The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-19
THE WAY 1T IS RECEIVED.

From the columns of the Sacramento
Union, a Grant organ, we take the
following on the removal of Sumner ::
AS we predicted. heleading Repub-
lIcan Journals Ofthe country are speak
ing out in condemnation oftIle removal
OF sumner from the Committee on
Foreign Relations. The first of the
New York papers to give an opinion
on the subject was the Herald. 1t re-
CARDS the AS IAN ungraciOus
thing and declares that "when it
comes to a question whetherthe Chair
man of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee should be purely American. letting
considerations OF the good and the
honor of his country stand above all
other considerations, even if these
other considerations imply war, sum
ner's record on the very Alabama
claims that will come before him and
his committee III the shape of a treaty
ere long, for final discussion, and, per
hapS, for final confirmation or %reiec-
ton, is the truest and soundeSt of any
Senator's i'll the Senate
The other New York papers have
not yet spoken. The Chicago Tribune
d%eDounces the twenty-siX vino had the
~ llh anu ~
moval OF Sumner and Trumbull. II
compares their spiteful work with that
of the Senatorial Shareholders in l>5S.
when they removed Douglas from the
head of the Committee ON Territories
because he refused to be their tool.
and it quotes from the Senate Journal
of that time the names of cameron.
Chandler, Hamlin and Harlan. ~ vot-
ing against the s~laNeOCracN on the
ground that the removal was an ACT OF
tyranny. These same Senators now
call up presidents to justify their ac-
ton toward sumner, which Is not a
whit better than that of Hunter, Mason.
Slidell Il Co.. against Douglas III le5S.
The Tribune declares that
The day when popular judgments
upon political acts were manufactured
at Washington had gone by. The Re
publicans of the country think for
themselves, and they will in>tinctivelv
resent this revival of deSpoti>im. this
attempt to silence freedom of speech,
and the independence Of the Senate.
The Cincinnati Commercial has these
words and more on the subject:
The removal of Charles Sumner
from the chairmanship OF the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations l. an I'M
promising beginning for the Forty
second Congress. The selection of
| Simon Cameron o succeed HIM Il still
more unpromi>ing. 1t Is not possible
to compare the We men. They take
their relative positions III the public
mind only by contrast umne may
he said to be what Cameron i not.
The statesman and scholar gives place
to the crafty politician and trick>ter.
There is but one parallel case III his
tory TO this, and that was when the
Jews, in answer to PLATE. cried, Re
lease unto us Barabba>." summers
otfense consists in having a mind of
his own, and acting upon CONVICTIONS
i~ntelligently and con>cientiou>ly
formed.
The Toledo Blade has this
The question is: Can the Republican
party afford to set It's cOndemnlur
brand upon a courageous and indie
pendent Senator for daring to set his
face against a scheme OF plumber, III
the track of which must follow Il large
increase of our exp nse>. the eNpendl-
turc of vast sums of money. and in all
probability Il war with iiayti? Dare
we ~inaugurate the policy II 4 4 Presl-
dent has a right TO make support OF
the measures NLlCI he IiNOI> Il tt>t OF
party fealty? Must Republicans give
up their right 10 judge for themselves
OF measures not embraced -FOUR party
platforms? Can we afford to override
the conscientious judgments of our
best men i'll this manner? We speak
plainly, just at the time plain speak
ing i, most demanded. and when it
may prevent immense mischief. Tn
! Iar no nrptp<t SlOulI auN statesman
be allowed &c be sacrificed for OppOs-
ing a measure of this sort.