Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-12-29
THE QUARREL in THE SENATE.

II y VI W ANNNElJ l-N 4 II "a n
Mr.. Sumner is not the only Senator who
deserves censure for bad taste and temper
In speech on Wednesday, Mr.. Sumner quo
ted largely from scrap-book Of letters and
newspaper statements concerning outrages
upon freedmen in the South, whereupon Mr..
Cowan characterized them :" as the production
of anonymous scribblers aud cotton thieves"
"a phrase that elected applause from the
galleries. Bo.a Senators are 10 a useless and
discreditable quarrel. We have looked sharp
ly at both the message Of the President and
the report Of Gen. Grant, and we fiud nothing
to Justify Summers attack on the President,
or Cowans attack on Summers witnesses.
Both the President and Gen. Grant declare
that the freed men "are justly entitled to pro-
tection." and "tou receive e."
Said the President:
Perpexing questions we're naturally to
be expected from the great AID sudden change
in the relations between two races but sys-
TENS are gradually developing themselves un-
der which the freedman will receive the pro-
lection to which ne is Justly entitled, and by
means Uf his labor make himself useful and
independent member of the community in
which he has his home.'
General Grant said /" The White and black
naturally require the protection Of The General
Government" And again: " In some form
the Freedmens Bureau is an abs lutte neees-
sily until the civil law is established and en-
forced, securing to freedmen their rights. and
full protection" And still again:
1t cannot be expected that the opinions
held by men at the South for years can be
changed in day, and therefore the freedmen
require for few years not only laws to pro-
tect them, but the fostering care Of those
who will give them good council and on
whom they can rely"
Now il seems very clear to us that, instead
OF abusing the President, Mr.. Sumner should
have claimed both the President and General
Grant on the humanitarian side OF the freed.
men question; and equally clear that Mr..
Cowsu should have found, in these emphatic
declarations of the necessity Of protecting the
freedmen by the Government, sufficient proof
that the freedmen have been, still are, and for
some time to come will be abused by the
whites at the South. Ban. .s..,...I
1t is the policy Of the Democracy to make
break between the Republicans and Presi-
dent Johnson, and we take this occasion to
say that we think Il unwise for Republicans
to play into their hands. Congress has grave
duties to perform; we think IL should per-
form them Independently, firmly, wisely. II
then there shall be any disagreement between
Congress and the President, an issue will be
made up for the people to try. We would
not anticipate serious disagreement, much
less provoke one unnecessarily.
DEotDEpIY CooL.-Pat Daley was al
ways bound 10 have HE joke. One day
when we were down in the boats after
whales We were capsized by squall. II was
near the Equator, and though the water was
comfortably warm, the sharks were unoom.
fortably thick We came up putting and blow
ing like porpoises, and had been all picked
up save Pat and Bill Green. when shark
snapped Bills head off. Coolly picking up
Bills hat, which was floating by, Pat held
II out in the direction whence the shark dis
appeared, excIaming. " Here, ye divi ye, lot
the gintl.man have his hAt"1i 1ut ro fsI
4. Do otnetisn on fe j. T. DREW, aa
Successor 10 j. v. BABoooK N Co.,
.ae rna Reeds Block,
Where you can End the largest and best
assortment Of Furniture, Carpets, Paper
Hangings, go, to be found in the State. o.
% Mr.. Giles Merrill has been prevailed upon
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