, 1870-01-23
EDWIN II. STANTON.
Tribute 10 ebe Memory Of fho LEN
Secretary e1 War.

6cc. ll0m kSo AuQH+1t MQHkh1y 1N Eo~t
Itls too soon 10 write the histoy OF me Eteins y
,rebenIon. We have been too deeply 11foiyeo u
the "Details Rod Issues Of tho HHne. re - ~ =. -. 5es
tco ucaE. and me augle o. vGoa - .0or:,ntss
Of correctly estmate IL tndlftdoM scls s1a = r.
IN iher true relations 10 esch other eod 90 tno
grand result Time must elsp'e before tnas ''o"
Equaily necesaars Il t1tne for tne eahn7ae % Of
tts costs and sacrnees Ar: Gomo 19,aas oF defis11
Admitting tnss daare e % DecgntaT!iy H. eo1e =,
lmneDse q y f.s ltnsa,sn i 9n; ,ne seo1 4n,aa III m
snd e ia Tsapiia Taa1 fmmense aggregate "a gsov-
inx al too fapidly IL dsJ atter day sdda % IL
dsss Id o,pnss esss a9 'Rsa a H. 5
poverty which tho strong arms Of thoso s,Eo ie1
Ia ms coadict would have wAffed on. bololeis,
crippled and dsssen 3nt3 N '9n %nud SisdIy osro
WEAKLY euccuub In the Unequal atrnzRle: tu1esai
p.cceaalnus ara eterJwheIo telling Or toe ieaflul
prce the nation Is ps5fog lof ane s0SsHo'oesa te-
Id tue VIZ brought with It. and has lefs behind
M,eToua u nave been 1ta cost and sac1taoez ths
Snfion would hasdJ consent, II IL were possible,
to b paeed again xne1e a1 aood Mnsa snn n9ee 2!
agency. Slavery has been utterly exuegunned.
and 1or the 5ss nne ~ me nnton ds, = We
hoped it has plncked tna noNeI safety and It
etaDfs forth before the world ID 1870 widely dtnet
II fne oI 4aS VA furnace thas tested alike the
chorac,er Of the EATON Rnd OF individuals While
Ta III u
tuniiy, never youchsaied before: for personn de,
yelopnent and achievement. and performed signal
ard ja.t1ng scrGlce Tor t1et cooustJ. making fdt
themtol1 q paues tho people vii NOT let die,
Plnmlnert among these was Ed %tn u. Stanton.
The rebellion Ioun2 him pH!a.e sltizsn d, aao @
Called 70 Inc Cab.nes, be ipst4uuy developed ad-
Htnutratire sbi iueg ol the nlghta. order There:
fnFY d8 HAY6 0i3 ti0Ie &NQ Toll
without STINT tuytinR hight INTO day and day INTO
n,Enr, IN 1abora unremntng. exaaasung, ana a..
aeIf hbpegst.o .oD, that when released ho went 10
his home with impaired fortunes, and = BODY
y sss. a,t so.r q 10
When. On ihe Mtn Of December, he wna borne
irg piscs In oar ali Cemetery, tho people fe!s
tnat they were folio sing martyr 70 hu tomb 10
le.s than when sedgMcx. wad1wosso' ~ md. ana LIZ, q
'nS When tine shall have elapsed, and tho passlons
nave eni ssded; w1en the record Of events and
| acts sball come to the Light, and tho phlosopnc
aio!,an VAL Ta .ne9 e. f,s anos n tnat con
| dct Edwin II. Stanton WILL Arand forth coo-
spicuous among tho uusu1o1s chafacterA Of the
power, and laiTe'y influenced results. I nov
! propose simply to s5eaK Of Nj. Canton ~ kneF
e ~ !. G.
IN tne ysryirK pnlsei Of the struggle Wnlle he
| Wsa IN the Ca5iusta q lincoln and Johnsoo, it
nan q .ns SdH Miassry co@mtsas Of lie ssnat snd
our of1aal teatona Nere necessarily ultimate
ana confidential The leg!sauon requsite foE
tno x: Iws:Ltgi % iYe %1sonss1d nonnsaons Of olnctrs,
ffum ihe Second lleutnnAnts up TO ths Genefas-in-
Sels,: nn tn tns Wa pepsTnen2 WsIs eiten the
eubject OF conference and consideEauon between
| n, His once VS. open TO me ut all t1nes By day
| and night Issw him IN every CtrcaD1t2ure and
condIIion al The war IL the gov OF victory and IN
| the gloom OF u !eat OF course hia modes of
thought bis methods Of nu,lnesa aad -; moods Sa
! careful fcfrl1ny. c2Dc to undsrstahd. taltk.
hls motives aud purposes, to comprehend his
plana and to realize something OF the vaao ot nla
mt knew NJ. starton during the closing
hours OF Nil. Bucnsnan's Eeak and WICKED ad'
% son,h Gasoiiun, VI trained ior tnli1y Js.rs il tas
school q uessop, leapea headloos into rebellion:
5 I'd I'll eas 10
| aid, With otnclhl oaths On toetf fefJafeo Ups
plotted agalnss the peace AID unity Of tneir eoun.
Corgtess, In the deparlmen.s IN tbs army. IN The
navy, ard among the citlztrs OF the capital, FOL
, I The ovetthros Of the RovcFnnensardsh the disntn
, Day b. day, during that terrible winter, loyal
men In Congress say with profound sor1ov tne':
ana a1ate1sd e. eon55 af5s S ana ts
hM Attorney general surrendered The govern
neIrs 1txht OF seIf preservation by assuring TIT
10 Lopglesa to ccerce Ito Submission = State
which ia attempting to Withdraw. Or which ~ ~!
Il r. ge W tas
| 6nancea ard sinking the rational credit TIT
; Secretary OF War was scattering the little army
! var wne7e they coutd be clutcncd BY tho consplr
! alors. Tho Secretary Of The 1nseItor Waa permit
ulK the robbery Of 1Iuss funds. and Tesesang Z
9s 9 asa9 q & r. e Esvy 9 Ss
tnat arm Of the serE1ce poRereAs iat tne nations
defence. Northern men Hete osentaaouGy Rlv
COERCION" and astultng the couspirator.t wnt
xe,n .e,.lng fosts srsspals and a!ns. and ,a sas
! ! pass @ over M taeir dead booiea." ofncers OF III
Senate and e1ecunse departments re memee. we
son IN the 1Atlo1sl capllaL -.
ltwsa time Of peril, suxiety, and gloom "a
a 5n1y lefa 81 sp1s
:oss1'!td sssa fe seiels eis S eeaps coHssas
: doctrine Ihas ihe FedeIsl GoFernuent ha
the power, and that y as IT'S duty, 70 coerce 90
I | v:ca nI MI. Stanton wks reJec.ed. The plotting
.pd nls1ss o. ne ee a1a r., tlI
= l 6t c1etsry CT B'ale. With large tnRlltRence An
. | experience, Ge eral Cars had little s,repgth
M q NJ o as VA
rue pa r1ot, and azdel tly loved nls native LAM
The threatening aspect OF pubic sra.rs greatly e
ans e The mid q lie fesdeI
the Idea that Ills SeIrrt3zy Of State wAs loAnE n!
aeas a1u Go1nuniG.ted M @ ais aopisnens'ons apty :.
Piled thns Ger e1a1 Ca waB The onl5 sano n1an !
1 | his CaoueL FeetnE that he could no longer se,E
1 his county By coplll1Itg in The Caoipet the bes
D resaIy retled, leaving TO Joseph Holt. thea Pos
|. | rns1er Gtnera, the pressing Injunction 70 fcmal
posslole save ne s1osoae5eo rsn9n HAL
q | xho had pronounced agaluBt the power OF 70
q | gcvetnpenI te cce1ce seccdlrg sla.e, aud vi
J Ealptaired that the at1eupt TO 40 20 Wonio :
votld ahsolyc Ill the Statex " from toeir Fedtss
}, | oougs,lons," and the peopie from contrpu ~
IKE that, was 4 ade Secretary Of State. In It
/ terrible condics through which the n1non 4! !
msn nct ssaen 10 % rupsrstinoD of tns ssnd q &
N In ite piogfess, and IN tnat eventual history q
= WHARF did The NsiDa inteFpolilon eppesf mol
ss AtiorneJ W acreral fhat tss vac,ustlng Pfe'
Ie dent. al eIca crisis, With bis 1tsloyA Caotn
and iratoroc9 sLRoclstes, should have ode1eo u
T. | sacant Cabinet olHce TO that strong, ruEse
ootrI:snt patriotic LAD, was ssI'k1ngly pSostde
Re ! tthl.
oath Of ONCE he aa.d to friend tbAt he had tHks
70 tho oath 10 support tho constitution o. nls COZ
10 ~. and that ne Kouid keep lhat oa,n IA s lsss
10 amid ine spos'sces Ihst followed. He W!
:. navel Of resolutlon and r.ro1, Of iad1stI =!
. elsi .pe log ssiy an!cn siowea IL h,s BOSOM HI 10
IL seemed OIL 1re. BE raw treason IN evelJ PET
'ne government. and soosht; j., 70 o,s1S1a g9ma
~ "sG fsss sss' s,s4plT g.oll,g against tne G.
n | rpirato1s, ard shoTe,ed upon sner nea
10 his Ntshedug reookes. Rnlng ta has cn1ls @ eno
sSe csSnss o'Ia ne o.aed r. bod md dscse sena
ia He co1ntelled often with the aged veterao+ q
pe save patriotic Adt,eo 10 tne Eaemoe1s OF Ito Pea
!" ~ IL vent even further: Nc pa. ntua.el IN g
~ and aept them well Informed Of what was goi
.1e on In tie couIela OF the atniniEts2tion dtres
ed rtlstirg 10 the dangers OF the country. =
Il. | Houke Of Representatives had s1ued = commit
10 lnyesugste 1rcaeonahle macntnatlcna aud &
,,r l tp,racie1 Howard, OF Michigan. and Dawes.
ii | Nastnchuset,S-Lc1lous Repunlicanx-we9e up
= mmeuser a. se 10 tSom :st Ne" fork: OF coeaans from
6e tane STATE, lnen mnen q = pe IocIatto M na1ls. M
II ana BsAneh, wno ves nasd agnsloE Y M rne r rs5 !
a. 4 re th1 cnn1pirAtetx that he Dade Al afSH1Een
ad l BY which Mes611. no sSrd apd Dawes wert
- / per TIC country, And which he de1l1ea aao
We niLu,ratIon- Hc believed that ~. TouceJ, s
90 mat b. ougnt 10 be sucstet- The retoIuuon c.
IN | ctlIirE LIN, Introduced INTO the Home ~
IL Dawer, wAs Inspired BY Ar. Stanton.
ID A committee Of vigilance was oraAntzed BY
n. Vss member oi shas committee, as waa also
n. | Coltsx. 1t Wss in that time OF intense hnn
r. acd trsl that became acq ,Nln:ed stth ~: s.
Oh l TOD, ard eonsu!ted with MIN. and received II
him MaIpmks and suEKesstons- He Wes IN AIN
aa,ly eonsol,attop. 100 .itn ,I,s,, Msmhess q
sanf ] el, 1bo II oIe nsde d sis sequainsance aeon u
entefirI Corafess, waited NJ. Stanton a. toe
IN tcrney Genesals ornrc. Delng surrounded
WoIo and act. he led III. Sumner irom hs ID
LOT tod Inn that he did no: dare 10 hold couyeIsat