e bar. Next, Judge Hilton, then Mr. Stewart's attorney,
submitted a deed of trust by which Mr. Stewart relinquished his
interest in the business during his term of office. The President
submitted that paper to Chief Justice Cartter of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia. The Chief Justice gave a brief, adverse,
oral opinion, and in language not quotable upon a printed page.

We have no means of forming an opinion of Mr. Stewart's capacity for
administrative work, and I do not indulge in any conjectures. His
nomination was acceptable to the leading business interests of the
country, and in the city of New York it was supported generally. He
was a successful man of business and an accumulator of wealth, and at
that time General Grant placed a high estimate upon the presence of
talents by which men acquire wealth.

Following these events, there were early indications that Mr. Stewart's
interest in the President had been diminished, and gradually he took
on a dislike to me. When I knew of his nomination, or when I knew it
was to be made, I met him in Washington and assured him of my
disposition to give my support to his administration. On two occasions
when I was in New York I made calls of civility upon him, but, as he
made no recognition in return, my efforts in that direction came to an
end.

At a dinner given by merchants and bankers in the early part of
September, 1869, at which I was a guest, Mr. Stewart made a speech in
which he criticized my administration of the Treasury. In the canvass
of 1872 the rumor went abroad that Mr. Stewart had given $25,000 to
the Greeley campaign fund. In the month of October of that year, the
twenty-eighth day, perhaps, I spoke at the Cooper Union. Upon my
arrival in New York, I received a call from a friend who came with a
message from Mr. Stewart. Mr. Stewart would not be at the meeting,
although except for the false rumor in regard to his subscription to
the Greeley fund, he should have taken pleasure in being present. As
General Grant was to be elected, his attendance at the meeting might
be treated by the public as an attempt to curry favor with General
Grant and the incoming Administration.

As I was passing to the hall, a paper was placed into my hands by a
person who gave no other means of recognizing his presence. When I
reached the hall and opened the paper, I found that it was a summons
to appear as a defendant in an action brought by a man named Ga