Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-14
SENATOR SUMNER.
What > Said Of His Deposition from, TIA
Craftsmanship of the Foreign AFFAIR
Comr7Sffee.

What > Said Of His Deposition from, the
Craftsmanship Of the Foreign Affairs
Committee.
We sannot, therefore, consider the re-
moval pf Mr.. Sumner from the chairman
ship of the Committee on Foreign Reia-
| tions al an outrage or anything of the sort;
yet we viii not conceal our profound re-
gret that any such action should have
been deemed necessary or advisable. Mr..
Sumner has foibles-as few have not-but
he is eminently Senator, and has earned
the lore and trust of the American people.
We could wish that this seeming indignity
mighthave been spared him.-Iribune.
Mr.. Grant prefers to be President him.
self The result of the caucus yesterday
shows that he still occupies that position,
and it looks if he was going to maintain
it for the present.-Standard.
What is to be gained at this time by
openingsuch serious discussion among
the supporters of the administration as is
sure to fDllow the attempt to degrade the
foremost Republican in the United States
Senate.-Boston Journal.
We hope the rash act will be reconsider
ed at once. Republicans can not afford to
copy or commend the miserable proscrip-
tions of the Buchanan Administrations
Philadelphia Press.
The President can but lily afford to incur
the displeasure of the legion who are Mr..
Summers friends.-Ne,0ark M Courier.
Every man who likes independence
must oppose this ill-advised action of the
President and his friends.-N Y. Evening
Post.
It is ! delicate matter to upheave q posi-
ton held SO long as this has been by the
Massachusetts Senator, but he has survived
his usefulness, and his loss would be pub
lie gain.-Ne,U York Commercial Adver-
ttser.
His deposal will be the severest blow the
Republican party has experienced since 1t
gained the national neutrality-suspicious.
Transcript.
There can be no doubt that the removal
OF Mr.. Sumner from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs is very unfortunate event
but Republican Senators, no less faith
ful, if less distinguished, than Mr.. Summer
himself, have arrived at the conclusion
that the step was absolutely necessary and
therefore it is nonsense to attempt to sad
die the President with the whole, or even
the chief responsibility for it.-Neto York
Times.
The comment on the action in Mr. Sum-
ners case was quite general last night, and,
as rule, unfavorable. Many Senators
and members of Congress and citizens who
differ widely with Mr.. Sumner deprecate
his removal, believing sincerely that it will
be detriment to the Republican party
and to the interests of the country. Others,
in justifying the act, affirm that it will
promote harmony and efficiency, both in
the party and in the public service. We
hope that good and not harm
will come of it; but we cannot resist the
feeling that it is neither wise nor right.
We smile at those who affirm that these
events win disrupt the Republican party.
We have heard of a thnnsanG different
matters which We're each in turn to ring
the death knell of our party, but have seen
1t outlive them all and advance with free
and resistless strides to renewed victories.
Men may go down, principles will live.
individuals may differ and contend; the
people will ultimately discover and sustain
the right Washington Chronicle.