The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-26
Ex.secretary nelknap's Defense.


civil service shall be palpably paramount.
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Ex-Secretary Aelknap's Defense.
Just before the Office of the secretary OF
Tie senate was closed Monday afternoon,
the counsel for WA ". Belknap fled with
Secrctory Gorham, Gen. Belkuap's rejoin-
der to the rep'ica,ions Of The house Of rep
resentativcs in the matter Of his npeach-
ment. 4 general demurrer Y in,cposet
to the first O. be .wo replicatious alleging
its insuillcieucy lie rex denies tee state
men. coutalned III the stcond replication
.hat he wa secretary Of war unit. md ia
Guiding Tie I'd oi Isroh, 1915.
lie thon GeniHs the assertions g the re-
pllaico 10 the off ,' ,ll. 10 Va s,ctc-
ao.ty fyr slg'r.
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thc time ci 'lf aHa 'ou h' foas So
nos given HN'uor ) 10 : nl"et u
invcsI'Ca'c any o. ' ..,~.s go tatlb IN
the charge mad aaHns. nim in the ~
ticles of impeachment
He further Gays tbat although it is true
that the committee on expenditures Of the
war department had been pretending to
forth in The articles Of Impeachment, hui
without authority in THAT behalf !rJm he
house of representatives, vet said comuli-
tee had not completed It's pretended in.
ves.igation but was engaged III the exam.
inc IF ,xit vrba, 1,I nit o.
was informed that be mad resigned hie
Office OF secretary Of war, aud that bis res
ignation had been accepted
AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT.
The last plea OF the rejoinder contsins
important fresh matter, and is no follows
First-And said Belknap, as 10 said Sc
cond replication Of The house Of represent
auyes, secondly above pleaded, further
saith that the said house OF representatives
ought not by anything in that replication
alleged to have or maintain said impesch-
men. against him, said Belkuap, because be
says although true it is that be did resign
bis position as secretary Of war on March
2, 1876, at 1920 in the forenoon, by 9
resignation in writing under his hand, ad-
dressed to the president, and The president
did then and there accept said resignation
in writing, nevertheless II is not true as al
legged in that replication that said Belknap
resigned his said position with attempts to
'evade' the proceedings of said house Of
representatives to impeach him, but on the
contrary thereof, he AYERS the fact TO be
that a standing committee of SAID house.
known as the committee on expenditure
OF the war department, without any au-
thority from or direction of said house
of representatives to examine, inquire or in
vestigate IN regard to matters and things
set forth In said articles as official miscon-
duct of him (Belknap) had examined one
Marsh, and he made the statement, if true,
would not support the articles of impeach-
ment against him (Delknap), but which
said statement was of such character in re-
spect to other persons, some OF whom had
been, and one of whom was so nearly con-
nected with him (Belknap) by domestic
ties as to greatly afliict him (Belknap) and
make him willing to secure the suppression
of so much of said statement as affected
such other persons at any cost to himself.
Therefore he (3elkDap) proposed to said
committee that if the said committee would
suppress that part of said statement which
related 70 said other persona, he, the said
Belkns6, though contrary to the truth,
would admit the receipt By him, said
Belknap, Of all the moneys stated by said
Marsh to have been received by him from
cone Evans, meh none, IN saiu s s1,so
anu pa.u OVER W haiSn ny my ''hV' pc'-
son or persons.
But the committee decliued to accede to
the proposition, and the Hon. Hester ely
mer chairman of soid committee. then de-
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OF a,Voiling himself OF detencc' disclosed ID
said statement lseit' "h'ch Woun ca'i