Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-15

tIaJeu tnaJ act, VIII long SLdn0 IN our
history as a dies are, day Of mourn
ing"
From the Boston Daily Advertiser
! (Radica);
1.-THE attempt to remove Mr.. Sum
ner from the chairmanship of the
Committee on Foreign Relations sue
ceeded tOlerably well in the Senate
caucus yesterday. The withdrawal OF
the leading Senators Immediately
after the vote still leaves the concur
renee of the Senate in doubt, and de-
pendent in great measure on the
action Of the Democratic Senators. If
Mr.. Sumner should be finally dis
placed, the Republicans viii have
opened the Forty-secOnd Congress
with as fair a prospect of a stormy
| session and divided cOunsel5 as the
hercest of our Territorial Congressman
can desire. Much as we have differed
from Mr.. Sumner, and unjust as he is
in his intolerance Of dissent, we be-
| lieve the country is with him on the
! question Of anneXing any Of the trOpi-
/ cal islandsWhile etheiTGOvernment can
| not maintain themselves except under
| the shadow of our War.ships, and the
/ people have no means of expressing
| their free choice. And though there
may be some qualification in fastening
a personal slight upon Mr.. Sumner,
we do not think that when the issue |
is fairly made up, the fact that Mr..
Cameron speaks for the Foreign Com |
mittee, and Mr.. Sumner simply as the !
Senator from Massachusetts, will ma |
terially alter the result"
From the Cincinnati Commercial |
(RadicaD:
"* = The plain fact is, and it |
will grow clearer day by day, that |
his deposition is due to his opposition |
TO the acquisition of an island, and |
the needless expenditure of millions |
of money, for which there is no pub
lie necessity. That is the head and
front Of his offending. 1t is done to
make easier the COnsummatiOn of a
bargain negotiated by one Of the Pres
ident's military secretaries, who is
believed to have selfish interests, in
connection with a parcel of specula-
tors, to advance. We shall see to
what this business leads. The truly
loyal newspapers may make light Of
the fact that the Senate, subservient
~ TIC W ISLES VI A4E LC6lACuLs Ou5l5
from an important committee such
q man as Sumner for daring to differ
with his EXcellency touching the
value Of an acquisition which neither
the Republican party nor the people
of this country has pronounced de-
sirable, and eXalts a mere political
Charlatan to his place. The least harm
done by it will be to render the re-
Of Ernnf nH Of 1nauk hfu l q
re election, impossible. II it does not
bring into power party that will
revOlutiOnize the work of the past six
years, and put suffering Southern 10y
alists, white and black, in jeopardy,
it will be because the Republicans in
national convention have the high / ,
courage to set aside the claims OF the
Grant family, and place at the head /
Of the Presidents ticket in 1872 some {
one who has no Senators to punish {
and no brOthers-in-laW to reward"
From the st. Louis Democrat (Radi-
caD:
d" The decision of the majority of the
Senate Republican caucus to displaCe
Charles Sumner from the chairman (
ship Of the Committee on Foreign Re-
latiOns can only be regretted and dep.
recated. Much as we have differed {
from Mr.. Sumner, we know Of moth. :
ing that he has said or done to war {
rant such a step. II he opposed San {
Domingo annexation, in the form in {
which that matter presented itself,
that was no opposition to any pIinci- /
pie of the Republican party, and was G
sympathized with by very large pro- f
portion, If not by the majority even, t
Of the Republicans Of the country. t
The manner and temper of his OppO- i
sitiOn was, we think, unnecessarily a
extreme, but what Justification that L
fact can furnish for his deposition we {
do not discover. 1t may be taken as Z
an excuse or palliatiOn, but in the Sen t
ate discussion it was felt to be of 50 L
little weight that it was emphatically S
as the determining Occa-
sion. T. We cannot believe /,
that a Republican caucus has offered d
to the Republicans Of the country such S
an insult and injury as would be the S
deposition Of Mr.. Sumner because OF
his free Thoughts and free speech. The C
day that ends freedom OF opinion and f
expression within the Republican e
party will date its doom. Nor can il
We DElAGkt LLdN LAAC AEDAAEAA nlA0 Nb- Il
sired Mr.. Summers removal for such G.
cause. 1t is common fQF committee e
,hairmen in the Senate 70 oppose J
some recommendations Of the Presi- /
dent. Mr.. Sherman, at the head Of u
the Finance Committee, has been 81
hostile tG the financial il
views urged by the Executive, What y
Is urged as the reason OF Mr.. Summers | a.
removal respects the personal Tela- o
lions Of the Senator with the Presi-
lent and Secretary Of state These
are said to have been such that social o.
had ceased and official in
.ercOurse had become reserved and Il
embarrassed and disagree Il
able. The insUfdclencyC Of this reason, O
We think, was properly and tOrclbiy a
pointed out by Senator Schurz. But a
whatever may be thought of that | n
'easOn, Justice and the welfare OF the a
party require that it Il
.hOuid not be forgotten nor misrepre- S
iented. 1t clearly is desirable that u
he personal relations Of the chair "
nan Of such a committee with the s
Executive should be acceptable. But Z
1 is of very grave moment that no P
uch consideration shall determine h
Who shall and who shall not hold pO- il
dti0ns FOR which the prime requisite v
s absolute personal Independence OF tt
and action" b.
From the Chicago Tribune (Rad-
caD3 Ia
8" Louis Napoleon, under
he French Empire, appointed Sena- Vi
Ors, VINO were his humble servitOrs. ! fC
Members Of the Senate of the United 81
states ars not appointed by the Pres 81
dent, and they owe him no personal Ii
ervice. The Senate must Of necessity h
be independent Of the President in its "
The uniform practice h
)f that body has been for the party In fC
he majority to select the presiding d.
,flicer, in the absence Of the Vice it
President, and to control the entire Ii
In former times, and Il
Turing nearly the whole Of General al
.acZsOn's administration, the Wings 81
rad a majority in the Senate, and or le
,anized all the committees with a p
adverse TO the administFa-
ion. Mr.. Clay was never considered
lntit to be chairman of a committee @
because hediffered politically and was
JersOnally at variance with Jackson ! in
n John Tyler. The Committee on n,
Foreign Relations in the Senate, when s.
he question Of the annexation of II
Texas was before that body, was Op- r
posed, not only to the administration, ID
Jut also to annexation. The practice az
has uniformly been for the political W
)arty having a majority of the mem W
Ders Of the Senate to appoint the COM di
nittees, taking q majority of each 81