Special Message
01/13/1868
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It was approved, and at the earliest moment practicable was applied in the form of a proclamation to the State of North Carolina.
You are hereby suspended from office as Secretary of War, and will cease to exercise any and all functions pertaining to the same.
There was an interval of a week between that date and the order of suspension, during which two Cabinet meetings were held.
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 ...