The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-04-13
DEMOCRATIC CONSISTENCY.

Senator Sumner in opposition to the collup'
schemes of the Administration, has proven
such bombshell in the Radical ranks through
out the whole country that the Black kepuoll-
can organs are at loss what course to pursue
in order to be on the popular side. Smaii-iry
sheets, like our Boise City cotemporary found
themselves in deep water, and, like mariner
without a compass in "thick weather and
upon an unknown sea-" they awaited the first
pause in the storm which followed upon Sum-
ner,s arraignment of the Administration, and
took their political latitude and departure from
observations of the course pursued by the
hireling Radical press throughout the country
The position of the Democratic press upon the
question of the annexation of San Domingo
was we'll known long before Mr.. Sumner had
taken stand against the Administration upon
that matter. We do not know OF single
Democratic journal that advocates or has
favored the accomplishment of this corrupt
lob which Grant seems determined to carry
through regardless of his constitutional obi
cations, the decision, once rendered OF the
United States Senate, and the public sentiment
throughout the country North, South, East and
West. We do not "laud Sumner to the skies, "
neither do we call him the "great" nor the
grand" Sumner, but we do claim to have sufii-
Gent discernment to know that when man,
Black Republican though he be, shows suiti-
Gent stamina and sufficient regard for honesty
and for the welfare of his country, while occu'
plying the high and responsible position OF
Senator, to disregard the party lash aud to do
what he believes to be the right, he is en-
titled to credit for his independence, especially
in these days of political corruption and bar
gain and SALE We act on our own RESPONSE
bility, and in accordance with our own judg-
ment, when we accord to Mr.. Sumner that
need of praise to which we think he is justly
entitled for refusing to buckle on the San Do
mingo collar ut the bidding of the corrupt aud
mercenary huckster who. TO the lasting dis
grace of the American people. occupies the
position once adorned by Washington, Jeffer-
son and Monroe. Grant announced upon bis
inauguration that he should have no policy to
persist in in opposition to Congress or to the
wishes of the people, and yet he has pressed
and urged his corrupt San Domingo job with
pertinacity that has disgusted the people
throughout the whole country. With all Sum-
ner's political sins and iniquities, aud God
knows he has been guilty of enough, his Bit
terest political enemies have never charged
him with dishonesty or corruption. lie has
not, like the majority of Radical Congressman,
grown rich from brides, and, unlike Grant, he
does not herd with such corrupt scoundrels Us
Simon Cameron, Zach Chandler, Beast Butler
and other knaves who are now the political
cronies Of the ex-tanner and monthpicccs of
the present wooden-headed Administration.
If giving Sumner credit for the course he has
pursued in this matter ia "deyouring dirt" as
charged by our Radical neighbor, then we
plead guilty, and will indulge in like provender
whenever other prominent Radical Senators
see the errors of their ways and. like Sumner,
have the manlness to scorn the party lash and
to do battle against corruption in high places.