The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16

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Thursday, March 10th, 1871
Senator Sumner is at length do
posed from the Craftsmanship of the
Committee on Foreign Relations in
tho Senate. The vote ofhis peers by
which this was done, being as fol-
lows:
Ayes-Ames, Anthony, Boroman,
Brown, Brownlow, Caldwell, Chand-
Ter, Conkling, Corbet, Edmunds, Fem |
ton. Ferry, Of Michigan, Flanagan,
Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Harlan,
Hickok, Howe, Lewis, Morrill,, Of
Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osborne,
Pomeroy, Robertson, Sawyer, Scott,
Sherman, Stewart, West Wright
33.
Nays-Blair, Casserly, Cooper,
Davis, Of Kentucky, Davis, of West
Virginia, Kelly, Stevenson, Thur
man, tlckere-S.
Absent or not voting, Bayard,
Buckingham, Carpenter, Cragin,
Ferry, Of Connecticut, Gilbert, Ham,
ilton, Hill, Kellogg, Logan, Pratt,
Rice, Salisbury, Spencer, Sprague,
Stockton, Sumner, Upton, Trun bull,
Wilson, Windom-23.
From our stand point with the
light, we have been able to obtain
running through two years past, it
has been apparent that the admins
tration, and the highly dignifed SEN
ator from Massachusetts, were won
derfully at cross purposes. This I'M
pleasant and irritating difference of
opinion has cropped out even in ab-
stinence on the part Of the choleric
Senator from the usual amenities OF
life, towards the President. No
amount of oondescention INDUCED in
on the part of the Administration,
oven going to the very verge Of fore
going the independence and dignity,
which it ought under all oiroumstan-
ces, to preserve, has operated to heal
The breach; and at last the President
being driven to the wall, the Senate
found it necessary that this moor.
rigable man, this man with whom it
is not possible to transact business
without the President of the country
shall actually be subjected almost
daily to insult from tho Senator, shall
NO longer occupy the position of an
intimate adviser to the Administra-
ton, upon the most frequently occur
ring and important matters with
which it has to deal. The fact is, o.
the history Of this whole matter will
show, when it comes fully to light,
and, which will, at some time, sooner
or later, beyond question, be fully
made public that Senator Sumner
determined to take the Administers
ton by the probosois and tweak it 1t
his pleasure. He would proudly
draw his senatorial Toga about him
and disdainfully look down upon the
President and his cabinet a. Doors,
who should not dare to differ with
him in matters pertaining to our
foreign affairs, and, indeed, that it
was of little consequence whether
they ever knew or had anything to
do with the foreign relations of the
country over which he would preside
with kingty dignity and power. The
Administration broked his unman.
nerly manners, his dictation, his abu.
sive, ungentlemanly and mendacious
language far too long, the half Of
which is not yet known to the gen.
eral public. Senator Sumner has
done distinguished and noble service
to his country, and to the cause Of
liberty; he is a wonderfully able man
and statesman, but every American
citizen would hide his face in shame,
should our President and cabinet
officers yield and become the
puppet Of man who would have, if
possible, the mere wave of his hand i,
silence all opposition. We deplore
this apparent rupture with 80 dis
tinguished republican on the part
o. the Administration, but better so
by tar, than that the executive de-
partment of the government shall be
swallowed bodily by Charles Sumner.
From away east, upon this change in
the Craftsmanship of the Committee
comes the telegraphic dispatch that
il forbodes disruption of the repub-
lioan party, and the defeat Of Grant,
for denomination. Not 80 fast,
gentlemen it has been too often de-
monstrated that no man, or set Of
men, high or low, hold the republi-
can party within his or their power,
or its fortunes under his or their con-
troll. It will sustain the right, re-
gardless of men, and march right on
to victory, and we maintain that the
Presidents position is fully intrench-
ed in the right in this matter, as will
be demonstrated beyond question.
New Hampshire, always q close
State, apparently elected democrat
10 Governor, and one member of
Congress yesterday. We have heard
nothing about the canvass or candi
dates heretofore, and suppose our
people let the election 60 by default.
The result will be beneficial to our.
party and tend to harmonic per-
sonal difficulties in the approaching
Presidential campaign.