The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

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re,sons ISS's ror tha s,,s,v"nainp Of the iInn
E' M stanton na Secretnrv nf War On
| The ilth of uonst last a couv of tha
mps.a,,a 90 nn1t he ,rocured fnr vuhIica.
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bnt ibn i,Ilnw;nv n il heIievnd. nre th,
essential nnints of the document. II
will he rccnllrc,od thot ihe President
from consi,lerations Of n biph Character
requested Srcrrtorv Stanton to resign
| mis- office and that Mr.. stanton. in re.
| DIV. uuoting thn phrase of thr presi.
,lrnt snid tb.t ,.nnsiderniions of "A hi,h
,.haroctpr njone had introducod him tn
continue at the head of the Department
and constrained him not TO resign the
office of SECRETARY of War bef,re the
next meeting ,f Congress, This. the
President saws, was not merely decli-
nation ofco,npliapce with the request
fnr his resivnntion. but was a definncp.
Whatever propripty there might be i'm
the expressions of opinions to others,
one thing wns certain, IL was official
misconduct, to say the least of IL, to
parade them before his superior officer,
and showed want of proper dignity
and respect for the President. In addi-
ion to the above recited ground of the
Secretary why hedid not resign he denied
the Presidents right to remove him,
out the President saws that under Mr..
Stanton's sense of duty, he could not
refer to the law creating the War De-
part hent, for that confers on the Presi-
dent the right to remove the heads of
he departments. The only other law
under which Mr.. Stanton could plead
extenuation of his conduct, was that in
Al -, Is,
in that law compelled him to remain in
office. lie was free at any time to re-
.ign it. The tenure. of office bill did not
pass without notice. Every member Of
Cabinet was consulted upon the subject,
Ind particularly the Attorney. General
md Mr.. Stanton, the latter having for
nerly held the Office. Mr.. SMntons
condemnation of the law, the President
SAYS, was most elaborate and emphatic.
some reference Is made to the circuin.
stances under which the President re-
aimed his predecessors Cabinet officers,
mel di gMr. Stanton, and he remarks as
to Il eproposel mo le lreconstructingt the
,oulnern states, all the members were
II perfect accord with himself. The
President after setting forth ut length
ii, view of the case, assigns Il special
ground for the suspension OF Mr.StantOn.
It will be recollected that during the
,unInerof 1866 General Bair telegraph
1t from New Orleans to the Secretary
II War, that II convention was about 10
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'oI iiiolruVtl"lis, anu ~ 'e'es'nPm nun
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5lNe nei,eiul Du',u .l,c uisi'eu oi'eie,
,oa ; uii' ne t1n,, tho ,inn,h ' ,o tbe p prei .
lent. VINO knew nothing of its existence
lntil ten days after it came into Mr..
Stanton's hands, and not until after the
riot had occurred. The President, there
.ore, takes the ground that Mr.. Stanton
was responsible for delinquency, and
thut if he, the President, had known
hat General Baird had sought advice,
he riot might have been prevented.
The President holds that, SO far us the
public interests are concerned, there is
40 cause to regret the removal of Mr..
stanton, for the present Secretary OF
War I'd interim has, By his measures OF
economy, saved Il million of dollars to
he government.
In the house Mr.. Maynard offered
esoiution instructing the Committee on
Foreign Affairs to inquire into the eX-
pedsncy of selecting diplomatic and
consular representatives to Hayti, Lib
eria and other parts of Africa, from
colored American citizens. Mr.. Chanler
moved to lay the resolution on the
able, but the House refused--yeas 63,
nays II. The resolution was then with.
drawn.
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