THE McCARDLE CASE--GRANT'S CABINET--THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
W. H. McCardle, of Mississippi, arrested by General Ord for
seditious publications--Takes an appeal to the Supreme
Court--General Grant, as Secretary of War _ad interim_, retains
Trumbull to defend the military authorities--Congress passes a
law to deprive the Supreme Court of jurisdiction--Trumbull votes
for it--The Court rules that its jurisdiction has been withdrawn
by Congress--Secretary Stanton fixes Trumbull's compensation for
professional services at $10,000--Senator Chandler contends that
the payment is contrary to law--Trumbull shows that both law and
precedent are on his side--The facts in the case--President
Grant's mishaps in choosing his Cabinet--Washburne for the State
Department, Stewart for the Treasury, and Borie for the
Navy--They are succeeded by Fish, Boutwell, and Robeson--General
John A. Rawlins selected by himself for Secretary of War with
Grant's approval--General Jacob Cox and Rockwood Hoar, two men
of the highest type, appointed but soon resign--Adoption of the
Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution 327