Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-01

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~ by yet by some 81 cesd Al, ~,
k. 1. act which more than nnaas ~
ms hasty words. He con- irnned th;as ~
preston rIllen about to take final Lao s .
q the 4 War Department by SAVING g. Is
!h ne th g. sne only regret he felt III savar.
lhg so1hclat relations with the ofFicara
Wtio under his administration IF tho
war iJepnrtment, had 90 faithfully and
1n ils served the counts 5. was
tnas sometimes when raeked IN bndv
ana mlndhe had not been able i, cnntrei
himself, and had addressed lana,aaa
% them which he afterwards repretted
Indeed, he had often reminded ma f,s
the man who had had q hard time n his
domestic circle, where he was forced to
restrain himself, but, finding some one
tying hls sho e-string on the door.step. he
vented EN- his nentsup passion by Knocking
n1m over, saying, you are always tyiI,n
your shoe. This thought often enabied
noe to refrain from sharp anawar.
when it would have done moru harm
lnan good Yet. I did not always
saAe an unmerIted rebuke
quietly. He sent down for
me one day to go to his room in the de-
partment. I found him alone. pacing
me Hoor; He asked me rather sternly
why mad done certain thing that had
just come to his knowledge. I gave him
my reasons. Said he: you we're
wrong, you. ought not to have done eny
such thing AS I differed from him I
mate no sort OF reply. Then he asked
me why had not done something else
instead. I told him why, briefly ex-
pianing the circumstances. He said in
niider tone, that he did not agree
VIII n To this ~
ne asked, Don't you think you were
positively: No, Mr.. Secretary, / DO not
think l was wrong, and moreover. I
may as we'll add, once for all, that nv
best Judgment aud ability were uni
formly exerted to foresee what may re-
qulre to be done, and to do it as
we'll as possible. If / fail, it is
not from want of endeavor;
and when you find fault. as you some
times 10, it cannot quicken me to great
er care and exertion, but only makes
me Indifferent whether please you or
not He said quietly, L rebuke whom
1 please Yes sir said I. Having wait
ed some time, and finding he said moth
ing more, but continued walking up and
down ia deep thought: l asked him if
he wished anything further. He said:
No., and I withdrew. Half an hour at:
ter the messenger summoned me to his
room again. thought it quite probable
he would do as he did with a former
chief Of bureau who got angry at the
way Mr.. Stanton spoke to him. aud re-
sentad it by saying he would not allow
any man to address to him such Ian
guage. It was at the beginning Of his adj
ministration, and the Secretary asserted
his authority by ordering the refractory
chief to, remote city and never
a!terward allowing him
to return to duty. But I had taken my
stand deliberately and meaot to main
tam it. The secretary was still alone
and standing by his high table. Beck.
onlng to me with his finger in a pleasant
der and drew my head close to his, when
he whispered to me very important
secret, which it was not at all necessary
[ sh 'uld know. He had weighed all I
had said, found | was right and took
this method Of showing me extraordi-
| nary confidence by way of acknowledge
ment. This course which the secretary
pursued more than once, fully accom-
pilshed MS generous purpose without
subjecting him to O. direct confession
of wrong, which he thought
might weaken his influence. He knew
that | we'll understood so. In moments
of leisure he would often send for me,
and in tho most pleasant manner inquire
about my business, to inform himself Of
what was going ON, and then converse
generally OH topics requiring considera-
ton. In this way be maintained a sufi~
cient knowledge of things he might have
to act upon, and broke ia Upon the
headlong current of events which
seemed to cause everything to be done
III hurry.
THE absurd aud malicious tale that
Stanton took his own life was forever
refuted by the letter Of Surgeon Gen,
Barnes and affdavits of VIVA S. Dupee
| was and David Jones. 1fanything more
wanting to confirm me in the persuasion
of the falsity of such story, my own
knowledge would suffice. I watched by
the body of Edward NJ. Stanton the en-.
tire night after his death, and could not
| thing wrong about it. Moreover could
never be brought to believe that a man
who so often gave utterances to relig-
ious convictions as he did in friendly
conversations with me could have posi-
bly, perverted his mind so as to commit
such q deed. Only some three or four
years preceding his decease, he invited
General Barnes ana Meigs and myself
to be present at his baptism. The GER
emony was performed in his chamber
by the Rev. Or. Sparrow, his old time
professor at Kenyon College, none 9th"
ers, except his family, being present.