Mr. Stanton holds the position unwillingly.

Public considerations of a high character constrain me to say that your resignation as Secretary of War will be accepted.

This language is very significant.

Mr. Stanton does not content himself with assuming that public considerations bearing upon his continuance in office form as fully a rule of action for himself as for the President.

Under a sense of public duty I am compelled to deny your right under the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Thus far and upon this vital policy there was perfect accord between the Cabinet and myself.

But he goes further, and plainly intimates what he means by 'public considerations of a high character,' and this is nothing else than his loss of confidence in his superior.

The mutual confidence and general accord which should exist in such a relation had ceased.

You are hereby suspended from office as Secretary of War, and will cease to exercise any and all functions pertaining to the same.

The suspension has not been revoked, and the business of the War Department is conducted by the Secretary ad interim.

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 25th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.

It can not be legally accepted by the executive government without the advice and consent of the Senate.

I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers accompanying it.

I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 26th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.

The great difference between the two races in physical, mental, and moral characteristics will prevent an amalgamation or fusion of them together in one homogeneous mass.

How far the duty of the President 'to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution' requires him to go in opposing an unconstitutional act of Congress is a very serious and important question.

Business in the South is paralyzed by a sense of general insecurity, by the terror of confiscation, and the dread of Negro supremacy.

To me the process of restoration seems perfectly plain and simple.