The New York herald., 1870-09-23
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This testimony OF Mr.. Sumner may satisfy Mr..
Black that Mr. Stautens midnight visit was actually
made. and may give him some insight into that gen.
tcmans associations and antislayery proclivities.
II may perhaps lead him TO modify somewhat his
bald and unsupported declaration that ''he had no
affinities whatever with men o. your lmyl school In
morals or politics aud that "ais cOEdemnatOns Ol
the aboionists were unsparng for their hypocrisy,
their corruption, their onmlty TO the constitution
and their awless disregard for the rights Of States
MIR. William A. Howard. OF Michigan, was for
several years member or the House, and gentle
man o. large ana commanding influence In letter
to Attorney General H0ar, under date of the 7th
February from which am permitted to quote, he
says
deed that thin lss date, and when the
Of ne iSa': early .hoi
pointed You viii sss that tho COMMITTEES was Clothed with
very ample powers That committee was raised at the re
came from fro. them and were plaoss e hands WITH r
S s thus s
sumo fearful responsibility But being urged do
Condition that the Speaker would allow me 70 nominate two
Of hs % sss:d & Mr. 0f
was elected democrat, but he true steel and
DO not know tha, Mr. Stanton wrote resolutions cre
n The IL % mot s s % S
70 perslAde that MI Jefferson did not write the DeoIara
ss:s @ rs:siSSas X write them they :sasisss
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adopt would not have occupied any doubtful poaion
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By Ta1y ss on II as
1851 while ho 81. held hi: commssloo The letter covering
18TH dated the ii.h, day The attack,
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niorm.on brought 70 Us Sy bird which Few directly from
pss!sa H. Black or TcSsoy q sS: neSopr.y
NJ or NJ s H 1t was
We more than once sod 4 you'd prchse BE- nscs.-
once we were would probably have 70 30 within
ssa su e r n .s
member of the Cabinet alwsy. supposed something
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at the time democrat" " perhaps that prevented bis doing
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With asss OF
anonymous
Equally explicit is the testimony of Mr.. Dawes,
another member OF that committee In an article
and published IN the Con0regatlOnoltst OF Boston,
he stated that Of the important and secret
thwarted % by means Of communications from Mr..
stanton TO the committee "OnCe member OF that
committee, said Dr. Dawes in this article, .'reat
by tile light OF the street lamps these words: Secre
tary ts Q traitor, depend upon It. He declared
In Cabinet to-day that he did not want TO deliver this
government intact into the hands OF the black repub.
iicans Arrest MIN instantly, or ali Will be lost
The paper went back to its hiding place. but tie Sec
retary, though he walked the streets unmolested,
these testi%on.7s Who can doubt the fact that
that dark winter, did put himself In communication
with republican members OF C0ngressf Who can
resist the belief that the motives which then act
patriots bOsoms Will the naked and unsupported
assertions and imputations of Mr.. Black. however
vehemently and perslstently made, shake the faith
and confidence OF the American people In the loyalty
and honor of Edwin M. StantOnl
On S aa
tering the Cabinet, ADVISED Mr. Buchanan to inc0r-
porate Into his message the doctrine that the federal
duty, to coer2e seeding states. Mr.. Black posi-
lively declares that Mr.. Stanton never was con-
@ s BY me- n S ns aa
In the Congre0auonatist, makes this statement in
clear and emphatic language
d'etat before the 4th Of March were being matured
In the very Cabinet itself, and ln the presence OF
even to see them that Mr.. stanton was sent for by
MIR. Buchanan to answer the question. .Can a state
be coercedr For two hours he battled and finally
scattered for the time being the hcresieS with which
secession had filed the head or that old, broken
down man. He was requested to prepare an argu-
message. He did 1t In language that
neither time nor argument has improved upon, aud
his statement OF the power was adopted by the
mained as the doctrine OF the administration its
whole attitude toward the rebellion would have been
changed and the result no one can now state.
rlofk ctvt dtsxal tha afafs
cause in Pt.6urg and saw no more Of the Pres
IN Il. % % $
ber Meantime the traitors had overborne the President,
meeting hoy had him ss
h ~ g S IT,
doctrine.
Stanton himself In a letter written to me few
weeks since Mr.. Dawes says:-'.When Mr.. Wash
burn aud lived together on Fourteenth street. near
Mr Stanton's, he used to call and see US OCCASION
ally. He stayed very lat Q one night, telling US all
about his connections with Mr.. Buchanan's admin
lstraton and the war. At that time ne told us tho
story Of Mr. Buchanan's sending for him before
his last regular message as related 1t In the Con-
greoatfonaltst Perhaps this positive assertion Of
Mr.. Stanton himself to MIR. Dawes and Mr.. WASH
burn Will weigh quite as much with the American
people as the merely negative statement OF Mr..
while admitting that Mr.. Stanton had always
been democrat till he took his place in the repub
can party during the war, stated IN my article in
slavery Sentimental I referred to his Quaker de-
scent; to mis- grandfather's emancipation OF his
slaves; to the fact which he frequently referred to-
that Benjamin Lundy was wont TO visit his fathers
house. and that he had often sat upon his knee and
listened to his antslayery teachlngs to the state
ment made me by Mr. Chase himself, that Mr.. Stan
ton accosted him In the streets nearly thirty years
before and said that he was in entire
accord with the anti-slavery sentiments he
had just put forth; and to the well known
fact that he was Q frequent guest at Dr..
Bailey's house. where he often met and associated
with antt.slavery men. Mr.. Black seems shocked ct
this statement He emphattcally declares that the
democrats gave Mr. Stanton "Otiice. honor and for
tune" tnat If my statement be true, che was the
most marvellous lmposter that ever lived or died.
Perhaps liberty loving people Will be more chari-
table towards Mr.. Stanton than Mr.. Black is. They
Will hardly join him in declaring 1t "cold-bloOded
and deliberate treachery" simply because, though q
democrat, he family cherished the anti-s!avery
teachings OF his youth.
BY the act Of July, 1862, the President was author
Ned TO receive for military purposes persons OF Az
rican descent Some time afterwards Mr. Stanton
referred to General Holt the question Of the right
and duty Of the government to employ persons o.
African descent as soldiers. That gentleman made
an elaborate, vigorous and eloquent report in favor