Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-12
FROM WASHINGTON.

WAsHINGTON, February 1.-THE Pres.
| ident this afternoon sent the following
letters to the House, in accordance with
the resolution adopted yesterday
ENECyrNE NAEsIoS. February 10, 1858.
General The extraordinary charac-
ter OF your letter Of the 81 inst. would
seem TO preclude any reply on nay t~rt,
but the ann in which publicity aas
been given TO the correspondence OF
which that letter forms a part, and the
grave questions which are involved. re-
quire That, 10 justice TO myself, l should
take this method Of giving, as a proper
sequel to the communications which have
passed between Us, the statements of five
member Of the Cabinet, who were
present on the occasion OF our CONVERSE
ton on the l4th ultimO, as well as copieg
Of the letters which they have addressed
to me upon The subject, are accordingly
herewith enclosed.
You speak Of my letter Of the Ist ult
as reiteratlve Of the many and grCss
Misrepresentation contained in certain
newspaper ARTICLES" and re-assert the
correctness OF the statements contained
In your communication Of the 2S.h ult.
adding, land / here give your own
words " anything in your reply to Il, TO
the contrary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." When
a controversy, upon matters Of fact.
reaches the point to which this has been
brought, further association or denial be-
tween the immediate parties should
cease, especially when upon either side
It loses that character Of a resRecffDi
discussion which is required by the reJa-
tiOns in which the parties stand TO each
other, and d~egeuerates in tone snd tenn
per. In such q case, IL there is nothing
to rely upon but opposing statements,
conclusions must be drawn from those
statements alone, and from whatever in
trInsic probabilities they afford, in favor
Of OF against either Of the parties. They
should not shrink from the contest.
But fortunately it is not left to
this alone. There were five cabinet
officers present at our conversation, the
details Of which were in my letter Of the
25sh ult., and Of which you allow yourself
TO say =" contains many and gross misrep-
resentatiOns." These gentlemen heard
that conversation and read my state
ment. They spoke for themselves, and
l leave the proof without a word Of COM
ment. l deem il proper before conclud-
ing this communication 10 notice some OF
the statements contained In your letter.
You say the performance OF promises,
alleged 10 have been made by me 10 lhe
President, would have involved q resls-
lance to the law and Inconsistency with
the whole history Of my connection with
the suspension Of Mr.. Stanton" You
then state that you had fears that the
President would, on the removal of Mr.
Stanton, appointsOmeo one in his place who
would embarrass the army in carrying
out the reconstruction acts, and to pre-
vent such an appointment that accepted
the Office Of Secretary OF War ad
interim, and not for the purpose of ena. |
bling you to get rid Of Mr.. Stanton 10y
NY Withholding it from him in opposi
ton TO the law, or not doing so myself, /
10 o who would" As the statements
and assumptions in your communication
indicate that you sought It first
Of al, as you here admit that from the
very beginning Of what you term "whole
my connection with Mr. Stan
IONS SUSPENSION you intended to cir
sumyent the President, aud it was TO
AIRY ont thai intent that yen accepted