Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-04-04

Jnls DC dtLcnptSu, anu aVht leOpuOIlc
will become an example worthy of
it's name and the civilization whic b
it represents, while republican insti-
tutions will have new glory. The
The blessings of good men would at
tend such an effort. Nor would the
smile of heaven be wanting. And
may we not justly expect the Presi-
dent to unite in such measure of
peace and good will.
Mr.. Morton said he did not pro-
pose to reply to Mr.. Summer at this
time, as that would require time and
preparation, but simply to show that
the solo object Of Mr. Sumner's ell
aborate speech was to charge the
President and at least two members
of the Cabinet with high crimes and
misdemeanors. 1t had been decided,
in order to settle difference Of opin-
ion on the subject, to send Commits
sion to the island, who should report
to the country upon the pr0priety
of annexation; he had agreed to sus-
pend his Judgment until the report
was made. 1t had been thought
best to dismiss the matter from poll
ties until that report was made, but
this course had not been followed by
some, though he had declared for one
his willingness to drop the subject,
if the Commissioners report was un-
favorable. The Senator from Mass
achusetts should have deferred his
speech until that report was made.
While he did not know any thing Of
its character, he (Mortop) felt conf
dent that many of the charges made
against the President, large part
of the Senator's speech, would be an
swered by The report. The vindica-
ton Of the President upon all the
charges here made out would be com
plete upon statement of all the
facts Mr.. Morton then had read by
the Secretary, dispatch 20 the
| United States NJ mister BassetU, from
the Haytien Secretary Of Foreign
fairs, assuring him that Hayti had
no disposition or desire to interfere
with the free will of the Dominicans
The Haytien Government, in viola
tion of the law Of nations, had given
free passage across it's territory to
Cabral, and furnished him with war
vessels to attack Dominica, and the
United States bad merely notified
Hayti that, while GU. negotiations
were pending with Dominica, we
could not allow her 10 make war on
that island. This the United States
had an undoubted right to do, be-
cause our government had informa-
tioD that organizations were on
foot in Hayti to defeat annexation.
No one need tell him Morton) that
the Senator from Massachusetts was
friend of liberty or the colored
man, when he so industriously spent
his time in an effort TO put the Dem
ocratic party in power. The SEN
ator could not strike q blow at the
President without the same time
striking at the Republican party.
| Mr. Howe said: To-day the Repub.
lican party has experienced some
thing Of that anguish which swelled
in the breast of Caesar when, having
already been struck by Cassius, he
saw third dagger uplifted by the
hand of q dear friend, and then was
wrung from his sgonized bosom the
exclamation "Et tn Brute" for to
day we had heard that the Senator
who had so earnestly urged upon
reluctant Senators the purchase
of these rigid far off regions, at the
North pole, now turning u deaf ear
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his own exultans prophecy that our
city should be nothing less than the
whole American continent with her
gates upon all surrounding seas
TO day the Senator arose, not only
to oppose the annexation of an island
at our very doors. but to denounce
as criminal, q President who had
ventured, in the exercise OF q strict
ly constitutional prerogative, to adj
wise its acquisition. He Howe had
sought the privilege of entering ar
appearance for that illustrious re-
spoDdent. He would file no demur-
rer nor interpose any dilatory pleas,
but preferred the general issue