The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-01-26

had 5O0OO0 of them they cumbered the !
northern arsenals, and could not be used |
a law had been passed to authorize The !
sale of them they we're offered for years
at two dollars aud fifty cents apiece about |
qne-tenth- the price of good gun, and |
they couldfnot be got off, Twice con-
siderable number were sold, but the pur
chaseTs upon further examination refused |
to take them. Of these 100000 con-
demned muskets, the secretary of war in
1859 ordered 1l5,000 to be sent to the |
south, doubtless for the mere convenience |
of storage. To weapon the rebellion" /,
with arms ike these would have insured |
IT'S destruction the instant its forces came |
INTO the presence of troops having i'm |
proved modern guns in their hands. Floyd |
could not have done greater injury to |
the southern cause than this would have
been. Nor is it possible to believe that
southern leaders won Id have eonspired
with him to purloin these useless arms IN
1859, and then, in 1860, decline to take
the share that legally belonged to them of
the best muskets rifles ever Invented ALI
these facts appear in the evidence reported
by the committee, from which you pretend
to be making fair and candid citations, and
you say not a word about them.
lawyer at all. and would go before Iu;!i,
ciaI tribunal mutilating the truth ailea
this fashion, you would Immediately be
expelled from the profession, and no Judge
would ever permit you to open your
mouth IN court OF justice again. If you
would appear as a witness, and in that
character testify to the contents of writ
ten document IN the way you have set out
this report to your readers, it might be
| followed by very disagreeable consequen-
nes, which will not shock your polite ears
by mentioning. AZ
HOWELL COBB.
Mr.. Cobb, while secretary of the treasu-
| ry, performed his duties with singular pu-
| rity, uprightness. and ability. No enemy
has ever ventured to point out a single
public act done IN that department by him
of which the wisdom, the lawfulness, or
\ he honesty could be even doubted. The
| disjointed and loose accusation of your
I first paper implied that by some official
delinquency he had purposely disorganized
she fiscal machinery of the government,
or otherwise perpetrated some maliciou
mischief on the public credit. Now, now
! ever, you are reduced to the old and never
failing resort Of ''treasonable utterances"
something that ne said in private conver-
satlon had the effects Of inluring the cred
IT of the United States. What was it,?
1t IS well known that the prices of all Sc
cunties, public and private. began to 60
down Immediately upon the Plesiden .ldl
| election Of 1860, aud continued going JV.li
.or-years aferward. Is this aLtIi6ntaaIe
TO the Il elsonable utterances of Thomas
and Dix and Chase2 But what is ihe ust,
of pursuing such SUBJECT? Mr. Cobb
was dead, and you felt sort of necessity
for doing some despite upon his grave
This feeble absurdity was all you could
do. -.--.4 -..., ',---z E.-
BOUND TO DEFEND STANTON.
considered myself bound to defend
Mr.. Stanton against the praise which des-
cribed his character as infamous. Down
to the time of his apostaey we were close
and intimate friends, and 1 thought
knew him as well as one man could be
known to another / do not claim that he
owed me anything; for made no sacrifi-
ces of myself or anybody else to serve
INN. l advanced hmm his profession ard
thereby improved his fortune, but he e {
nothing in that way for which he did 4 /
render equivalent services | stroVe lor q
and at last successfully, to remove the
prejudIces of Mr. Buchanan and Others
tagaInst him, because thought them un,
Just, and because it was inconyenient fol
me that the President should not trust .
man in whom had unlimited confidence
. recommended him pressingly for postmas.
general upon the death, of Mr.. Brown
, solely for the reason that the exegencies
of the public service in that department
required q man of his great ability anc
: industry. l caused him to be appointed
> attorney general, because knew Tor tho
knew that he and were in perfect &C
! cord on all questions, whether of law OF
! policy, which he might have to deal with
: and because / was sure that he woulC
, handle then not only with fidelity, bu
! with consummate skill. But though be
T was not in my debt, the apparent warmth
q of his nature impelled him to express hi!
gratitude in most exaggerated Language
q After he took Office under the Lncolr
a administration paths diverged SO wide
9 " that l did not often see him. When
D did, he sometimes overwhelmed me, a
e before, with hyperbolical demonstration
of thankfuiness and friendship. If hi
feelings ever changed, he died and mad
|. no sign" that was visible to me- ..sz..f .
! Here let me record my solemn declara
ton, that never saw anything dishonor
. able in his conduct while l was associate
q with him. He never disappointed m
- while he was employed under me, or Will
we were colleagues in Office, and he neve
: failed me in anything which had a righ
, to expect at his hands His enemies spok
: evil of him, but that is ''the rough brak
q that virtue must go through" and al
"a lowed no tale bearer to shake my faitl
y My own personal knowledge does not en-
e able me to accuse him of any mean c
disgraceful act How far you have SUI
ceeded, or may hereafter bsableto succee,
= in proving him tIeaeherons hypoerite,
!; a question to be considered. But / al
. not one Of your witnesses my testimon,
= as far IS it goes, is directly against you
n Under these circumstances it was iE
- possible for me to be quite silent when
:; saw your publication in the Atlantic" {
: TO confine myself to mere vindicatIon
- lhe other parties assaulted. 1t was pla
!! ~ 20 me that you had wholly mlsunderstoC
the character of Mr. Stanton, and gross
:, injured him by what you supposed, TO
. a panegYrc" Your description of hi
if accepted as true, would compel the b
" lief that, his whole political life was o.
=. long impostpre: that as trusted memb
81 of the Buchanan administ ration, he act
~ alternately the incompatible parts of
~ spy and a bully = that while be was I
- chief, law officer of the government,
- was engaged in the fenlest conspiracy th
~ ever was hatched against the life, hbert
- and honor Of o cci-sagpe for whom he "
~ at that very time protesting unbourd d
,Ss friendship that be was the PrOtegs a
~ orony of Simon Cameron. and appoint
.a secretary Of war TO carry out his polio
sy that being so appointed, he did loya
~ and feloniously embezzle public money
~ the amount of two hundred and fifty tho
e sand dollars at one time. 1t is true I'll
~ ~ you were actuated by no malicious intel
H. You meant TO do him honor, Aecornii
,n , to your moral spprehensions, all the e
"a yon ascribedt TO 6Im was good. When y
ut 1T wove for him this disgusting wreath
er' ulcers gone to seed you thought y
-; were decorating his eofill with. chap
S' "S Of the choicest flowers. You painted
,a Hat monster Of depEivity, and YOU sxpee
ne ne the American people to worship it with
T,I3 the fervorof savages when they fall do
e to adore the image of some hideous
a9 mon. No doubt the votiye offering
n L ri