New-York daily tribune., 1863-04-15
The dispatches Of the Secretary OF s'"'e
Once MOre.
!, "A, ESitcy Of The N. Y. TrbuH


Sir, The Times of the Dist inst iL an article eh,
treating you to be content with she ,~Pre'',OD ',
your own views on the question of the ''A'o"1 "-
inviolability of the freedom conferred by t'e
dents Proclamation ofEmsneipation manifes'' 'O-e -
dissatisfaction at the appearance in The Ih'S0"
the Goth inst. Of a communication from me on 'ies -
subject signed "TRUTH AND COURAGE; 'Anu ~
turns aside from the immediate matter In hanN' "
say: 49,, ,,...r,,or, D.srson,m
lTRUrH AND ouKAGE) pledged himself to prove by the ev
deuCe Of Senator Secretary Seward dSs sen1
abroad without first submitting ibe 70 Iue leh no na'
preserved prudent silence. , :.
This good.natured provocative to further dis
eusson of the question refers to, has been left un-
noticed until now because important pressing duties
left me no time 10 attend TO it. word upon it is
re opportune now, however, as at any time; and
will therefore ask the favor Of brief space in The
TRIBUNE for the purpose.
Prelimnarily, l will remark that The Times
ought to be accurate. 1t speaks of ga pledge"
Only two communications from me have appeared In
o. E TRIBUNE relating to Secretary Stewards dis
patches. Ia the first one, made no pledge what
ever. 1 only mentioned the fact, that the Pres'
dent had recently stated to Senator that certain
extraordinary dispatch, then shown to him, had
never been seen by him before. In the second COM
munication, published in THE TRIBUNE OF the 2oIh
of February, reiterated the same statement sub
stantially; and The Times having in the mean While
intimsted that the disclosure Of the name OF the
SSnator TO whom the Presidents dec ton was
+eigbt to the statemeD., added;
made would give =. :, received. I shall
" When that Senator's permi,,0pu Necessary 10 give
ppply whatever may "
''r, mis- was the "pledge," and the only one AAa
,iv.n Il will be readily seen that 10 ,'''
what The Times represents it to have peeA
will now add that did, at that time. ssppIs .vf
the permission mentionedi but itw4s withheld-nOt,
however, upon any ground affecting the truth Of my
assertion. And upon making the application l
learned, what had not previously understood, that
the dispatch referred to exhibited, and the dec
laration Of the President respecting it was made al
an interview between him and the Committee o.
Nine, appointed on the 18th of December last by
meeting of the Republican Senators of the United
States, to urge upon the President reconstruction
of his Cabinet.
In TIE TRIBUNE Of March g the following state
ment appeared in the regular dispatch of its specia
Washington correspondent:
AT one OF Jne lultINleNb DolhSou tho OVmlhN
tee of the Senate Republican caucus and Mr.. Lin
coin, the latters attention called to the follow
ing dispatch to Minister Adams, marked No. 2S7
confdential:'
"DzpARrxyyT OF STATE. WELLINGTON July s. 1852
''SIR: Your dispatch of June2) (No. 1861 has besn re
ss' H to no% 5 'SS S SORy o, my S. fspsS
scot presents of momeutons import Ii seems as
the exreue advocates of Ancan Slavery and its most vehe
pleis opponents wRRE ACTING IN COSCRRr TOGETHER n
PRECIPiTATR A sRRyILR wAR-the former by making th
desperate st,empt overthrow the Federal Union th
LATTEE BY DEMANDING AN BDICT OF UNIVERSAL EnANCI
PATTON awf and necessary, not they tho ony
legitimate way Of saving the Union.
To ssssTs ss Of % bs s1s s situation i'i "a
81 su, Sir, your obsdsnt servant
"'CHARLxs FsAsois ADAMS, esq, Gc.'
"The President, on hearing this brief but highl
important dispatch (ths essential point in which W
italieise), expressed his SURPRISE and remarked hi
he had never heard Of its existence before"
Thus far, there appeared to be something contr
diet6fy in the counter allegations made ip tn
TRIBUsE and Times, respectively, on the questiO
of Mr. Stewards sending dispatches abroad tha
were not seen by the PreAldsht. -i
But in its issue Of March 4, The Times, in reply
ing 10 The TRIBUNE, declared that it was "no
aware that ii had raised any question Of veracity,
that any was pending" on this subject; and il
averred on the contrary, that "nO question of We
racity had yet been raised by anybody with any.
body else " in reference to it.
In this state of the affair, and after such an EN-
phatic disclaimer by The Times, it did not seen
necessary that your correspondent should trespas
further upon your columns.
AS The Times however, seems to desire some ad
ditional assurances will say that if it applies to th
Senators composing the Committee of Nine above
mentioned, whose names are well known to it, i
will fad that they will not deny the truth Of thu
allegations made in The TRIBUNE.
Aud permit me further to say that the interna
evidence in the case ought, of itself, +
be efficient to satisfy any intelligent per
BON that tie president could not in tb
nature of things, have bad any knowledge o
some Of Mr.. Stewards remarkable dispatches; o
such, for instance, as that one above given, " No
287." II is surely misfortune enough i2 have
Secretary Of State capable Of writing such dispatches
as that and others that have been denounced, with
out having President also who could do it. Tbanl
Con, we have not that double misfortune. 1t wa
rendered impossible more than two years ago a
Chicago; aud justice to the Chief Magistrate and t
the country require that we should repel thi
attempt that is being made to fix upon the Presideu
the responsibility snd odium of those obnoxiou
papers which the Secretary Of State has from tim
~ time given out.
1t should not be allowed TO pass current true
either with the people at hOme or with Govern
ments, OF people abroad, that the President cOul
knowingly have indorsed the scandalous or insidou
matter that is contained in some Of those documents
. q. uaIa e1atn for aYou,rle the ahovA disnatob