The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-08
Secretary stanton and the Prssident
SENATOR RowARD's REPORT UPON THE PRESIDENT
MESSAGE.


MESSAGE.
A Washington special of the Sd to the Missouri
Democrat (Iadlcal) says Senator Towards re-
port upon the presidents reasons for the removal
of Secretary Stanton is ready to be reported to
the military committee at their first meeting.
After il has been acted upon in the committee it
will be presented to the Senate in executive session
az the first opportunity. 1t is understood to be
of the strongest and most carefully prepared legal
documents which the contest between Congress and
the president has called out. In the review the
whole ground OF the message communicating the
presidents reasons, and shows them 10 be in
very many particulars absolutely false, and that
while the document has an air of fairness on its
face that il is unfair and unjust TO secretary Stan
ton. While the authorship cannot be made 10 ap-
pear in this report, IL is pretty well understood
TO be the production of Jerry Black, aud this, to.
gether with the understanding that he is virtually
retained by the president TO prepare attacks on
Congress and those who support Il, has caused
great Indignation among those senators who have
come TO understand, through recent investigations,
the real character of the matters foisted on them
in the message. II will be made to appear that
the president actually interpolated words in
the speech of General Baird to Secretary Stanton
for the purpose of making the point that the lat
ter was responsible for the New Orleans riot.
This dispatch, as sent to the Senate by the presi
dent, reads as follows:
Hon. dward 81 ant n Secretary OF War:
convention has been called with the sanction
of Governor Wells, to meet here on Monday. The
lieutenant governor aud city authorities think il
unlawful, and proper to break it up by arrestiDg
the delegates. | have given no orders on the sub
ject, hDt have warned the parties | could not
cOuntenance or permit such action without To-
structons to that effect from the president. Please
instruct me at once by telegraph.
Upon this the president remarks: The 18th of
August was on Saturday. Next morning, 10Th,
this dispatch was received by Mr.. Stanton at his
residence in this city, and he took no action on it,
and neither sent instructions TO General Baird,
himself, nor presented it to me for such ins,ruc.
tioDs. On the next Monday the riot occurred.
never saw this dispatch from General Baird until
some ten days or two weeks after the riot, when
upon my calling for all dispatches with a view 10
their publication, Mr.. Stanton senti it to me. These
facts all appear in the testimony of Mr.. Stanton
before the judiciary committee Ia the impeach.
ment investigation on the S0th, the day of the
ret, and after il was suppressed General Baird
wrote Mr.. Stanton a long letter, from which |
make the following EXTRACTS:
Sr-l have the honor 10 inform you that a very
serious riot occurred here to-day. / had not been
applied to for aid by the convention for protec.
ton, but the lieutenant governor and mayor had
freely consulted with me, and | was so fully con-
WINGED il was so strongly the interest of the city
authorities to preserve peace in order to prevent
miiery interference, that did not regard an out
break as a thing to be apprehended. The lieaten-
ant governor assured me that even II a writ Of ar
rest was issued by the court the sheriff would not
attempt to serve it without my permission aud for
to day they designed to suspend it. inclose
herewith, copies OF my correspondence with the
mayor and Of q dispatch which the lieutenant
governor claims TO have received from the presi.
dent. / regret that no reply 20 NV dispatch to
you of saturday has yet reached me. General
Sheridan is still absent 10 Texas.
The president then, says the dispatch of Gen.
Baird Of the 18th. asks for immediate instructions.
The facts are these: The committee have COPY