The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-02-10
ANECDOTES OF MR.. STANTON.

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his mother in Steubenville, aud prac
ticed law in Pittsburg. lie passed back
ward aud forward by steamboat. One
evening when he came on board at Steu-
5enville, he found poor Irishman, who
had fallen through hatchway and brok
en- his leg, lying on the forecastle, with
out any one to take caro- OF him. He
asked the Captain what it meant, and
was informed that the Iriahman lived IL
| Plttsburg, and that when he got there
he could get his broken leg attended to.
! Without more ado be went to the car
pentcr chest, and borrowed saw and
an ak, took stick Of cordwood and cut
and split it up, sat down on the capstan,
and with his pocket knife shaved out j
set of Splints. went to his state-room,
and without saying "by your leave,
took the sheet from his bed, tore 1t up
into bandages and rollers, ordered few
| sturdy sailors into the service to extend
| the limb. reduced the broken bone, and
| pied the Spilnts and bandages, then
went to the cook room aud ordered u
jug Of vinegar and water to steep the
broken limb, then sat down beside the
| sufferer. watched with him and bathed his
| limb till the boat arrived at Pittsburg, a
hack to conyey him home.
lie never would take case without
earning his fee and did not charge one
third thevalue Of his services. 4 month
ago he was SEM handsome retainer in
the case Of the State of Pennsylvania
VS.. the credit Mobiier He wrote to
Louis Hall, who represented the State
of Pennsylvania, and asked him, as per-
Sn,ol f,y-o- 70 Iaf bo H.
had time to prepare himself to be heard
only just been employed, and he would
not go into court with any case until he
understood it in all its bearings. Mr.
trial, he said, must come off on the ensu-
ing Monday. Then Mr.. Stanton returned
the fee, and wrote that he could not do
the Company justice On SO short notice
for preparation. He needed that money
feel that he could earn it on so short a
notice.
In his extremity, towards the close
of 1860, Mr.. Buchanan sent for Mr..
Stanton, and asked hlm what he thought
about the signs Of the times. The an
swer was promp and characteristic: y ou
are sleeping on the crater Of volcano.
The ground is moved all around and
under you, and ready to explode, and
without prompt and energetic action,
you viii be the last President of the
United States" ''Mr. Stanton" said
the feeble old man, ''for Gods sake
come and help me. The Attorney Gen
erals office is vacant, you will accept it. !"
IF you desire my help, [ will, - was the
reply. The first day passed IN ferrcting
out the grand larceny OF thompson on
the Indian fund and when the Cabinet
met in the evening, Mr.. Santon was
late in coming. When he entered, Floyd
was pacing the room, and gesticulating
furlously in the tempest and whIrlwiud
of speech against somebody, who had
cut down his flagstaff, broken off the
trunnions of his guns, and cut up and
burned his wheels, and SO on. Nlr.
Stanton sat down without uttering Il
word, or pretending to understand what
was up. When Floyd made a pause,
the question was propounded, "Mr.
Attorney General, what do you think
about it?'' About what?' said Mir.
Stanton. About Major Anderson
breaking up camp at Fort Moultrie,
and going to Fort Sumpter?" The
most glorious event since the S,h Of
January, 1915. 1t has stirred the heart
of every loyal man in the nation.
What said Floyd, IAN officer of the
army violating his orders?'' wv hat
orders % said Stanton. Did you, Mr..
President, give orders to Major Ander
son to remain in that old, dilapidated
fort, surrounded by enemies, when a
stronger one was available p No,
said Mr. Buchanan, Il gave no such
orders y Did you ever know of any
such orders being given? No, Sir;
| never heard of it before. III n,
said Stanton, ''the man that gave such
orders ought to be hanged on galiows
higher than Haman's. Here Ihomp-
son interposed to rebuke the Insolence OF
so new "a man in the Cabinet. M:.
Thompson, said Stanton, Il have been
here long enough to find out that you
have stolen $4,000, 600 Indian bonds, and
| expect to stay here till see you pun
ished for it. ;" And then the tempest
rose and ragged till midnight, when the
meeting broke up, and next morning
COBB Floyd and Thompson resigned;
Our readers have vidid re collec-
ton of the attempt made by Secretary
Floyd, while in the Cabinet, to remove
the guns from Tile L ljCSDuTS ECStldl "
some imaginary fort down in Louisiana,
and Of the determined resistance of the
citizens to the manitestly traitorous pro-
| eeetiIug. Judge 0ualer and others tile
graphed both the President and lMr
| Stanton on the subject. Stanton saw at
IA glance that treason was at work, and
early in the morning, before Mr.. Bu-
chanan vas out Of bed. he hurried to the
| White house and demanded an imme
diate audience He Was at once con
| Quoted to the bed chamber OF the aston
| ished and alarmed inmate, and, IN reply
| to the inquiry as to what was the mat
ter, Stanton thundered out, You have
/ traitors in your Cabinet, MIR. President. "
| Poor Mr.. Buchanan trembled and tried
to reason the case; but here were the
| dispatches and the facts. He then dis
| patched a note to Floyd, the Secretary
| of War, to know by what authority he
was sending these guns down the river,
Ihe Secretary presuming upon the we'll
known timiuity of Mr.. Buchanan, sent
the insolent reply that if he was to be
interfered with in the discharge OF his
official duties he would tender his resig
nation Accept his resignation instant
w." said Stanton. and from that hour
Floyd ceased to be an officer OF the Gov
ernment, but started South at once, an
open rebel.