Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-06-14
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BELLOWS FALLS, JUNE IA, 1872
MIR. sumner Confuted.

opinion of Gen. Grant. In doing so he
has most signally failed in his object,
and now appears to the country as hav-
ing put words into the mouth of man
which were never uttered, and who is
not on earth to speak for himself. 1t
vet seems impossible to believe that
Charles Sumner, could be guilty of such
an enormity, and brought to it merely
by personal hatred.
We quote from Mr.. Summers speech
his entire statement on this point as fol-
lows;
TESTIMONY OF THE LATE EDWIN NJ. STAN
TON.
Something also must be attributed
to individual character: and here ex-
press no opinion of my own; shall al
low another to speak in solemn words
echoed from the tomb.
On reaching Washington at the OPEN
ing of Congress in December, 1869, l
was panied to hear that Mr.. Stanton,
lately Secretary of War, was in failing
health. Full of gratitude for his I'M
surpassed services, and with a sentiment
of friendship quickened by common po-
litical sympathies, l lost no time in see
ing him, and repeated my visits until his
death, toward the close of the same
month. My last visit was marked by a
communication never to be forgotten
AS / entered his bedroom, where ! found
him reclining on sofa, propped by pill
lows, he reached out his hand, already
clammy cold, and in reply to my inqui-
ny, How are your" answered, " Wait
ing for my furlough." Then at once
with singular solemnity he said, " have
something to say to you" When | was
seated he proceeded without one word of
introduction 81 know General Grant
better than any other person in the
country can know him. TWAS my duty
to study him, and did so night and
day, when / saw him and when did not
see him, and now | tell you what know
he cannot govern this country" The
intensity of his manner and the positive
ness of his judgement surprised me, for
though / was aware that the late Secre-
tary of War did not place the President
very high in general capacity, was not
prepared for judgment SO strongly
couched. At last, after some delay, oc
cupied in meditating his remarkable
words, ! observed, What you say is
very broad" "It is as true as it il
broad,' he promptly replied. | added
You are tardy; you tell this late why
did you not say it before his nomina
tion?" He answered that he was not cor
suited about the nomination, and had nc
opportunity of expressing his opinion
upon it, besides being much occupied al
the time by his duties as Secretary Of
War and his contest with the President
/ followed by saying, :" But you took
part in the Presidential election, and
made succession Of speeches for him
in Ohio and Pennsylvania" +" / spoke, u
said he, "but l never introduced the
name of Grant. Ispoke for the repub-
lican party and the republican cause. y
This was the last time saw Mr.. Stanton
A few days later ! followed him to the
grave where he now rests. As the vaga'
ries of the President became more man,
ifest and the Presidential office seemed
more and more plaything and perqui.
site, this dying Judgment of the great
citizen who knew him SO well haunted
me constantly day and night, and now
communicate it to my country, feeling
that it is legacy which ] have no right
to withhold. Beyond the intrinsic inter.
est from its author, il is not without val.
ne as testimony in considering how the
President could have been led into that
Quixotism Of personal pretension which
it is my duty to expose"
Now mark that Mr.. Sumner claims
that Stanton told him that he "never
introduced the name of Grant," and
then read the following
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. June /
Summer and Stanton.
Senator Summers Perversion of Facts-how
he Puts Words into the Mouth of Dead
Men-His, Stanton's Story-Uis
Islander Nailed.
Mr.. Sumner, in his attack on Presi
dent Grant, last evening, made the fol
lowing assertion, IN his account of an in
terview with Hon. Edwin NJ. Stanton, q
short time before his death:
:" followed by saying; But you tool
part in the Presidential election, anC
made succession of speeches for him il
Ohio and Pennsylvania al spoke,
said he, but i never introduced tn,
name of Gen. Grant: spoke for the re
publican party and the republican
cause"
THE FALsEHooD EXPOSED.
Nobody ever accused Mr.. Stanton o
falsehood, and that he never told Mr.
Sumner anything of the kind that h
quotes is fortunately proved by the rec
ord. Everybody in PHILADELPHIA re