The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-10-07
TIE REASON r1xEs
why Blair left tErc GaEinef---Rc-
rTssiatiOn of'tEse Ssanr0e Doctrine
by the Administration.

ss7ly Blair left tErc Gabines---Rc.
| pusaiaiiOn OftEse Monroe Aseofr5up
by the Administration.
! The following from the Lancaster
| l(Pa.) InteIligencer, will show the hvpoc-
risy and treachory Of the Adnlinistra.
tion ia regard TO the Monroe Doctrine
The reasons which impeIled the late
/ President Lincoln to inform his Post.
master General, Montgomery Blair about
a year age, that the time had come when
his room in the Cabinet was more desir.
able than mis- company, have never been
authoritativelS stated to the public. We
infer from the speech delivered by Mr.
Blair at Hagerstown, On the 18th inst.
that his opposition to Lincoln and Sew
ards surrender of the Monroe Doctrine
had something to do with his election
from the Cabinet
4 Presidential election Fas impending
aud Lincoln was again candidate The
war was undecided. and rumors were rife
that France was about to recognize the
South Such recognition. though il
might not have secured the independ
ence of the Confederacy. would undoubt
edly have insured the defeat Of Mr. Lin
coin. To ward off this threatened disas-
ter to himself, the late President pur.
chased the continued non-interference OF
France by a shameful abandonment oi
the long settled policy Of the country
Mr. Blair seems to have been violently
opposed to this pusillanimous step, which
he charges to the account of Messrs. Sew
ard and Stanton. He asserts that both
our State and War Departments have
been subordinate to Napoleon's policy"
He reminds the public that when our
House Of Representatives re-eehoed the
voice of the convention t.iat nominated
| Lincoln md johnson as candidates
pledged. if ,lected. to reassert and main
tain the Monroe Doctrine even in the
midst of the rebellion. the State Depart.
ment instantly dispatched disclaimer IL
the Emperor Of the French. through oul
minister to Paris, containing the assur-
ance that the opinions Of the House was
not that Of the Government, and giving
him to understand that the Executive
would not cooperate with the House.
He adds that the War Office confirmed
this intiination Of the State Department
Immediately by its action" an order be
| ing entered against the expectation d
Earms, which were essential to enable the
Mexieans to defend themselves. while
the French we're allowed forage ant
transportation. which were-all they want
ed"
Mr.. Blair strangely passes over in 81
lence the fact that Mr.. Lincoln, in hY
letter accepting the nomination Of tht
Baltimore Convention, took special ex
Ieeptions to that portion Of the platform
relating to the Monroe Doctrine. In til,
arlor Of his assaults ON his late Cabine
colleagues, who no doubt deserve all tht
hard pounding he gives them, he re
duces Mr Lincoln to a mere cipher II
his own Administration, and holds tn
Secretaries of State and War responsible
for acts which could only have been don
by direction of the President.
/ About the same time, or shortly be
fore, Montgomery Blair made these as
lsaults on Seward and Stanton at Hagers
town. his brother Frank assailed Stantol
and Holt with even more bitterness in
public speech at Lexington, Kentucky
! charging them with justifying. adm
and ahetting treason at the outset Of tn
rebellion
1 DO these attacks Of the two Blairs O
/ Seward, Stanton, and Holt foreshadol
important changes III the Administration
1t has more than once been asserted, bu
as often denied, that President Johnso
would avail himself of the first re;.sona
BILE excuse he could find to rid himse
of some of his ready-madc constitutions
advisers He is very intimate with tn
Blair family, and it was at the house G
the father of Montgomery and Frank
near Washington, that, by careful nur.
ing, his health was restored after il
alarming breakdown on the day of his II
auguration as Vice President. Whe
the close personal and political relation
: of President johnson and the Blairs ar
taken into account, and when it is ri
: membersd that Montgomery Blair woun
up his HagerstoFn diatribe against Sew
: ard and Stanton with eulogy on th
: 9 courage, judgment, constancy and p;
triotism' Of the President, there is cel
tainly room to suspect that the latter ha
: given the Blairs to understand that h
i viii not quarrel with them if they fin
means to drive Seward and Stanton OF
: of the Cabinet.