American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-08-24
TIE CABINET RUPTURE.
Little Sympathy for Stanton.
Plot against the President.

The Washington correspondent @
the New York Herald, in a dispatcl
dated the 18th, says:
The excitement about Presiden
Johnson's last iconp Fetat has no
subsidized in the least. To-day tn,
subject was pretty thoroughly dis
cussed all eyer Washington, in off
cial as well as private circles. On,
striking feature developed by tn,
conversations on the subject is tn,
few real friends Stanton seems t.
have. White many people are ME
who denounce the Presidents act al
merely another attempt to throw oh
structions in the way of Compression
al reconstruction, few indeed are
found who express any sympathy
for the Secretary so ANONYMOUSLY
thrust out of office. This, perhaps,
was to have been expected, for Stan
ton was a man of small sympathy
himself, and as often sighted friends
as foes by his overbearing manner
and reckless disregard of and con
tempt for other peoples opinions
and feelings; but it was hardly to be
expected that this alienation would
have gone to such an extent. Stan
ton seems now, indeed, to be without
any friends, without any party, and
without any to regret his fall from
power. Even those who have been
with him in official relations, about
the war Office for years seem in no
wise grieyed, but on the contrary,
appear like emancipated spirits, and
breathe easier now that Grant has
assumed control. Public opinion,
could it speak with one voice, would
doubtless now say Stanton was
a bear; he was proud, tyrannical,
overbearing, unjust, cruel ard intol-
Grant. We are glad he has fallen,
and hope he will never come to the
political surface again." 1 heard a
gentleman high in Office here express
thus, to-day: 81 have
always looked upon Stanton as |
would regard the big mean boy at
school. The big boy glories in wal
loping all the little boys that come
in his way, but avoids boys of his
own size. So with Stanton. With
interiors and subordinates he was
tyrannical and exacting-he would
bully them until they became almost
with his own peers and
superiors he was cringing and obse,
3uious. Morally and physically he
was coward, and only dared play
5he role of a courageous man when
he had, or felt he had, a party at his
back and power to succeed. In less
han a month this lofty Stanton will
oe as dead as mackerel.n Tt is
to find how many people
acre express themselves in similar
ermS.
Among the rumors floating about
he city today, which cannot be
raced to any reliable source, is one
o the effect that legal proceedings
re abort to be instituted against
H. Ashley on the charge of conspi-
acy, in view of his alleged complicl-
y i'll the Conover plot for suborning
violence to procure the impeachment !
f the President. On the other hand,
here is another statement, which if
rue will 90 a long way to explain
way Ashley's alleged completely.
{ is said that Cenover, in a chance
conversation one day, soon after his
onviction and sentence for perjury,
old one of the officers of the Jail that
that he had done was for the benefit
f JEFF. Davis, to cast doubt 'uron
and everything which hight
e asserted against him in testimony,
ut that as Davis friends had now
bandoned him, doing nothing to
eIriend him, not even visiting him,
e did not consider himself under
ny obligations to them, and he was
lercfore at liberty to divnlge some
hing of great Importance, which
Duld be well substantiated by relia-
leperSOns. This being made known
Ashley, he sought au interview
18th COnOyer and asked for the
ames of the parties alleged to be
eliable, and was forthwith taken in
nd done for. This, it is alleged, is
le whole story in brief, and the
conspiracy" is only a
gment of Conover's lying brain.
i've this as the statement of friends
Ashley, without at all vouching
II its truth in any particular. There
re other people who assert that
her revelations are preparing which
ill exhibit the conspiracy in still
Iacker coloiS