New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-04


afternoon in order to receive it from the hands Q
: the President at his special request 1t is wei
that our people should understand the difioulte
which have been encountered, and the attempt
which have been yauquishedi in securing this eyi
dence Of executive clemency At the first inter
view, Mr.. johnson expressed his qualification a
Mayor Monroe's visit, but informed him that yer,
serious charges were brought againsthis character
/, It was then that our worthy mayor obtained til
first intimation of the plot which had been con
coeted by his enemies. 1t was alluded to in til
following telegram, which copy verbatim from
certified statements
Hon Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War:
The grave charge Of attempting to secure tn
assassination of Capt. Bailey U. s. n. whel
bearing flag of truce from Admiral Farragut /
the mayor Of New Orleans, is now made agsins
Mr.. Monroe. do not know what faith is to b
placed in this charge but it is urged by persons
reputation in the city, who alege that the proof
conclusive, recommend that no action be takel
on Mr.. Monroe's application for pardon until thi
evidence has been submitted.
fStgned 3. R. S. CANDY, Maj. Gen, Commanding
The following was added by Admiral Farragut
have no recollection of anything of the report
referred to by General Candy. Respectfully,
tsigneO D. G. FARRAGUT, yios Admiral
The horror and Indignation of Mayor Monroe on
seeing this dastardly attempt by his political enc
mics to ruin his reputation, can better be imagined
than described. 1t is very well known to many
persons who were present at the time of the cap
ture of New Orleans, that the earnest efforts of
Mayor Monroe contributed to prevent any sudden
ebultion of the popular feeling Itdid not require
| a very acute comprehension to gauge the charao-
ter of those scuryy politicians who had resorted to
this last means of injuring the fair fame of an OPP
ponent. feel justified in stating that the Presi.
dent never gave the slightest credence to the
report which Gen Candy thought it his duty to
refer to. Secretary Stanton remarked, with his
keen humor, that if Mayor Monroe were guilty he
deserved great credit for his wonderful reticenee
during four long years. Such an infamous and I'M
founded charge could only have been urged at a
period of violent Reorganization like the present
when INSCRIPTIONS politicians take advantage OF
the troubles Of the country to impose their false
hoods upon military and political officials.
Here is the full and complete refutaton of this
charge:
70 oOmmGdoTs Thee Bailey Commandment Navy Yard Ports
The charge Of attempting to procure the assassi
nation OF Captain Bailey, y. s. N, when bearing
nag of truce from Admiral Farraput tn +bs
mayor Of New Orleans, is brought against me.
am directed by the President Of the United
states TO inquire of you whether YOU know any.
thing respecting the matter charged against me
ana II you 90, to obtain from you a statement Of
an you know on the subject. If you know nothing
thereof and have never heard of any such attemnf
as IS charged against me, be pleased to saw so.
Answer by telegram.
(signedD JOHN T. MONROE
Mayor Of New Orleans
The following reply from Commodore Bailey
affords the most convincing testimony of Mavor
Monroe's innocence of the charge brought against
him.
PoRrsNoUrl, April &c, 1866.
To John 7. Monroe, Mayor Of New Orleans.
Telegram received. In passing to the mayor,s
ounce WIN nag OF truce to demand the surrender
Of the city of New Orleans, April Is, 1862 t was
threatened with assassination by the mob and 7
am told that conspiracy was formed to kill me
on my return to the boat, which was frustrated nv
Ten; LoYells ordering two officers to escort me
safety, who conducted me ont of the back door If
the City Hall into carriage and through deserted
streets to my boat have never CHARGED Won
nor do believe that you had anything to do with
the plot to murder me.
@ignedl THEoDoRUs BAILEY
Commodore United States Navy
Most of the incidents related in this telegram
are doubtless fresh in the recollection of cur oti
zens. We all remember the " Infatuated mob J,
the escape through the back door and other facts
connected with that eventful day. will guarantee
that few Of us ever heard the whisper of plot to
assassinate Commodore Bailey. The commodore
has completely exonerated the mayor of the Ores
cent City, and not single one Of Mr.. Monroe,s
friends, or a single one Of his respectable oppo.
nents, have credited for one moment the shameful
charge, whose eoncoetion viii long be a blot on
the fame Of our city. There is one important
ruth to be deduced from the history Of this per.
ecution Our citizens have discovered that
class of ~
they fight with a new class Of weapons-cbarpes
i assassination pretty instruments, indeed, to
mpley against political opponents. Let not the
uthors Of this base attempt fatter themselves
hat they are unknown and undiscovered. Their
has done more for them than their
irtues could ever have accomplished-it has ele
ated them into notice. They will be forced to
nswer for these false charges before the proper
ibunal
l would fam believe that they are not Louisian.
ms, for there is scarcely native of our fair
tate who would descend to the false trumping
linced in this heinous and defeated conspiracy.
As there was no further objection to the exer.
Sc of the executive prerogatfve, Mayor Monroe
ceived his pardon instanter. AS civil officer Of
Q Crescent City, Mr.. Monroe had never been
with the Confederate government: he
d never borne arms against the government Of
9 United States, and for the simple discharge Of
J official duties, had been maltreated by the
and Pariah, Butler. His conduct during a long
nrse of imprisonment, and even subsequently,
titled him to the respect and affection of our
loW-townsnen. His triumphant passage through
! late fiery ordeal, endears him still more to the
ople of New Orleans. II
The pardons of Mavor Monroe and col Nivon