, 1881-08-07

These arc the points On which "ould hovl7o
| that tho paper 10 amended l am aware tnaI
| they arc too radical to permit much hope Of
! their adoption. If they arendoptcd; ihe y, whoIe
no M To 6e no ri tits terrible crisis
cntreat tho President to order inc hrook!yll
anG the Macedonian IT, Charleston without tue
; messenger to Nal. Anderson to let him know
thar his Government will not desert niil,: Tno 3
3f troops fro1 s',.4e ncw "rk or ot
this te done at once, nil may yet be not well. but
comparatively safe. II not, can see nothtns
before us bur disaster and ruin to tho country.
| CONCLENISG THE CONTROVERSY.
Mr.. Stanton made copy OF this document,
| sheet by sheet, rs it was written: anu tho
original was at once Seut 10 Lne Ifesldcl,l;
Mr. Stauton retained the copy hG n'adr, anu
! intlorsed it Observations on Corresponn..
ence, President, S. Z. Com, BY }. $. L."
This paper Ut which tho above IS IN exact
copy, is i'll Mr.. Stanton'S own handwriting,
alui although it WIS Judge nlack's indlvidu-
nj action, it so entirely met his views that he
! commented upon it with strong expressions
Of pleasure, and declared Ills purpose to
leave the Cabinet with tile Secretary Of State
it the views therein expressed were. not
adopted Mr.. lrolt. would doubtless have
done tile same, although lle dill not Indicate
his purpose. The aboye-1uoteu paper WaS
the last effort Of this ono man to change the
determination Of the President in relation to
what lle and all other Union men deemed Il
fatal decision, but one which had already
stood against the assault OF the writer
and two other members OF the Cabinet. The
President unexpectedly Abandoned much Of
and the views Of Judge Black, as expressed
III the above paper, was accepted, and tho
modified answer in accordance Herewith
transmitted to the so-called Commissioners OF
il'sult Ting us to prevent its receipt by the
President. How much the bold stand OF this
muct!-'laligned man had to Ito with forcing
the issue and pushing Mr.. buchanan to the
the succor Of Niaj. Anderson can be seen
from the fact that OH the ;'9tE the President |
ordered tile Secretary Of War to send rein-
forcelncnts At once. and the order was made
II Cabinet. \ few days afterward Messrs. |
Cabinet, ind Gen. Dix and Mr.. King were al- !
pointed to succeed them; and from that time |
OIL tllore was harmony iii the Cabinet so far
us It's btlSlltesS was concerned. |
1t Is a fact beyond contrayentf0n that this |
long-silert man. Judge Black, who has
steadily refused to make his own defense, or
permit any one to make it for him. or even to
sre tle defense he had, was the power that |
forced the preparation Of all expedition carly |
in December, 1sG0, to reinforce Maj. :lnder-
son whenever it was thought necessary; and
who saw that an officer was dispatched to |
acouant him with the fact. and order him 10
defend himself to the. last extremity. For
layed against his protests by tho official opn-
ion Of Gen Scott, who kept the llall-oiwnr
Brooklyn at Fortress Monroe for nearly 4
month, waiting some overt net oil the part Of
celnbcr, by Judge Blacks earnest advice, the
President determined TO succor Maj. Andcr-
son ut all hazards, for tho South Caro-
lin lnians lad takeH posseSson Of all
had retreated into Sumter, and Gen. Scott's
excuses were no longer Of any force, for
overt acts had been committed. But Gen.
Scott found other reasons for delay, and rec
f.jf hat I,Ff n.1 <.F,