Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-03-25

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ANOTHER sENsATI0N.
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We extract the following excellent
article from alsteI Washing ton Ndti6.-
al Intelligencer and commend it to the
perusal Of every reader: GO ~ g !, 4
Mr. Sumner cannot exist without q
commotionl Of some sort He hunts after
a sensation just as an astronomer seeks
out new star. 10 be. kept before the
public is his great aim and ambition.
The form or quality ofnotoriety is ofno
consequence, so that the newspapers
talk about The illustrious, member from
Massachusetts,. A suggestions menace,
an imaginary danger, or . fabricated
alarm, are each end all useful in their
way, and constantly figure as accesso7
ries in the stage management at the
national capital. The public wearies
of this, sort of performance, and it is
about time the Senate stopped egotist.
ical exhibitions which cost money, and
are only designed to nourish a small
andpselfsh. yanity. BSaass 1sbegsa
Notwithstanding all his'affected sym
pathy and zeal for the negro, we have
recently seen hat when put to the prac-
tical proof, Mr.. Sumner has as much of
the prejudice Of color and caste as the
most ignorant overseer on a Southern
al ssrfaf.ny, A. l. IL ~ T.
order to get rid Of the impression
made by his neglect to appoint a negro
to Office, he soaght relief in the case Of a
colored woman, who, it appears, had
been removed from the "white' car of
the Alexandria railroad, for refusing to
occupy that provided for persons CT her
own color. Here was a ,first-rate tout
ragesn quite equal to, many of those
which have been manufactured to order,
and forthwith Mr.. Summer rushes before
the aSenate and parades last sensation.
n the hope OF repairing the damage
done to. his Senatorial prospects. Re-
construction must be put aside debate
must be stopped, the finances must be
let alone, the wheels Of Government
must stand still, and the whole machine
come to dead lock, in order to get up
q noise and make furry over this ter
rible affair, which never would have
beennoticed had the woman been white.
Tenfold greater eoutragess are perpe-
trated every day art Boston, without o
word of comment But the gallant and
chivalrous Senator, who has now sud-
denly and most becomingly set up as the
champion Of the colored ladies', must
have his resolutions, and his speech,
and his sensation spread abroad from
this national centre, because the color
ed race has to be propitiated and Mr..
Sumner wants to be reelected. He
does not think the rights of American
citizens abroad worth anything in com
parison. So they may take chances, and
wait the convenience Of the committee.
What matters it about two hundred
and seventy citizens of Irish birth who |
are suffering in British prisons, or num-
bers Of others Of German nativity, who
have been held subject to an odious
system Of CONSUMPTION. Let them linger
ard rot in foreign dungeons, because
they are white. If they were black, the
Capital would not be strong enough to
witiastaHd the Radical explosion Of yir-
tuous Indignation. But they are only
Germans and Irish, and, Of course, de-
serve no consideration from the Jacobin
chiefs. ~ ~ = = So s.
We know nothing but the general
facts Of the particular case in question.
but We do know, that if wrong has been
done, or injury inflicted, the law provides
the same remedy and redress that every /
other citizen is compelled to seek underi
similar circumstances, aud that it is al
gross outrage upon the dignity and
decency Of the Senate to drag such a
matter before it for political effect and
personal advantage. Mr.. Sumner says
''the courts arc too slow for Justice in
such case;n that is to say, too slow
for the sensation desired and fabricated
by this shameful waste Of the public
time and money. The regular course of
law, which every white citizen is com
PEELED to employ to redress a grievance,
is not fast enough for a negro, SO Con-
s,,ress must stop the public business,