The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-06-15

in the field, which the State was bound to raise at
. | her own expense. But the Governor determined
To- 10 get Mhat money he wanted without authority OF
/ / PRESIDENT Lincoln declined to aid him. because
no money could be taken from the Treasury with
| out appropriation Mr.. Stanton being applied 10
saw the critical condition of the Governor and
without scrsple Joined him in his financial enter,
ion dollars, and gave it to the Governor to spend
as he pleased, not only without being authoTized
| ny any appropriation for that purpose but in de-
Oanee Of express law appropriating the same mon
TX 70 another and totally different object II
tls Oe true the guilt of the parties can hardly be
iEnerSnaIge9, ig by any words which the English
language VIII supply. 1t was getting money out
pl te Publlc treasury, not only unlawfully but
by process as dishonest as larceny II invoivsd
the making Of a fraudulent warrant of which the
oai h,, ,iirPtuGe Was no less than that committed
y ty d private individual when he fabricates and
utters a false paper lt-was a gross and papable
st Sslolaeton 81 me oathS which the Governor and
% I n'9d noth taken 1t was, by the statute
OF lsl6, felonious embezzement Of The 1nansI,
mus mus oetalned, punishable by fine and ten years
IslPIlS5oeliheht IN the penttentiary. The parties
accOfalhg 10 your version, were both conscious of
I rnG Iign crime they were perPetrating, for you
you and will be covered with prosecntior. and
RIoDlloiy imprisoned or driven from the country
IHG 10 not ulullnlsh or mitigate the offence one
whlt by saying that the money was afterwarj ae-
counted Tor felony cannot be compounded or
coIu0hed Dy simple restitution of the spoils !.
and the law have cited was made expressIV 10
prevent officers charged with the safe-See5inc,
from using it to accommodate friends in s,criti5
| condltlon" But what will be said of vour trnst-
MOTtilIhtss as a contributor to history when the
public comes to learn that this whole story is no
gust pronounce it untrue in the aggregate and
IN the detail-in the sum total and IN every item
The truth IS this: In 1868 the Democratic naiori
", OF the Indiana Legislature were ready and
wulIng TO pass their proper and usual appTonria
tion bills, but were prevented Nv tbe PptI? PppitHPlla
minority who "bolted" and left the houses With
out quorum until the constitutional Iin,it of
| thelr session expired. The Governor refused to
| reconyene them, and thus. by his own fouit ond
that of his friends he was without tbe vraI,s aIj
DE was wrong, but his error was that of a vioIanf
E did In not Ine crime Of corrupt magistrate
! ne uld not come to Washington with anV inten-
non TO relleYe his necessities by plunderino tba
reIera4 SI Ireasury He made nopropositiOn either
| OF them should become his accomplices in anv
| such infamous crime His purpose was 10 de-
| due from the United States to the state of ipdi
ans The money hal been dppr0priatef by Con
| know not how Mr.. Morton may like to see him
self held mp u felon confessing his a,uilt bnt
| can say, with some confidence, that if Mr. Sian
| reckoning. -
What must amaze the readers of vour article
more than anything else is the perfect sincerity
OF the belief which ysu ex press directly, or inf
rectly IN every line Of il that ihe base Iniscon-
| ly praisewOrthy. You seem to be wholly uncon.
selous OF defaming the man you meant to eulo-
slZe. But, II your facts be accepted, the honor
| and honesty OF them will not be measured by
your standards. 1t may be true that public opin-
ION mas been sadly debauched; but tile American
people have not permanently changed their code
OF morality. Good faith between man and man
personal integrity, social fidelity observance OF
oaths, and obedience to the laws which hold so
clety together, have heretofore been numbered
among the virtues, and they will be again T6a
government OF God has not been reconstruete5
Fraud or force may abolish the Constitution and
the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rnia a-a
Deyohd your reach; some persons have faith
enough to believe that even "the gates of he'll
shall not prevail against them"
The odious character you have given Mr. STAN
ton Is not merely unjust in itself, but if uncOn-
tradicted, it must lead to other Observation-Disclosures nf
Besides
humanity and truth which you have enumeraled
L Lnu lIIsished 10 nun for his gloriheation, has
been charged others which, if established. must
expose him to universal exccration For in
stance 1t is asserted that, in the winter OF 1861
when he was member of the Cabinet he gaye to
Governor Brown, of Mississippi the most EN-
phatlc assurance of his conviction that secession
was right ana urged him to 'go on" with it that
IN 1862, while he writing the most affectonate
letters to General Mcclellan he not only maiign-
e9 hlm at Washington, but maliciously plotted
his defeat and the destruction of his army before
Richmond; that he refused in 1864 TO receive The
unreasonable prisoners, when offered freely
nlthouI ransom, eXchange or other equivalent |
though he knew that if left there they must per-
lSh mlserably for want of the medicine and food |
niLlcIl tMelF ctptors mad not the means to give
them. These accusations, Won are aware have |
L oLeh Peeh made with horrible aggravations |
"llSll hSeu hOt repeat. His friends have de- |
MED and discredited them, mainly on the ground |
that his character was wholly above such inpu-
tatiohS: but you nave done your full best to /
make this defense worthless. If he wore the |
cloak of constitutional democracy with us, and |
put on the livery OF abolitiOnism with you, why /
should he not assume the garb of q secessioniSt
with men of the South? If he tried to get his /
Trend IOucey kidnapped What moral nrincinla i
could hinder him from contriving the ruin of his |
friend Mcclellan? If he craftily exerted himself
at your end of the avenue 10 bTin5 on y LinoJ,- |
civil war which according TO his oTpn deolaratioIg
Ut our end was unlawful and causeless, what crime
against human life was he not capable of com
mltting? If he wilfuly left our prisoners to GER
tam starvation, and then managed falsely 10 tbroyv
the odium of their death upon the political ane
mles OF the party IN power, and thus contributed
very largely To the enslavement of the Southern
States, was not that act of intense and abound
ag IuatI INugrsf ~ &C.
some others for which You have bestowed il?
IhoSe who give credit to you will find it perfectly
said of him. - 4
sejanus has passed for about the worst speci-
men OF ministerial depravity whom we have anv |
tScoILht OF; out nothing Is recorded of him
which might not be believed of Stanton, if You
are regarded as credible authority; for vou have |
made It a labor of love to paint him a master in
the leathsome arts of treachery, DISSEMINATION |
ha alseIloodIunfathfui alike to private friend
sllP anu 70 Plb1c duty. With the talents he po- |
sessed, and the principles you ascribe to him he |
might have made an Invaluable Grand Vizier to a |
luThIsI Suitan-proylded the Sultan were in the
prime OF life and had no powerful brother near |
the throne; but in a free country such a charac- |
Ter cannot be thought of without disgust and alb |
hOrrence. |
In your eyes the intense and aboundfne pat.
riotism of Stanton is sufficient to atone na3 dIn
Tor all the faults he had, but for all the offences
against law and morals which the utmost fertility
of your inauguration can lay to his charge and |
patriotism in your vocabulary means devSfion to |
the interests OF that political sect which has Won
for of its priests Patriotism in its trna % sy
does indeed dignity and adorn human nature Ii !
Is an exalted and comprehensive species of chari-
", winch hides multitude of sins The patriot- |
Ism OF Washington, which laid broad and deem The |
foundation OF free institutions and set the noble
e eNampe OF implicit obedience TO the laws the pqt
rlotlsm OF Cato who resisted the destructive mad
ness oil ms countrymen, the patriotism of Daniel |
OConnell, who spent his time and talents in con- |
st9nt efforts to relieve his people from the CALLING
yoke OF clerical oppression. When men like these |
are loullu 10 nave committed fault il is well that
history should deal with it ten3erly,
And sad as angels for the good mans sin
IN p,giga Il
But the loyalty that trampcs on laW-the fideli- |
y Whlch stlbS the liberties il Ought TO protect
the pnbllc zeal which eXpends itself in gratifying
the ElndlctlVe or mercenary passions of one party
by the unjust oppression Of another-this kind Of |
patriotism has less claim to the admiration of The |
world 1t Is entirely too Intense and aboundipe"
and its intensity and abundance are always great
est in the worst times
Mr. Stanton's reputation is Just now in a critical |
condition. He took care of it while he lived |
and he died, like Bacon, leaving a yulnerable |
name to mems charitable speeches. He needs a |
more discriminating eulOgist than you aud a far !
better defence than am able to make. / have |
hot attempted to portray his good qualities in
tended only to protest against your shameless Da-
rade OF vices to which he was not addicted and |
crimes which lac never committed, and this have |
DONE not only because il is Just to him but neces-
sary Tor the Eindication of others.
J. s. BLACK