairest hue. Is not so
beautiful aw thla child blushing
hpr ii-irunt’e displeasure, uhd eUeddUiv,
'**«“ sorrow Ibr her fault.. Ablush ta
a sigh which nature huttgs odt U> show
where chastity uud honor <lw©U*:
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