Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-03-10

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OFFER OF A WRITTEN CONFESSION.
The committee then summoned Belknap
before them, and he appeared with Mont
gomery Blair as his counsel. The PROPOSE
ton was THAT if the committee would SO
report the facts as to leave MIS-. beiKnaps
would give them written confession OF
his crime" This was necessarily reJected
as no true report could in such case nave
been made, and to consent Wouia nave
placed the committee IN afaIalis ialse po-
slIlon. Moreover IL was evle,iv it +1r 'l,e
eApianaCo!y leItels suolii.Ieu ny . IVY ba W
Cne conlnllCee ChaC al aeIeinpo n.u ;.on
iiaue uuiing Ille course vi silo a'rf %. ~ q
Iloh 70 enoangie .liei ia aoio We 81 aee W
L L1 Ihelh lncdpaple VI acelns oneov,sois.
Gruel d. tle exposure VI Mo10i '0G q nl
Clis easy, Do MI: Oiynol iou w, ~ h ho'9
geneIaly aunilCIeu 1llac elle ooinaiUSo t."u
peIloclneu Necessary, Cnousm pssl aa u,
acC OF duCy-tne more necessary p5eauSe
Ine gossip u aSningco. nau a.ieau .
spoken ol Ihe ilienqiy IeiaC,olls MHteh Ga.
lStea between MI. Delknap,e lainliy @lo
some memoers OF Tue colntllCCee'
THE RESIGNATION.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 2, 1876,
Mr.. PRESIDENT
hereby tender nv RESIGNATION as Sec
rotary of War and request The immediate
acceptance. Thanking you for your con-
slant and continued kindness, L am re-
spectfully and truly yours.
VIM W. BELKNAP.
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WASHINGTON. d. C.. March 2. 1876. -
DEAR SIR-Your tender of resignation
as Secretary of War, with the REQUEST to
have it accepted Immediately. is received,
and the sans is hereby accented with great
regret, Yours. &c.. u. S. GRANTl
Wben tho letter. Of the President Was
rood in C,onaress STATING that he had ac-
c cont the Secratarv's fascination Al hall
u noet tap on o,cIock there was murn,ur Of
p p,,ayo T, OF what ioolyad 10 evervhodv
than lii1e an ACT deIiheratelv intended Ia
shield Mr. Reiknan Inf wien The terms
If tho iattor was read in which the Presi-
Sant ta1lS M Poilrnan that no accents his
rosinnotion WITH oreat regreL neon}e
turnad tn each othar with indionation AT
somethino which seemed To them an omen
dofionoo ~ Jaoenov and of nnhlic oninion
IN The rennhlican side there were frowns.
for # was felt and ooenlv acknowledged
that these words were indefensible and In.
dacent ->>-0-',-',-S
THE REcEpTION OF THE NEWS IN CON-
GREss
poeo a., 1,. g., 49, uo,,sa 10 ,,,oa.+
neaolt .ie nour iol Ie laou?o w. had ae1
iuy. eii1 iu'ioi VI oir1 Goo"n,Oa ~
paohea W neai cIe lePol' ~ Jig ~
mr VI a. Uno oi i, l, nano,t une
oo4nalUooo toao aeG aoao nra top1rS ~ Plu,
senClng, papers u lLpeaIiiienu 1 T gio
P,oH T w Leau oae Css.lnlony " o@,oD
naie Cahen yeoe1luay 9oloi9 W tne oora-
ta nomin 0iiae coz l dn Mo- paw w
10Y noiHnap acouO S-u'ooo ~ to1la0l a.
IaoL % a, n1S appolnIlle!t as poSs-Siauel a.
olG nll, d1uian 1eliltoly. nc t1s.u1ils
was llscehee ~. W WIN lhtense LilIelesO ny 'one
lGellioeis " .ne nlous1' a1iu ny d laaso gu
alence II me gal W In sle aiol re pa
Ineelc polsaoGs VI Ilig saraa s bl h foa
Clylnef was ilequently loIceu ny us a LEI.
~ pauso ul. ,,l5 1Gioo 49, ~ ol'
10 unneos allo neii,ooiL ii9in hlo oS
After the MANY members who had taken
up positions near the clerk IS desk the bet
ter to hear the testimony and accompany
IilS stteee,IieiitS Hau ieCuliG't w I''oll piop
u - oo"eo' III "no 10Y ''laG 80 W
lrroat " o,, n,0' '7"'ii ~
.Wr Sneal1er would not If T could
and T con1d not in NV ,,rasent condition
If T wonld add anvtbinp to the facts inst
renorted tn tha Honsa and This occasion
nav he afforded tn do 90 They are main
tbat evervwhera thr,ughout This broad
lanI and througbomt cbr;standono mher'
a,1ar mo Ena1;s6 1an@naaa is road or sno-
kan thew will for Iono YEARS constitnte a
record III officiaI cnr7,,ntinn and crimes
suoh nc thera IL no naraflaI for in orr own
history or in that IF apv o.haI corntrv
that know of. IF in This hour one senti.
.ment Of nitv, one worfls Of syfnnaf1ly coaald
find utteralice from me. it wor IA be BE-
cause feel that the late Secretary Of War
is INIT fine nroner outgrowth-the true ex-
ponent-of the corruption. the extravaganza
the mismanagement that have cursed this
land for years past. That being nv own
reflection. | will discharge my duty best to
myself and to this House by demanding
the previous questlon on the adoptlon OF
the reso4ut1onS.
The report for Impeachment was unani-
mousely adonteG and the Speaker appoin-
tod +ba n,on,l.rs +o ooodrot tho ;rona.oh
WV e''o w ''4o ~
menu.
c NAai14N ss 4 lALA,
beyond his salary, and has probably ex-
pended double OF three times that amount
in every year that he has been in Washing
ton. He is a man in the prime Of life, just
At years of age, of splendid and snowy ply
sique, and his own desire to shine has per-
haps as much to do with his downfall as
the weakness of his wives. When the pres
enJ Mrs. Belknap was married she could
not trust to American dressmakers for her
troussfau, but sent over to Worth for it,
and the description OF her elaborate dresses
anu oCt,el nunlnlety gasa 1iie oenhins cel-
Walls She has enioued if + osn b i,po onl1 I
eniovn,ent nnder si,ch s.s ne E tha
distinatinn be;ng tbe heet 4 ressed We uno
man in Wasbingtoo Har carr;a,se a "U
were ,lso tha enuv snd a ado
nf tha sateiites who 1t n5 e.nu
how in Tho r;ap daU of her
i'ef III 'iie oflor uay III liel prosperity
:. fEMiNiscENcEs'
"A leadlng senator OF Ihe hepucilcan
PC, no a g Cor '1 BoiIno ho I hd .S'
49, oiio "oi 80 ~ "i'o ii''o p0o''