Wilmington journal., 1874-01-23
GENERAL CALEB CUSHING.
HIS LETTER TO The PRESIDENT
AND OTHER MATTERS OF
INTEREST.
The character OF the Persecution
.s.<i.i.c Natives rit-EhcROane
E"5,eT and Ihc Eorgery-Thc
~s.ndsr tE0ut the Rebel
g-s.tueTai GUSHING.
Hutt the Spanish
Ni~Sfnn.

HE struggle for the Chief Justice
ship, so far as Mr. Cushing IS con-
rernci, was ended yesterday afternoon
ijv the withdrawal Of his name for the
position The readers Of The National
Republican have been, from day to
day. fully informed upon the various
aspects aud phases of the contest Us
it Progressed, So that little remains to
bu added 10 what has been already
published. The main objection to Mr..
CusllinG'5 confirmation was the letter
10 Jefferson DAVIS, Introducing the
c,cri Eoanc, ana coEmending him as
It gentleman and 4 person If high lit
crazy :,;tljn.l:, ITS 81 Nr Davis con-
z1igraticn. The letter. II seems, was
found !,y = clerk alnOung the rebel ar
nhivce. tui 1mucdiatcl, taken to the
Secretary Oi War, who laid it before
th,- President. As has been already
stated, it was read by Senator Sar,
gent Ill cXccrtlyc session., who declares
that The first information lie had Of its
existence "as communicated i'll an
anonymous ItOtc. This note, Mr.. Sar-
gent say, WIS received by him Oh
Tles.lly. and Lat immediately upon
tlle receipt Of it he went to the
War Department 10 obtain q copy.
Gen. Belknap was rot at the Depart
lnent nj the time, having gone TO the
White House to attend Il meeting of
the Cabinet. There Mr.. Sargent OBJ
tam ii a copy Of ihe letter, and hasten
ing to the Capitol read it at the sesond
caucus, with What result is already
known. The New York Herald and
Tribune, III detailing the circum-
stances OF the affair, Intentionally or
>:Einte ntionaliy fall into the error of de-
claring thot the letter III question was
laid before the President on Saturday.
and that he kept it from the Senate
purposel ly. The facts are, that he
never saw it, heard of it, or knew of
its existence until Tuesday
Altogether, there is good deal of
mystery about the whole affair, so far
as the opposition is concerned, which
it is expected the next few days will
fully develop, throwing food Of light
npon the operations Of certain gentle
men who, under the shibboleth of
party and devotion to principle, :"
hgve been endeavoring to advance
their own corrupt and seish interests.
The bitter aud venomous assault made
by our contemporary, the Chronicle,
upon the loyalty and character
vi Ill N|ttHullir5 IdhE tStOn1Su6u
: al Who have read item 1t was
natural that in the disappointment
at not having obtained the nomination
Of their pet candidate they should
lave used every means to blacken
and defame Mr.. Gushing, but that
they should have been gsilty of Forgery
to accomplish their purposes and
bring odium upon the Administration
was hardly TO be expected of journal
claiming to be respectable. That they
did commit forgery is conclusiveIy
shown by a comparison of the letter
which Mr. Cushing did write to Mr..
Davis with that which it is said he
wrote
THE FORGED LETTER.
Washington, ID. c., March q, 1861.
Hon. JcGirson D0ris:
NJ DEAR FRIEND:-The bearer of
this letter, Archibald Rowan, has had
seven years experience in the Ord
nance Department at Washington, and
has been an efficient officer. He has
! been q contributor to DeBow's Re-
view, where he has discussed the COM
pllcatlons and causes which have re-
suited in the destruction of the Ameri-
can Union, and now leaves here for
the Southern Confederacy through
loyalty to the South. I think yo,, Will
find him of special service to YOU.
IOur friend,
CAIEH CUSHING