The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-14
The President and Summer.

series Of lectures, called the Parker
series, which were intended, OF
course, to be on literary, scientific or
philosophical subjects. Unfortunate
ly, they got the pedantic negropho-
list, Charles Sumner, to open the
course, when he took occasion 20
discourse, not on any of the legiti-
mate subjects Of such addresses, but
on ''thc President and his policy"
1t is stated that he rambled over the
beaten track, but said nothing forci-
bic or original.
The only point OF interest was q
rehearsal Of his interviews with Pre-
sident johnson, and the following
paragraph from the recital is anus
ing, as it shows that the President
knows how to dispose OF such a flip
pant school-maH, who prcsumes to
teach sensible man and practical
statesman how TO deal with questions
of State. Sumner had written a
letter to the President, pdetailing the
Instances of lawlessness in the South
ern States that he had collected and
pasted away in his scrap-book, and
had called on him 10 urge military
governments in the South and the
general radical policy as then devc-
loped. He describes the interview as
follows:
"On reaching Washington, Satur-
day evening, Immediately before the
opening Of the last session of Con
gress, l lost no time in seeing the
President. [ was with him that even
ing three hours [ found him changed
IN temper and purpose. How unlike
the President who. only Il few days
after his arrival at power, had made
me feel SO happy III the assurances Of
agreement Oh the great question be-
fore the country. He was no longer
sympathetic or even kindly, but
harsh, petulant and unreasonable.
Plainly, his heart was with the ex-
rebels. For the Unionists, white or
black, who had borne the bnrthen of
the day, he had little feeling. Per
versely he would not see the bad
spirit of the rebel States, and he in
sisted that the outrages there were
insufficient to Justify their exclusion
from Congress. 1t was in this con
nection that the following dialogue
ensued: The President-sAre there
al,
S;;-'Unhappily, yes; sometimes
The President-'Are there no as
saults i'll Boston? Do not men there.
sometimes, knock each other down,
so that the police is obliged to inter
fere? Mr.. S.-'Unhappily, yes.
The President-'Would YOU consent
that Massachusetts,, on this account.
should be excluded from Congress?'
Mr.. S.-'No, Mr.. President, I would
not. And here 1 stopped, without
remarking on the entire irrelevancy
of the inquiry
And so Sumner left Andrew John
son, great grief having fallen upon
him; and since then he has not only
not lost an opportunity of abusing
the President, but, as in the present
instance, wrestling every occasion to
vent his insane malignity against the
Chief Magistrate of his country.
STOPPING THE EXCHANGE OF PRl-
soNERs. At Hamilton, Butler. in re-
ply to 4 charge that he was RESPONSE
bic for stopping the exchange of
prisoners, stated that he had stopped
the exchange Of prisoners under the
express written order Of the Lieute-
nant-General. To this the Peters
burg hade.c says:
General Butler, on the 10th of
June, 1864, told the editor Of this
paper that he had stopped exchange
of his own motion; that he was tired
Of waiting for Mr. Davis; and that
he could notunderstand Judge Guilds
position on the negro question. which