Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29
Forty-Second Congress First Session
WASHINGTON, d. c., March IS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March Is.
SENATE.
Mr.. Howe resumed his speech in opposition
to Mr. Sumner, but there was little interest mani
tested in the discussion to-day either in The gal
leries or on the floor.
In general denial of Mr.. Summers accusa-
tions, he commended that, instead of attempting
to sell his country, as charged, Baez had fur
nished an example worthy of imitation, in sub
ordinatiDg his personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT as a
ruler, to bring peace to his country, by annexa-
ton. The proposed sale to the United States,
instead of being in violation of the constitution
of Dominica, was in direct accordance with it,
because the transfer to be made is not at the ar
bitrary direction Of that government, but in de-
fence to the popular will of that country. The
United States is bound, under the law of ma
tons, and by clause in the original negotia-
ton, to ensure the preservation of peace be-
tween Hayti and Dominica, and notify the Union
that the effect is no more unfriendly to Hayti
than to any other nation In conclusion, Mr..
Howe contended that the mission of the repub-
llcan party is not ended, and he would beSeech
the man who would engage in its destruction to
take his position with the common enemy, and
no., Judas like, stab in the back the party to
which he protested TO belong.
Mr.. Frelinghuvsen, after an eulogium on the
services of General Grant to the country in its
darkest hour of peril, said this was the man
upon whom all the vituperative adectives of
the vocabulary were heaped. He then inquired
for what purpose the senator from Massachu-
sets had precipital ed this discussion in advance
of the report of the commission, from which
alone congress and the public could form cor
rect Judgment
Mr.. Sumner said if the senator desired it, he
would answer now. The senator from Wiscon.
sin, Mr.. Howe, had complained because he had
brought this matter forward, and Senator FIRE.
linghuysen because he did not postpone it. He
Sumner, would take counsel of neither senator,
but his own heart. Knowing that there was
system of lawlcssness on the coast of San Do
mingo, under direct order of the president of the
United States, he felt it his duty to expose it,
There were some cases in which exposures were
sufficient, and he felt that this was one, and that
the American people needed only to see the
wrong TO apply the remedy
Mr.. Frelinghuysen, as sufficient answer to Mr.
Summers structures upon the course OF the Sec
rotary of the navy, had read from the desk a
dispatch from that official to Admiral Lee.
Mr.. Schurz then took the floor. He did not
think the report Of the commission, which had
Just returned from pleasant jaunt to San Do
mingo, would prove very influential, either in
the senate or before the country, for he thought
the treaty had already been effectually disposed
OF. The senator from Wisconsin, Mr.. Howe,
had displayed wonderful knowledge of ancient
and modern history, and. not content with de-
stroying Caesar, Cassius, and the prominent men
of our times, had mercilessly used his
Ratchet upon the senator from Massachusetts.
The senator's purpose was to show that pub