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

q part or his norrlDle ulsPAS0o1AN 80 80
head of the President else why ddd the
said this narrative of yours was mere
dwelling, and 1 think | paid it a iatter-
ing compliment.
FOR SUMTER.
But, to explode the folly completely, /
referred YOU to the record, which l said
would show that Major Anderson acted IN
strict accordance with orders sent him
through the war department, OF whlch
Floyd himself was the head and tins you
contradict. 1t is perfectly manifest that
you examined the record, for you trans
cribe from it and print two kilograms ex-
changed between Floyd and Anderson at
ter the removal of the latter took place.
You saw on that same record the order
previously piven-the order on which
Major Anderson was bound to act, and
did act-and you have deliberately sup
pressed it. Nay, you go still further, and
with the order before your eyes you sub
st~antially deny the existence of IT. l copy
for your special benefit the words which
relate to this point: "The smallness OF
your force $50 say the instructions) will not
permit you, perhaps, to occupy more than
one of the three forts; but an attack, or
an attempt to take possession OF either
one of them will be regarded as an act OF
hostility, and you may thenPu your COM
mand into either of them which you may.
deem most proper to increase its power OF
resistance. You are also authorized TO
take simiJur steps whenever you have a
gible evidence of a design TO proceed 70 a
hostile act"
words. TO make out FOUR assertion 1t
was necessary to cc2ceal it, and you did
conceal it from your readers. But this IS
not all. You find a Telegram from Major
Anderson, dated on the morning after the
removal in which he says simply that he
had removed, but says nothing OF the
grounds on which he acted. On that
same record. and right beside the telegram,
YOU saw a letter from MAJOR Anderson to
the wal department, dated the same day,
in which he does refer to hrs orders, and
says, "Many things convinced me that the
authorities of the stete designed toPyoceed
to GhoStiLe act" and then adds Under
this impression | could not hesitate that 1t
was my solemn dttty to more D'y COMMAND
from q fort which we could not probably
have held longer than forty-eight or sixty
hours to this one, where my pot0eT Of re-
siStance is increased 20 very great de-
; gree" You totally ignore this letter, IN
which Major Andersen j~ustihes his reno
val in the very words of the order, and
pick out q hasty telegram in which moth
ing is said of his orders for the purpose OF
proving that he acted without orders
an assumption which the record, IT hon
estly cited. would show to be utterly
false. '
WILSON AND MS DIGNITY.
You will hardly venture to repeat your
denial for besides the original record,
there are thousands of authentic copies
scattered over the nation, n anybody
can find it in Elk. Doc, H. r, vol VI, No
&c, D. 10. 1 do not trust myself to make
any general remarks on this glaring IN
stapce of mutual evidence. You are a
senator, and 1 acknowledge the scriptural
obligation of a private citizen not to
speak evil of dignities' but of a dignity
like YOU it is sometimes. so difficult to
speak well that my only refuge IS silence.
You garble my words so as to make
them apyear like a denial that Mr., Stan
ton ever wrote any letter at all on the
subject of the Cabinet Scene" whereas
I asserted that no letter I0rineH By ham
lvooG cgrrobordte your verSion Of u. Al
ter coolly striking out from the sentence
quoted the words which express my pro-
position, you proceed to contradict 1t by
the statement of Mr.. Holt, who says that
q letter YVES written, but he declines to
say what was in it.
fknew that Mr.. Schell had addressed
Mr.. Stanton with the object Of getting
him to tell the truth and tear away the
tissue of lies" which so many hands had
about this subject. If he answered at all,
the presumption was that he would an
swer truly and if he answered truly,
instead OF corfoborating you, he must
have denounced the whole story a a mere
fabrication. Do you think now that in
the absence of al evidence showing or
teading to show the contents of the letter,
we ought to assume that Stanton filled 1t
with braggslg lies
l do not mean to let this stand as q
mere question of.personal veracity between
you and me, though | have the advantage,
which you have net, Of kro1cing whereof
l affirm, But nv denial throws the bur
den Q fproof upon You with its full weight
Recollect also that the strength Of your
evidence must be proportioned to the orig
inal i~mprobahlity Of the fact you seek to
establish, and that the reasons a prto1i for
disbelieving this fact are Overwhelmingly
strong. All presumptions are against the
idea that a man who lodged about among
the aboIItionists as their spy, and vowed
himself to the secessionists as their ally,
and all the time manifested a dastardly
dread Of being discovered, would openly
insult the President or do anything else
that was bold and violent. But you have
taken the task of proving it and how
have you done it I? -
HOLT AND THAT SCENE. t4
1 certainly need nat say .aat Mr. Holt
-1.rag ,r1kIr.1~ ~ ,u.&,,- =, faSka- - rvAfol
he declines to tell what he knows. His
expressive silence, on the contrary, is very
convincing that he knew the truth to b
against you. AS little, nay, less, if less
were possible, do you make out of his
speech at Charleston. He deals there IN
glitterins generalities, sonorous periods
and obscure allnsions to some transaction
of which he gives no definite idea, except
hat Stanton Was not IN actor in it, but 6
spectator; for he mentions him only Il
say that she looked upon that scene
What the scene was he declared to be
secret, which history viii perhaps nevel
get q chance to record.
MRS. DAWES TEsTIFIEs.
Failing wholly to get anything out, 0
Mr.. Holt, you naturally enough resort
ed to Mr.. Dawes; and Nj. Dawes, willing
but unable to help YOU called in The aiC
and comfort of his wife. "She" her hus
band says, "distinctly remembers hearinI
Stanton tell at our house the story of tina
terrible conflict in the cabinet, That's
the length and breadth of her testimony
She remembers that Mr.. Stanton told til,
story, but not the story itself. 1t was q,
bout terrible conflict; but do not learr
learn who We're engaged in At. who fell, o.
who was victorions-how the fray begaT
or how it ended-oniy it was terrible
Was Mr.. Stanton the hero of his owr
story, or was he relating the adventure.
of somebody else TO amuse or brighten tn,
company 2 Mrs. Dawes Is undoubtedly
lady ofthe very highest r~espectability
but with all that, you will fndit hard t
convert the idle conversations of her hOusi
into history; and the difficulty is much in
creased by the fact that nsither she no.
anybody else is able to tell what they
were, ..
The declaration of Mr.. Holt that h,
wouldnot reveal what he knew on thi
subject, and Mr.. Dawes statement tina
Mrs noxyas fOId him that che hoard Ctap