Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-06-08
STANTON VS.. SUMNER.

ed for his attack OIL President Grant, ma
| lignant and slanderous as it was But foT
| his invasion of the sanctity of the grave,
and his effort to make dead man testify
to facts which he desired to prove true, is
ineXcusable, not to say indecent. 1t is no
wonder that the friends of the deceased
| Secretary are incensed at this effort to
place him in false colors before the coun-
try. His attempt to force Mr.. Stanton to
testify in his behalf has failed, and thou
sand letters from Horace White, would not
sustain his position.
Mr. Stanton made speech at Steuben-
vile, Ohio during the last Presidential
campaign, from which we make the fol-
| lowing extracts:
| Grant stands this day before us the foremost
military commander in the world, with peace
| he not be elected What reason has any lover
| of country for not voting for him By his side
stands Schuyler COlfaA, who, by his own energy
| good character and industry, advanced from the
| printingoffce to the Speakers chair, and for
three successive terms has filed that high office
with honor and distinction. Honest and up
| right men have been nominated for your Repre-
sentatives in Congress, pledged to stand by
Grant and the country Why then, again ask,
! should he and they not receive your support &?
| The history o. Grant Is known to you and to the
whole world. Educated at West Point, he sery-
ed with distinction through the Mexican war,
and when it was ended, unwillingto be drone,
resigned his commission, and engaged in the
pursuit OF civil life. Leaving his peaceful pur-
suits at the commencement of the rebellion, he
Joined the army, andsoon advanced to the rank
CT Major-General commanding an army.
A1ad 1looc I ask, qchat reason has ann man
| to uote against Gen. Grant ? HIS capacity and
integrity for ciUI administration aceTe eQUaLLV
manifest IN the UaSt territories IN 7rIich he
operated. Ifany man among you would chide
from the boy the musket and knapsack that his
father carried at Donelson, at Vicksburg upon
Lookout Mountain, thrOughOu the Wilderness,
before Richmond, at Five Forks, at Appomat-
tox Courthouse, and, shouldering proudly,
marched with two hundred thousand of his
| fellOw-soldierS through the streets of Washing
ton and around the Capitol and Executive Man
sion that he defended with his life for years, in
| the long march, the wearisOme siege and the
storm of battle-let such man vote against
| Gen. Grant. [Appause.l If there is any man
among you that would blot from the page of our
history the story of these great achievements,
let him draw black line around them, and writes
across their face: Il have no share in these
great Deeds for voted against Grant" APP
plause.l Is there any man among you who
would compel the armies of the Potomac of
| the banks of the Ohio, of the Cumberland, of
the Tennessee, and of the Gulf, to eagain gath
cred at the tap of the drum, and surrendered as
prisoners of war to Lee and johnson, Beaure-
gard and Forrest, and Johnston Let him vote
against Gen. Grant.
This is the language of one whom Sena-
tor Sumner would introduce to prove that
President Grant was not a General and
that he is not capable of ruling this coun-
try. Senator Carpenter was right when
he said that either Sumner had misrepre-
sented Mr.. Stanton, or else Mr.. Stanton
was the most two-faced man OH earth. His
published speeches, which were listened
to by thousands ofpersons yet living, were
just to the contrary of the position in
which Mr.. Summer would place him, and
it is pretty certain he has been grossly mis-
represented.