Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-07


These reasons are 80 very absurd that, out OF re-
spect to the Attorney Generals conceded ability,
am bound to believe that he Is wilfully conceal
ing the truth What the truth really Is, the future
may disclose In the meantime, can hardly be
expected to vindicate myself from rumors When-
ever any officer of the Government win state the
motives of the Administration for its recent con-
duct toward me, he shall be promptly answered
can only add that fear no scrutiny, and ask
no quarter.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
=. WARREN NOISE,
CONFIDENTIAL.
ATTORNEY GENERALS 0FFIcE,
April ID, 1855
Sin This letter is to be handed to you by Mr..
d. P. Blair, confidential agent of the Post ONCE
Department who Is authorized to engage your pro-
fessional services in highly important business OF
that department, 70 which your special attention Is
directed. Mr. Blair will explain TO you the nature
Of the business, which, If undertaken by you Is to
be understood as exclusively in your charge, sub
ect only to the further instruction of the govern
ment.
have the honor to be- very respectfully.
@. CUSHING.
Hon. ISAAC E. MORSE, New Orleans.
Upon the envelope of this letter was the follow
ing endorsement:
4 This letter Is placed In the hands of Mr.. d. p.
Blair to be delivered only in the case provided by
the instructions of the Postmaster General of April
IA, 1855 If, according to Mr.. Blair's Instructions
some person other than Mr. Morse is employed,
this letter is to be considered addressed to- and
to be opened by, such other person. c. O."
Mr.. Morse to Mr.. Noise.
New ORLEANS, April %, 1855.
Sin. have received a letter from the honorable
Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
States asking my professional services in matter
of serious importance At later stage of the pro-
ceedngs it will require the Of your profession
al aid and name, he United States being the party
prosecuting) May rely upon the use Of your
name as District Attorney when the proper time
shall arrive?
am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
ISAAC E. MORSE.
E. w. NOISE, Esq, o. s. District Attorney
Eastern District Of Louisiana
Reply to the A6ove. a@
OFFICE U. s. ATTORNEY, EASTERN DIsrRlCr La,
New Orleans, April %, 1866.
Sin: am in receipt Of your note of to-day.
You ask my official aid and my official name to
carry on prosecution in behalf of the United
States This prosecution you have been requested
to institute by the Attorney General of the Uni
to such business as is under my official control
If it were the desire Of the Attorney General that
the name Of the United States Attorney should be
attached to documents not drawn up by himself
of the contents of which he must be ignorant, but
for which he would be responsible to public opin-
ion, il not to the government do not doubt that
direct instructions would be issued TO regulate his
conduct in so remarkable proceeding AS none
such have been issued, decline permitting my
90 Ia
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
4. WARREN NOISE,
United States Attorney.
Tslegraphic Despatch dated
OFTIcE or THE SOLICITOR OF TIE TREASURY,
WAsHrsaros, May 8, 1865.
/ Received May 9th, 1855.
Sin: Yoi viii be pleased to give to Mr.. Isaac E.
Morse such official aid as he may deem requisite in
the proceedings against Mr.. Kendall, late Postmas-
ter at New Orleans.
F.B. sTREETER, Solicitor.
For E. WARREN NOISE,
United States District Attorney.
7slsgraphic Reply to the ADORE.
NEW ORLEANS, May s, 1855.
Sin: have just received your Geographic des-
patch OF Sd of May. viii not give Mr.. Isaac +.
any business which the law imposes on me 70 man
age and control under the advice Of the proeer Of
fcer Of the government. The prosecution OF
Kendall is of that character. The object OF those
who required you issue the instructions received
was-doubtless- force me to resign. shall at
once crafty them. ! hold no office under those
who, without the courage to remove me, have the
meanness to offer me an indignity.
ITntt.d Statcus A tforpav
To =. B. SrRErrrR,
Solicitor Of the Treasury, Washington City.
'Tsiegraphie Dapatch to the President, dated
NEW ORLEANS, May s, 1855.
SIR: Hereby resign the Office Of United States
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
You may be curious to have an explanation Of that
which will be, by certain persons, regarded as a
phenomenon. This explanation viii be found In a
letter addressed to Mr. Isaac Z. Morse, the joint
production, Isuppose, of your Attorney General and
your Postmaster General, and ina despatch but now
received from your Solicitor Of the Treasury. You
may learn from these communications that those
who have 20 small an appreciation Of the respect
due 10 others, arc entitled to none Themselves
and % are not htpersons 10 take Of the honor
of the Republic. would have resigned when the
letter TO Mr.. Morse was first seen by me, had
dared to think that the President Of the United
States had lent his sanction TO the vulgar outrage
Of two of his ministers.
INDUCED, too, the hope that the letter 70 Mr..
Morse was written by your Attorney General un.
der some such hallucination as one might be sup
posed TO suffer who Is the trumpeter Of bis own
fame. still hope that you have been no party 10
the conduct of your immediate officers Yet i re-
sign now, because have been deliberately In
structed to compromise my self:respect cannot
hold Office under an administration the members
Of which, whose instructions lam required to obey,
are alike incapable Of understanding the proprie-
ties Of official station and the common courtesies
due from gentlemen TO gentlemen.
Respectfully,
Il. WARREN NOISE
FRANKLIN PIKRcK, President the q. States
Tslegraphic Despatch from Attorney General
ofhe United States, dated
WASHINGTON, May 5, 1855.
Received May Z, 1885,
The appointment Of Hon. Isaac Il. Morse 20
prosecute the complaint against the late Postmas-
ter st New Orleans was made by the President.
Il appears that Mr.. Blair the agent Of the depart
,,,v,t cf.,ld not corfiav vet Iactl in confidence