New-York tribune., 1871-03-29

yoT owe m apology the Senate whose deliberate
acton & you ase but to the English language whose
hoiest prerogatiyee you eeuray:.
Won are oIso mistaken in supposing the transfer
the result OF Executive dctation; Perhaps cannot
Resiie have no doubt the President desired change
OF the CHAIRMAN OF that Committee. l have as little
doubt MI dG 9por mat Consult either Of them do not
menber 70 nave seen either while that subject was pend
inr before the Caucus Committee. If dd see tnein,
neltIer M them spoke 10 me upon that subject shod
have conferred freely with either OF WIN oo,, To-
desired 10 do 40 III the President had offered 10 cohsu
Win me sbond not have refused the conference, II
he had asked me 10 strike down MI sumner, @ i
should have declined 10 do go II he h1 aSSgu snnr %
indict any punishment whatever upon MT SumuoI,
think siould have told him had no criminal lllsu =,
tion that my business was 70 organize III diniine
refractory Senators But II lie had asked me Simply 70
assign to the head OF the Committee on ForSlgn
the Iopubhcan force Of the Senate, VINO ~Sug f
either to him or to the seSietaryb argb Teanest
coming from one made President Dy tne sa.tV 40
party which might have made r sumner & @ m tv
IL had so preferred; made President by TIC same pry
which made ne Senator; and made President Ohy .Wo
years ago, not tho reward Of eloquent sayings % p ~
gratitude for transceudant doings; am sure shou @
have thought such request from such sour hgt u
reasonable. Have you moro evidence thSt e
yorsi Or Is IL a higher crime for President TO ln1u
the of Senator than for senator 70
free pressi DO you know OF anything IN the Cohs,u
ton. or the laws or Ia political usage, which Iolo5
President from advising representative upon any Idt
vi iiOh .hN-tt9s' nii-4 Va - pa
bow long has 1t been considered necessary that Ie
publican Senate should iy IN the face OF RepnDnGan
President in order escape the reprOach OF Executive
dlctaton from Republican pressf Mo- whether the
ring Mr. simmer on the floor OF the Senate. He could be
OF no further TO the President the senate OF te
country at the head of Committee for he would no
longer hold personal intercourse with either the Pres
dent or the Secretary OF STATE
You do not but others do point the result Of the
recent elections in New Hampshire as the legLmate con
sequence Of the senates acton Many p,0s T5sp & p -
nd baf
publican party. That lesson VIII not pe Ios' 1Vu Aep
u.s. u eanot oe lost AZ scr SIp IT. aid 70 ihe wrong
Committee ana Mr.. Summers friends therefore as sIeu
Now Ilampshire TO the Democratic party. That Is tho
lesson NJ IL rot likely 10 be forgotten what is the
r. nnderst1d that when Mr. summers wishes are lot
obeyed Mr. Summers friends in alliance with the
DcnOcTati) partyi Mr. SchuZ, te next friend OF Ar;
enmner helred TO extend the Republican party or
49, frie"ds we are now told have crucided the Repub
cau party of Eew-HGnpshre, because the wronS man
was made Chairman of me Committee on toTelgN held
fiona It Ia not at all cerain that Mr. Sumner may not
have friends enough rGce the Republican party ia
Connecticut. few repcutions or lls nter aplhctlIol
Of hard lesson mis- ght 50 weaken the K'l ublcan party
In the nation to render IL quite practlcaOe ior s
friends fling the Republic where tDey nave eItauy
imp0ss ole thus 10 destroy tie Republican party utterly
Aud when the Republican party ls aus khle ana eh
tombed let this epaph be Inscribed upon It's grave
Here lies the Republican party It encountered for
st-aveG IT, II TOOK monster rebellion by the throat
anu srangled il. II found 100000 OF human beings IN
bondage and cmanCipatei Them IL lhted 40UlJm, ot
neope 10 tho plane OF political equality ana secut "a u
by Constitutional Covenant 1t stretched nignWey
OF Inc sun as it revsts the birthplace Of our But
in an evil hour it tried transfer Ar sumner from the
Committee Foreign Relations 70 thas OI frltbes anu
N'''''A'' "H' P''''1' TIMOTHY o. HOWE.
Mr. TuroN's EDITORIAL REPLY.
Mr. summers statement psTNfhJs ne nT
reason from getting any tootloid M hove prTu%Cii %
maintain 10 personal intercourse WIN the Oher emu O
the avenue. Mr. sumner declares VA. oa Az U
official public duty Lie would hOli te heSui lntS
in spirit OF harmony ana cordlaiity MI move
supp0sitous Minister to China refusing 10 see the
Emperor aud splitting In tie face Of Manarin, puts
correspondent in the position or implying thal Mr'
OF the secretary to which double mOuhns (or eptAets
and saliva Mr.. sumner replies that he IS WnS to ne
WITH Emperor and Mandarin, but for good cause
refuses to drink tea with tine one or, eat ~, IlGe
signed a dispatch which, besides insulting NJ Motley,
full OF angs at Mr. Sumner ana wlich cl0sed IN
Committee on Foreign Relat0n7 the Secretary OF state
had the best in the word to expect DISCONTINUE
distinctly that Mr. Fish himself inspired this rupture
cared that Mr. sumner was obliged ny self-espect 1
maintain thereafter none but oi.al-and to eAcluo, al
make an ndiydious remark against the faulty party in
this quarrel, but cannot help saying tbai our qsto
ishment at Mr. Fish's rudeness has been equaod only
by our admiration of Mr.. summers forbgarahce.
Mr. Howe asks, Do you know any thing In the
Constitution In tho laws. or IN political usage which
any matter which interests MIN as concerning me pubc
scryicep Yes We point Mr.. Howe % Mrs Ly,la M5ri.
Childs significant quotation from blackSonein me 81
National StrndGrd. She says: Jefferson, IN Lis SIAN
nal OF Parliamentary Practice, Tor the senate OF me
United states thus cites British Parliamentary Law
which ia also The Kings expressing hs disp as
inst persons fOr matters moved "a paiIld
meut during the debate and preparation or Dli was
breach OF priyiege and it declared breach OF nun
damontal privileges 10 report any opA0n Or lretehG
opinion, OF the King any bill or proceeding depending
IN either House Of PaFament win view TO lnit
the votes OF the members II kg + thus oouH 10 To-
spect the freedom Of other departments OF the Govern
Inent how much more should 1t be the case WIN tAo
Mr Howe asks whether II It had been Senator sher-
man, instead of Senator sumner VINO lad pee mus re-
been so stung by it, Does Mr. Howe mean TO imply that
II a cloud should ast Che social reiaons OetWeen
President Grant aud Nh sherman OF nr. @lLunpuii, @
that the Senate would be justified, ON This account IN
removing Mr.. sherman from mo Finance, ana Mr;
Trumbull from the Judiciary C0minlttee II so, doe
rot MIR. Howe that II the PRESIDENT hereafter snOul
want any senator depo-ea RON nus o4irnlsip, me
has only 10 offer this senator euS an IhL sitJ dc
suspend their social relations and the Iddanee can be
IL ali in vain to ask Indignantly Has not the
Senate supreme right 10 appoint ana rtaPp0n ITS COM
mtiees No one disputes the sehates lSht Dy ANA ma,
jOrty vote, to change me chairman OF eaeh ana every
committee II had right To depo2c Mr. Summer 1t had
right erpel Mr.. Howe But 20 DO either the one or
serve and receive just condemnation by the people
When year after year. an able and renowned statesman
has fulfilled tue uncti0hs OF pohsloie once WIN
conspicuous success az Mr. lrumbull at the head or one
committee aud Mr. Sumner at the head OF another; and
when by consent each of these men Il the very
best for his particular place whom the whole Senate af
fords aud when suddenly OF these twain is deposed
from his chair against the protest OF the other and OF
nearly half the Senate and when the reason for
perpetrators to have nothing 10 do with
Governmental policy, but solely with social eti-
quette; and when above all else the President OF the
United states appears the scene, and after showing
his empty hand which Mr. sumner has refused TO clasp
in private friendship, doubles it into the menacing fist OF
public enmity and dashes down chairman of ten years
crafty the spite OF an hour when all this Is done
with mmOdest boIdness, and with precpltate ree
essness, and with unbushing openness-who won
der at the sudden and righteous anger at the fierce and
rebuke which nine-teuths OF the American people
have visited upon Mr. Summers assaiants Of whom MI
Howe chiefi
What remains It il one OF the functions OF states
10 Judge before entering upon measure, the prob
able effect which t Will produce upon the country The
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