The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Quarrel Between President John
son and Secretary StantOn-The Mrs
eurraft Trial Documents.

HmrrRn DOCuuttuts
New YORK, August 6.-The Herald's
special says of Secretary Stanton's re-
moval: 1t appears that for more than a
wear, and this have from the best au-
thority, the resignation of Mr.. Stanton
has been looked for Week after week,
and month after month, the President
waited, expecting to hear from the Sec
retary, but no word came, and at last
letter was drawn up by the President
asking Mr.. Stanton te resign. The let
ter was also held back for some time
previous to the breach between the
Secretary and the President, which was
daily growing wider and wider. This
hostility was so decided that it was
thought Mr.. Stanton cOnld not go on
much longer without rendering his res
igpation, but Mr.. Stanton did go on in
spite of hints and the evident desire for
his vacancy. AS have already stated,
il was not until this morning that the
letter was actually sent.
Should Mr.. Stanton decline to yield,
l have authority for stating that the
President will undertake to remove
him, and the tenure Of office bill 1t is
claimed will sustain him in this exercise
Of power. The President believes that
the first section OF the bill does not take
away his power of removing Mr.. Stan
ton, as the latter was appointed by Mr..
Lincoln and not Mr.. johnson. 1t reads
thus: provided, That the Secretaries
of State, Of the Treasury, of War, of the
Navy, of the Interior, and the Postmas-
ter General, and the Attorney General,
shall hold their officers respectively dur
ing the term of the President by whom
they have been appointed and one month
thereafter, subject TO removal by and
with the advice and consent of the Sen
ate.' The President takes the ground
that he can remove all his cabinet cN-
cept the three appointed sine" his
accession to office.
As to who will succeed Mr.. Stanton
nothing has yet been decided. 1t is
probable that General Grant will be
summoned to act temporarily, and the
President considers that it would be- the
wisest choice for the present, General
Grant being familiar with army affairs,
and the chief of the army would I'M
doubtedly be an admirable Secretary.
In making this statement about General
Grant, l am but giving the impression
VI buS pCopic w ''' ShdN'N '" Opihiou
here.
The Tribune's special says: The
rupture between the President and See
rotary Stanton is still the chief topic of
conversation here. Stanton's friends.
who have been with the Secretary,
state that he gives ont that he will not
resign. He says that if the President
wishes to get rid of him he will have To
do so by violating the law and remove
him; he will never yield. On the other
hand the johnson men, who claim 10 hes
posted as to the Presidents opinion,
assert that the President will remove or
suspend Stanton, if he refuses TO resign
The contemplated removal of Sheri-
dan is lost sight OF since ii has become
known that Johnson has stated that
stanton must go first, and all interest is
concentrated in climax to the John
s0n-StantOn quarrel. Stanton had been
run down with all means of the day
Certain friends OF Mr.. stanton, who call
ed on him to-day, say he told them he
could not resign. lie is preparing u
written response ~ tho Presidents note.
IL is understood that Mr.. Johnson nm
equivOcally denies that the papers and
-
trial were first submitted to the Cabinet.
He signed his approval of the action of
the court. The record was presented to
him by General Holt, and it was signed
In his presence; that ut that time no
recommendation for the communication
of the sentence of Mrs. Snrratt was at
taehcd To the papers.
The approval of the sentence 10y the
President was commenced ON the next
to the last page on the last sheet of the
averheEt, and finished on the other sid.
OF the same paper, instead of only writ
ing on one side of the sheet as in tho
other sheets, and this was done because
there was no other sheet remaining, and
fastened to the dOcumen t. presented for
his signature. As the document is now
found In tina War Department. the re-
commentator for the communication OF
Mrs. Surratt's sentence follows all the
other matters, and is the conclusion of
the document. In the official report of
the trial of Bonn. Hillman, who had ac-
cess to the records and documents, by
permission of Mr.. Stanton, for the pur-
pose of making up book. everything
appears except the recommendation of
the Court for the commu' alton of the
sentence.
MIR. HilIman says, in the introdnc.
ton to his book, that il contains all or
ders findings, documents. sentences,
ETC., connected with the trial 1t ap-
pears that the papers were not present.
cd to the Cabinet until the applica-
ton for habeas corpus was made and af-
ter the approval of the sentence nv the
President.
The recommendation TOR communication
is not in the handwriting of Mr. Rinc-