Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-29
Mean Vengeance Dismissal of Annie
Surratt's Husband.

The brutal and contemplate spirit mani
tested by the government in the dismissal oil
Annie Surratts husband is severely anu
Justly denounced by the press throughout
the whole country.
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Special Orders No. 140, just issued from
the War Department, directs that llospl'al
Steward w. p. Tonry, United States army,
be discharged from the service OF the United
States, from July 1st, 1859, Tonry, II VIII
he remembered, was married to MISS ANNE
| Surratt a few days since, and II IS ratheI
singular coincidence that when he was de-
tailed for service as q clerk he should nave
been assigned 10 duty in the building oceu-
pied by the Surgeon Gencral, on 10th street,
formerly Ford'a Theatre, where PfesIlenl
Lincoln was nssasslnaicd. lie was ON duty
there at ihe time of his marriage.
baltimore Evening Commercial
Considering that the United States Coy,
vernmeht was the deliberate murderer oil
1 this lady's mother, one would suppose that
@ the measure Of their hatred and revenge was
, filed, and that the orphaned daughter might
he permitted 10 spend the residue ol her lilt
= unpursued by the malice Of her mothers
G murterCrs. But ii is moi SO. The marrying
e of Miss Surralt is an objectionable otlense,
- and is mildly punished with the dismissal
her husband from the service of the Unilet
III States.
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ie 1t seems-that II young man has been luiI
~ ed ont of II place in the mortar ana pes,l
L. department of the government because Il
20 chose 10 marry the innocent daughter :" I'll
or unfortunate Mrs Suunlt. llis shows
mea spirit ol persecution 0u the part oi I'll
government authorities not unlike thi
e- which would moi only have burnt poor ol
,e John Rogers, hut his wife and seven sma
~ children, "with one at the breast" Mt II
10 stake on account of the alleged hertsy ol Il
is father The American government shou
ot be above such paltrY meanness and wor
nd than inquisitolial persecution.
10 IN. Y. wmM.l
~ II Mrs. Surrati had heen guilty of u
~ crime for which shc suffered an unjust dcat
'al the persecution OF her daughter and h
on daughters husband would have been SUI
la a piece OF dirty spite as could only lie &
-, pected TO proceed from the narrow mind NJ
ny hard heart OF a Stanton, aud would ha
as been practical ailainder in the worst ioi
a OF that absolute hnrharly Of Vungcan
nd which our own age has tacilly, and our o'
- Constitution has explicitly, swept away
hu ;he limbo ol lcudnlism. But Mrs. Suirai
ne, innocense has been over and over proven
O., the perfect satisfaction Of every just N
red who investigated the case, anu 10 lhe size
II, ing oil all the more candid Of the Rndi
ou' prints and orators,
My Tho woman is now where human
lci, Justice and human justice are alike 10 Il
but it is the duty, and ought 10 lie the pri
OF n decent administration to do what
1rie could 10 repair the blood greedy reoklessr
~ of its predecessor by providing, sn far Il
as properly might, for the survivors ol
has victim Of that recklcssness. So lar II
was doing this, it las deprived one of lis pln
as men oi his PLACE Tor daring Ia give
rsc. n,i u,i"'' Mre i,"gss s' ,',v :" rm,d a
aid Immediately proceeds, we have no mean
mes knowing. But we must hold Scrre
e Rawins responsible for it, and we hay
M right 10 demand that, undcr his admins
~ tion, The War Department shall not he
ords graced by continuance oi thc meun
ex- and the tluculcnce OF n Stanton.