The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-07


sent guns and munitions to the seccs-
sionists. Whatever Mr. Floyd may
NAY nave s,t done in his lifetime 4 Is we'll
On the charge Of removing the arms.
Htatorney-General Black is more spe-
cine In another letter to Henry Will
says:
1T was not TO be expected that Gov
ddEn9r Floyd would escape Your male
voked such a storm of popular wrath
as he did. The President, who had
d drnsted |, him; withdrew his confidence.
dered him to be indicted for malver-
ssation in office His colleagues left
nm II. TO MS fate and there was nobody
had as soma rnas n ,ann TO take his part He
respect OF folks like you as long as he
iived ana moved among you. But alb
S sem; untrie1ded, defenseless. dead
fallen in lost cause and buried in
an obscure grave-he was the very
man OF all others, in or out OF the
n monlu whom i!n your masnaanimlty would
take up the exploded charge OF send
ing guns and munitions to the south
Tor the use OF the secessionists in tho
| "ar. Let us look at 1T y
"A committee was appointed by the
House of Representatives in Januafy.
i lsel, to ascertain how the public arms
i been disposed of. MIR Floyd was moi
present at the Investigation. he had
nor friend on the committee: it was.
organized TO convict him II ii could
II reported the evidence but gave no
Judgment eliminating him with the
onense you accuse him of. on the
f ~ the chairman that the chaEges we're
ro o'l In 'rumor, speculation and
,mhisapprehension Bnt you take up
ont reported Evidence and try to mako
make out by carefully supnressing ali
the principal facts and missta tins the
Your charge OF fraudulently send
ing arms to the South cannot be trne
| OF the heavy arms made at Pittsburg
nor the fort. In Louisiana and Texas.
Floyd save an order to ship them on
the goth of December. 1860. but IT was
revoked by the President before gun
t Mas TEtari s 1t IS Of course; possible
~ PAD taith; but there Is no proof of
.nat. On the contrary. Colonel May
nadier, an honest as we'll as a sharp
man, and most vigilant officer. who
knew all the facts of the case and un-
derstood Floyd's attitude with regard
10 secession and Union as we'll as any
set about the business OF CARRYING out
the order. though 1t was not in writ.
rhs, ana testified that he had no sus-
tive in 1t. In fact and In truth. FLOYD
was not, in sentiment or in action.
s sec until after he saw that
T Pra ereach between himself and the
matters. was irreparable Up 10 the
| lime when he got notice that he must
ssesisn, he was steadily opposed to the
| enemies he had were the leading mon
OF that section. Colonel Mavnadier
says says that he was reE'r throughout
the Union and or sccsesion,
! and he adds. as a an az ,Sis
that he had rece n.hed over
ms ms own signatu"r in 4 Richmond
sd!hsd MIN high credit in the North
| ior his boldness in rebuking the per-
sieio"s views Of many in his own
( ininistration against him. he was
driven by stress OF necessity into the
ranks OF the party which he hal pro.
Vionsiy opposed.
winch the resolution OF the House di,
| Iecteo and confined the attention OF
f me committee, and wh!ch.i made per-
not refer to at all, but keen II care.
luiiy out of sight from beginning to
v wa OF your statement; The question
Mas ana Is. Whether the SECRETARY OF
War under the Buchanan administers
ION aid at any time subsequent to the
| Isl OF January, 1860. treacherously dis
pose OF guns and munitions for the
! purpose of giving TO the south the adj
vantage in the war which the leaders
IN that SECTION intended to make
lie
was me rumor speculation and mis-
apprehension to which the chairman
y. me committee alluded: this Is sub
stantialy what the partisan news
ed and reasserted over and over again
until thousands OF persons in everv
b baTt OF the country have been made to
psHeVe II; this Is what you meant by
your first article and .vhn. vol, pers 81
in and reatiirm BY your last. Now. ex
anime the facts. There was a law al
me distribution Of arms among the
different States. according 10 their
! representation In Congress. for the use
o. tneir militia Under this law the
orIhance Bureau. without any spec:al
order from the head of the depart
ment, gave 10 each State that APPLIED
Tor ! ner proper quota OF muskets
provided for the regular army Dur
ing the year 1860 the number OF mus
ksls 80 distributed was exactly s.4o3.
OF oo whicn the southern States received
| z'osl. while the Northern states got
nearly three times that number, TO-
NY; o,5"2 some long range rifles OF
inc army calihre were distributed The
and they all went to Northern states
except ISS. about half enough for one
reg Tesiment' which was divided between
Carolina Mississippi and Louisiana.
me other States of the South receiv.
ing , none
u ne TACT tnat the Southern States
neglected to take their proper and
jus; quota. which they might have got
| Tor the, asking, satisfied the commit.
tee. and no doubt fully convinced Won.
! that there could have been no fraud
nlent combination in 1850 between
! them and the War Department, to rob
the governmest of Its arms for their
benefit That concluded the whole
case, since 1t was impossible for a
| sane man 10 believe that such plot
could have been formed and acted
upon at previous time and yet had
no existence in the year immediately
preceding the war Nevertheless. the
! committee went back. and 1t was
proved that In 1859. before any war
! was Observation-Disclosures the election
Of Lincoln was dreamed of-beforc tho
division of the Democracy. which made
his election possible with million
! majority against h'm-Floyd ordered
a transfer of $4,000 muskets from
Nnrthnrn a her