Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-10
Summer Gets the Worst of 1t.

Amonth ago, rs our readers will remember,
Gcnl. GRANT made a tour through o part Of the
South. On his roturn 10 Washington, and at the
command Of the President, he made report on
tho condition of affairs at the South. This report,
as our readers will again remember, was short,
plain, honest. and in the main, favorable to tho
South. Genl. GRANTS report was sont into Con-
gress along with brief message from President
JOHNSON, in which message the President gave
his own opinion on the condition and disposition
of tho South. This opinion was also, in the main,
favorable to us. And along with these two doc
umcnts wont likewise tho report Of Geni. CARL
SEIZURE, politician Of tho North West, German
who two or three months since, made very OK
tousivc tour through the Sorth, and talked and
associated largely with wretchod free negroes, and
still moro wrotchcd whito men-enemics of their
country. President JoHysoS's message and Genl.
GRANTS report commanded tho attention and
consideration oven Of tho radical majority, and
were telcgraphed to every public journal in the
country, making a marked impression ON the
public mind everywhere. While tho tedious, long.
windod vonomous, one-sidcd report Of the Ger
man abolitionist, was voted bore, and although
printed, has never been read. This did not
please that pleasant and estimable gentleman,
Mr. CHARLES suNxHR; and consequently, ON tho
goth Of December, he made grand attempt in
tho Senate to dnmage Genl. GRAsr's report He
produced scrap-boOk full of newspaper extract,
and private letters tending to prove that the peo-
plo of the South woro disregurding the rights of
the freedmen, and wero still full of the spirit Of
rebellion. It took him nenrly two hours to read
it, and, after all, it fell with dead weight on the
Senate and Its crowded galleries. Senator CowAS
replied, in half hours speech, with brilliant Of
feet, completely enlisting tho sympathy of the
audience, as was attested by their frequent ap.
plause. Never was Senator more completely van
qui,hcd than SUMNER; for when Senator CowAn
pronounced tho collected batch of extracts, whieh
were read, as tho production Of anonymous scrib.
blers and disappointed cotton thieves, SUHSkR
folded up his scrap.book nnd stole silently away.
The New York World, commenting upon this
discontinue, Of Mr.. SUMNER, hit, tic doughty
Senator thus: -.
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suusEns ATTACK UpoS GRAxr-What General
Loo failed to do, Mr.. Charles Sumner, of; ;Massa-
chusstts, has. undertaken to accomplish Tho
American people, who believe that the Republic
owes som ething to the soldier who led our armies
to final victory over the rebellion, will be edited
by the inodesty Of tho Ma ssachusetts Senator Who
Yesterday nssaied, scrspsbnok in hand, The honor
and tho verscity Of Ulysses s. Grant! y. -.
General Gra1t hns scon the South. Mr. Charles
Sumner never has yentured beyond the limo of our
national blyonets arrayea for war. General
GRAFT defeated tho gallant armies which, for four
long yearj, hold at bay the whole power Of fthe
Union. Mi. Charles Sumner was ignominiously
thrashed with o cane by South Carolina repre--
sentative, long since dead and turned to dust,
The hero Of q hundred fights rccommon ds that
the Southern people be entrusted with the control
of thoir own affairs. The victim of Mr. Preston
Brooks, wrifhing still with On ihpotent lust Of
personal vcngeanctupo h'thefinnocent feilow,cit.
iaenp of n rrsh md :hnsty man whom God haa,In-
msYed: from all. human. :retfibstion,, sbreks out
fonl mouhed abuse Of the Presidant, ,. and clamors
for the practical abolition of tho Constitution and
the Union. ~ -
. -Heaver, forbid that we should insult The com
mon seIso and .thu pGirfotsni Of the smerican'
Deople with -argainent. in.sueh:a caser Isl.
Never veto The Mon dnd tho, Fanatie moro sharp
". brought face to facplhan. hcre General Grant
fought to sneo the Union and the Cepst,tutlop,
Did tho heroic Americsns who foughrnnder Gen
oral Grant, and With him, fight to- salee the
wcIts aud 'scSfs acored upon the broadeback Of
Mr., Charles summer. by q dead congfcssman!
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