Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-04
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
The Veto Measage-RumOrs of Cabinet
Changes Henry Stanbury
Freedmenis Bureau FalschOOts
ExDOaod.

Especial Correspondence OF the Cleveland LEADFR.
WASHINGTON, March 80, 1866.
The veto of the HCivil Rights bill E"
has caused but little excitement among
politicians here, for it was expected sever
al days before it came, and all the friends
of that great and beneGcent measure in
Congress were prepared for the worst.
Whether the requisite two-thirds vote can
be had in the Senate is somewhat doubt
full There are two or three Republican
Senators who voted for the bill, but
whose votes will be found upon the other
side when the test comes.
Rumor has it that Henry Stanbu7y,
formerly of Ohio, but now of Kentucky,
is the author of the veto message and that
he is soon to succeed Attorney General
Speed in the Cabinet, and that Governor
Randall, of Wisconsin, is to succeed Sec
rotary Harlan.
There is but little doubt now that the
IHfeHige1eer here is the organ of the Ad-
m~inistration. 1 have known the men
who have charge of it, for years, and
whatever else may be said of them, their
sympathy for the Confederate cause dur
ing the war was never called IN question;
and some of their relations can boast of
active service on bloody fields in that be-
half. But the broad mantle of charity
may cover a multitude of the blacklist sins
on record.
In d recent number of the Cincinnati
Commercial an individual who signs him
self 90. P. F." and who processes to have
travelled over four or five of the South
ern States, makes an unwarranted attack
upon the Freedmen's Bureau and tho
estimable officer and Christian gentleman
at the head of it. This article is copied
into the IntelLigeneer and used to destroy
the influence of General Howard, and to
break up the benevolent operations Of the
government with respect 10 the freedmen.
l have taken pains to learn what founda-
ton there is for some of the statements of
this writer, and 1 find they are utterly
destitute of truth. Some of the officers
who come under his mischievous denun-
Citations, are gentlemen of the very high
est integrity, who were recommended to
the positions they occupy by General
Grant himself, because that he had tried
them and proved them, and also because of
blo NOuuuS ISSclNeuOn DlOOuN UdLll6 uClQb, !
which disable them for active service in
the army.
The charge that General Howard dis
lacking in executive ability is also COIN
age from the brain of this ealumniator,
which is made to serve the ends of rebels
and copperhesds who are determined to
break up the Bureau. All here who know
General Howard best, have the highest
confidence in his ability and integrity.
No better selection could have been made
for that highly responsible position. Every
truly loyal member of Congress will con
firm what I say. The efforts of this
writer and others to break up the Bureau,
by these covert attacks upon the best men
in the service, are not alone unjust, they
are wicked and devilish, and should re-
ceive the condemnation and reprobation
of every honest man. The papers that
the calumnies of such irresponsi-
BILE scrisblers deserve the same penalty.
FRANKLIN.