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judicial Office but Inns always declined. nlcot-
ing Of tho Bar to oonBtdor this rnournful event
has boon ca11ol for t1onday morning.


Noyombor. d second papor In roplyto tho address
Of Mr.. Charles Francis Albums, on the Into ". II,
Seward. ATr. Adams claimed for 11r. Bcward
honors whlol, arc commonly awarded to Mr.. Lin
coin, md which ho (h1r. AdnmB) Bpcoi6oa with
Bomo distinctnees. Mr.. Wo1les stated that Mr.
Seward ontorod tho Cabinet with tho impression
which Mr. Adams ontertans that ho wns. tho
| do jacio President, and was, like o British
Proier, to direct tho affairs Of tho nation in Tho
name Of another. Tho result was indcHcribablo
confusion resulting from tho ,noddlosomo intr,i-
aions Of tho 8eorotary of State into tho duties Of
| othors. Ills position gayo bi1n information un-
| known to tho others, and only partially known
| to tho Prosfdont soerotivonoss and myBtory
| wore Mr.. Sownrl'b method. Regular meetings OF
tho Cabinet wero broughtin vogue against his
protest. Mr. Boward attempted too muoh found
| himso1f embarrassed by promises and assurances
| inconsidcrately glyen and, with no defined pol
| 10y but in the faith in oxpolentB, on which lo
relied moro than op principles, mnny singular
| proceedings resulted and Mr...Wollos proceeds
to rolato oortain instances, Of whioh the follow
| ing Is the substance:
l. One OF tho first questions brought before
tho Government was the relief Of Fort Sumtor.
AIr. Seward was opposed to reinforcing Sumter,
and presumed TINT ho should DO sustained by
Con. Scott All tho mombora Of tho Cabinet,
except LII. Blair, yielded to Gen. Scott, and
gaye tholr yoices against sending supplies but
tho President rojoctod that policy, and Mr.
Seward WINS greatly disappointed. It was alleged
that he had promised tho robols that Sumter
should be evacuated. Horo was an instance
whom tho President sustained by only ono mo1n-
bor Of tho Cabinet, had ovcrrulca Mr. Boward
and Gen. Scott. Iu the latter part Of March,
tho President announced that he had
boon advised to evacnatc Fort Pickons
as well aa Sumter, though, as long
before aa tho 18th, tho Navy Department had
sent a stcamor with orders to reinforce pickonB.
A. day or two after, tho President mado known
his purpose to send supplies to Sumter, and con-
fldoutial orders woro issued to that cfroct. To
the surprise Of every ono, information Of thoao
confidential orders WIS nont to Charleston as 1t
was afterwards aHcortained by Mr. Harvoy an
intimate Of tho State Department, who was soon
after appointed Minister to Portugal. The ex-
petition to provision Sumter WAS flttod out
within d week, and instructions were given to
Capt. Mercer, Of tho atcamor powhatan, to COM
mand the squadron and proceed to Charleston.
Tho other yesscs wore to meet him OF Charles
ion on April II. But tho Secretary Of State, in
tho mcantimo, without tho knowledge Of tho
War or Navy Department, had removed Morcer,
placed that steamer undor tho command Of q
junior oflicor and dispatched Tito Fort PickonH, in
Florida. Tie President, in assontingto soward'B
measure to reinforce Piokons, was not awnro that
tho Powhntau Ind boon detached from tho OK
petition to Charleston until that vessel had
sailed, on the 9Th Of April. Tho President in-
stant1y ordered tho rocall of tho Powhatan.
Seward demonstrated; but tho President was
firm. Tho telegraph, however, faiIod to oyor-
take the powhatan tho Charleston expedition
WAS loft without commander i; and all tho Hup-
plios and munitions intended for Sumter woro
sent on useless voyage to Florida. The noxt
day, Seward wrote to Judge Campbell, Of Vir-
ginia, ''FaitA aH to Sumter fully kept. Wait and
aeo." In confirmation, alr. WelleH producos o
letter from Ir. D1air, in which Alr. Stewards &C.
|
ton is again stated. Ho (soward) had promised
TINT Sumter should bo evacuated, and ho de-
fcated the attempt to relieve tho garrison by
trickory.
e. On the LIST Of April. Mr.. Wol]es received from
tho President package OF Fapers, Instructions,
aud orders, directing him to send Commodore
stringha1n to Pensacola, another officer to Vera
! | ,f1t, HIN Eo,,
Department, and appointing notorious seces-
aoniBt aa Chief Of one Of his bureaus. All those
; ordors were issued by Alr, Seward tho Secretary
Of State, without any previous Cabinet consulta-
ton. Mr. Wol1os submitted these to tho Presi-
don't, who omphatioally daavowcl thom. He
l said ho had signed number of papors, Bup'
posed to 10 merely formal, submitted to lin by
, Mr.. Seward, whom lo thought ho could trust
uo directed lTr. Woes to treat thon as nul]itiee
. Tho Hecossionist whom AIr. Seward desired to
appoint as Chief OF ono of tho hureaus Of the
3 Navy Department WIS shortly afterwards cap
tured in the rebol service.
r 8. In answer to Mr. AdamB' suggestion that Il
, was unfortunate that 11r. Lincoln know 80 littl.
0 Of foreign relations, Mr. WoI1os states that or
r one occasion Mr. Seward prepared long dis
patch to Alr. Adams Oh the rights Of bolligcronts
l that Mr. Lincoln did not like it, and, with Iii
i own hand, wrote tho document which WAS sen
4 to Mr. Adams, and which regulated tho Inter-
: conduct on that important subject.
!, 4. 10 Mr. Albums suggestion TINT Mr. sowar'
u voluntarily gavo up oyery aspiration 70
6 tho future tin exchange for tho NOR
0 solid power to direct tho aIairs Of til
It nation in tho namo Of another, nlr. Wcllc
replies that, in 1862 70 strong waH tho daaatia
r faction In Congress- concerning 8award's med
o dloaome mismanagemcnt, aatrong desire that h
o should leave tho Cabinet prevailed. On til
% It'll Of December, 1863, a mocttng OF nopubli
% can HenatorR waR held at which resolutions Re