The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-03-14
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GRANTS WAR ON SUMNER.
What the Republican Papers Of the
Country Think of 1t.
THE n. Y. PRESS.


Country Think of II.
THE N. Y. PRESS.
The New York Tribune closes eau
tiouS and guardedly written editorial rs
follows:
Wewill not conceal our profound re-
greet that any such action should have
been deemed necessary or advisable. Mr..
Sumner has fOibles-as few have not
but he Is eminently a Senator, and has
earned the love and trust Of the American
people. We could wish that this seeming
indignity might have been spared him.
A day later tho Tribune puts it still
more strongly;
The impolicy Of removing Mr.. Sumner
from the Craftsmanship oil the Committee
on Foreign Relations without better pre-
text than his discOrdant relations with the
White House and State Department must
now be clearly manifest to the dulleSt
official at Washington. It seems palmer
than we could wish, from the line Of that
debate, and from the language Of the in
fluential journals Of the country from
which we quote, that q new cause Of dis
sention has been needlessly forced upon
the Republican party.
From the N. Y. Times.
"ThGre can be no doubt that the re-
moyal Of Mr. Sumner from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs is o very unfortunate
event. It is evident that large section
Of the Republican party will regard Mr..
Sumner as a martyr TO his opinions and
for that reason alone we cannot but re.
greet that Republican Senators should
have felt themselves compelled in duty
to find another chairman Tor the Commit.
mittec on Foreign Relations"
From tho New, York Mail.
ut has been evident that lie has had q
foreign policy quite distinct from that of
the President and sometimes decidedly
hostile to ii. To this, however, lie had a
perfect right as q Senator. II would be
unfortunate, indeed, il Senators could not
critCise in the severest terms the policy
Of any administration, whether Of their
own or Of an opposite political faith"
THE NEW ENGLAND PRESS
From the Boston Advertiser, March 10.
Whatever loss Of sympathy he may
have sustained by his extreme course on
the San Domingo inquiry would be dOubly
restored to him by all who believe in fair
and open warfare, even with IN enemy.
Nor do we believe the country would sus.
tain the attempt 10 prejudice the Sant0
Domingo question or any other seriously
affecting our relations with foreign Coun.
tries by packing committees in advance,
solely or mainly with rcGcrenceGo them.
Much as We have differed from Mr.. Sum.
ner, and unjust as he Is in his intolerance
Of dissent, we believe the country Is with
him on the question of annexing any of
the tropical islands. While their govern.
mehts cannot maintain themselves, except
under the shadow of our warships, and
the people have no means Of expressing
their free choice and though there may
be some qualification in fastening per-
sonal slight upon MIR, Sumner, VIC do not
think that when the issue is fairly made
up the fact that Mr.. Cameron speaks for
the Foreign Committee, and Mr.. Sumner
simply as the Senator from Massachusetts,,
will materially alter tho result.
From the Boston Journal.
The indignity TO MIR. Sumner Is a posi-.
tive wrong and injury to tho organization
which has hOnOred itself In hOnorlng him
through SO many years, and has so aCcu.
rately expressed the feeling Of the Ropub.
lican masses throughout the Union. Nor
has he ever been in more thorough &C.
cord with those masses than he Is to-day.
1t Is an unwNrrantGd act, therefore, TO say
the least-an act aSsimilating to political
usurpNtiOn-to thus reverse III u moment
and without cause the will Of tho coun.
try, which, without distinction Of party,
hGs acknowledged Mr., Summers preem.
inent fitness for the Craftsmanship Of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.
We say without cause, for we cannot
make II bear any other look. Mr.. Sum.
ner has differed from the Administration
on 4 single topic connected with the ju.
risdiCtion of the Foreign Committee
that Is all. If the decision Of the country
had been rendered against him on that
issue, that would be utterly insufficient to
cause his removal from u place Of such
varied, complex, and responsible duties.
The isseu, however, Is yet to DO reached,
while the strong indications are that the
country Is with Mr.. Sumner and against
the Administration. More than ever he
ought to be kept in his place. AS 10 the
charge cOvertly insinuHted that he is an
enemy oil the Administration, nothing can
be more absurd.
From the Worcester Spy.
1t is stated that these proceedings
against Mr.. Sumner are instigated by the
President, and that the Senators engaged
in them consult the President, and take
his orders. This We are slow TO believe.
The President has declared that he "nevGr
should have u policy to enforce against
the will Of the people," Therefore, we
hesitate to believe he Is willing to be re.
sponsible for any attempt to force his
annexation scheme upon the country by
such means as are now favored by his
special friends in the Senate. But il he
had not made that declaration, such inter.
ference with the organization Ofthe Senate
by the Executive would deserve the sever.
est Reproduction SnCh intrusion Of exeCu-
tive influence into an independent branch
Of the Government would be sternly re-
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