Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-19

ayes. but very unjustly," replied the General
"His heart never beat except with loyalty to the
Union knew him WELL and knew that he was
thoroughly loyal In my Intercourse with the
ton, always spoke freely and positively upon
the one great subject then engrosslng all
attention; I put the subjects relating 70 the
Union ana its preservation In the strongest possi-
Ole manner, and I never received q rebuIe or
criticism from him for my warmth and earnest
Of loyalty existing. his devotion to the
Union should be permitted to 90 questioned for
so many years It was not until the recent pub
that these evidences were made public and his
loyalty placed beyond doubt cannot
cSy was permitted to remain
JUDGE BLACK, TOO
"And Judge Black suffered under the same Inn
putation," put In the reporter.
eyes" said the General, land he remained silent
for many years Judge Black was loyal to his
country, and he rendered 1t great service. He was
the trusted friend of the President and he exerted
Judge Black had an abstract idea about states
rights which. however, did not lessen the earnest
ness OF his loyalty: He held that state could not
eompsnsd 70 respec. and OBEY the Sasicns I laws 1
"ss ,ss
o2:sss :9s ssns used tn.
he was nominated for the supreme bench, but the
republicans being in tho majority In the Senate
they would not take up the domination. Judge
Black spoke In severe terms about men and meas
ures, and that, It was thought, caused the nomi-
nation to fail. Whether he was soured or 1ust re-
solutely bent upon letting time DO him justice
don't know. But his loyalty could not be justly
questioned"
GIN. cAss' RESIGNATION.
Thompson Is probably correct in saying that
Gen. Cass persuaded him to ask the Presidents
permission to recall his (Cass0 resignation,
although was not aware OF that at the time I
called upon Gen. Cass on the evening Of the day
he resigned and very soon after his resignation
was known. He placed his retirement upon the
ground OF the administrations REFUSAL as he
termsd it. to reinforce Sumter. expressed nv
regret at his witndrawa! because it Implied re-
his people, the people Of Michigan, would not per-
nit him to remain In the Cabinet They had de-
that demand not being compiled with lat that
He said to me, you can remain, Holt.
different view Of this question from mine. he
was simply consulting tue sentiment OF Michigan,
and seemed to have no thought for the national
sentiment He took such narrow views OF public
questions. told him that it was not the wishes OF
Kentucky that Influenced me, but my sense of
derstsnd President Bucnanan's unWiliinSnsss u to
entertain the request for reconsideration OF
Cass' resignation. too. That is explained in Gus
was vascillating man, timid about encountering
opposition, and always afraid OF public opinion
Gen. Jackson had told Buchanan that he sent
Cass to France to get rid OF him. His indecisIon
and fear Of public disapproval proved burden to
jackson Instead OF deciding questions be-
longing to his department and writ
Ing his dispatches, he would carry all
those matters to the President He would submit
mass OF papers and go over all the details Of
questions with which the President ought not TO
have been troubled Gen. Jackson told Buchanan
that he got tired OF writing Cass' dispatches and
sent him to France as q relief to himself Not
withstanding this Information Buchanan made
him Secretary OF State, and he had repetition of
Jackson'S experience. He was, no doubt, too glad
to have Cass out, to entertain the proposition to
have him returned"
Gen. Holt remarked that he had been glibly
Chatting away for some time upon matters fami-
lar to him. and added that he could see no good OF
publishing anything from him. as the matters
treated OF were all historical facts well known
the country. He did not even deem the Thomp-
son attack upon himself as worthy reply, but
Notwithstanding the Generals aversion to publ
city The STAR takes the liberty Of presenting his
side of the case.