, 1879-04-26

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| SECREIAkY STANTON.
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o,"ss ~ 1ns .,. sUanuai .aat ""'cm en- was c,eea'
.Mto" .te A.te1 "s nentn-t!o u'a NOT com-
iil't su'clie--Teat'tnoHy TINT Cannot Bs
Questioned. n,..l.n,u..... ,.,,, u
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2l.-rhe following
communication WAS to.luy handed to Tho sccre.
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Va W.. =, "'''n.' y. Dunee' WHO IS na thla
1'Hla messenger IN INC war Department, antl
was tho private messenger OF the Iatc Secretary
Stanton. Summaries Of the a(1Idayta which ac.
rommnr Inn lctt.r o,- .cnt xnr vi,hV 1no
revival 1eernt,y Of the absurd and maiieou. tn'u 5
'oat MI stanton committed su,e'de IS Tie oeca-
from hHFEcon.Gencral Dnrncs, who ~ns Mr..
Stanton's physician, and who was at his bedside
when be died. There was never the least GROUND
~ as'1 e''s.aa s1os5' Wnen "as t,e 'na1e'ou'
invention Of fnelI Who ;ated HIN Tor Ills devotion
to The Union cansc. and could 1nd no other way
to crafty their baseneas than To circulate tale
which coulh not hurt hn,, but wis Intended 10
annoy mud distress his widow nnd children:
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TMary iy q % MarmSih; fSTsnessttnlty Ts AK that tl'e
eHseI ,e,s as n,"ars ras,t T.. Mi'a ~. .. nnpee a.u
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t.e .s ' ~ M Hiiaavn, uesansnt caofae
stnr t,nt 3'.,.. ,s..'.. ao Iso ~ eeen 'staL w.
.at ! sh.,, ut1ssaes ~, ~ 1oto oosGn'9
n,n,ni,.t em,"ti1 a.it s ogas" ~ ..l.t " ~.
cornt',1, suaas NY e.'at te snet aau ncen
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amnnw ri. P,,.n,ai ~ rr, Iv.aeI",u 81 ~ amy,
Wnr nssarta, win ,nurt ni,sr1,rItr If 1am1nars
but equal lircctness Of meaning, t!lat lie
iorlner Secrc,ury Of War died BY ha own hand.
The widow an.l udutt soit Ut sir. Stanton arc
both dead, and therefore feel ut !ibrrty to urt
upon my own view Of what In right to be dullo
IN reiutlnE tho malicious a,nl sian1eronR talo
repeated by Gen. Taylur. Very respectfully,
WILLIAM y, UupEs.
srNnp.ls OF AFFIDAVIT or WILLIAM 8. I'M
FEE,
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oot eona anS nave eseapeu ooselVn.s3n ,.' o. a
~. unt' asune i.*u su WI" ..,,,.'- .u i
ny Servants, aha never 50" @ VI neaeo M ,aaylnllls
'snd ~: ,..i ~ & ~ ,s!u ~ ~ ILL.,. ~, ~,
% tun o.al" oy aulslue Anu haet @ lug ~ auis n'9s
aus ~ ~ hGpsasancG, s1o a.Gr IL osntu. +
mMs uc euu!eet " Een '1"E.u'o t''a h,, ao r..
stanton NJ ti,c tnn ri hts ,irn,h'
'Thc ulilant quotes the pnssagc from plck
Taylor's late book, ]" Destruction aud Rccot-
structlon," which l'as led him to make bis ani-
dAg1t, II Is as follows:
'.Ihc War Secretary did not meet.
never saw him. In tic ord. conscience, long
dormant, came rs Atccto. and hu was nUt.''
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, Mumes " ~ .se ans VI i"n u a. S.oston ~ to
m eu ~, ~ ~ uJh a u ~ eas.aht a.senunnge
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usrus .n IN m'nu ~. uas ~ NJ uelote ~ oentu,
Mnsn 'ne : ua'lcnt . was ac'stlsn !nu ms .nIau
Mvuso s NOV ana .nes Masaau. a LOT shols t'lne'
nu na apps"su t,.,, paalct @ VIZ n,,s,et t
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aGtla,'eu a ~. auout tae oneun III u oGaI
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" ~ ana paean .c opuys n,.u 10 pus',
tI,o .o,,..o .ros Int1 tr,,r, ,.o+,,
thc CORPSE WIS !hli ouI 10 iront room up
sals' n'!u lor tateS aats "As f.cMea y ETH.
numoee " peasoaa. !t,gnus u tne ueeeaseu:
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Tic so'e'oe'
LErrER or SURGEON. GENERAL DAnNEs.
WAsnlSGroN, D. c.. April 1G-7hs Iion. Ed
narl heI,hersot. ihuutie phia-uRAN Sir: In
stanton was for n.ai,v years subject To asthma
iu very severe form, and wlle, s rrtiteI lrum
tho War Department WIS completely broken
lown Iu health. in November vi 1867, the
"Gropsy of cardiac tliseaso u manifested itsclf
faftcr q ycry exhu,lst!lut arru,nrnt In chambers
in legal easel, and frpn1 That time he did tot
lrayc hts lu11su rurety lis bed For mn,ly days
stantly, A,u ~ no tin,s was tu without tue most
caletu' aGeht.oL " snenoe1s VI 'hs ia!Hns "
nif,,san nt., M @ ner,ra9,m Ind nrrraseI ~ s,,r,,