The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-02-23
Bulitirul.
MASSACHUSETTS, SNUBBED.
ruTLER CAsTIGATED IN THE
HOUSE AND SUMNER IN THE SEN.
ATE.

It is evident enough that members
have become tired OF the impudent rule
Of Massachusetts,. Hoar has been re
iected, Boutwell, has been snubbed, and
Summers Ignorant pretensions aud But
ler's blackguardism have been signally
rebuked in the Senate aud House by
all parties. Gentlemen on the Demo-
cratic side were advised some time ago
to spit in his face, Instead Of begging
him for the privilege Of a Ave minutes
speech. 1t was unknown that our mo-
dern Captain Bobadil would staad it-as
he did, literally, at Charleston iu 1860.
True, physically speaking, the thing
itself was not done yesterday in the
House-probably because it might have
been considered "unparliamentary."
But am free to say that, so far us the
"rules" would allow, the spittle was at.
tempted, with all tho force ut the cons
mand of Mr.. Cox, to be driven into the
invulnerable cuticle Of Buffers face of
brass. Hear the spunkey little Repre-
sentative from New York. Iquote from
an authorized copy Of his speech:
"Mr. Cox said (among other thiugs)
he (Mr. Butler) had no sensibility to
his position before the country, and did
not know how people regarded him
His own colleagues iUtimated that he
was thief and robber, and he did not
take it up; but it had been left to him
(Mr. Cox) to defend him; aud because
he had done SO iu spirit Of good nature,
he (Mr. Butler) had mado his covert
negro minstrelsy attack upon him. Why
did he nc. attack his colleagues aud
make them call for committee ofinves
tigation on his past derelictions and
past alleged robbery7 Why did he stand
here, the condemned man of this Con-
grcss2 Why did he reserve all his fire
for his friends, as he did in the army,
aud then, when attacked, retreat like u
bomb proof soldier and hide himself?"
Rather plain language this-calling
the "honorablc" leader of the Radical
Graut party in the House "rogue"
thief" aud "tobber''-while also
stigmatising him, a whilom General OF
the Grand Army of the Jumes" as not
only coward, bu' miserable poltroon!
This, however, is but "candlc ends aud
cheese parinSs" to what Sumner is daily
getting from members Of his own party
in the Sc,atc. MIR. TrumhuIl stood up
10 his place, yesterday aud for the third
time denounced the Massachusetts, ego.
tist as Il deliberate slandercr and liar,
and what is more to the purpose, proved
itby inconteslible documentary evil
dence. Look at Summers pusillanim.
Gus rtjoinder!
The debate in the Senate yesterday
was Important aud curious in other re-
specs. do not alludc to the develop
men's as to the power and its abuse of
the caucus" about which Mr.. Thur.
man made short speech. Everybody
knows that the country has beeu gov
erued tor the past hall dozen years BY
cabal outside Of legitimate legislation.
a caucus governed the party, and "the
party governed Congress, aud econ
sress' governed the country. This has
all along been clear enough but.it was
asserted yesterday, by no less person.
age than Mr.. Sherman, Chairman of the
Finance Committee, that "the small
Democratic minority, by concentrating
their strength" "would have rendered
futile any attempt at reconstruction"
Upon The principle Of negro suffrage or.
indeed, upon any other. This is most
extraordinary revelation. Who are
they that refused to concentrate 2" l
quote his remarks upon this delicate
point as find them in his speech at
large, for the purpose of calling the at
teution of those composing the "small
Democratic minority" at that day in the
Senate to this damaging development.
There must certainly BIZ some mistake.
Mr. Sherman, although several of the
implicated members still remain in the
Senate.
Mr.. Sherman spoke of the various
pills on reconstruction that had been
introduced. and the contrariety of op,n.
ION among the Republican Senators.
aud that it became evident that the
small Democratic minority, by concen
ua''ng their strength with one or the
o'her clique into which the Republican
party was then divided, would have rem
aercd futile any attempt at rcconstruc.
1lo". Then he (Mr S.) moved the
appointment ofa committee of seven
20 'ake all these bills into consideration.
20 as to mature some measure whicn
would command the appreciation of all
~ that committee the late Senator from
s na'" (Mr Fresseden) had made forci-
vie argument against incOrporatinp this
suffrage clause, but solely because it
was unnecessary. There was no DIFF
q. ;.''eoce OF opinion as to the propriety Of
~ Mr. Revcrdy johnson. the Demo
sIat'e s Senator from Maryland, had him
.e' brought forward, two days before
,ae caucus, the proposition to incorpo-
,: ,s.e ooIored suffrage. Wash. Cor. Bat
tmore Gasctte.
THREE CHEERING SIGNS.
D i.c Washington correspondent Of the
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