The Portland daily press., 1868-01-15
WASHINGTON.
Mr. Stanton Reinsiated in The Far
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Graceful Retirement of Genel al
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Gen. Grant went to
the War Department at o'clock this morn
ing and handed the keys to Assistant Adiu-
tant General Townsend to be given to Mr..
Stanton, Secretary of War. The General then
had his private papers sent to his Office as Gem
eral-in- Chief, and went there to devote himself
to his military business.
About 10 o'clock Mr.. Stanton entered the
War Department and was welcomed by Assist
ant Adjutant General Tow nsend, Mr.. Stan-
| ton, without any ceremony, seated himself at
| his desk and commenced the transaction of
business as though he had not been absent
| day. .t s..ffs.T ..5.r s.t stsa
Senator Wilson and other congressman CALI
ed to pay their respects, and were gratifed to
find that their action had not been interfered
with.
Mr.. Stanton last night expressed himself
satisfied with the action of the Senate, and an
nounced that he would obey the mandate of
the Senate, and at once resiime his official
duties. 10 seems to be generally believed that
Mr.. Stanton will only hold the office long
enough to tender his resignation.
The following is the vote on the adoption of
Mr.: Towards report in the Senate yesterday:
Yeas-Messrs. Anthony, Cattell, Cameron,
Chandler, Cole, Conkling,s Conuess, Corbett,
Cragin, Drake, Ednlunds, Ferry, Fessenden,
Fowler, Frelinghuys Harlan, Howard, Howe,
Morgan, Morrill, Of Vermont, Morrill, of Maine,
Morton, Nye, Patterson OF New Hampshire,
Pomeroy, Ramsey, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer
Upton, Trumbull, Wade, Van Wrinkle, VIII
liams, Wilson. i'-a."
Nays-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis,
Dixon, Doolittle, Patterson OF Tennessee.
Messrs. Henderson and Hendricks were
paired.
Mr. Ross, of Kansas. was in his seat but re-
fused to vote, owing, it is said, ito personal
Those absent and not voting were as follows
Messrs. Grimes, Guthrie, johnson, Norton,
Salisbury, Sherman, Sprague and Wiley.
THE DEBATE ON SECRETARY sTANToN's CASE.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE Herald's Wash
ington special gives version Of the debate in
the Senate executive session on the reports in
the Stanton case, which occupied seven hours.
Senator Dixon finished his speech of Satur-
day, showing that the objections given by the
President were conclusive arguments for Stan
tons removal. He reviewed Stanton's record
and eulogized the President
Mr.. Fessenden replied in defence of Stan
ton, and referred TO his services during the late
war " fs- a
Mr.. Dixon here remarked that johnson rem
dered as great service during the war as Stan
ton.
Mr.. Fessenden continued. holding that the
reasons of the President for removal were in
sufficient, and no motive should induce q chief
magistrate to take such an important step ex-
cept such as the nation would justify. He de-
Tended Mr.. Stanton from the charge OF being
responsible Tor the horrors of Andersonvlle.
Mr.. Buckalew reiterated his statement rela-
tive to Andersonville and added that Stantons
policy seemed to be the policy of the Govern
ment during the war.
Mr.. Hendricks said, after having declared to
the President that the tenure of office bill was
unconstitutional it was improper for Stanton
to seek to hold Office under it. He claimed
that Stanton was responsible for the New Or
leans riot, and as man of honor he should
have made it his bounden duty to protect the
President, for he had the dispatch in his pocket
which could have saved the head OF the nation
from the ISLANDERS and defamation heaped upon
him.
Mr.. Morton did not think the President re
sponsible for the New Orleans riot, neither
was Stanton, and he believed the imm adiate
delivery of the dispatch would not have made
any difference in the result
Mr. Davis followed in legal argument, sus-
tanning the President.
Mr.. Howard closed the debate in reply to
tne conservatives, and the vote was taken, re-
sui1,hS " 90 yeas for the ma jority report, and
nays "reao interest is felt in the next move
ment. -,
DnoLlrTLRs MINORITY REPORT
Doolittle's minority report on the Sta nton
case takes the ground that the CONSTITUTION
gives the President power to remove ali execn
tive officers at pleasure, and contends that no
fair minded man will deny the right of remoy.-
al to the President of the head of a Depart
ment whose necessary confidential relations
are interrupted.
The dispatch of Gen. Baird is given with the
words "at once" in it, and it is claimed that 1t
necessitated immediate instructions from the
President. The testimony of Stanton relative
to the dispatch and his action thereon is quot
ed, and the report animadverts strongly upon
the course then adopted by Stanton, as by not
answering Gen. Baird, in effect he really in
structed him to use his military power to sus-
tain the New Orleans Convention.