The Portland daily press., 1867-08-08

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10 OUR STATEMENT that where Democracy
has been in the ascendant, there fraud has
most abounded," the Argus replies that @Chief
Justice Chase, who went into the Treasury
department poor man comparatiyelv is
now almost millionaire" What connection
Mr.. Chase's being a millionaire has with the
Treasury Department we leave the Argus to
explain. We cannot think it possible that it
VIII render itself infamous by openly charg-
ing the Chief Justice of the United States
with stealing from the public funds, especially
when the present incumbent of that positiona
Is known to be man of spotless integrity.
The truth of our allegations cannot he inn.
peached by innuendoes Of that sort. Democ.
Iacy Is IN the ascendant in New York city, and
the very judges make themselves merchandise
democracy was in the ascendant in the DAYS
OF Buchanan. The treasury was full when he
came into power, but all the money was soon
squandered to I'LL the forts and arsenals of the
South, and the administration became a cover
Tor traitors and thieves. This SO DESTROYED the
credit of the country that upon miserable
little loan of five million dollars a heavy dis
count had to be allowed. Appropriatine pub-
ZIG money has, in fact, been long recognized as
constitutional weakness of the Democratic
nature, and the enforced abstinence from If
incident TO their retirement from public posi
uons Is what renders their sorrow SO ipcon-
solable. lids2 sid % ...i5a 1911 -
LIE PRESIDENT AND Mr.. STANToN.-Tbe
Iohowlng correspondence is said to have taken
pace between the President and the Secreta-
ry of War.
oAi M Johason to Mr.sstanton.
Consideration Of the public interest," rsi Will vi
persuade me to accept your resignation if tep- (,
81 Mr.. Stanton to Mfr. johnson
Consideration, of nubp August g.
vailed with me to ho, &c interest have pre-
past, and conside- II this office for months
prevail with cations of public interest will
Of congr~ me to hold it till the sa assembling
PRESIDENTS communication was handed to
Mr.. Stanton by Col. Moore. Private Secretary
to the former. The Secretary of War with
drew Immediately from his Department, and
has not since exercised the duties of his office.
He did not attend the Cabinet meeting on
Tuesday. Since the ''persuasions" of the Ex-
ecutiye do not prevail with his minister,
there is nothing left for him to do but to take
the summary measures so successfully adopt
ed by Dick Turpin in case of the coachman
who disregarded request to haul up. Ac- 4
cording to the old ballad, t{ I'D
He put bullet through his head, .. 7
Ess5 And prevdaed on him to stop.
The bullet in this case will come in the shape
OF peremptory dismissal. But from the con-
hdent tone assumed by Mr. Stanton it is ev'-
dent that he thinks hi mself proof even against
that, by virtue of the provisions of the tenure
Of Office act. As he is one of the first lawyers
in the United States his construction of the
law is quite likely to be correct. Meanwhile
rumors are rife as to who will succeed him,
and Gen. Steedman and Hiram Walbridge are
spoken OF in that connection. There are ru-
mors of other cabinet changes, but they have
taken definite form no further than the asser-
ton the Postmaster-Generals Office has been
promised to some one. y. s.a4.llr.. ..5-