...ed Stanton, laughing, are both lawyers, and it is of no use your filing a bill of discovery upon me, for I sha'n't tell you. I knew the cause perfectly well, all the same. I then went to see Mr. Seward . He received me politely,very, and invited me to dine with him that evening, which invitation I accepted. I then said: Mr. Secretary, when I left here last February, nothing of consequence was be...