The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-12
OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS

WASHINGTON, August There has been rufie
Of tho political waters caused by the letter OF the
President to Mr.. STANTON requesting that gentle
man to resign, and the half a dozen lines sent in
reply thereto to the effect that the public interests
would not stand such action; but now matters are
serene again, and the general impression here is
that for time at least things were to 60 on as
they are at present. Mr.. STANTON has exhibited
in his letter to the President more OF spirit Of
antagonism than has yet been presented; but he
has been very cautious himself in making anything
known Of his intentions. There are some here who
believe that the President will suspend the
Secretary of War Immediately; but their
name is not legion. Others rejoice in such
elimination of the political antagonism between
MIR. STANTON and Mr.. JOHNSON, and are all ready
for trotting out the former as another candidate
for the Republican nomination for the Presidency.
There are always 80 many people who want to
make Presidents of political martyrs, and so many
prospective martyrs in the field that the question
of q nomination from that order of politicians is
now getting to be very uncertain one. The real
issue between the President and the Secretary OF
Wharf.-The fact that led to the request to the latter
to resign-was the SHERIDAN issue. 1t is no great
secret that MIR. JOHNSON has ever regarded the
War Minister as the main obstacle in the way OF
removing General SHERIDAN from his COM
mand, and the friends Of the General assert
emphatically that both GRANT and STANTON have
stood in the way of his removal. There are many
circumstances in this connection yet to be develop
ed, and it will be matter Of interest to know in
~ ~ Wor hot dpfpnAad
SHERIDAN against the Presidential order, sinceit
is well enough known that his (sTANToN's) pres
ence in the Cabinet has prevented such an order
from being issued.
This request from the President was quite
boon to the sensation seekers in the capital. Such
thing was perfectly beyond the pale OF thought,
and even yet there are none who can hardly be-
leve that such an event .has really transpired.
The ancient story of STANTON going out of the
Cabinet" is not repeated under all the present cir
cumstances. Indeed, as things look now, it ap-
pears as if STANTON was not going out Of the
Cabinet.
None Of the various phraseologies which have
been published of the correspondence between the
President and Mr. STANTON have been exactly cor
rect. It was hard to retain in the memory the ex-
act wording of the two letters when 30 many other
rumors, reports and speculstioDs were abounding,
and the President, from whom the newspaper men
have derived all the information they have on this
matter, persisted in refusing to furnish copies Of
the letters: Consequently the style Of the request
and the reply thereto has been twisted into many
shapes; but the reports have not lacked in sub
stance. am satisfied that the nearest approach
to Mr.. STANToNs letter is as follows:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, August 6, 1867.
Sir-Iha the honor to acknowledge the receipt
Of your letter of the 9th inst, IN which you state
that considerations of public interest will induce
the acceptance of my resignation II rendered: In
reply, have the honor to state that considera-
tions of public interest which have induced me to
hold this Office for months past will constran me
to remain until the meeting Of Congress.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
EDWIN NJ STANTON.
To the President.
Following right upon the heels Of the excite
mont created by tho STANTON JOHNSON correspon-
dence, comes the disposal Of the SuRRAT case to
the jury and they are now celebrating. All sorts
of rumors and speculations are afoat as to what
the verdict will be, all Of which it is needless to
say are groundless; crowds Of eager and excited
individuals waiting for the verdict. 1t is now
nine o'clock atnight, but there is no show Of an
agreement The citizens Of this District have
every faith in the fairness, intelligence and worth
Of the gentlemen who compose the jury and no
matter what their verdict is it will be accepted as
correct. They will try every effort to agree to-
night but the impression at this writing is, that
thew cannot HAL.