The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-03
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summers Speech on Grant
49,, ,,,ngD IN TIE SENATE FRIDAY.

hn KnnUullENW H-AFJI q Hal Nr
'tr,itest Of the sect hau nS'e odv ,HC its
sM.,Sin Its candidates and SeVSn iTG ~ ~
sa s.Sin as Not without regret could ~
na Il rsTtTer not without pang couLu ~ u.
seS !, !" changed 1u from its original character
ior such change Is death; I'M, tne' hat the
MED, with no common feeling, e.. snS n,, NV
neril which menaces 1t may pIS S,s "" ny;
IL had stood by its cradle, aud was HUI
WI mr sumner ~ , then proceeded to detail
tho rise and progress Of inc parry ye csS
connection with it as a paFIyE ~, SsssnJ
G in% rISnc hut alas, how changed! once
lux ppi ;nL' Gas Inscribed on It's victorious
a, nno[s moi % name only, 1t is not dill
D .i1, ~ inJicate when the disastrous
change exalting the will Of one man
above all else, became manifest Already
I !, b01 berun 10 show itself in personal
nrptensions, when the President, elected
~ The Republican party, preclplt9St!G;IG
mon the country an ill.Consldered and III
omened scheme Tor the annexation OF q
portion Of San Domingo, in pursuance OF
a treaty negotiated by one OF his own
household, II was pressed for months ny
every means and appliance OF power
Reluctant Senators were solicited Tor sup
port, while treading under loot inc Con-
stitution, In one of its most distinctive re;
publican principles. The President seized
The war powers oil tho Nation, instituted
foreign Intervention, and capped the cli'
max Of uSurpaliOn by menace OF violence
10 The black Republic OF Hayti, thus ad'
ding manifest outrage ofinternational law
10 manifest outrage OF tue Constitution.
Mr.. Sumner would gladly leave this
matter 10 the Judgment already recorded,
were 1t not put in issue again by extra.
ordinary efforts, radiating on every line
Of office, TO place lis author for a second
term Of the Presidency, and since silence
gives consent, all these efforts are his ef-
forts They become more noteworthy,
when Il is considered that the.name Of the
candidate thus pressed, has become
sign Of discord, and not concord, dividing
instead Of uniting the Republican party,
50 that these extraordinary efforts tend
directly to the disruption OF the party, all
Of which he witnesses, and again by his
silence ratifies. Let the party split, says
The President, u will not renounce my
chance OF second term" The extent
oEthis personal pressure and subordina-
ton Of the party to the will Of an indi.
yIdual Compels us TO consider his preten-
sions. These, too, are in issue. On what
meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he
should assume so much. No honor or
victory in the world can justify disobedi.
enCe 10 the Constitution and to law, nor
can It afford the least apology for any per-
sona immunity, privilege or license in
the Presidential Office, A President must
turn into King before 1t can be said OF
him that he can do no wrong. He Is re.
spOnsible always. AS President he is tbs
foremost servant Of the law, and is bound
to obey its slightest mandate. AS the
elect Of the people he owes not only the
example Of willing obedience, but also Of
fidelity and industry, in the discharge Of
his conspicuous office, with an abroga-
ton Of all selEseeking. Nothing for sell,
but all for the country.
And now, as We regard the career of
this candidate, We find to our GmaZGment
how little it aCCords with this simple re-.
quircment. Bring it 10 the touchstonc
and it falls. Not only are the Constitu.
ton and law disregarded, but the Presi.
Dental office itself is treated as little more
thsn plaything and a perquisitc-when
not the former then the latter. Mere dc.
tailsare ample, showing how, from the be.
ginning, this exalted trust has dropped to
personal indulgence; where palace cars,
last horses, and seaside loiterings figure
more than duties; how personal aims and
objects have been more prominent than
public interests; how the Presidential
office has been used to advance his own
family on scale of nepotism dwarfing
everything Of the kind in our history, and
hardly equalCd in corrupt governments
where this abuse has most prevailed; how
in the same spirit, office has been confer
red upon those from whom he had reCeiv.
edgltts or benefits, thus making the coun-
tryrepay his personal obligations; how
personal devotion TO himself rather than
the public or party service has been made
The standard Of favor; how the vast ap.
pointing power conferred by the Consti-
tuition for the general welfare has been
employed at his will 10 promote his
schemes, TO reward bis friends, 10 punish
his opponents and 10 advance his election
10 second term; how all. these assnmp.
tons have matured in personal govern.
ment semi.military in character, and
breathing a military spirit, being a species
o. CGsarlsm, or personalism, abhorrent 10
Republican institutions, when subservien.
cyto the President is the'supreIne law;
how, in maintaing this subsCrvience he
mas operated bYasystem denominations,
having their orbits about him, so that,
like the planet Saturn, he is surrounded
by rings. Nor does the similitude end
mere, for his rings, like those of planets,
arc held in position by satellites, How
This utterly uurepubliCan Cpsarlsm has
mastered the Republican party aud die.
tated the Presidential will stalking into
The Senate chamber itself, while u vim.
dictive spirit visits good Republicans
who can not submit; how the President
himself, unconscious that tho President
has no right to quarrel with anybody,
insists upon quarreling until he has be-.
come the great Presidential Quarrcler,
with more quarrels than all other Presi.
uents together, and all began and contin.
aed by himself How his personal fol.
lowers back him in quarrcls, insult those
nc insults, and then not departing from
DIS spirit, cry out with Shakespeare. I'VE
Will have rings and things and fine ar.
ray" and, finally how the chosen head
o. the Republic is known chiefly for
PRESIDENTIAL pretensions utterly indeiensi.
Ole in character, derogatory 10 the coun.
Try aud full Of evil influence, making
personal objects primary pursuit, so that
instead Of beneflCent presence he is a bad
example through whom Republican in.
situations suffer and the people learn
wrong.
Would that these things could be Tor,
gotten, but since through oftlclous friends
the President insists upon q second term
they must be considered. Nobody vii
indicate them. It Is easy 10 SEQ That Caesar