The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-09

Secretary Stanton folathe purpose OF una
king the point that the latter was respon-
sible for the New Orleans riot. This de-
spatch, as sent to the Senate by the
President reads as follows:
Hon. Edwin,M Stanton Secretary OF
War
"a convention has been called with
the sanction of Governor Wells, to meet
here on Monday. The Lieutenant Gov
ernor and city authorities think 1t unaw-
fui, and propose to break it up by arresting
the delegates. l have given no orders
on the subject, but have warned the par
ties that l could not countenance or per-
nit such action without Instructions tc
that effect from the President. {; .;Please
instruct me at once by telegraph.
Upon this the President remarks;
''1'he 2Sth of August was on Satur-
day The next morning, the 29th, the
despatch was received by Stanton at his
residence in this city. He took no action
upon it, and neither sent instructions
to General b d himself. nor presented
it to me for .,h instructions On the
next Monday the riot occurred l never
saw this despatch from General Baird
until some ten days or two weeks after
the riot. when, upon my calling for all
dispatches wifi view to their publlca-
ton, Mr.. Stanton sent it to me these
facts all appear in the testimony OF Mr..
Stanton before the Judiciary Committee
in the Impeachment investigations. On
the 30th, the day of the riot, and after 1t
was suppressed, General Baird wrote to
Mr.. Stanton a long letter.. from which L
make the following extracts:
Sir I have the honor to inform you
that very serious riot occurred here to-
day, | had not been applied to by the
convention for protection, but the Lieu
tenant Governor and Mayor had freely
consulted with me, and | was so fully con-
vinced that it was so strongly the interest
of the city authorities to preserve the
peace, in order to prevent military intel
ference, that 81 did not regard an out o.,
break as 4 thing to be apprehended.. The
Lieutenant Governor bid assured me
that even if writ OF arrest was issued
by thee the Sheriff would not attempt
to serve it without my permission, and
for to-day they agreed to suspend it. |
inclose herewith copies of my correspond
ence with2the Mayor and Of a despatch
which the Lieutenant Governor claims to
have received from the President. | re
gret that no reply to my despatch to you
of Saturday has yet reached me. Gen
eral Sheridan is still absent in Texas y
The President then says the despatch
of General Baird Of the ~2Sth asks for
immediate instructions The facts are
these The committee have copy OF
the despatch sworn to by General Baird
as the same he scn4 Stanton, in which
the words ''at once in the last sentence
do not appear, that sentence reading,
Please instruct me by telegraph. Yet
the President both put in these words
''at once and then commented upon
them further on as showing that Baird
ii ked for immediate Instructions. Mr..
Stanton reasoned, upon Baird IS despatch
that in the absence OF Instructions Baird
would prevent interference, as he lntlma-
ted, till instructions could be agreed upon;
and it appears by Baird subsequent let
ter that he did not anticipate interference.
The next day the riot occurred. 1t Is be-
licyed that several other points made in
the message will, when explained, make
Eiuii as I'D showing for the Executive
as this new in7tulicc vi gafb.ing despatch
es.
1t will not be denied IN The report Of
Scna'"- ,lova:I that MIR. Stanton op-
posed the Tenure Office bill, but it will be
maintainedsthat, when once 4 law, it was
a binding upon Mr. Stanton Us any other
| citizen.