Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-09-06

me to him, and said:
"Young man you may have thought
me unreasonable in that preachers
case, but I always haye good reason
for my actions"
sTANToN's PERSONAL APPEARANCE
Stanton was in temperament what
the phrenologists call nervous san
guine, strongly lymphat;c. He was
short in st .ture, with the general evil
dence of the English bull dog in his
makeup" But he had heart 10 him
as big as an OK. He would travel a
thousand miles to undo an injury if he
felt sure he had acted unjustly toward
a human being. He knew what war
was. and he never used ottar Of roses.
He had no patience with that officer
who would sign voucher on honor
(as they do in the army, for a dollar
more than he bad honestly expended,
and he was like the wrath of God,
slow but sure, on the trail of that man
caught robbing his Government in the
hour of the country's direst need.
"How do you like Senator@," L
asked-naming a rich man with the
Senatorial purple around his neck,
albeit it had cost him pile of money
to ges the purple"
Like him. thundered the big watch
dog of the War Office, Like him |!
Why, had two of his pals in the Old
Capital Prison for selling the same
vessel load of oats three times to the
same quar,ermaster, and if Lincoln
had not been so kind hearted / would
have bad Senator - in the old Capt.
tai jail, too. But he could be just, even
In his wrath. John p Hale, the most
humorous and gifted story-teller | ever
knew, took $4,000 for getting rebel
out of the Old Capitol Prison. Some
interested parties, possibly hoping to
get the money back, began proceedings,
intending at least to disgrace Hale,
then Senator from New Hampshire.
The whole matter was left to Secretary
Stanton. He took whole day to hear
the evidence, and his decision was
prompt and in these words:
Senator Hale was offered So, 900 for
his legal services. He earned it as
lawyer. That is all there is in this
case"
The Secretary was very friendly
with John w. Forney, and held him in
high esteem, for Mr.. Forney's early
and constant fidelity to Lincoln's Ad-
ministration in his two papers-both
daily !" Dan Dougherty was also a
great favorite with the War Minister.
If Mr. Lincoln had lived John W.
Foruey would not have abandoned Re-
publicanism The love..o Stanton and
Lincoln for each other was steadfast
and unqucstioning. They were but
two minds with but a single thought
and that was to crush out rebellion.
With Stanton the lightning came first,
the thunder afterward. He did not
hesitate to put detectives in the White
House to watch Andy Johnson, at
which the tailor from Tennessee has
been known to "cuss" q blue streak.
1t was at the suggestion of Senator
Sumner aud other Senators, notably
Zach Chandler, that he barricaded the
War Office and refused entrance to
General Lorenzo Thomas, the ad an
terim appointment of johnson. Itwas
General Lorenzo Thomas who was
told by citizen of Delaware "that the
eyes of Delaware were on him." and
Lorenzo belittled the occasion, great
and historic as it was, by swearing
that he, General Thomas, and Secre-
tary Stanton had taken drink of
whisky together when Lorenzo the
Brave" demanded the Office This
''soft impeachment" was never denied
by the Secretary 1t was while "hold-
ing the fort" in the War Office that
Charles Sumper sent to Stanton the
we'll remembered telegram, viz:
SENAT. CHAMEER.
HoN. EDWIN NJ. STANTo-;, Secretary of War.
Stic.-
(Signed) CHARLES SUMNER.
And he stuck The pressure of
these terrible times told on Stanton's
iron constitution. 1t would necessarily
tell on anybody not made, in all bis
parts, of Bessemer steel. Stanton
thought Grant, at first, sided with
Andy Johnson, and a question of
veracity arose between them. 1t was
hard for Stanton to forgive and he
never forgave Grant unless it was
when Grant sent him the ermine of the
Supreme Court on his death led But
Grant was proud man-so was Stan
annl1 ha
been reconciled had either been inclined
to yield. While sitting in his sanctum
at the War Office, during the eventful
summer of the blockade of the War
Department, | suggested that Repub-
lies were ungrateful He replied, with
sadness, that he never expected to be
understood while he lived; that the
populace had not changed greatly in
the centuries since it cried "HosaDna"
one day and "crucify Him" the next.
lie seemed to feel sure of his place in
history, but ever spoke of the politicians
me the same man after the death of
Lincoln. An administration guided
by the haLd of great soldier rather
than great statesman had few charms
for trained intellect like Stanton's-
the soldier element pressed to the fore
and the civilians place seemed to be
in the rear. He never murmured, un-
less it was when he said "Great
deeds are not soon forgotten, but those
who do them may be forgotten any
hourD
HIS INTEGRITY.
Edwin NJ Stanton gloried in his
lack of riches. Millions had touched
his palms, and massive fortunes ad-
hefed to the hands of those who srr-
rounded him. He once quoted what
seemed to me sublime saving of
Aristotle, to the effect that only those
"who were rich because they could not
belp it need be ashamed Of it; but
those who Of their own choice had re-
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