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I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the opinion of my predecessor, Mr.
In reply I have the honor to refer to an opinion given to the President by my predecessor in office,
In reply, I have to say that no official intelligence is in my possession, upon the subject,—and the
I have not before me a copy of the concurrent resolution—but, if I had, it would not be my official duty
I have given no official opinion in writing relating to the affairs of Georgia, and have not in my possession
Tenn. dated the 8th inst. in relation to his claim for bounty, with your endorsement thereon, asking my
I hope, therefore, that you will excuse me from undertaking a service beyond my official duty.
If Captain Cullen is a man of such worth and general good repute as seems probable from the telegram.
and from the facts which I have ascertained, I do not consider that it requires any further action on my
believe that this is a sufficient answer to what you ask in your letter, and with the assurance of my
He does not answer my letter directed to him at Salem, and I do not know where he is to be found.
I shall send all the evidence in my power, if any more is found.
result, in a great degree, of inquiries orally made by me of persons from the Territory who came to my
The questions you ask are not such as, in my opinion, it is his duty to answer.
I should be glad to give the Committee any aid in my power, if I had any knowledge or opinion upon the
It would give me great pleasure to render you any assistance in my power in regard to your discharge
of your judicial duties, but as it is not my official duty to do so, and as I am doubtful of its propriety
You will please accept my thanks for the manner in which those services were rendered.
Attorney for the District of Georgia, by my predecessor, directing him to dismiss all suits and proceedings
undetermined, under the Acts mentioned, I see no reason to doubt that they are embraced by the instructions of my
Justice of a Territory to leave his official post of duty to attend to them at Washington, I shall give my
Your return to Illinois for the purpose of settling your private business would meet my entire approval
continuously in them, ready to attend to whatever official duties may present themselves, and that in my
awaiting the action of the Executive upon his sentence,"— and your letter of May 4, 1869, again calling my
the important and difficult questions which may arise upon the case, I think it sufficient to express my
You will find that my predecessor, Mr.
In accordance with what was orally said by you to my Assistant, Mr.
If he will show you my letter, which it will be entirely agreeable to me to permit, you will probably
to make any new case for the consideration of the Court, I do not see, as at present advised, that my
Wilkins requests me to send you the enclosed papers from the files of my office—informing me that you
While this force may be sufficient for the purely clerical needs of the office it is not, in my opinion
Tracy, which you refer to me, relates to a matter over which my Department has no control.
You will please communicate, as you may have occasion in the future, with the War Department—as my only
that the joint resolution passed by Congress is not the resolution of which a copy was enclosed in my
If this cannot be done, I do not feel at liberty to make any other proposal than that contained in my
I deem it my duty to report that it is currently rumored that the U. S.
I must beg to observe upon this,— supposing of course, it is my Department to which you refer—nothing
It is my rule to give notice to the officer concerned of any charges affecting his reputation as a man
more safely drawn the conclusion, when you learn that charges have been filed, that they did not, in my
Sir: Since my letter of the 18th inst. yours of the 17th inst. has been received.
My dear Sir: The case involving the naturalization question was reached to-day in the Supreme Court,
Sir: Your reply of the 6th to my letter of the 4th inst. in regard to the employment of counsel for the
As I have already stated, my inquiries addressed to you were made at the request of the Secretary of
Esq.,—undertake the management of this defence, a reasonable compensation, founded on the basis of my
The only object which my predecessor could have had in referring the subject to the U. S.
Attorney, and to give that officer the instructions contained in my letter to him.
Seward, Secretary of State, of August 14, 1868, to my predecessor, Mr.
received, is one clearly within the range of the instructions given to him, and the District Attorney; and my
You ask my opinion upon the correctness of these charges. I referred the bill to Benj.
The question you ask me whether further detention of the witnesses is, in my judgment, necessary, I will
Sir: I have received your letter of the 31st ult., calling my attention to your claim as informer in
My only wish is, that your rights to be adjudged informer shall be fully and fairly investigated and
No other course will, in my opinion, be satisfactory to the Department of War, and I do not think it
It has been my intention, as you are aware, that no inconvenience or expense should be imposed upon you
decided to accept in discharge of their liability in a suit pending in court, with your approval, and my
Sir: Your letter of the 6th inst. submits for my consideration the Internal Revenue case of A. W.
Perry, & Co., against the United States—in which you request my opinion upon the legal questions involved
among the papers—nor, indeed, any statement from an official source of the precise questions on which my
Comptroller, or may be agreed upon, together with the questions of law arising thereon, touching which my
opinion is desired, I shall be happy to consider the questions, and give my opinion.
entitled to a cancellation of the bond, nor to a discharge from the payment of the tax; and you ask my
—If, on a reëxamination of the case, you still desire my opinion, I shall be happy to give it; but as
it can easily be submitted to a court for its decision, if my opinion of it is not necessary for purposes
Sir: I respectfully call your attention to my letter to you of the 6th inst. relating to the suit of
This subject was referred to my Department by the President, was duly considered, and a Report thereon
It appears from a letter of my predecessor to the Dist.
Sir: I have received your letter of the 24th ult. and the accompanying papers, submitting for my consideration
By this grant, the United States have, in my opinion, acquired a valid title to the land described.
I do not wish to preclude myself by my action in these cases from reconsidering the question whether
The questions of law upon which my opinion is requested are not stated, and there is among the papers
I, therefore, feel under the necessity of returning the papers to you, and of asking that, if my opinion
of the claim, a statement of the facts of the case, and of the questions of law upon which you wish my