WORFEY^AT-LAW, . CAULIRLB. PA. .4 n.i smith Hanover Street, opposite rv sjooiJs store. [UCK & PARKER, ATTOnVEVS AT LA ]V. t M.ilu Btroot. In Marlon Hall, Car- 0. S. E 31 I G ATTORNEY- AT-L.AW, -- Crlki* with S. Hepburn, Jr. East Main Hind, CARLISLE, PA Ti-iy IIS'.VKDY, AttGunuy at Law .irlNlo, I’ijnim. Oilloo same as thutol nrtui Volunteer.” . JKOROB S. SEAIUOITT, Den fmm (he Haitimore Cnf/rue oj Dental Odin 1 at the resUlHiiao of'his mother wStri'ot-, three doors below Bedford Vmm. jijatg ano cCniKS SH'ARRIVAL OF ALL THE .V Fir- STYLE& .OF ITS AND CAPS. vrlhcr has .lust onenccl at No. 15 Forth jrrd. a few doors North of the Carlisle mk.nne of (ho largest, and best Slocks uni CAPS ever olleml In Carlisle, .<,Cii<siinere of all stylos ami qualities, iv. (IKFnrent colors, mid every descrip iiHiils now juado. , iihnrVl and Old Fashioned Brush, con hhnd and made to order, all warrant satisfiietlon. A full asset tincnt of lEN’B. HOY’S, AND CHILDREN’S. - HATS. Kidded to rny Stock, notions of dlfler (‘onslsllng of AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS SnspciuTers, rt, Gloves, Pcicih, Thread, Hewing Silk, Umbrellas, Ac ; SUGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. • a call, tmd examine my stock as I feel uf pleasing all, besides saving you mo* JOHN A. KELLER, Agent, No. 15 North Hahovor Street. AND CAPS T WANT A NICE.HAT OR GAP ? rao, Don’t Fail to call on J. G.CALLIO. y. 20. WES 7 MA JN STREET. i tie seen the ducat assortment of ATS , A N D TAPS lit to Carlisle. Ho lakes groat plens ftlng his old friends and' customers, p ones, to Jils splendid .-•odt last ro ll New- York and Philadelphia, con ?art of line K AND CASSIMEUR H 4 VTS. endless variety of Hats amLCapa of style, all ol which' ho. will sell at the V Prices. Also, his own manufacture pays on hand, and " MANUFACTURED TO ORDER, '*s tie.sMirrungement for coloring Hats ins of woolen Goods, Overcoats, Ac., at i notice (us he colors every week) and I reasonable terms. Also, a line lot ol mis of BACCO AND CIGARS land. Ho desires to call the attention vdio have COUNT RYPURS' spays the highest cash prices for ho A call, at tho above number, his Ud Heels confident of giving entire sa-ta- iHlimtn'sf, &r. sj *P AMPBELL. | W. F. HEN WOOD BELL & HJSmVOOD, ‘LUMBERS, iND STEAM FITTERS, 18 North H<xn ver 8U CARLISLE, PA. It CLOSETS, ASH BASINS. HYDRANTS, LIFT AND FORGE PUMPS, ■CUN AND DEEP WELL PUMPS, nno HAS FIXTURES, DES * ND GLOBES Ac., Ac. i and Terra Cotta Pipe, JNEY TOPS and FLXJES, 411 kinds ol ASS WORK which he feels satisfied is the best Base Burner in 1 the market. It Is handsome, throwing a cheerfu' light around the room; there are no c! nkers even with the worst- coal; the heat Is Rlctcl to tin* iloor and strikes the feet Instead of he lace: the gas Is entirely consumed; all du-tls carried ofi by a hack pipe; it has a ven tilating damper by which rooms may be kept tini roug hi y ventilated ; and It produces us great heal t|*om as small it quantity of coal ns any "“-lav IJGIir- nml tl.o “ BBAfON LlGHT.”hath Base Burners, highly voeoininendcil hv all who have used them. All t lhirners ai‘e Insured for three years, and If they do not work Kulislactorily may be SSlnrLiS. Also the following well known yiptlons for Bt.ni Houses land other I n A n tt QTOVESI 11 lioi/ie or at u distance. | OOOlt biU V and Water constantly on hand. IN TOWN OR COUNTRY promptly attended to. "Pule attention given to orders for 'f'vork Jrom u dlsuince.-®ar tclal advantages wo uro prepared to OP PER WORK COPPER PIPE *o order olther drawn or brazed. ' k k k k k k k k 'O-iy H AND prime ! lan, EAT AND JUICY. SMITH’S ' ter saloon, ,} * UIE Voi.UMUn 2WIIUSO South Market square. ‘ i'l Uh is now opening m-perlor Oy«- irii ,C(J u 'veelc, which ho evils ut ‘‘/‘Hi in price. 1,1, '' rp Itcjn nent nnd clean and fnr nil the nccossiu v neenm pan linen Is. “Minpned with niM nimltty of O.vMeia re. ’Hi,, .rdi-biaU'd NEW’ARK 1,1 MATHEY & OOIA.IMs' ITULADEL- J- on draught. “ lu *ai and bo wIU endeavor to elvo un to all. " JJXO. B. SMITH. I , 'i2 ... 1 '''.'N , i -;'• 1 1 .4- 4 -4 •o' ._ 1 11% 'lq, . • I •.:13 %"` t 'i 4 " '''; t& 4 ' '' 4. ,-,' , 11 '. 1 1 ~, ii c 1 1 ft 1 1 id . .. • e e , 1. li `.,. •A t 7 4,. 1. ' 1( :., , ~.,, ~,, ,t , r , ' • ',. 1,, , tf „.., • ~ ..,, • . . BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. Dvj) (Sooiig, GOODS! HARPER’S South IlanoL-er &t., NEW STOCK OP FALL GOODS, I toko ntcnsuro'ln offering to my patrons am! the public, a slock of ■ t v D_.R Y G* O O D S , complete In every brnnoh’, and not excelled in quality, beauty, and cheapness. I have now open a beautUul stock of FASHIONABLE DRESS GOODS, comprising Black Silks, Black and Colored All wool Heps, Bmclc and Colored All-Wool Pop lins, Black and Colored Wool Delaines. Blnok and Colored Merlnocs, Bleb Plaid Poplins. Ser ges. Velours, Fine Taml.-o, Bombazines, Pure Mohairs, now brand of Double Warp Black Al paca, for beauty ol color, w ight of texture, and prleo.lt lakes the lead of any Alpacas lu the market. Fashionable {Shawls, in now styles of Stripes and Plaids. Long and Square Thibet Shawls, all of which I Oder exceedingly cheap. MI BLANKETS, While and Gray. Bargains guaranteed, FLANNELS, In every variety. LADIES’ CLOAKINGS—BIack Renvois. Velve ts'na, White Corduroy. Opera Flannels.. Plaids for Circulars WATER-PROOFI WATER-PROOF! House Furnishing Dry ' Goods, Table Linens Napkins and While Goods. All.the popular hi amis of Domestics, at prices to-meet the lowest quotations ‘.Merino Vests, shirts, and Drawers, for Ladles, M4s/iP,s. Men and Boys. , Knitting Yarns, Zephyrs, Germantown Wool, r*’rst ui Wool, ami Bnhmual Yarns, Hamburg, Edgings and Inserllngs, Thread Laces, Gnlpuo Laces. Linen amt l.aco Collars, Kid Gloves, Handkerchiefs. Felt, Balmoral.and Hoop Skirts, Corsets, uml a general variety of notions. CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, Furs ! Furs / ■ Furs I No hesitancy In saying that the prices will be ns low as any In town. All goods bought at. the head of the nmrkct. for cash, and superior imlncements will bo offer ed at the Cheap Cash btore, Cor. Ilanorcr mid Pom fret Ms.. TUGS. A. HARPER. Oct. 20 70 l3 W ROODS! Wo have just returned from flic oily, with another very heavy,stock of Goods, making our stock the largest ever held In Carlisle, by any othei Houso. We have extra good ami thick BLACK SILKS, COLORED SILKS, BILK POPLINS, ol all shades, SILK AND WOOL EPINGLINEH WOOL REPS, WOOL PLAIDS, ALPACCAS AND DELAINES MOURNING' GOODS, all kinds. PLAIN AND FANCY SACKING FLANNELS, WATER PROOFS AND CLOAKINGS, CLOTHS AND CASSIMER.ES, QUILTS AND COVERLETS, Carpet* ami Oil-Cloths , domestic goods lu great variety Shawls, Gloves, Hosiery, etc, Wo Imvo n» n whole tho most splendid nssm t moiu of Goods out'tdo of the cities. We have tho very best’mill most handsome SASH RIBBONS, in the town, nil of which we are s«* ling cheaper and'nt smaller urolith limn any oilier big store in tin; United Hum*. Give ns a cull and you will .save a good deal of moneyJnyonrpurchases. BEWTZ & co . Nov. 10.71). . . . rjIHE OLD ESTABLISHED STOVE AND TISWHE STORE, James McGonigal,, Ho. 83, Soulh Hanover M., (Adjoining Blair & Sous’ Grocery Store.) CARLISLE, PA After an experience of over tblrly.years In th c,„ v » .mil Tinware Business, In ourJisl o, llio nn HersiLJiied* fouls confident Hint Jibs jocoininendn lion ol'siMvtii Ims Korn., with 11.0 com muulty. He now oflers llio celebrated EMP IKE GAS BUBNEB NIMROD, iRofI Til ceo aro all warranted and .nay Hr pm'up 1 by" C ino s in Hilh"community. and tholr P A P l!' been aeon at my calnb- t and Sreni-ce can bo B lvon to parlloo using thorn. SPOUTING AND ROOFING, attend' d to In town or country. Hcpalrlni! done on eliom |»J‘'»- GONKUIji Oct. 13.70—fim Mo. HI. Month Hanover HI. J L. STERNER & BRO., LIVERY AND SALE STABLE BETWEEN HANOVER AND lIE DECO It P ST IN THE REAR OF BENTZ HOUSE CARLISLE. PA. ilas'lng fitted up thoHtuhlo with new Carrl gea, &c., I ftni prejuired to furnUn Urat-filaM tnrn-ouUnt reunoimhlo rated. Parti*# taJteu to and from theapring*. DRY GOODS!! Wlmn ,In I mrnn to nmrrv ? Well— ’Tls Idle to dispute with fate; But If .vnn choose | ( > hear me tell, Pray listen, while I tlx the date When daughters haste with eager feet, A mother’s dnllv tolls to share; . Can make the puddings which thev enf, -„ I „ T A.U(J..Uie-u (l.Uie.Kl.ouklngs-w.hioh-lhey^.wear><”>. When maidens look upon a man , As In hlinseH whet they would marry, And not ns nvmv sold lei s scan A sutler ofa commissary. When gentle Indies who have got The offer of a lover’s hand. Consent (•> share hls “purl ajv lot.” And do not mean his lot of land. When young meehnnlcs are allowed- To find and wed the farmer’s girls, Who dotrf expect, to he endowed With rubies, diamonds and pearls! When wives. In short, shall ficHvglvn Their hearts and hands fo rid their spouses, A*”! live ns thev were wont fo live. Within tholr sire’s one-story bouses. Then, madam.—lf I’m not too old— Rejoiced to null this lonelv life. . I’ll brush rnv heaver, eense to scold And look about me for a wife. DO DEAD MEN TELLTALES? Survivors vi/h Clear J rrmorles-Odm Do—Jeremiah 8, Dladc's L/tt'r to Senator IFi/soa, of MuxsachxwUs. STANTON EITHER A GREAT IMPOSTOR OR A HUMBUG Inside View of the Cabinet that Lntiahlrm 1 .Honored, hut Did Not ' r niif~Thnt Midntqht erecting at - Sumner's—-'A Terrible Cabinet Scene, ’ A COUP D’ETAT UNEARTHED ! [F;v»n The f,',iloY>/.for Fthrunri/,] To the Honorable Jfenn/ Wl.son, Senator from Mas* tachust-Us. But let justice lie done though the Leavens should fail. Fmno nl least nf vour Htjilemenfs are true, unless’Mr. Dawes. Mr. Howard, Mi’. Seward and Mr. Simmer have volunteered to help you hy sacrificing tiie character of Ihe “meatHcerclnry.” -j will pot waste lime upon Ihe details which your witnesses havegivop of his Irenehery, It appears to havedieen n free-will offering of It is own, induced hy no solioi'af ion of yours, hut tendered hy himself cx mern mofit.— Tlu; moment he was Inducted inti) office he looked about to asceitain who were the bitterest .and most malignant one mlcs of 1 the men to whom he owed all his public Importance and much of his private prosperity. -He found them quickly—and though they wore entire strangers to him —he put himself imme diately into secret, cornimmicai ion. wil h them—look service under them as their regular spy, and.exercised himself del in eptly In that base vocation, making re ports to litem daily, and sometimes twice n day, until the close of his official term, when his occupation necessarily ceased. Tills mean employment must have taken lip most of Ihe which should have been devoted to (he duties of an office on which the-public business —always heavy—was then pressing with unusual weight. He did not communi cate any knowledge’ which wa,® necessary to guide you In tlie discharge of your duties, for every fact of (hat kind was as* accessible to you ns (o him; the admin* inflation kept nothing hack; the Presi dent \oiunteered to give all he knew concerning the state of (he Union ; no department was closed against your in* vestigaiions ; every call for information' was fully and promptly answered. Tf that had,not been enough, every member <>f the Cabinet would have been perfectly free to speak with any member of Con gress, or lb go in person before any coni milleo. Mr. Howard did confer with me fully nt the State Department in open daylight, without and dodging • «i|out 11; nod ho was always welcome, as lie is now, to b-11 everything that passed, foT In* neilhcr a*-ked, nor could have asked any qinsMon, if the country had an interest in it, which I was not willing to answer. With aid (lie channels of trut hfnl. in format ion thus open and unobstructed,'yon preferred to get what you wanted from a spy. Mr. Howard has (he check to proclaim that during the “labors’’ of hi» committee, instead of acting upon Inmost and legiti mate evidence, he sent in ptiries to'this secret.informer, who answered by giving information of “ great importance,V but bis communications “ wen* always indi rect and anonymous!” If then* he one sentence in your whole article which is marked more than another with, your characteristic hardihood of assertion, it Is that, in which you try to make n merit of »T ANTO N' S TR E A CIIK R V Xt. is curiously and for that reason worth giving in your very words. “ The-e Jaffa, ’* nay yon, “wore staled to’ illustrate Mr. ftlautmi's exalted patriot ism. which prompted him to rise above the claims and’ clamors of partisan?))ip, and to involve the aid of loyal men be yond (he linos of his own party, and outside of (lie administration of which he was a member to serve his imperilled country, menaced with a fouinnd wick cal revolt” Why, (his Is precisely what the President’ and all ti e honest mem bers of (he Oahinef were doing openly and above hoard. They hail no legal power which could avail to serve the “imperilled country” without the co-op'- oration of (’murreys, which was wholly ruled hv the opposition. They invoked the aid of loyal men beyond the lines of their own party and outside of the ad ministration, ”became U was from Ihehco only that aid could come. But with you and your associates the “claims and clamors of partisanship” were so much higher than considerations of public du ly, (hat you not only refused all aid to the country, but you instilled and abused and vilified the President and Ills friends for asking it. Was Stanton', like tlie other members of the administration, in voking aid for Iho Imperilled couotiy?^ — Did ho skull? about in secret to efleet in that, way what his brethren were trying •to accomplish by an open appeal to the reason and conscience of their political opponents? Ifso, how did he succeed ? Did his secret, anonymous ami indirect ciimmunicafionfi ever produce the slight est syroplom of patriotic emotion in the minds of those who received them?— What did you. or Mr. Sumner, or Mr. Dawes; or Mr Howard, or Mr. Seward ilo In avert the great calamity of civil war? What measures ill 1 any of you bring forwmd to serve the country ? Jn that hour of ■peril what man among you anted like a man ? Which of you “ rose to ti e height of that great argument,” or showed himself fit in mjn.d-or-heart to meet the responsibilities tif the Mme? — The Union was indeed “menaced with a foul and wicked revolt,” and all you did was to “let the Union slide.” The pub lic danger excited no anxiety in your ■minds; public nflairs received no alien fion at your hands ; hut yon were ell the time mousing about after some peisonal calumny by which you hoped to stir up the popular passions against the .true friends of the country ; and Stanton, unless you slander him, made love to the Infamous business of helping you. You have given us hut small samples of the “indirect and anonymous Communica tions” which Htanton made to you and your associates'. The hulk of them must be enormou**. He was engaged for two or three months fabricating at least one tale every day for Mr. Seward, and another consisting of “the moat startling facts” to suit the needs of Mr. Howard, while you and Mr. Dawes were gratified in a similar way at the same time. Are theae “startling facts” held back for some other funeral occasion ? Take notice yourself, and tell your friends, that while their stories are hid away from the light, the presumption Hint they are not only false hut known to he fated Is grow ing stronger ami stronger trvory day.— You had belter open your budgets at once Them te a point or two here on which I would 11Uo to draw you v out.— Mr Reward sav.s that lie and Mr. Fhm tmi di-eusM'd and seti'ed measures. The topic which absorbed the attention o( ail . niimlautthat lime was Fort Sumter.— Compared to that, all others are inalg- WHEN I MEAN TO MARRY. JOHN O. SAXB ( Concluded.) CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1871 mficnnt; tint! of course the measures re lating to It were , not, overlooked. It Is known from the published statements of Mr. Welles, Judge Campbell anti others, that Mr. Seward was deepjy"'wignged In a plot to surrender Ihnt fort, wiilcli plot he afterwards brought to a head\nm! by sundry tricks very nearly made It suc cessful. Stanton prqfessed to agree wills' Tua-rimr the mrr'-YingKrTrt" r ’ ,,, h^nf^irr hut you have shown that his pro fessions in t-he Cabinet were not very reliable, and Governor Brown lias proVed that he could ho a secessionist as welt as anything el«e, if occasion required it. Now, what did they settle upon about Port Sumter ? They were engaged at something which both knew to he disreputable if not criminal; their secre cy. their employment of a medium, their quirk dodge when they meton the street, the mortal terror of detection which they manifested throughout, all show plainly enough that they had no honest object. Tell us if they were contriving a plan to put the strongest military fortress of the government into the hands of its ene mies. TUB MIDNIGHT MEETING between Messrs. Sumner and Stanton Is in nil Its aspect** the most aslonmlimr of historical revelations. If you recall Mr. Sumner to”the stand, it is Imped that ho will see the necessity of being much more explicit than he has yet been. From what, lie has. said it appears that ■Stanton “described to him the determi nation of the Southern leaders, and de veloped particularly (heir p'an to gel possession of the -national capital and • Hie national so that they might substitute themselves for the existing government 11 This is so extremely in foresting that it would he a sin against the public not to examine it further. Enrlv in the’ winter somehifdy started the sensational rumor that on or before the 4fb nf March « riot would begot up in Washington,' which might seriously endanger the peace of I hat city. Tt was discussed and talked*abon 1 -, at d blown. np'*n in various ways, but no tangible evidence of its reality could ever be found. The President referred-to it in a message to Congress, and said that lie did not share in such apprehensions; hm he pledged himself in any event to preserve llie peace. When the midnight meeting look place, the rumor lived Its life out had paid its breath to lime, and the mor tal custom of such things at Washing ton; it was n dead canard, which 'had eensed to alarm even women and child ren. This certainly was not. (he subject of (he communication made that niaht nt 1 o’clock.' Stanton did not surround himself with.all the adjuncts of secrecy, darkness nod terror, to tell an which bad been in everybody’s month' before, of an impossible street riot by the populace of Washington. What he im parted was n secret not only new, but deep and dangerous, fit for the occasion, and'worthy to be vvbispered conliden tially at midnight. He disclosed a “plan of the Southern lenders to get possession of the capital and (he archives, and *o substitute themselves’ for the existing government.” Tt was a coup d'etot of tiie first magnitude—a most stupendous treason, Tbj? plan Mr. Stanton “ devel ops! particularly,”, that is to. say, gave all the details at length. Mr. Sumner manifestly believed what he heard ; he received (he revelation Into his heart with perfect faith ; and he did not mi (loi'e«l I mate, the public danger; hut he did nothing fo defesit the treason, or even io,expose It. He was thoroughly uml minutely ln f ormed of a plan prepared by Southern leaders to revolutionize the g- vernment, and he kept (heir counsel a« faithfully as if he had been one oi I henisei ves. He took St an ton *s frightfu I commnnication as quietly as he look (be . President's message. Nothing could stir liTosbigvlsh loyalty to anv act which might.~lend to save h.ls “ imperilled country.” Mr. Sumner says (hat when Mr. Stanton made these statements to him In* was struck *'by (he knowledge he showed of hostile movements.** This is precisely what' strikes me al*«o with wo.mlerand amazement. Where In (he world did be learn “(lie determination of tin* Southern leaders?” Where did he get an account oft he Intended c.oupd ctnl —so detailed that he was able to develop it particularly? This knowledge be comes astounding wht*n wo recollect that, so far as now appears, nobody else out side of the “Southern leaders” hail, the least inkling of It. Tt is possible that his connection with the secessionists, ami Ids professed devotion to their cause, went, so far that they took him Into their cnnffdencp* anti told him what hostile movement they intended tomakeon the government ? * How did' lie get these se erets if not from them? Or must, we be driven at last to the conclusion that the whole thing-was a mere Invention,'ini rmsed on Mr. Sumner to delude him? But Mr. Sumner owes it to. the truth to to make a fuller statement. Let us have Hu* particulars which’Mr. Stanton devel oped to him. We have a right to know noi only who were the Southern traitors encaged in this plan, hut who were con-” federated with them in Washington. I suppose Mr Sumner, as w«dl an Mr. S'anton. had “Instinctive Insight Into men and things” enough to know that no government was ever substituted for another by a sodden movement, without prune co operation or connivance of of ficers in nossusslon. Who among Stan ton’s colleaLMies did he say were engaged in this affair? Did he charge the P evi dent with any concern in it? If he de clared all or any of them to he innocent, <ines not Mr. Sumner see the injustice of keeping hack the truth ? Dili Stanton tell him that he had communicated the facts to (lie President and Cabinet, ? If no, diil he give A reason for withholding them? And. what was the reason? Was thegnilty secret confined to tils own breast, or did any other member of the administration share bis Unowledgenf it? if ves, who? Mr. Sumner has struck so rich a vein nf historical fact (or (lotion.), that he is bound to give it some further exploitation. The following passage in Mr. Sumner’s letter to yon excites the liveliest desire for more Information. After describing ids visit to the Attorney General’s office, and Mr. Stanton’s reception of him, he goes on thus; “Tie began an earnest conversation, saying he must see mo alone—Hint this was impossible at hisof- p o p_that lie was watched by the traitors of the South—that my vWI would he made known to them at once—ami lie concluded by proposing to call on me at my lodgings nt 1 o’clock that night,” &c., &c. Why was Mr. Stanton afraid of the Southern, traitors? ’ Why did they set a special watch over him ? N.o other member of the administration was tor mented with a fear like that; All of Mr Stanton’s colleagues felt at perfect liber ty to speak out their opposition to the hostile movements of tueSouth.and (hey all did it without concealment or hesita tion. Rot Stanton was put hy the Southern traitors undcra surveillance so strict that he could not speak with a Senator except at midnight, hy stealth, and In secrecy. At his own office it was impossible to see such visitors; the Southern eye was always on him. How did those traitors of the South manage to control him ns they controlled nobody else ? By what means did they “cow his hettar part.of u man.” and master all his movements? What did they do, or threaten to do, which made him .their slave to such n fearful extent ? His re lations to them must have been very pe culiar. The suspicion is not easily resis ted that lie had his nocturnal meetings with Southern men also, and that be feared simply the discovery of his double dealing. This Is what we must believe if wo suppose (hat lie really was shaken hy those unmanly terrors. But I confess my theory to ho that he did not feel them and that he made a pietenceof them only that lie might fool Mr. Sumner to the’ top of Ids bent. What docs Mr., Sumner himself think ? Was he or was ho not the victim nf u cruel humbug ? CONSPIRACY TO ARREST TOCCEY. IV.—Dill Mr, Stanton conspire with the political enemies of the aamlnistra- tion to arrest Mr. Toucey on a false charge of treason ? That such a conspi racy existed seems to bo a fact establish ed. What you say about it shows that you know ami approved it. Mr. Hawes and Mr. Howard were In It, and no doubt many others who have not confessed It themselves, or been named hy.you. But Mr. Stanton was not with yhu. The ,^viil^ce', 7ir;lilA , 'TknU|drclty*’WtYiclr , yon produce is altogether too indellnile. In direct, and obscure to convict' him of so damning a crime. -The enormousatrooi ly of the offence makes it impossible to believe in his guilt without the clearest and most indubitable proof. Stanton and Toucey were at that time acting together In perfect, harmony, closely united In shpport of the same general measures and principles. Toucey, at all events, was sincere ; ami Stanton knew him ’to be a just, upright and honorable man, whoso fidelity th (he union, the Con stitution, and the iaws was as firm as the foundation of .the everlasting hills.— To Toucey himself, and to ids friends, he never expressed #iny sentiment but esteem and respect, and he declared Ids confidence in him even to Mr. Seward,, who was his enemy, ns you yourself have taken the pains to prove. Was , the de struction of this man one of the purposes for which (he first law officer of the government sneaked about among your secret committee, met the plotters in their midnight lurking-places, employed as go between to fetch and carry Ids clandestine messages, ami, like n tieach erqns inf'Tmer, wrote* accusations which tie trusted even to the bauds of Ids 'con federates only while they were fend in the light of a street lamp? There were two distinct uml separate ways in which the conspirators could effect their de signs upon I lie man whom they had marked out for their victim- One was to fake him into custody under a legal warrant, regu’ariy issued by a compe tent puli.-ial officer.. But to* ge.t such a warrant it was absolutely necessary, that snhiebody should perjure himself, by swearing that Toucey had levied war aga'inst, the United States. Was Stan ton to make this'false oath, in addition to the other proofs which of Ids loyalty. Or was it expected that Peter. H, Watson,-who the charges, would swmii* to them also?— If you did not rely on otanton.or Wat son, was it you, or Mr. Dawes, or Mr. Howard—which of yon—that meant to do the needful thing? Or was it intended I hHt ill I til l'ee of you nhmihl oiitwino yon v consciences In thr» tender embrace of a j-dnt nfTlftavlt ? ,Qr had you looked out tor a common “mart of Belial,” vidio vrn* ready to ho suborned for the occasion ? M**, no: you mpy have been eager to feed fat the ancient; grudge you hnro against M*. Tonecy for* holm? a Democrat anti a “ Union "aver;’’ hut. none of yon would swear Mint, he was guilty of any criminal oflonce. Nor could Stanton or .Watson have hern persuaded to encounter soch peril of soul and body. Nor could you If you had tried your best have found anv other persons to make the accusation in the form of a legal oath., The price of perjury was not then high enough In the Washington market to draw out Irom their hiding places that swarm of endless '•retches who afterwards swore away the lives of men and women with such fear ful alacrity. From all this it la very clear that there was to ho no swearing In the case, consequently no judicial warrant and no lawful arrest; Rut Tmicey was to lie arrested. How ? Of course in the only other way it could possibly he done; The conspirators - Intended - to kidnap him. Mr. Dawes says (hat from the hour when tlie paper directing his arrest was r**nd under the street lamp, and “went hji'd? to its hiding place.” the Secretary was watched. The members of the co'm- - mittee. or the’ hirelings they employed, dogged his footsteps, and were, ready to spring upon him.- whenever they got.the signal. They could rush out. as he pushed the month "of a dark alley, knock him down with their bludgeons, ami drag him oft. Or the lawless and “ patriotic” gang might burglariously break into his house fn the night time, and, Impelled, as you would say. by “ high, and holy motives.” take him by the throat and carry him away. After t roceeding thus far, It would he necessary to' dispose of him In some private dungeon {for you knew that the public prisons and forts could not then he prostituted to such base uses,) where no friend could find him, and whence no complaint.of his could reach Uuv open air. Kven-in (hut. case, “with all appliances and means to hoot,” his speedy liberation Would he extremely probable, and the condign punishment of the malefactors almost certain, uhles* they acred upon (he prudent maxim that “dead.men Jell notales.” The combina tion of Booth and others to kidnap Mr Lincoln was precisely like IhNhi its or iginal object; and it was pursued, step by step, until il ended In a most brutal mur der Facil'in dcsr.r.HNUti Was this a becoming business for Senators’ and Representatives to-he engaged In? In that “hour of national agony, ’’ when hideous destruction stared the country in the face; when stout, men held their breath In anxious dread ; when the cry for relief came up to Congress on (lie wings of everv wind; when Mio warning words of the President told you (hat the public safety required your instant at (pulton— was tint a lime to he spent in prosecuting plots like thi«? T will not ask yon to repent of the wickedness; it is not wrong in your eyes; it comes up to your host ideas of loyalty, patriotism ami of high statesmanship. Vonr witnesses think oft-ir nsj’yondo; they take pride and pleasure in their guilt, arid wrap this purulent of Infamy about them with ns much complacency as if it were a robe of Imperial purple. But was Stanton in it? Was the Attorney General art ami part in a foul conspiracy to kidnap thfvSecre tary of the Navy, “ bis own familiar ,filend,’liia brother who trusted in him and with'whom ho ate bread”? If he had sent the paper which was read under the street lamp, why do yon not produce it. or at least show by fienondary,ovldeii"e that. It was in his handwriting? If Mr. Watson was the medium through whom ho communicated his verbal directions to the committee o* other persona con feder ated with him. why does not Mr. Watson appear and say so? To fasten this groat guilt on R'tantnn wIM require evidence far better than Howard’s small and silly talk about “a bird which flew directly Irom some cabinet minister,” and stronger than hla belief .founded on the fact that Blanton was a “suspicious character,” especially ns Howard admits hfs own par tlcipatloii in the crime, and Is therefore something more than “a suspicious char aofei” himself. But it is not merely the defects In Iho proof, It is the incredible nature of the story which counts against you. Stanton knew, if,von did not, that (he contemplated crime could not he per petrated with Impunity. Toncey breathed the deep breath and slept (lie sound sleep of a freeman under the guardianship of a law which Stanton at that time did not <l»re to viohde* A Democratic adminis tration still k*pt ward and watch over the liberty of the citizen. A vulgar-ty rannv which allowed abolitionists to do sjich* things upon their political oppon ents was coming* hut it had not come ; the reign of the rnftlan and the kidnap per was drawing near, hut. It had not ar rived: the gohlen age of the spy and the false accuser was beginning to dawn, hut It had not yet risen. You may think it some excuse for (his false charge against Mr. Blanton that It is not much worse than others which you have proved to ho true. But justice requires that even bad men shall suffer only for those misdeeds which they have actually done. One of the greatest among American jurists held a slander to be aggravated by proof that the victim’s character was bud before ; just ns a corporal Injury to aside man or a cripple Is a worse wrong than It would tie (o one of sound linftts-am.l .vigorous health. STANTON AS A CA 111 NET OFFICER. V.—Mr, Stsmton’s personal behavior and bearing in the Cabinet have been much misrepresented by others besides you. 1 am told tbafc Mr. Seward de« scribed the supposed “scone” in some speech, which I have never road. It was given at length, and very cuciim* stantially, in a London paper, over the signature of T. W. ; Mr. Attorney Gene •ral Hoar, iij a solemn oration which he pronounced before the Supreme Conn last January, repeated it with sundry rhetorical emnollshnients jn?;arj.y..ah, the " Ymw sVmjTeKs *if your party have i'nj nlsjied their pointless abuse of the Buchanan a«hnlnistrannn with allusions to it more or less extended ; and no douhtthe book makers in the service of the abolitionists have put it into what you call ‘emitem poranenns history.” *S<> far as I have seen them, all these accounts differ from ononnothei, and none is exactly, oroven very nearly, !ik>» yours. But they agree in presenting a general picture of Mr. Stanton as engaged in some violent con* Hict which his colleagues were too dull, too'unprincipled, or too timid to under fake, thouuh some of liiein afterward plucked up heart enough to follow h s a load. They declare that Stanton took the moat perilous responsibilities, boldly faced the most frightful dangers,* and with heroic cmmrgo fought a desperate fight against tlio most fearful odds ; that the other members of the Cabinet looked on at the awful combat as mere specta tors of his terrific valor, while the Freai dent wna so frightened by the “fierceand fiery” encounter that all he could do was to “tremble and turn parte.” All this is (fo A uso Stanton's own language) “a tissue of lies;” a mere cock-and-bull story; a naked invention, purely fabulous; a falsehood ns gro-s and groundless as any in the autobiography of Baron Munchau sen. Mr. Stanton was never exposed to any danger whatever while ho was a member of that. Cabinet; never had any occasion to exhibit his courage; neVer quarrelled with any of his' colleagues ; ‘never denounced tlir.se he dillered fiom, and never led those with whom he agreed. Ho expressed hisdi-sent from the Sout hern. members on several question-*, hut no man among us took halter care than be did to avoid giving cause of' piusonal offence. He acquired no ascendancy ah the council board, and claimed none ; he proposed no measure of his own, and when he spoke upon the measures orlgl tinted by others, he pre'-enleil no views that were new or al all, startling. He and T never ’once differed on any question, great or small; and this, though of emnso accidental, whs still so noticeable that he said he was there only to give two votes Inutpud of one. Ho 1 1 i<l not differ with Mr. Holt on any impnitnnt question concerning the Smith more than once, and that was when the com-, pact, afterwards cal ed a I nice, about Fed Pickens was made* He must have agreed with the President when he agreed with Mr. Holt, for the latter gen t'loman declared most, emphatically that, the President constantly gave him a “firm and generous support.” He never Inoiilted fhe President. Mr. Buchanan kfiew how to maintain the dignity of his place and enforce the respect due.to him self rts well’as any in an that ever sat in that chair. II ia'most certain that Mr, j Stanton always treated him with the pro foamiest deference. If he -had been rpsli enough to (m kc on the airs of a bully. or had ever made the least approach to the Insolent rudeness for which yon de sire to credit him, he would instantly have lost his commission, and yon would have lost, your spy. Among the ver sions which have been given of this false tale, yours is the most transparent ab surdity; for you give dales and circum stances which make it ridiculous. At a time when Floyd was in disgrace with the wh»dc administration—’after all his brethren had broken with him. ami .he had been notified of the President’s in tention to remove him—when ,ho win virtually out .of office and completely stripped of all influence—Major Ander son removed his command from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. You a«serf (hat Floyd, hearing‘of this, forthwith a r rnlgned the President and (Cabinet for fhe act of Major Anderson, declaring it to he a violation of their pledges, though It was not done by them, ami - they had. given no pledge on the subject.' That he could or would, makenn arraignment for any cause of the body by which he ban hitnse’f just before been condemned is Incredible; that ho it on such a charge Is beyond the beliefof any’ sane-being. Tint such, by your-account, \vas fbo occasion which Stanton took to display his super-human courage. Tf was then that he armed his red right ban'll to execute his patriotic vengeance nii (hat fallen, powerless, broken man.— He must also have let, fall at. least a part of his horrible displeasure on the head of the President; else why did the Presi dent, “tremble and turn pale?”- I said this narrative of vnura was men* drivel ling, and T think 1 paid it a flattering compliment Biit to explode'the folly completely T referred you to the record, which I "anid would show that Maior Anderson acted in strict accordance with, orders sent him through the War De partment', of which Floyd himself was the bend; ami this you contradict. It is nerfCctl.y manifest that .yon examined the record, for yon transcribe from it and print two telegrams exchanged between Floyd and Anderson after the removal of the latter took place. You saw on that same record the order previously given the order on which Major An derson was bound In act, and <)id act— nnd von have deliberately suppressed it. Navj yon go still further, and with the order before your eyes you substantially deny the existence of it. I copy for your special benefit the words which relate to this point: “The smallness of your for no (so say the Instructions) will not. permit von, perhnns, to occupy more than one of the three forts; hut an* attack, m* an attempt to lake possession of either one of (hem will ho regarded as an act of bos'- tiltv, and yon may then put, your com mand into oltherof tbern which yon may deem moat proper to increase its power of resistance. Yon are also authorized to take similar steps whenever yon have tangible evidence of a design to proceed to n hostile act.” There is the order in plain .English words. To make out vnnr assertion it. was necessary to conceal it, ami von did conceal it from vnnr read* ers. But that is not all- Yon find a telegram from Major Anderson,, tinted on the morning after the removal, in ho says simply that he had re moved, hut says nothing of the grounds on which hearted. On that same record,, and right, beside the bdegrnm. you sow a letter from Major Anderson to the War Department, ‘dated the same day. in which he does reter to his orders, and says; “Many things convinced me that the authorities of the Slate designed to proceed to a hostile act,” and then add* : “'■tfder this impression I could not hesi tate that it was my solemn duty to move my command from a fort which wc conid*not probably have held longer than forty-eight or sixty hours to this one, where my power of resistance is In creased to a very great degree.” You totally Ignore this letter, In which Major Anderson justifies ins removal in the very words of the order, and pick out a hasty telegram In which' nothing is “aid of Ills orders ‘or I lie purpose of proving tint he acted without orders—an ussump tlnn which the record, if honestly cited, would «how to he utterly false. Yon will hardly venture to repeutyenr denial; for besides ttie original record there are thousands of authentic copies scattered over the nation, and anybody can And it in Ex. Doc., H. 11., vol. VI.. No. 20, p. 10. I do not Irustmyßolf to makeany general remnrks'on this glaring instance of mu tilated evidence. You are a Senator, and I acknowledge tlio Scriptural obliga tion of ft private citizen not to “speak evil of dignitiesbut of a dignity like von it W sometimes so difficult to speak ‘>vell’that my only refuge is silence. You garble my words so ns to make* their appear like a denial that Mr Stanton ever wrote any letter at all on I he subject of the “(Jiibhiot Scene,” whereas I as serted that no letter written by him would conoborate your version of it.— After pooHy striking out from the sen tence quoted the words which expreaa VOL. 57.—N0. 36. niv proposition, you proceed to contra dict it by the statement of Mr. Holt, who says Unit a letter was .written, but ho (tan) Inca to say what was In it. I knew tnat Mr. Schell had addressed Mr. S'anton with tho object of getting him to tell thoimth and tearaway the “tla ruo of lies'* which so many hands had woven ahou tth Isjm.bJpct.^'l_f hs*an>twer r ed nt nlr,"ijie ]>f^«uni|)ilmiwaV that* tie would answer truly ; and if he answered truly, Instead of cormhomtlng'you, he must have denounced the whole story ns a mere,fabrication. Do you think how that, In 7 the absence of nil evidence allowing or tending to show tho contents of the letter, wo ought to assume that Stanton Illled It with bragging lies ? I donor mean to let (bis stand as a mere question of personal veracity between you and me, though f have the advan tage, whicli von have not, of knowing whereof I affirm. Hut my denial throws the harden of.procf upon you with Its full weight. Kecolled, also, that the strength of your evidence must be propoitioncd to the original improbability of the fact yon seek to establish, and that the rea sons n priori for disbelieving this fact are overwhelmfngly strong. All presump tions are against the idea that a man who dodged about among the abolition ists as their spy, ami vowed himself to the secessionists ns their ally, and all the time manifested a dastardly dread of being discovered, would openly* insult I,he President or do anything else that was bold and violent.' But you have taken (lie task of proving it, and how have you done it ? I certainly need not say that -Mr. Holt proves nothing by writing a I-fter in which lie declines to (ell what he knows. FI is expressive silence, on the contrary, is very con vinclm:' that lie knew the truth to be against yon. As 'Pile, nay, less, if less were possible, do.you. make out, of his speech at Charleston. He deals there In glittering generalities, sonorous periods, ami obscure allusions to-some transac (ion of 'v hicli Im gives no definite idea, except. Unit Stanton,was not an actor In it. hut a spectator; tor lie-mention# him only to nav (hut “he looked upon that scone.” What th*» scene , *wnslie declared to ho a secret, which history will per imps never get a chance to record. Fall ing wholly to get,anything out of Mr. Iloit. you naturally enough resorted to Mr. Dawes; and Mr. Dawes, willing but tillable lo help yon, called in the al l and comfort of his wife. “She” her husband says; “distinctly remembers hearing Simuon tell at our house the story of that terrible conflict in tho Cabinet!’*- That is the length and breadth of her Ic'-limony. She icmembcre that Mr. Stanton told the story, but not the story itself. It was about a terrible conflict; but. we do not learn who were engaged in it, who fell, or who was victorious how the fray liegan or how It ended— only if. was terrible. Was Mr. fc’tanton the hero of his own story, or was he re lating (lie adventures of somebody else t * amuse or frighten the company?, Mrs- Dawes is nndonhtedly a lady of the very highest respectability ; but with all that, you will Hud it bard to.convert the idle conversations at, her house Into history ; and the difficulty is much increased by the fact that neither side nor anybody else is aide to tell what they were. The declaration of ?.fr. Holt that he would not reveal what he knew on (his subject, and Mrs. Dawes's statement that Mrs. Diwes told him that she heard {Stanton tell something about it, which she does not repeat,Ms all the evidence you offer point. Yet you affirm that this most improbable and slanderous story is not on I*, (me, hut sustained by the “dec larations of Mr. Stanton to credible.wit . esses, and (he positive avernjents of Jo «eph Holt.” Can thin lie mere ignorance? F am templed to believe that jmi have gone about I he- business wph a set pur pose to iinke yoprself ridiculous. I fear very much that on Ibis question, ns on so many others., yon have been guilty o' a wilful supprcsxio vrri. Did you not know that Mr, Holt’s testiuvmy would be against you. when yop took advan tage of his scruples about giving It ? Did not Mrs. Dawes recollect more than von have quoted? . I maybe wrong in this suspicion ; hut a man who mangles a public record must not complain if his good faith is doubted ' when he presents private evidence. Mr. Attorney (Jeneral Hoar, believing this ‘-caudal to be true, trier] in good faith In get. the evidence which would prove it. When.he found It to he false he 'passed over to you the Ictters'Which he had got in the course of his search, and yon printed them. The lawyer was too honest to reassert a tale which ho discovered to ho unfounded; but the politician had not magnanimity enough If) retract P ; and therefore.ho let you burn your lingers where he would not put his own. This story of a “CaM net-Scene,” as it United about among Ir responsible newsmongers, seemed for n while like a formidable slander ; but you have made it nl tcrl.v contemptible. VT., Your account of Mr. CanieronulH. retirement from the* War Depa'r truant, and plnnton s appointment on his .suggestion demanded.refutaMon. because It not only perverted ami misrepresented a fact of some general importance, hut was a se rious Injury lo Mr. Stanton’s diameter "usif ihp'n stood. I»ctv ecu these two men lidld not seem as if there could be any relations which Implied confidence nr friendship.' If Stanton himself was anv authority for his own sentiments, he had hn.ro'-pecl either for the horse contracts or the “nlggor arming” (as ho called It) of his ’r. and Mr. Lincoln had jnst as Mule. Stanton was appointed not to carry out hut to put an end to Garner on’s policy with all Us corruptions. I admit that since tho evidence you have furnished of Mr Stanton’s duplicity in other matters, It becomes possible to be llovo he mav have'lVoen Insincere about this aim. Still- your attempt to deceive the public was inexcusable. Of my own knowledge I know nothing..about Mr. Cameron’.-, appointment nr renmvnl; but 1 will give you the main facts Jqptfly and wit bout the alia cnorriifFi, aa I/hnve them on undoubted authority," and as I firmly believe them. A bargain was marie at the Chicago Convention 0f.1860, that in case of Lincoln’s nomination and election Mr. Cameron should receive a. Cabinet appointment. ‘ Mr. Lincoln party to this contract but after much persua sion and pressure he consented to ratify it by trying Cameron as Secretary of War. Before tho end of nine months the ex periment ended, aa yon know, and as everybody else knows, In n complete and total’ failure. Mr. Lincoln, seeing this, determined to get rid of him, ami ex pressed his resolution In a letter addressed to Cameron and carried by Mr. Chase, then Secretary of lire Treasury. That letter is not.now in existence, hut Mr. Chase described it ns curt—that Is lo say. plain, short and direct. Mr. Cameron understood anil felt it. as an abrupt ills rnis-ui. He a’lerwards got U suppressed, and a correspondence, different in its whole tenor and effect, substituted in it* place. Kver since then he has been try ing to. create the opinion that he retired from a department full of rich jobs, not only wTltonf'compulsion, hut In spite of the* President’s affectionate desire that he should remain and manage them as lie had dol e before ; and he makes It a part of the story that he was permitted lo designate his successor. Ke contrived to induce, some belief of this on tho-mlnd of Mr. (’base; but if Mr*,Chase had known more of Cameron’s character and previous history he might have been leas credu lous. Of the fact that Mr. Stanton was appointed on Cameron’s suggestion, we have not a spark of direct evidence ex cept Cameron s own statement, and all the circumstances make that impossible. If the President made up his mind to re move the incumbent ho certainly would not have proceeded to execute his reso lution by writing him a curt letter of dismissal without having nettled upon somebody to succeed him; for at such a time ns lb»t he could not mean to leave tin* War Department actiplmlmt* while he would be bunting a head for it. But concede .that no thought was taken for the now officer before the removal of the old one, can it bo that the President de- Rates for H&uertisinQ. AnVEBTiMEMKjrra wui be inserted ni ii-n cent per lino lor tlio first insertion. ami Mve cent porllne for each subsequent insertion. Q,nar crly half-yearly. »ml yearly advertisements In serted at* liberal reduction on the above rate* Advertisements should bo accompanied by th# Cask. Wnenaent without any. length of ilna specified for publication, they will be continued Untllorderod out and onorged accordingly. JOB PRINTING, CAd'ns, llANDatiitiS.umoai.AUi, and every olh er description of Jon and Gaud Prlnttnff. | oided the whole question in favor of a man never mentioned before on the more I Migpostfon of the officer bo whs discard 'ing, and without seeking advice from those members of the*cabinet who still retained Ids favor? The suppressed letter is, therefore, not only an Important fact in itself, but. it has the greatest Influence ou o tho crediUj|lty tvbole^ Tafe. Other little in comparison to that. If the correspon dence afferwurda was not that which actually took place, we must presume everything against tin* party for Whom, or at whose instance, the spoliation was '•ommltted. The short, plain, direct curt note, with which Mr. Lincoln opened the business, would liavo explained every thing, if it had been permitted to see the light; and it could not have been des* troyed except for the purpose of making a false impression. This compels me to show that your conduct in the nffiir has beet) such as admits of no Justification except that burning loyalty and intense, patriotism which converts all vice Into virtue. After your llnstavtielo appeared, and before my answer to it. a lending and very distinguished member of the Re publican party In this State told you that you had misstated the facts concerning Cameron’s retirement, and especially the important and principal fact of the sup pressed note from the President; and he referred to the Chief Justice, who, upon being interrogated, gave you the authen tic information ; that such a note had been written, delivered, and suppressed. Thereupon you solemnly promised that if you ever hud occasion to refer to the subject again, you would tell the whole, truth. Besides, Judk’e Clntsc, after my review of you, wrote mo a letter from .Sandusky, Ohio, in which he said that he boro the nolo in question, and men tioned that lie hud also written to you. What-.ho \vr« te you of course I do not know, but lie certainly did not give you one version and mo another. You had, iherefore, the written statement of ttie Chief Justice, In addition to his verbal assurance. Wilh all these lights before you, and with all the obligation-* of com mon. veraclly'strengthoned ny an express • promise to tel I’t he .truth, what do you do In your,second article? Whv, you simply stick to your find story. Nay, you lake great-trouble to smuggle the trutJi away, and bury it out of sight; for, Instead of, producing Judge Uhuso’s letter to your- . . self, in which the fact, no doubt; la fairly , Muted, you give us.an extiaul from ano- , ther letter wrilleu hv Mm to .Cameron, fiom which you are “permhtt.'d to.qnote” nothing, however, on the suhj-ct of that Important letter. L forbear to say much that ought to be- said about this part of your behavior, because t,be dis tinguished gentleman before sunken of has taken you in band, and wilt doubt less jerk an acknowledgment of the facts out of you, in spite of all yourshuffling. VU. A word before we part about the two'hundred upd fifty thousand dollars raised out of the Treasury for Governor Morton .Taking your account of that btißhioss ns correct, I proved in my for mer letter that it was In the highest'de gree criminal. You left no esetpe fiom tl»,e conclusion .that the parties weie guil ty of emhezzleinentupder r.he.nct of IS-18. Vour narrative of the transaction Im pressed it wlm all the murks of what is called in the flash language of Washing ton, ‘*a big steal.” You showed that the parties themselves so understood it at the time, for you puta con vernation Into their months by which they were made to ad- . mit their Ifab'llly to prosecution and im prisonment. I saw plainly tljat this could not lie true. Mr. Hlunton's worst one mies never charged him. with that kind of dishonesty, and Gov Morton bad a reputation which placed him far above i lie suspicion of spell baseness. Both of (hem may have had 'serious faults, but they would not rolF the Treasury under, any elreumslancis, or for ally purpose. I ; a-ked three members of the Indiana de-, l -gufion whether there was any* founda tion mr yournssertion; tbeyall answered no, and gave me the explication which I.osed in my published letter. Your re plication to Mils point is ode of the most astonishing parts ot ail y*.ur wonderful production. I denied that Messrs. Sian ton and Morion had committed a felony, and vavo a version of the affair which* show •■d thorn Imt.li to bo perfectly innocent- You grow ilMemperedand vituperative upon this, airl charge mu with “uncon ce led, not to say, ostentatious, nmlig- , ulty.” I confess this is turning the tables upon mo in a way I could not . have expected. In general, the malig nity .is presumed against tho.party who makes an injurious charge, not against. him who repels it. There might have heen.somo hope for you yet if you had recanted your Ilrsl assertion, or admit-* ted the errors of your statement, or made some effort to explain away the " effect of it, by showing that you did not mean what you said. But you hold to eveiy word of it; not a syllable do von retract. On the contrary, you insist that it is effrontery in me to affirm'that a debt was duo to tin* State, and that it was paid according to law. What you say in youy last, in addition to your first staiement, makes the case look worse than it. did before. But il ls ii«»l true. The payment was not made on account of arms furnished to loyal citizens in rebellious States, nor was the 1110003’ given 1 1 the Governor, to be disbursed by him on his own responsibility, as agent of the President. That much I can say on the official authority of the ' present Secretary of War, w’m wrote me on th« 271 h of last month that “tho transaction appears to bo based upon theelaimsof thoStuteof Indiana for ex penses incurred in raising volunteers.” But Gov. Morton is still above ground, and can take care of him-olf. If lie ' made a raise out of the public Treasury without authority of law, and in defi ance of the penal statutes in such ease madeumd pro Ided, lie owes it to you to confess bis guilt fully and freely, if he Isinnoceat (ns I believe him to be), ' it is duo to himself and the memory of Mr. Stanton that he deny your allega tions, and exhibit the true state of the facts, without delay. The sum of tho case as it now stands,is this: Mr. Stan ton put into tho hands of Gov. Morton, not a warrant, its you say, bui a requi >itlon on which the Governor got oucof tlieTreasury 9250,000.' If this requisition was based on a just claim, and drawn against a fund appropriated to the pay ment of it, tho whole transaction wits perfectly honest, exceedingly common place, and precisely niinilar to other acts done every day, before and since, by all the Secretaries—a simple di-charge of routine duty, involving no responsible . ity whatever, no honor, and no blame. But it suited your ideas to glorify Mr. Stanton by declaring that be took the great responsibility of helping Governor Morton to tin* money contrary to law, against the principles of common hon esty, and in violation of ids oath, there by'exposing both himself and Ids ac complice to tho danger of prosecution and imprisonment in the penitentiary. This was the feather you stuck in Ids cap; for this you think him entitled to the “grateful admiration of his loyal c* untrymen.” Isoughttodoprivohiin of the ‘decoration you bestowed on him, by showing that the money was paid according to law on a claim satisfacto rily established, out of money regularly appropriated to that purpose. I tried to prove that it was notan embezzlement, and that there was nothing erio iual in it. But this took tho loyalty' out of it, and left It without any merit in -your eyes, Thereupon you fly into a passion and become abusive, which shows that | your moral perceptions are ver3* much 1 distorted, and makes mo fear indeed that you nro altogether incoiriginle. This paper hasgrown much longer than I intended to make it, nt.d I have no -space for the exhortations I meant to give you In conclusion. I leave you, therefore, to your own reflections. J, 8. BLACK.
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