The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-22
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arroaiy an the knowledge rs needed upon DON'T
mean analrs the senator from Indiana was h mrs
taken 4 ne supposed that he r gayard ar nas
deal Of knowledge about anything connected
win ciy admnsllat9n. As 70 sova .na. we wen =
consign The people Of st. Domingo to slavery ns
ned mat his remarks would bear 10 such III <fpre.
asi1 nepstoh o Of black cutnroats e. cana sma
genial to tae tastes OF the Senator from diana, ne
woas .s sny or He %ana
standing by the pptria de c9 ans q slavery This
formed SO large part OF the abuse by which the
Senator ana MS party ntends to keep alive bitter
felL he denounced 1t as " antonly untrue ana I'M
lustliabe an every parlicp Tue Senator had also
recommended thai one, Of the Institutions OF Della
ST. Domingo. That Was the Senator's proposition,
aud mad been soSgeY ed, perhaps, by some lurking
TO deiead she inst atoms This State furnishing
ieoas an. assaajts Of female chastity, instead OF
sult,ng the veg OF some and elevating them To
high o!lf1e uader the American government
Mr.. MORTON contsnded that the report OF the pho
no2rarrer OF the Senate would vind1c &c the accu-
raoy OF his ,large that Mr.. Bayard had proposed
10 restore slavery 10 ST. Domingo. The words were
too III sh TO permit OF the Senator's bold denial OF
his lplguage.
Mp. BAYARD-I stand by my words, sir in the
Chamber anu out OF The Chamber Ihey are re-.
ptg1o6, and stand by them. l said nothing ABOUT
Eiacing these men under masters, Dul ,nal tney
would lie better under The control OF ,,gn,
lhroats they have been during Inc iast nan CELL
turg. ., o
Mr. CHANDLER read from the reporters notes OF
Mr.. Summers speech and demanded OF that Sena-
the proof OF his accusations against the Presi-
tlcnt.
Mr.. SUMNER replied that the statements he haa
alleged were made by the Executive In conversation
with member or the Senate.
Mr.. CHANDLER demanded The name OF the men,
Mr. SUMNER positively declined to give It and
went 10 say that If by his statement he had ex
ceeded the facts he would regret It, but he did not
MI CHANDLER argued that Mr. Summers answer
was an admission that all ms charges were only
10 have tine name OF the member re-
ferred to- and imneratively repeated his de-
mand lie said that during his fourteen years
OF Senatorial service he mad never heard
brutal an assault upon President of the United
States as that made IN The Senate today he would
ner's speech would compare precisely in manner
and spirit with taat made by hun IN executive ses-
sion prior to The rejection ef the treaty
rae VICE PRESIDENT INTERFBRES.
During Mr. Chambers remarks the Wee President
suggested 10 him tie propriety OF modifying certain
remarks IN view OF tue TACT that much feeling ap-
peared 10 be manifested In the Chamber. He made
a similar observation respecting remark Of like
tenor made by another Senator, which he reg irded
as scarcely within the limits OF parliamentary pro-
priety.
ator from Massachusetts was the first OF the Senate
10 be consulted by the President IN the negotiation
It in executive session., the impression lett by Mr.
Sumner upon the mud OF the President
Me LIE ie eaa n rom was es Of C. Fonsy
and General Babcock TO show that ut the time
ferIed to hey also believed, upon the admissions Of
Mr. Summer himself, that lie was iavorably disposed
10 the treaty. He coatended that Mr.. sumner was
afflicted with the PRESIDENTIAL MAMA ana admon-
ished him beware OF the late OF Doolitte, Covan
and Dixon, and not nov TO attempt leading the de-
moeracy.
Mr. SUMNER said he would not reply to the asper-
si0ns upon his repuollcalism, but the Senator from
Michigan mad done him great injustice He felt
himself compelled ia self-deicnce to make a state
ment which otherwise he never would have made.
lie then detailed the particulars OF an IN
ae.iw winch pps p,cs ana Ssaa 5ear
the former called upon HIM NJ his house.
soon alter entering; the President commenced to
speak about the treaty that had been ne
gotiated and four times addressed him (Sumner) as
Chairman or the Committee on Foreign Relations.
called upon him, as the treaty would come before.
That committee, and then went on with an
aens when th he Say H. n fsesaen
It Is hard rhingon your part to turn out Governor
Ae nave Just hOe eH' not w taa now
liberty with you, Mr.. President If read IL. 1t is
an excellent letter. written with the FEELINGS OF a
man who feels he has been injured-
Mr.. SUMNER continued-I commenced reading the
letter and read perhaps, two pages and half when
thought the President was uneasy and thought
! was taking liberty with him IN my own house.
and vet III Loyalty TO an absent friend and mode
OF diyertlng attention from topic which he had in
troduced, did press the case OF Cover
nor Ashley. When that conversation subsidized the
President again returned TO the question OF the
treaty. My reply was precise; my language was
meditated during MS conversation, and II IS nxed
forever IN my memory sNr. PRESIDENT" said !, ~
am administration man, and whatever you do
viii always ind in me most careful and con.
siderate attention. Those were my precise words.
j have heard 1t sometimes said told the President
would support his administration In this measure.
He may have gone away with that Idea. Never did
say anything to JUSTIFY 1t. That Is my answer TO
the letters the Senator has produced.
Mr. SUMNER further explained that when the.
Foreign Relations there was but one member In favor
OF II, ana he Sumner) opposed Immediately the I'M
favorable report. AS such might be construed into
blow at the administration, his desire then was
that everything should be done with Kindness and
consideration toward the President.
Mr.. CoNKLING, in the course OF lengthy speech
indicative OF tine President, SAID That MIR. SUMNER
had attacked the President as he would an assassin.
The statement that becanse the President in that
part OF his message referring TO annexation had
spoken OF the whole island which would include
Hayti he thereby menaced the independence OF the
Haytien republic was, in mputation which no man
not blinded by passion would make. II the object
OF the senator from Massachusetts had been to ere
The fine urls whicA that Senator seemed to have
made use Of to obtain that end In giving color to
personal violence by the President OF the
United States, and was alarmed for his
winged by the Associated Press to the hundred
newspapers with which II corresponded, and might
lions lie suggested the appointment Of the two men
who once patrol Ell IN front OF the residence OF the
late secretary OF state to guard the Senator from
Massachusetts. Commenting upon an alleged III
terview, some time ago, between Mr.. Sumner and a
reporter. IN which the former was reported as say
ing that according TO his Information, Dominica
was pacArde1 of i'll lots and marked
Cazneau, BaeZ Grant. &C., he (Conkllng)
held that This was the face OF that Senator's de.
claiaton thai he had never spoken disrespectfuiiy
OF tie President. The republican majority In The
Senate owed it to itself TO see that the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations was reorganZed
and not lett TO the control of man who had
LAUNCHED against the adnnnist. alton an assault
more bitter than could have Deen addnced from any
democratic menaber.