, 1881-09-06
IlIack*s incurred during l! lat nclHornblh
meeting when Floyd resigned or nut."


.irnHt: nLAfK AND STANTON
"Ynn sl,vuk uf Nlr. StAi,toh. yoltrselt, 9iatt
Judge l!!ack Us tl,uHE!l there wsre ny siiitst ,o
nSssM S,Ss: # opinion between you 'f'e' IN '0S'
s'rhoru weru none wElntcvcr.. Mr. stanton,
.J,ttlKo ,lack. mn! myself wuro In pcrfcct Nc-
ror,l upo1, tho duty Of the Goscrlllnttt 10
wurd thc Seecsstn1lsts a.i II pSltSasr pSr hnr, t.
Constitution .!o not rGeal! = ElilE!o m
npltlun betwee!l It's ttlt9n my nf til9 l'9pof'
i "no Understand tint judge ,i'laek was
loyal 10 tic Government l't tltoSe days :"
Most nssurc,lIy you 'lu. No ,nali y! 60 could
luyo t,ren n!nre ardent or earnest u ils ~.
urging those things calculated to snve u from
lid designs ur tho Southern inen than Judge
Black. You Will remember ttnt nc hsli
most sorial and conentiai rG!at,9nS Wt,, 1,
,p0n nIl these questions Us fey otter, men
casltl. While hg would state Ills position ~
Cabinet meetings with great earllest1it@s. !
mn assured tlint llc otse'l spn,ke y !" lo ifssl l,
much rIoru Wn.nntll eyeti than no utl III
Cubinnt. ] have l.atl some Of Ills Goilversi.-
tio,is Will, Atr. Buchanan reported TO w.
which s1!"w ns now earnest he was III Ills 'e''
i>u yntl call 10 mind IN intcrytcM be-
tween yourself, Judge Hack, md Alr, SUR
tosI on tho Sunday morning after Mr.
ltlt GNAllAu Hltu llClR&1EA 1llS
.ANsWEH TU THE SMITH CAltot1SA CoMM1s-
s1oSEtts, ..
nMl all tircu Of yon lad determined to re-
al Il recall the crisis distinctly when VIC had
T enye n9 ntsr rop ws
| do not, however, remelnEer tue "details q
that es1'cclni meeting, because during a.!
tt,i,se cvcntfltl months Judge Black. Mr..
Stanton, md myself were IN consultation by
tiny md 'by night upon tile mp6rtant events
tl,an traiisprins. Judge lllack's Intimacy
with tl!e President made liii tho best mt
.tlnnl through which VIC could speak 70 tho
President with NIL ttln warmth Wo felt ilp0n
"Do yo,l ruil to mimi tho tlay- when YOU
first expressed your upttlion to Ir. l}uclins-
n'',,,;, m II Gaslpot n meeting upon tho Southern
vi do l1ot distinctly, although / do remet.a-
bar tlut l1e called upon !lie utln tlny Tor II;
and gave 1t to hin with NIL the forcp l
e"' es d5s 5Sf |aS whsi ny %"'y WIS n II The see fee
"Du you remember the following lnen,-
orantlnm giya, by J!tlEe Black to Mr. Bit
cI,alla,! III tile fall Of lsD:
Gun lawfully withdraw or bs expelled from II:
The Federal Constitution is us much z rart OF
tsstia!iy lex us s"rtc II @ thers,n i Tho Fcdcra dov:
crnmcnt Is sovereign within IT. nwn sphere, ami
;a wts III c!s ys ts IT, eosreise
sowcr Is s.lllp!s 10 tcicn itseif lis iuws. md ts
prorerty. i eau supprcss ins'rrteti9n, tlEht
1nations, alsl punish my or MI Of Its cslosncs
eat, nees repe mud sbue ~ th9;S wao ae rse
sa,onweaith ca'1 NC fron tno n.ap Of tho lin!on Or
declare tnd!scrl1nInate war HgAinst alt the In In
habitanta Of Il SECTION. contounu!ns tito limo
cont With tho guilty.
II do not call It to mind especially, except
that know that those were Judge Black's 8
Views, NJ they were Mr.. Stunion's AID my
own. aid [ sGg 10 rensDn HOW to change my
opinion Ms 10 theaI., riley 1ru rs sound tg,
tlat ITO s,cctrdtng action Of tllo Government
l!as III. any wise changed them or destroyed
thelr f!rce.
JupuE BLACKS 1tECuHn FOR LOYALTY
to tho union md his utility to prove II be-.
you'd question. hu llus fpt twenty years rested
anlsr ti!o % %inp9,,atlo ~, Of not hassng becn true
VT Is very strange indeed: | know Of
nothing TINT 80 tl'ncll surpris!M and latinet
,ur us to find tint after t!le War bcgnn. hs
WIS chilled toward /, cnuso wl,e! certatnl,
lIalt III, stronger friend t!!nt i'e When It la4
BY some act If tho 1snp1hlicnn pnrty t1war'
l.1M,. IL Il w,sstbla that Tho alvcrse action o
tho llHpsbitcAn 5.:iintu upon Ills hunli,lati8l
TT Sx ane q s1S 10 W IT, INV Wtayycr y nts L ws I L 5! y
cu.!.try."
"WHrp you plrscnt when Judge Biaek
dent, WHICH was Tie eon.ll!ton upon whlrs
to remain III. Ito Cnl,inet?"
mo, slr; WAs not, although Mr. Stant01
mly tnive rc1d II 70 INC, o. rather tho eopy il,
Judge Dack modified Afr. ijuclIa,,ail'
answer u tho Soutil Carollnn Con,
iniso!,ers., l. remember 1t nov only II
| of that crisis which nrt,1n nycr flIn t,,1r3