The Placer herald., 1865-03-25
A Copperhead wants Stanton's Scalp.

The Washington correspondent Of the S.
f. Bulletin says Mr.. Salisbury, of Delaware,
lately introduced in the Senate the following:
Whereas, In speech recently delivered
by the Hon. Albert G. Brown, late member
of this body, now member Of the Confed
crate Congress, as reported in the New York
Herald of the 4th inst, the following state-
ment is made: "Stanton, the last Of this ig
noble trio Of blatant Democrats, alone re.
mained. 1t seemed that he had no power
to disgust Lincoln; it nj ght be because he
was baser than the other two; he thonght i:
was; for Of all the unmitigated fasitiers Of
sacred pledges, and undsgused betrayers Of
confidence which he himself had created,
E. NJ. Stanton was the meanest and basest
lie had one consolation in thinking of this
and that was, that hei would be certain soon,
er or later, to betray Lincoln. Stanton Was
incapable Of keeping faith. lie had fond
ness for belraying those who gave him their
Confidence that has become the charm Of h :.
life. Mr.. Brown related an interview which
he had with the present Yankee Secretary of
War, just before he Mr. Brown left Wash
iogton the last time. 1t was under cirrum-
stances peculiarly calculated to impress Mr..
Brown. His Stale had withdrawn from the
Union. Mr.. Brown was passing from the
Senate and Mr.. Stanton from the Supreme
Court. They met, by accident, in front of
the Old Capitol, when the conversation
turned on secession, the action of Mississippi
on the question, and Mr. Browns withdrawal
from the Senate. Mr.. Brown was surprised,
and under the circumstances, delighted to
hear Mr.. Stanton say the South was right
and express an earnest hope that she would
stand firm. You are right said Mr. Stan
ton; go ahead, and urge your friends to
stand by what they have done, and all will
be well. Firmness will now secure you all
you ask. Any wavering, and YOU are lost"
And whereas, In the judgment Of the Sen,
ate no person whose patriotism and fidelity
to the Constitution and Government of the
United States is questioned, should be a
member of the Cabinet of the United States
of the present loyal and patriotic Executive;
therefore
Resolved, That Committee Of five merr-
bers Of the Senate be appointed by the pre-
siding officer thereof, TO make inquiry in
reference to the truth or fasity of the char
ges herein, as aforesaid, recited, and in refer
ence to the patriotism and loyalty Of the
said E. NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of War, past
and present, with leave to take testimony,
and to make report in writing to the Senate.
Mr.. Salisbury pledged himself, in the
event of the resolution being adopted, to
substantiate the charge against Stanton, aud
there is no doubt that he can do so But
cui bono9 The Senator knows that there are
thousands of men now earnestly supporting
the Government and the war, who in the
beginning had not shaken off their old DEM
ocratic partisan habit of assuming tha. the
South was right in whatever it demanded for
toe protection and preservation of slavery.
lie knows also that nobody thinks Of going
back of the firing upon Sumter in April,
1861, and that whoever has been true to the
Union from and after that hour, is accepted
by the President and his supporters as be
longing to "the faithful"