You say that a performance of the promises alleged to have been made by you to the President 'would have involved a resistance to law and an inconsistency with the whole history of my connection with the suspension of Mr. Stanton.'
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I transmit herewith a report* and accompanying documents, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ultimo.
The orders issued by me upon this subject are in accordance with long-established usage and hitherto unquestioned authority.
I transmit herewith a communication from the Chief of the Engineer Corps of the Army, accompanied by a report, in reference to ship canals around the Falls of the Ohio River, called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives of…
I have this day removed Mr. Stanton from office and designated the Adjutant-General of the Army to act as Secretary of War ad interim.
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