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

learn "the determination of the southern
leaders ?" Where did he get an account
of the intended coup d etdt, so detailed
that he was able to deueIop it particularly
This knowledge becomes astounding when
we recolleot that, 90 far as now appears,
nobody else outside of the southern
leaders" had the least inkling of it. 1t is
possible that his connection with the Sc
cessionists5 and his professed devotion to
their cause, went so far that they took
him into their confidence. and told him
what 'hostile movements" they intended
to make on the government How did he
get these secrets if not from them? Or
must we be driven at last to the conclu
sion that the whole thing was mere IN
vention, imposed on Mr. Sumner to de-
lude him?
But Mr.. Sumner owes it to the truth to
make fuller statement Let us have the
particulars which Mr.. Stanton developed
10 him. We have right to know not
only who were the southern traitors en-
gagged in this plan, but who were confed.
Grated with them IN Washington. sup
pose Mr.. Sumner, as well as Mr. Stanton,
had instructive insight into men and
lhIngs" enough to know that no govern
ment was ever substituted for another by
- lLOhClCn6g nAblO0t bOl44C NO-Op-
Grafton or connivance of officers in pos
session. Who among Stanton's colleagues
did he say were engaged in this affair
Did he charge the President with any
concern in 1t? If he declared all or any
of them to be innocent, does not Mr. Sum
ner see the injustice OF .;eeping back the
truth Lid Stanton tell him that he had
communicated the facts to the President
and cabinet2 2 fno, did he give reason
for Withholding them2 And what was
the reaaon? Was the guilty secret con-
| fined to his own breast, or did any other
member of the administration share his
knowledge of 1t If yes, who2 Mr.
Sumner has struck SO rich a vein of his
torcal fact (or fction), that he is bound
to give 1t some further exploitation.
4 The following passage IN Mr.. Summers
letter to you excites the hveliest desire
| for more information. After describing
his visit to the attorney generals office
and Mr. Sianton's reception of him, ht
goes on thus: "He began an earnest con
versation, saying he must see me alore-
that this was impossible at his Office
that he was watched by the traitors O
the south-thaJ my visit would be made
known to them at once; and he concludet
by proposing to call on me at my lodging
at one o'clock that night etc, etc. WI,
was Mr. Stanton afraid of the southern
! traitors Why did they set specia
watch over him ? No other member 0
the administration was tormented with q
fear like that. All of Mr., STATIONS col
leagues felt at perfect liberty to speak ou
their opposition to the hostile movement
| of the south, and they did 1t without con
cealment or hesitation. But Stanton wa
: put by the southern traitors under sur
veillance so strict, that he could not speal
with senator except at midnight, b
stealth and in secrecy. At his own ofic
it was impossible to see such visitors; tn
J southern eye was always on him. Ho'
: did those traitors of the south manage
control ham as they controlled nobod
t else /? By what means did they "cJw HI
r better part of man." and master all b
: | movements What did they do, {
r threaten to do, which made him the
D slave to such fearful extent2 His relI
/ | tions with them must have been very pS
r cuhar. The suspicion is not easily resis
ed that he had his nocturnal meeting
= with southern man also, and that he feare
] simply the discovery of his double dealin
s This is what what we must believe If v
: suppose that he really was. shaken /
4 those unmanIy terrors. But confess N
; theory to be, that he did not feel them, an
r that he made pretence of them only thi
/ he might foeL Mr. Sumner to the top
his bent. What does Mr.. Sumner himse
1 think2 Was he or was he not the victi
/ OF cruel humbng?