The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-25
CLUE GOSSIP IN THE HUB.
Bsston Correspondence of the Springfield Republican


At the Union.and- Water Club, in
Park street, on the night of the election,
slight disagreement occurred between
these gentlemen on the reconstruction
question. Beecher, you know, having
got Young Hopeful promoted by the
President, has been showing up Gov.
Parsons to the Bostonians, and trying to
get them to take the million dollars
worth of Alabama bonds. So they went
10 the club-roOm with the Governor,
and Mr.. Sumner was also there. Gov.
Parsons Il see he has been turned out
neck -and-heels by one Potter, who was
a more intense rebel than HIMSELF
Governor Parsons made speech. And
then Beecher took up the wOndrous tale,
and talked, nonsense of course, for he
talks nothing else nowadays. He closed
by asking whether it would not be q
good Investment and a clever thing to
take some of Brother Alabama's bonds
Whereupon Mr.. Sumner rose and said
he thought not, giving his reasons
therefor, which were, i have no doubt
though his speech has not been reported
that Alabama was a very bogus state, not
more than halt converted from disloyalty
and though perhaps not intending to
take up arms again, yet fully intending
to re-establish institutions as nearly as
possible on the old basis of injustice and
slavery to the black race. Beecher had
not sense enough to hold his tongue,
after this, but tried to reply, and in the
course of his remarks, repeated the
idiotic argument that the North had no
right to insist upon negro suffrage
because certain northern states were not
yet ready to grant it. Having thus lin
the language of the p. r. got Beecher's
mob into chancery, Mr.. Sumner pro-
ceeded to punish him to his hearts COM
tent, exposing briefly his absurdities,
and disposing of him finally, for that
occasion at least. But now came Govey-
nor Andrew to the rescue. After re-
buking Mr.. Sumner for introducing the
forbidden topic of politics to the Union
and Waterites (Which he didn't do, flor
Beecher introduced it, and no blame if
| he did, for Parsons errand was neces-
sarily POLITICAL he proceeded in avery
personal and offensive strain 10 reply
| to Mr.. Sumner, One who did not take
part in the debate reports him
| to me as saying, "Until this moment,
| he had hoped Governor Parsons would
be treated by gentlemen asagenteman."
This was bad enough, but l believe the
Union-andW aterites applauded it. The
Governor proceeded to elncidate his
views further, probably following the
| text of the circular of his American land
company, which declares that "the day
of necessary antagonsm is past. That
of cooperation has Gomez Which
means, boiled down, ''Let us forget poll.
tics and proceed to make money!
Well, the day of necessary antagon.
ism" never came. The cOpperheads
Were right--if we had let slavery alone
there would have been no war and nc
antagonism to bring on a war. But we
couldn't let slavery alone. Neither can
serfdom and injustice be let alone, nc
matter who wants to make money. The
work of the politician isn't half done
yet, and Congress and cabinet and
people will have considerable to dc
before it will be safe to turn all the public
attention into the channels of business
To return: Mr.. Summer replied, in gen
tlemanly terms, and was congratulated
afterwards upon speaking aloud what {
considerable number of the audience
had been only whispering.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Judg,
Trigg, of the United States Distric
Court of Tennessee, in dismissing al