Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-03-24
rFrom tbe Cleveln.a T,ea5er !

/ MS D4unQer OF the caucus IS Stlis
greatly aggravated when il is considered
that not whisper has ever been uttered
against the moral or political integrit.
bDf Mr.. Sumner. not even by his bitreTesi
enemies. while in the case of Mr.. Cam
eron, Il is a matter of notoriety that h
Is of very doubtful reputation for poliI
ical honesty, and that he IS nothing
more than mere trading politician
We have YET to find a prominent Re-
publican journal that endorses the ap
pOintmeRt Of Mr.. Cameron. This would
show that they all regard his appoint
menr blunder. The same want OF
judgment that was shown in selecting
Mr.. Cameron. was equally shown in the
removal Of Mr. Sumner.
From the Boston Advertissr.l
Our sympathy with him lMr. Sumner)
under the shameful blow which has been
struck cannot but be mingled with con
| gratuIations. He stands before the
/ country as a man prosecuted for his de-
votion to his principles; and the dignity
and strength of his character shine out in
a clearer light than ever.
[Fiom the n. Y. INSTRUMENTATION weeks
/ leasier-l
| We protested beforehand, last week.
lagainst the folly Of Mr.. Summers removal
| from the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions. Now that it is done, and some of
the results are already seen, the act does
not seem to US any less wise. II is Of no
use TO disguise the truth. Senator Sum-
Rer's removal is in some sense the pen
ally of his freedom of speech. 1t IS not
often given to a man to be twice a mar
tyr to the courage with which he utters
his convictions in the Senate of his
country.
From the Portland Advertised
From this cumulative evidence but
one cOnclusion can be drawn. The
vote of New Hampshire is a solemn
protest against the violent attempt of
the Administration to thrust uaon an
unwilling people the cares and burdens
incident TO this scheme of San Domin-
20 annexation. So far, the result may
be contemplated with entire calmness.
If this wholesome shock should shake
the Presidents confidence in the blind
guides he has been following Of late,
the awakening will come none too soon. !
If on the contrary the Republican
party is to be trimmed down to the di- |
mensions of San Domingo party. the |
sooner that issue is made up the better. |
Expansion souIhward accompanied by /
the incorporation of .halfcRillzed races /
into our nationality, IS the one risk |
which Just now we cannot ford to take. |
The republic must not be AIexlcanized. |
From the Philadelphia EveI-fng Bunetin.l
We have not been among Mr.. Sum-
ner's worshipers, as We have not been |
worshipers of any man or set of men. !
at Washington or elsewhere but his /
summary eJectiOn from the foreign rela-
uons committee is Nncalled for, and it /
Will be sure to injure others more than /
hum. His opposition to the Santo Do |
mingo scheme has been shared by a I
vast number of Republicans in Con- I
gress and throughout the country. Il IS /
not a party question. and It should not
be made one. Ii has often happened
that a chairman of Senate committee
has differed from the Executive on an
important question, and such difference
has often saved the nation a good deal /
of trouble. The Constitution COntem-
plated differences between the several
branches of the government and that
each one might serve as check upon
the others. If the President has in
fluenced Senators to displaee Mr.. Sum-
ner because he differed from him on /
this one question, which is not a party 1
question: er-ss-Stisal-e7e IN any sense,
he has committed mistake. Mr.. Sum-
ner was a leader of the Republican par
ty long before President Grant came IN
to public life, and, whatever his faults or
weaknesses may be, his services TO II |
and the country have been great, and
they deserve continued recognition by
the party so long as he proves faithful TO
its established principles Republicans
outside of the Senate will continue this
recognition in spite of the action of the
caucus, and, of course. the strength of
the administration among the people
will be propOrtionately diminished.
rFrOrn tn Senate speech OF E-on. Henry
Wilson, al Masssich uset's.
Sir, / say to Senators that we had bet
ter put this matter over and think OF il
over night. Let me say TO my Repub-
hcan friends: you have just as much as
YOU can do to bear the banners of your
party to victory, without putting any dis
ciphne on your old and trusted leaders,
whom the people love you have all
your forces 20 the front; you have no re-
serves, no force in the rear that you can
organize to carry you through the viii
derness you have all your forces to the
front to-day, and they have quite as
much as they can do to carry your ban
ners TO victory, Before you attempt
this plan of dlscip1ning Senators, of
putting men down for this thing that,
or the other, my advice to you isto close
up your ranks, rectlfy your mistakes, I
and stand unltcdly before the country |
Remember that victory chngs 10 |
unity"
An honorable Senator has handed me |
a journal of the Senate of more than |
thlrty-five years ago. By a reference to |
the journal find that Mr.. Clay was put |
al the head Of the Commiiee on For
eign Relations, although it was well
known what his personal relations with
the President were. General Jackson
was President and Henry Clay was put
at the head of the Committee on For
eign Relations OF the Senate. He hela no
communications, certainly not of per
sonal nature with the President. They
had been esIanged for years.
Sir, why should the Senate of the |
United States to-day undertake to
strike down a Senator who has been
twenty years in this body-a Senator |
who has stood ten years at the head of /
the Committee on Foreign Relations
Senator, who. you all admit. understands |
by his education, his foreign travel, the |
studies OF his life, and his ripe exPe |
rience here, our foreign affairs better |
Quiet ILClnDCI Oi CllLSE I1OuSG |
OF Congress Why is this Senator dis |
rated before the country? Because |
be held certain views on San DO |
mir go-becausc he opposed its ac-
QUESTION because with all the earn
estness of his soul he opposed it-bc-
cause he had difference with the Pres
ident and Secretary of State. Sir, a
Senator has right to differ with the
President and Secretary of tate, as
well as with any other public officers
Senators are nobody S servants.
go as far as any man living in sup
| pOrung The President, the Secretary of
State, the Administration of our choice,
in all that is honorable and manly and
just; but protest against this proceeding
here to-day. / protest against it in the
Of the name Republican party, that has
carried US through the awful trials of