Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-21
NO PAPER NEXT WEEK.
enables uNEH.
ia suittidc Of cRseT, alton sC
sVtIi Press his CiViI Rights
Biil aud the Abolition OF
the Electoral College.

Mr.. Sumner position being one
OF the topics of the day, newspa-
per correspondent called at the SEN
ator's elegant residence, which Is, in I.
fact, a museum of art and literature.
Mr.. Sumner extended that cordial .
welcome which healways gives rep .
resentatiyes Of respectable newSpa- .
pers, an Q went on couversiug with .
some Congress siOUal visitors who .
were seated near him. lie described .
i'm his graph" manner, his visits TO Z
President Theirs, La Boulavc, Glad .
stone, John Bright ard other Euro
pean celebrities, but PresisteHtly
eyadcd all illusions 10 our home
politics, even when comparisons
would be drawn by his visitors.
At last they left, and your CORES
pondent complimeuted the Senator
on his improved health.
y cs,' he replied, Il am much
better than ! was when | went
abroad. ! did not meet DR.. Brown
Sequard prOnOuuccs my attacks of
last summer the result Of the injuries
received in my spine fifteen years
AGO, and has laid down a course
OF medical treatment which | pro-
pose 10 follow. lie especially en-
jOils rest from excessive labor, and
1 do not propose TO do any more At
the Capitol than | can AVOID without
neglect of duty. Indeed l am not
sure that l should attend the COM
ming session were il not for my de-
sire 10 have Hy Civil Rights bill
placed on the statute book.
GU will again urge the passage
Of this bill by the Senatc:' asked
your correspondent.
"MOst assuredly," earnestly re-
piled Mr.. Sumner, land 1 have al
ready been called On by some Of the
leading cOlOTCd men Of this city.
who assured me Of their desire To
have me carry out this browning
feature OF the great work of cmau-
CipatlUu."
DO you expect much personal OPP
position IN the Senate, Mr.. Sumner"
why should l." he answered and
then went on TO say" Il expressly
relrained from reading an American
newspaper during my absence, and
| am consequently not aware that
anything was said or written during
the canvass for or against me. -
/ This has not entailed upon me anv
III eAAAAI ~ a AAIt7G VI dllF llAAAlEtAe-
ant souvenirs, and so far as ! am
concerned l have only sentiments
of moderation towards all. Indeed,
the death of Mr.. Greedy can but eN-
ercise a sOftening influence on pOlit-
ical life and on the SnimOsities OF par
ty."
Your pendent asked Wheth-
er the proposed amendment to the
constitution, limiting the Presiieu-
tiai service 10 one term, would now
be abandoned.
Not at alp replied Mr.. Sumner,
Ion the contrary, 1 shall press il to
a vote in the Senate at the earliest
opportunity, aud with il another
proposed constitutional amendment
which | introduced into the Senate
last spring, abolishing the Elector-
al College and making the people
vote directly for President ana Vice
President
Your colleague is warmly con-
graduated on mis- election as Vice
President, Mr.. Sumner"
Yes, and | am glad TO hear him
declare himself IN favor OF peace and
harmony"
lie wants Congress to 20 to work
now and attend TO the business on
its Calendars, to " hich Iauded: And
especially the French spOliatiou
claims; those should be settled at
once"
Your correspondent cndeavOred
TO turn the conversation into polit-
zeal channels, but the Massachusetts
| Senator cvaded ii, while he talked
! tluently about some rare books
which he had purchased in Paris and
brought home. On the whole, his
attitude is that OF attention, ready
to strike back if assailed, but not
anxious to provoke g contest.