Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-04-11

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league down wantonly and basely
Which is the worse offender, be VIII
steals, or be who falsely charges al
honest man with theft? Which i
the heavier offense. to take from th.
rich man his purse, or to take from
an honest man his good name? o
which is the greater offence, to ira
dnce an individual, or to villify +.
Senate?
You are pleased to say that yol
expected from me "more chivalrou
part" ! am sorry to have disap
pointed any just expectations of my
friends. IL may be that only cour
age exposes itself to such laudatior
as has been heaped upon Mr.. Summer
and the minority of the Senate, anc
that only cowardice takes shelter
under that cloud of vituperatior
which has been spread over the ma
Jority. But if so, will you insist thai
such exposure is really much harder
TO endure than such security? But
where, on that day, did you discover
an example of that chivalry which
you would have had me initiate P
Did you find it among those daring
Democrats who voted against the
organization Of the committees, but
without venturing to assign q reason
for their votes2 Or among those
reckless Republicans who detained
against the same measure for hours,
and then left the Senate Chamber
without venturing to record q vote
against it? Do you find your mod
ell of chivalry in him who votes with
out reasoning? Or in him who reas-
ons without voting?
You quote Mr.. Trumbull as the
thority for the statement that "in
all the time he had been in the Sen
ate, never until then, bad a chair
man of committee been changed by
his political friends, except at his
own request" corrected that state
ment when it was made. | named
one notable instance TO the con trary,
| could have named others. The
truth is, that since Mr.. Trumbull has
been q member Of the Senate, the
committees never have been once
reorganized without making changes
of chairman or members which have
been very distasteful to the individ-
uals, and have created many heart
burnings. So inevitable is this, that
there is not Senator who has ever
been assigned to the duty of revising
the committees who does not shrink
from repetition of the effort. 1t
remains to be seen who will assume
such responsibility hereafter, if it be
understood that q diNooaiG~I o~--4--
may appeal, not only from the COM
mlttee to the caucus, both of whom
are composed of his own party; but
from the caucus to the Senate, COM
posed of both parties and from the
Senate, composed of both parties !;
and from the Senate to the country
composed of all parties.
Mr.. Tilton, you have voluntarily
taken the stand TO give the country
your views Of this great question.
You will not object to slight cross
examination. Will you tell the
country, upon your honor, whether,
if Senator Sherman had fallen into
such temper as that he would not
speak either to the President or the
Secretary of the Treasury, and if for
that reason the Senate had placed
him at the head of the Judiciary
Committee, instead of the Commit
tee on Finance, would you have at
tackled the Senate for doing so p
But by what law do you demand for
Mr.. Sumner consideration which
you would deny to another Senator
under the same circumstances =? Is
it because of his pre-eminent great.
ness ? But how great must man
be before he is above the obligations
Of that courtesy which ordinarily
characterizes the intercourse of gen.
tlemen ? You have bravely defen-
ded the equality of rights between
white men and black. Will you de-
ny the equality of rights between
Senator aud Sen ator?
You do not, but others do, point
US to the result of the recent cleo.
tons in New Hampshire as the leg
Inmate consequence of the Senate's
action. Many pious wish is ex-
pressed that the lesson may not be
lost on the Republican party. That
lesson will not be lost. God help us,
it cannot be lost. We shall remem-
Der that lesson. The Senate assign
ed Mr.. Sumner, it is said, to the
wrong Committee, and Mr.. Summers
friends therefore assigned New
Hampshire to the Democratic party
That is the lesson. 1t is not likely
to be forgotten But what is the
practical application to be made of
this lesson =? Are we to understand
that when Mr.. Summers wishes are
not obeyed, Mr.. Summers friends are
in alliance with the Democratic par
ty? Mr.. Schurz, the next friend OF
Mr.. Sumner, helped to extend the
Republican party of Missouri on the
cross, last fall. That was because
the wrong man was nominated for
Governor. Mr.. Summers friends, we
are now told, have crucified the Re.
publican party of New Hampshire
because the wrong man was made
Chairman of the Committee on For
eign Relations. 1t is not at all GER
tain that Mr.. Sumner may not have
friends enough to sacrifice the Re
publican party in Connecticut. A
few repetitions OF this bitter applica
ton of a hard lesson might so weak
en- the Republican party in the ma
ton as to render it quite practicable
for his friends to fling the Republic
whore they have already flung Miss
ouri and New Hampshire. 1t is by
no means impossible thus to destroy
the Republican party utterly. Ant
when the Republican party is thu
killed and entombed, let this epitapl
be inscribed upon its gravestone
"Here lies the Republican party
1t encountered formidable conspi
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