Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-17
PHILADELPHIA Press J..


Dougherty favorites OF secretary
stanton
Philadelphia Press.
The cabinet in which Mr.. Stanton
found himself after Senator Cameron's
voluntary retirement land Secretary
Cameron fully possessed and always re-
tanned the confidence of Mr.. Lncoln)
was conglomeration of able men,
stAeral of whom had been themselves
candidates for the presidency, notably
Chase. Seward and Bates. And when
Mr.. Lincoln was indulging what he
called the drifting policy" he would
not, for months at a time. call any
meeting of his cabiret. And yet LIN
eoln is the man OF whom Charies
Francis Adams wrote that Mr.. LIN
coin got the credit for all the states
manshjp furnished by William H..
Seward Mr.. Seward in one OF his
pilgrimages to Auburn, where he was
wont to retire semi-occaslonaly, as
GonRling goes to Utica when he has ahy
snecial -utterances, intended Tor me
n,iblic ear on one of these historical
occasions, after speaking IN ms me-
dieval way" OF what a "singuiariV
pure Young man" Gideon Welles must
be. the optimistic Secretary OF STATE
delivered himself of brilliant eulogy
on Edwin M. Stanton, III which hespoke
of him as the "Divine Stanton" Inc
orea, war minister deserved all the
encomiums lavished on him then ana
at a later period during the war by the
gifted son of New York. To my MIND
the pre- eminently strong men OF that
period where Lincoln, Stanton ana
Thad Stevens. Stanton came INTO
office under an extraordinary condition
of National politics. The old public
functionary, j. Buchanan, who sat at
Washington, "like an old bread.and-
milk poultice, and drew the rebellion
TO d head" had reluctantly consented
to redeem the latest hours Of his Adj
ministration by taking into his counsels
Dix and Stanton. At this the Norm
breathed more freely, for it was guar
antee that there would be no open or
actual surrender of tie Government
itself to the Dayises, the Toombes, the
Jake Thompsons, and the iire-eatlng
crew generally and particularly.
Mr.. Stanton had resumed the prac'
tice of the law after Lincoln's
inauguration, in the City of Washing
ton, and had little expectation OF beng
called into q Republican Cabinet. lie
felt stung at the audacity and the ce,
lerity with which the Democracy had
turned the sharp corner, and at once
became the apologists, advocates and
servants Of an aristocracy built upon
the back of the African slave.
CALLED TO THE CABINET.
His words were few in accepting tho
trust offered him by Mr.. Lincoln, but
they were to the purpose, and from
that hour these two wonderful men,
Lincoln ard Stanton, were rs close to-
gether as if they had been born Sla-
mese twins" Lincoln's greatness very
readily detected the virtues-the solid
gold-in what he called affirmative
men"
Secretary Stanton was the earliest at
his desk in the morning and the latest
to leave it. Many a night Mr.. Lincoln
would out of the front door of the
white house and 90 alone over TO the
war Office, and these two, absorbed IN
the conduct of the war, would listen to
the click of the Telegraph ana read dis
patches till daybreak, They were
completely en- rapport, as the following
incident will clearly demonstrate: Rev.
Mr.. X. had a soft billet IS chaplain in
one of the Philadelphia hospitals. He
had sick wife. Stanton had ordered
the Rev. MIR. Y. to be sent to the Dry
Tortugas, or some equally disagreeble
place in FLORIDA, in the month OF June.
He came to me in great distress-the
preacher He said: "You must go
with me to Mr.. Lincoln. He Is n kind
hearted man. He surely viii not send
me away under the circumstances,
with my wife unable to make "A south
ern journey in summer" | went.
The Rev. Mr.. Y, went too. The white
house was not difficult of access, and
] laid the matter before the good old
man with as much GpioHb ms possible.
Mr.. Lincoln paused moment, and
said: "Rev. Mr.. x, this seems like a
hard case. will see what can do"
He then wrote in his plain, homely
way on q blank card:
SECRETARY STANTON: See and hear
Mr.. l.. in the matter of Rev. Mr.. X.
If the exigencies OF the service permit
keep Rev. Mr.. Y. where he is now.
A. LINCOLN"
The great war minister had just en-
tered his office as we ascended the
steps of the old office in the war de
psrtment-gone now, covered over
with the wing of modern Improvement
armed with the presidents note,
which we regarded as Il complete ex-
tinguisher or "Squelcher' on the iras-
chile Stanton.
Rev X. expected storrn, nor was he
mistaken. Stanton stood straight rs an
arrow, cross, apparently, between
John Knox, Carlyle and Martin Lu-
Their He gIared at Rev. X. who had
the reputation of always wanting "sott
snaps" He only mollified his manner
slightly toward us; extending his hand,
he CURLY said ''Well, what now?'
| handed HIM the card, with Mr..
Lincoln's request in writing, His eyes
flashed fine, and he dashed out in his