The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-06-21
"A Scene i'm the Senate.
THE DELIVERY OF SUMMERS GREAT

THE DELIVERY OF SUMMERS GREAT
; SPEECH.
SENATOR'S VARIOUS EFFECTS VAST
CROWDS SATsrRACTED-sCHURz's spErct1
IN THE EVENING.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-The histor-
lcal painter may need, at some time,
material for the reproduction of some
OF the late extraordinary scenes in
the Senate, of which there has vet
tfn1fdYnury .ney 'cetlululy "o4o ~.
Senator's Summers speech came like
a thunder-clap through the DIR that
was heavy and thick with the job
berries aud corruptions OF the last
part of the session.
The ancients used to portray op-
portunity Us bald-headed runner
with single lock Of hair upon his
: forehead this lock you seized as he
went by, but, failing that, effort was
vain, for there was nothing behind
to snatch. So when the majority
:, ignored Senator su,nner's request
!, for chance to reply to the assault
upon him in the report Of the French
n arms Scandal investigation, the Sen
1t ator seized the opportunity by the
a forelock in moving the indefinite
q postponement of the Appropriation
bill and as in the Senate every
~ member is his own Judge Of whether
N |.he is speaking to the motion or not
N there was nothing for his opponents to
;n do but to bear his phillippic as they
might and tremble before his thun-
der.
The usual rush of business was
on going on Senators were i'll commit
gs' tee rooms or lobbyists were button
IN holing them in the passages Mr
Pomeroy was in the chair, and few
the sight-seers were yawning in the gal
ian leries, keeping time to the yawns c
o,e the reporters +; the schemes OF tn
na politicians were prospering MI
Wilson was going about rubbing h'
hands, washing them, according
ices h;s vov with invisible soap in in
bly,, perceptible water )" Mr. Colfax WI
lore darting in and out the room' she'
han ding meteoric smiles as he went af
has came the Administration Senate
cate. were looking complacently forwa
- - to the hour when they should ha
o,,t dragooned their enemies into tn
,o,t. line-when, suddenly, as if by
fo;,s earthquake, all that was change
= I ~ Sumner was speaking speaking
-, ~, such speech as that Senate Cha
ber had never resounded to ; a
the campaign SO comfortably planr
,rant was revolving op another axis. !
NAL telegraph wires at the Capitol W
{ the at work in a few minutes !: peo
tions came flocking in the galleries "
g in crowding ;the House adjourned I
Gin after the first half hour of the +
yery hours speech ON audience had
anv sembled that hardly left stand
from, room.
There was no doubt now WI
"ants Mr.. Sumner stood or was to SIT
arr'eo and the CONSERVATION among
en- M majority was something laughabl
Fen' Oh see. But Mr.. Sumner has dealt
'z'eeu , majorities before. He dealt WI
kno" majority in ali those years v
al sta, nearly alone he stood up and
scnoo' fronted Slavery in that Senate
Eences' was dealing with a majority whe
quiet bastard emissaries struck him Z
are al ground with blows that rebou'
rest on itself !; he dealt with that m
'judg- ity till he destroyed it. In his
mt, or and patient waiting. he learn@
down. the arts and illnesses OF parlla
battle tary law and now the Admin
ot our ton Senators had no means OF
not de- ting him off his feet when they
ing. his fulminations beginning to s
ave nj them. They made useless mot
l'esprI: they worried anu noe7''o' w. w.
eauthul tended indifference anu Wv
himself. newspapers, and opened ane
q wise swered letters !; they sprung u
troduce denly and ran to conspire toy
Evans!" MIR. Conkilng was pai'l'ule''''
., =. 4Loro demonstrations