New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-20
TIE TROUBLE BETWEEN SECRETARY FISH
AND SENATOR SUMNER.


A CURIOUS STORY ABOUT ITS oRIGN-lEvIDENTLY
BIASED, But KNOWN TO HAVE ELEMEAIS
OF Truth.
WAsuIYCroN, March 19.-The Capital, this
morning contains long article purportng Ia give his
tory of the misunderstanding between Messrs Sumner
end Fish Some OF MI Summers friends, while discaim-
Ing any responsibility for its declare its main
aver1nents substantially correct The following para
graphs contain the substance Of It:
"socrctary Fish and Nr sumner were sworn into tho
Senate together in 1851, AID served some time on the
same Committee, and the two became acquamta, ces-
decd friends Whtn Gen. Grant reaiscOyered Mr..
Fish on tire banks OF the Hudson, and made LlDl
Secretary OF state, the venerable hnckerbocNer
H. to tie Chairman Of Foreign Relations FOR advice ana
help Mr. sumner retains letters from Secretary FISH,
ean,oe had RE e,poriauce OF the state ID, partment
during the war; WHO never feu OUT Nl0l MI ." lu
any other gentleman OF tnat Departme9t %IQe tas
the leading papers the Alabama CLAIMS an Ha'su
the person who should write TIE let5I o. %
the British Government roOpenlng those claims. Inc
only other Mr. Fish could get TO give min any 90
slstance Bancroft Davis" &c
9 Mr. Fish and Mr.. Sumner. as We have said, never
personally .hsGTeed even aB.at t.e 49, Do 1r,St
matter, until the military Ring around Gen. orl i
resolved TO into this JOB. Then the PRESIDENT lue
the point with Secretary Fish that the senate Commute
Accordingly in the first week IN june, Of O'Clock IN the
evening Mr. Fish went TO M Summers house ana iIer
arguing with hin Tor three hOuIs OF .ulu dteI lnll
night, to cease ms opposition to SantO domingo,
no said, If you cannot please tie Presldent
in this. if you cannot cease your atttehs
upon santo Domingo, at least get out OF the way lou
q
SION offer IL yOuit is yours Go away ana we eau
carry this IN MO Domingo BUS behind you Mr. sum
ner waived of as tho mistake 0f an Ola anu
laundering friend and replied: y, Fl,h we ntvS 1to
hest man we can got now &C London, and you want 70
make no change there Mr.. FISH LEFT MI. sumneLS
house a bated mortified man. and he az once seJ baI
croft Davis to work, IN his most mailgHaA' Fei"' !"
WORRY Mr. Motley, and insult Mr.. Sumner. ,,. 90 .,o
mir Fish seems have lost all his lhliepluly ~ o
time approached to spring TINS lnsOleL moran l'I
,non ne publlc and his friend. When dd appear, ne
dacd no more face the Old Bay state Lion put sent sen
otor Patterson TO tahOm the shodl5, ana ascertain "h0
lila sis 81 rec ptiOu would be. When. some days ago.
10 S5npcr was sFked why Fish did not come in person
10 attend 20 public business ana why ne sent senator
Patterson Mr. replied; Because ne ieaIeu luS
ai'N,,'J If NV heart! Mr.. Sumner replied, through
5atterscn that he would Fish at the state Depart
a,t a. Inc senate or az the House OF either, Freely
LII aud m any lime on the public business but, 10
yrcn1 At This Mr. Fish the more distressed, nut
sin he mustered up enough Dutch courage TO 90 10 Mr
S,,uer's house on he occasion OF conference WIN cir
I Rose the cOrrticr ana pioneer OF the British Gov
rr,,ent an the terms Of q settlement. The evening
,s sed "a Mr. sumner only could make II pass IN lt3
,.rftIction pleasantly, int leetUaly pfUntably.
Inn amor ght when Fish had departed 1r. euin-
toved that his self-respect would compel him 10 as
criminate between Fish the Secretary ana flsh the
friend Therefore, when, time aftCrward, they met
o private occasion ~ the Hon. Robert {. scbencks,
and lqs in the evening Fish addressed, across some
'le. frivol Jus remark about duck ana partridge 20
mo reply Fsh's weak nature felt the shock. He dared
no Ion ger face the Numedan lion, and he arranged with
the crew Chandler Nye, and the other 1oys VINO nght
Tor bitten apples. complete his cOWrCly warfare ny
driving Mr.. sumner from the head OF TINS COMMITTEE 50
that he nj sht no longer meet him."