Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06


him m opportunity.
The Vice President said this re-
mark Of Mr.. Schurz was unparlia-
Dentary.
Mr.. Harlan. proceeding, said the
Ecnators from Missouri and Massa-
chusetts claimed to be friends Of the
government, but the Presidentmight
we'll say ''Saye me from my friends, +"
for he had been charged by these
rretended friends with OfFenses In
corn arison with which the misde-
mcanors Of Andy johnson were rs
white as snow. Mr.. Harlan read
from Mr.. Summers speech character
ling the President az the "head Of
the Dominican Ku-Klux;;" during
the reading Of which Mr.. Sumner
exclaimed approyingly, "that is So"
Aud yet, continued Mr.. Harlan, the
Senator calls himself q friend OF the
administration. Mr. Harlan then
referred to the action Of the govern
ment In the matter Of the Texas
annexation, taking the same ground
as Mr.. Morton, that there was a
complete analogy between that case
and that Of San Domingo. He con-
Guided by moving to lay tho resolu-
ton Of Mr.. Sumner on the table.
Mr.. Sumner appealed to Mr.. Har-
Ian for an opportunity to reply, but
the latter resisted.
On motion, the ayes and nays
being called for, the Clerk commenced
amid confusion and called the vote.
Mr.. Sumner vainly endeavored to
address the Chair, but was finally
imperatively called to order by the
Vice President, who ordered the
rOll-call to proceed. Mr.. Harlan's
motion to table the resolution was
agreed too-yeas 80; nays IC; theonly
Republicans voting no were Messrs.
Patterson, Robertson, Schurz and
Sumner.
Bayard, opposing the tabling,
paired with Carpenter.
On the other side, those absent or
not voting were Bayard, Caldwell,
Carpenter, Fenton, Ferry Of Conn.,,
Flanagan, Logan, Morrill, OF Maine,
Of Vermont, Scott, Spencer,
Upton, Vickers and Wilson,
Islegrdphic Report.
The feature Of the proceedings OF
the Senate on Wednesday was the
great speech Of Senator Harlan In
opposition to the absurd resolutions
Of Senator Sumner on San Domingo
matters. The telegraph furnishes a
meager abstract Of Mr.. Harlan's
speech, the reporter for the New
York associate press being notorious
~ pr9udiced In favor of the Sumner
side OF the question; but Its effect
may be judged when, Immediately
upon its conclusion, a motion to lay
the resolutions on the table was
carried by a vote of 80 to 10, the only
Republicans voting with Sumner
being Patterson, Robertson, and
Schurz. A more signal triumph has
rarely been witnessed. OF course the
thirty-nine Senators voting in favor
Of tabling are all Republicans, the
Democrats going with Mr.. Sumner,
Of whom they are just now such
ardent admirers.
Mr.. Harlan touched vital point
when he declared that the purpose
Of Sumner and Schurz In this bust
ness Is tn break down the Admins.
tratiOn and to effectually loosen the
hold which General Grant has upon
the confidence and affection of the
American people. Ihe massachusetts
Senator could not dictate the foreign
policy and the foreign appointments
Of the Administration, and he de-
terinined to break IL down. In this
effort he has found congenial helper
in the Senator from Missouri, who is
fresh from the division and over
throw Of the Republican party In
that State.
Senator Sumner, seeking to give
an old and popular flavor to his
speech, declares that It il made in
tho interest of the black republic Of
Hayti. Mr.. Frederick Douglass, VIII 0
has just returned from that conntr,',
tells us that the government Of Haytl
H. an absolute and unmitigated des-
pOtism, without particle Of repub.
licanism about It. And, further, If
Mr.. Sumner shall persist In his pres
rnt course, Mr.. Douglass will regard
him rs the worst foe Of the col0red
race. Surely the latter IL entitled to