The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-22

protested against IL In the name Of Justice outraged
~ Violence N the name q hu aanity insulted u
OF peace hnperilled and IN the name OF the African
race whose first effort at Independence had been
Upon the conclusion OF Mr.. Summers remarks Mr..
MORTON obtained the moor, but gave way TO 9 mo-
reciing an ambiguity In the law relating to tha
classiiicaton OF sugar duties. which pre- aiied.
vocaied an amendment respecting the income tax.
Mr.. TRuMBULI, repl Of III, strenuously advocated
a. the s fa ise q M
rel airy OF the Treasury was steadily boarding w
millions OF gold, upon which we were paying III
terest
THE SUGAR BILL DISPOSED or.
me The a am was reected-yeas L. nays A.
inc OIL was then passed.
Az twenty minutes 10 SIX O'Clock the Senate TOOK
recess TIL evening.
Evening Session.
On the reassemblng OF the Senate after the recess
and the disposal OF some unimporIant matters, Ing
GLIDING The passage or JOINT resolution to restore
Lieutenant Commander John NJ. Quackenbush ID
the active list, the resolution relating TO
was taken up and the q. debate sHMsH resumed.
M M MR.; MOTIONS RErtY 70 Mr. SUMNER.
POM c9.s maze X AI sumner Referring to Mt sum
1denai adviser OF the President and "s irsouenr
visitor 1T the White House, where he conferred with
the frssiuent IN Tue Biae Moom ne admitted that ne
because he was somewhat lame and unable TO rel
up stairs. ana the President was kind eaousn I'd
come down stars and see him there When
he went to the Blue Room It was not for secrecy
or private conference; he mad never o.trudei his
gave II unless asked for 10, aud then he endeavorcd
10 give it honestly and 70 tel the truth. II tho
Senator meant to impue 10 HIM the fact that he wia
q friend to the President personally ana politically
he was quite right he had been his friend and adj
ana. although he sometimes disagreed with The
President In regard 10 appointments anu other matt
tiers, he always tried to differ win HIM IN such 4
way as not TO assa his personal Character or de-
morallze the party OF which lie was the head. a
series OF assaults had been made on the President
from time to time eyer since his Inauguration.
Scarcely had one subsidized before another was
begun The President had been treated with q
bitterness OF persecution anu violence OF calumn3
that had not been layished any Executive OF thd
United States since tue days OF Thomas Jefferson.
But one by one these assaults had utterly ailed
they had been exposed ana had become CONF
tempiib.e 10 the people or the country. The arrows
OF calumny had fallen harnlessy by his sidc--and
although II had been frequently announced that thd
President had fallen he has always managed To fali
on his feet-and 80 they would fan throughout his
The admnislrati II was thus far great
success the assaults upon were Of ,,cs
the great and wonderful success OF the admnlsi
tratiOn. Tie general results OF the administration
should 20 on for the next two years az il ha fr taa
last twenty months these grand results would be So
men that they Would over@nen the oppostcn
The people did not look at personal consideraoasi
they did not care whether Mr. Cox or MIR.
DelanO was the Secretary OF the lnierlori
or whether Mr. Motley Mr.. Schenck was Ampasl
sador at the Court of st. James What they wanted
to know was that the government well aud
faithfully administered. Knowing that ell thesd
personal considerations were brushed aside as
mere worthless straw, the assault OF the seaato3
from Massachusetts On the President this afternoon
was most unprovoAed and mdefensible. II
was not difference from the President on mere
political considerations Dut he mad substantially
charged the President with uslrpatlon and crime,
ana had compared MS administration to that q
parison between saget, the numbering usurpc1
Of the republic Of mayt, and prss'den!
the President Of the United States. The argument
Of the Senator from Massachusetts throughout aaI
the Investigation. lie (Mr Sumnerl had appeared on
the stand as witness, and mad testified copouslY
S saeea any Su to he sustain naa not any
hts own assertions. The resolution proposed
commission that should 60 ., upon ths
be made and report back the facts to Congress- 50
that Congress might Judge Tor itself whether or moi
resolution he supposed 1t could not ellcil debate.
He supposed thai would not be opposed, but thai
| points made by the senator from Massacnusetta
| were immaterial to the purpose OF the resolution!
That Senator had spent his force on matters which,
! so far as the resolution was concerned. mignn
| be designated as frivolous and wholly immaterialy
| The Senate was not proposing to examine whet.ici
| the treaty had been correctly ana properly nc}
gotatedi n was proposing 70 EXAMINE The question:
from Massachusetts, had said that the protocol pro.
vided that the President should privately his In,
fluence bring about the ratification OF the treaty
The protocol provided no such thing It was not
attached TO the treaty. and had no part with na
treaty; but IL made no provision that The President
should privately influence members OF Congress-
However, as the treaty was gone as tlc-Senatc had
PASSED away nom 1t, as IL was now mere reid
OF the past, where vas the importance oil dwelling
on the protocol and III tryila 10 FIX crime on tho
President In connection with IL. The senator from
MASSACHUSETTS, had said that the appointment OF tho
commission would Commit Congress to the policy Of
annexation. There was not word IN Tie resolit.
ton capabie OF mt CONSTRUCTION ana no senator
to be frgh enei from vostng ios the resolution
by the bold deciara ion that 1t committed Congress
to annexation. 1t simply provided for COMMISSION
TO examine and 70 report ON what terms
st. :Domngo might desire to be annexed.
That report was TO be submitted Ia
examination. II tue facts We're favorable 10 an-l
nexaton, well; II they were unfavorabe, wcll. Thq
commissioners were not authorized themselves I'd
been careful IN drawing the resolution "a
provide that they should have no AUTHORITY
report the facts, and Congress was to pass upon
them. Referring TO Senator Summers description
OF Baez, Fabens and Cazenau as political jockeys,
he declared that Cabral was u mere leader OF ban,
dtti, who, for the last two years, mad hot had 4)3
men under bis command at any one time w'0 did
not endanger and had not endangered the govern
ment OF Eaez bat who had been represented by
the the Senator from Massaenasetts as form:d,
able leader with great strength behind him, and
who was not TO be resisted except by the
naval force which President Grant had placed az
tae command OF BaeL 10 Keep him IN power lie
(Mr. MortOn) regarded this statement rilicuoua
and ludicrons, the only meaning OF which could ba
that the admiral III command had marched his
lr1gatcs across the island ald through the noun
talns, with the aid perhaps, or horse marines under
the command OF Captain links. (Laughier.) The
truth was that men OF all parties IN 81. Domingo
were in favor OF annexation, The evidence was that
Cabra himself was now IN favor II annexation II
had been earnest desire OF the great body OF tho
people the island for years to be annexed TO iha
United States, 1t made no diercnee whether Cabrat
or Baez any other military chief was In power, they
would he all in favor Of annexation, BECAUSE nearly
the entire people In favor Of Even the pe0-
pie or nayti we're In favor or IT, because they hoped
that 1t would be the precursor OF their own annexa
tion. Referring TO Senator Summers charge thas
the President had tried to .get hinsand SENATOR
Patterson vif the Committee on Foreign Relations,
MIR. Merton SAID that II the President made any
effort OF that kind he did not know It, Had he been
consulted about the propriety Of removing the Sena.
tor from Massachusetts from the head Of that
committee lie should have denounced II at once.
Tie Senator's ability, his standing, hts long experI-
cnce and his intimate connection with the rcpubi.
can party, all forbade tnat; but he would say That,
now that the Senator had placed himself before tho
world In antagonlSm TO the administration and had
denounced tile insflfiahe lauQuaQe. l