Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-16

TIC.
For Charles Summers high charac-
ter and attainments he has been re-
spected by his fellow Senators and
the public at large, but his egotism
aad dictatorial disposition have rem
dered him, to a large extent, obiec-
tionable to many of his political
friends who have been required to do
business with him in the Senate and
in committees. When the critical
time came, therefor, this feeling mani
tested itseis, and many Senators who
voted to sustain Summer in cacus did
so on the ground ofpolicy, and not
because they did not regard him as
ali obstruction as charm IN ofthe com
mittee on foIeign relations, and had
the removal been proposed under the
existing condition of public business
and in the absence of personal con
siderations, it would not have been
seriously opposed by Republican
Senators.
The misfortune, therefore, political
ly considered, is that it became nee
essary to make the change at this time
| and not because of the change itself.
There is, it is well known, existing
between Mr. Sumner and the Presi
dent feeling of bitter hostility. Ia
THIS unto,tuadte ofair. Mr.. Samaer
,cas the aggressor, and he has not
sought to disguise his hostility or to
restrain himself when speaking to
bis friends Of the President. To such
lengths has be gone in this regard,
and SO fercely did he talk about the
impeachment of Grant, that his
friends were very recently, during
his illness, seriously alarmed concern
ing the condition Of his mental facul-
ties, and his physician urgently ad
vised his removal to Boston. This
was attempted, but Mr.. Sumner, in
the face of the assurance ofhis physic-
! ian that in the event of undue excite
ment he was liable to drop dead, posi-
lively refused to leave Washington,
or to forego his purpose to deliver
a speech, which he had prepared Oh
international law
OF course, the President was advis-
ed as to the condition of Mr.. Sumner,
and it is not likely that he would seek
to persecute him under such circum-
| stances.
| We are bound to believe, therefor,
that thereswere great public reasons
for the change that has been made
reasons as sound as those which led
to the removal of Motley, and that
:hese relate to the pending negotia
tons with Great Britain, and have no
connection whatever with tue San
Domingo business. 1t is very well
known that the President rests the
San Domingo busire wholly on the
report that the Commissioners will
make, and if this commission shall
not make report in favor of annexa-
ton that viii be satisfactory to the
Senate and the country, the move
ment will be cheerfully and promptly
abandoned. 1t is folly, therefor, to
mix up the San Domingo business
with Mr. Summers removal; besides,
to suppose that Grant would advise
Summers removal with view to ad-
vancing the annexation scheme would
be to suppose him and his advisers
fools.
1t is not to be forgotten that the
removal of Minister Motley was gen
orally disapproved of by the public,
and that it was attributed to this same
San Domingo business yet the facts
showed that the removal had been
determined upon before San Domingo
had been mentioned to Mr. Sumner;
and there are few people now who
will say that the right thing was not
done. 1t is even conceded that the
appointment Originally was, under
the circumstances. unwise, and that
the mistake could not have been
corrected in any other way than by
his recall. This as the facts show, was
done, not willingly, but with great re
luctance.