New-York tribune., 1870-12-22

ALLEGED TO BE KEPT IN POWER BY THF
! UNITED STATES SAvY--REPLY OF SENATOR
MORTON IN DEFENSE OF TIE PRESIDENT.
! lBY TELEGRAPH TO TnR TRfBUygl
| WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Dec n, 1870
| To-day was by far the most interesting and
animated sitting of the Senate during present
sion Nothing unusual had been anticipated, and the
galleries were all day thnly attended than usual
but the excitement the floor during almost tho whole
day was intense It was nouced, before noon,
that Mr.. Sumner seemed sCmey hat excited In
reading an article In The Patriot, Demo cratic
Journal OF this city, TO the eect that the President
refused all efforts made 10 reconcile himself " MI
Sumner, and charged the Massachusetts, Senator "ith
having personally assaied him, and with tbrowlBS sus
pcion on his honesty. Mr. Sumner was engaged ia
earnest conversation with Secretary Boutwell, Senator
schuz, and Others upon the newspaper article afdde
to- before the reading OF the Journal was fairly con
cludcd demanded recognition from the Vice President
AfteS having the article read from the desk, lie parity
denied having accused the President or dishonesty,
or having criticised his acts IN manner unbec oDnga
Senator. This being done, the usual morning
business was disposed Of Mr.. Trrmbull took tho
occasion OF the consideration OF Poltcal-DsaDhlty
bill to declare himself for general amnesty ana MI
sher nan, after repeated efforts, succeeded IN pass
ing his Sugar bill Tho resolution OF Sen%tof io'-
ton, proposing the appointment Of san Domhs"
Commission occupied the remainder OF the day NUN
Der OF motions made by the opponents OF the e'o
luton with the idea Of gaining time, but hr MOTTO"
assisted by his able cOadutor, Mr. COnkng, seeureh h
promise OF the friends OF his resolution to slt IL oaV
Several Senators spoke the subject but their eafA'
were of no Importance Mr. sunner IN long speech Ia
opposition to the Annexation scheme created olouh"
sensation. He went into citical analysis ot tn'
protocol signed between Baez and Gen. Babcock,
condemn cd n the seyerest terms the assumption y Sch
Babcock Of tho title Of "alddecamp TO tho Pro-.d1t
and the aegotiaton concluded with Bacz He was No
less the President for his course On the sah
al. IL. laN q
tionally usurped the warmaking power by menaeh%
Hayt with the United States naval forces Heargued
that the commission proposed by Senator Morton
was unnecessary; that the President already bad tho
power to send Commissioners 10 San Doilingo or
elsewhere. without tho authority OF Congress, ana
charged with great force that it scheme TO commit
Congress tho principle OF Annexation which was
dangerous and pernicous. He made the Important ale
cation, In the most earnest and emphatic manner,
and on the responsibility, ho SAID, OF bS
Senatorial Office, that at the time the bao
cock protocol was signed, Baez whom nc ealled
q political Jockey" was sustained ana supporter
in power by United states Navy and that the navy
was then and has been since, constant threat 10 to
people OF Hayt and San Domingo He dared anyOou! u
deny It. Ho had examined the records and he charged
that Commodore In navy had tlreaened the h')D
Government with destruction If 1t dared TO Interfere
In answer to interruption by Senator Morton BIZ
Sumner said all parties in San Domingo were not favor
able to and he knew it, and tha' Ills i'sins
tion from there was only four days old
He referred In seyere terms to the Message OF tho
President and made insinuating eompal oIs tae
were not well received by anybody He referred to that
portion Of the Message relating to San Domingo as me
"melauchoy column" He alluded 10 the uonole %
| few days ago, arising from change OF nep-
| ate Committees, and boldly charged that Ihe
| President tried 70 haye him (suinneI) put the
| Foreign Committee "He found" said he "th8 this
could not be done, and then he demanded that my Mis-
sour friend (schurz) should be removed he found this
eoud not be done either there too many German
votes In Missouri Then he tried TO get rid OF my New
Hampshire friend Patterson who has not German
In his State, and. unless I mistake, he failed
| in that, too" He excitedly inmated that cen
Grant was following in the footsteps Of Pierce Blu
chansn, and Andrew Johnson and, addressing Senator
Morton and tho Vice President he besought them to 80
TO the Executive Mansion and implOre the President to
pause in disastrous policy. The whole interest at the
Capitol was oentered in this debate and there was
strong undercurreN Of feeling in the Senate during
Summers speech, which manifested Itself every coun
| tenance Seldom has there been subject la
| which the interest OF all was so much
| enlisted. During the progress OF the speech
Senator Morton and others, challenged by Sumner, at
tempted reply, but he refused TO yiol ana agan sho
again called for the protection Of the N,cPre1dent
Mr. Sumner has never been known within reasonable
memory to manifest much temper, and Dr. Morton
made no attempt conceal his anger which was aroused
repeatedly. Conklng, Edmunds Carpenter and others
were also humOred. The speech is generally regarded
by those who heard II direct attack on the President
aud his foreign policy and as showing ut lhc very least
that Mr. Sumner is personally attached TO the Pres
| dent
The Senate until o'clock, and then separated, TO
meet again al halfpast At the evening session, after
the passage of few private bills, Mr. Morton replied TO
| Mr. sumner occupying less than an hour. He spoke
with unusual energy and force, arguing that all OF Nh
Summers objections his resolution frivolous ami
said his attack on the President most unpr0yoked
end unustifabe and Indicated his opinion that as an
ayowed enemy the Administration, was not proper
that Mr Sumner should remain AT the head OF the Com
,oIttee on Foreign Relations. lie concluded by saying
that not only San Domingo but Cuba would inevitably
fail into our lap aud that their peoples would assato
with US much rapidly than Canada which the Sen
| atOr wished TO annex
| The discussion San Domingo was continued AMID
great excitement and the indulgence OF bitter personal
tiles toward each other by the Senator's. Mr. Conkng
said Mr. Sumner had stabbed the President like an as
| sa.sin aud that he ought to be sumrnary displaced
| from the Committee Foreign Relations Mr..
! Chandler said Mr.. Summers attack the Presi-
| dent was the most brutal ever made IN the Senate
Chamber, and demanded IN violent tones To know the
member of the Caucus Committee who had stated that
] the President desired 10 have Sumner displaced MI
Simmer A posltiyely refused 10 Mr.. Bayard
characterized the remark Mr.. Morton that he still
stood by tho putrid corpse OF slavery AZ
| false and wanton siander. lhe NcefresldebI
! in view OF the intense feeling which pre-
vailed admon.shed Senators 10 weigh their words.
Mr. Sumner denied that he had ever promised the Pres
dent TO support the treaty although the President had
called at his house to talk Of the treaty and hal ad
dressed him times Chairman OF the Foreign Re
,o,ions Committee At midnight, Mr.. Thurman took the
noor proposition OF Mr.. Sherman to adjourn, with the
| understanding that "a vote be taken to morrow az
o'clock waf objected TO by several Senator's. who have
long speeches make, and the prospect now is OF all
| night session
| The House to-day prosy and unnterestins. A