The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-04
SUMMERS EXTINGUISHER.
A SCATHING REBUKE OF
ITTES OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
Its Discussion In the Kitchen Cabinet
The Withdrawal OF Grant Again
Agita ed-specimen Southern
Radicals.
WASHINGTON, May 81.

Agita Q d-specimen Southern
Radicals.
WASHINGTON, May 81.
The attack upon the Grant administration
most scalbing one in It's exposure of the cor
rupt practices and chicanery which have char
acterlzed its course during the past three years.
The sundry civil apportionment bill was penu-
ing, but Mr.. Sumner having obtained the floor
held 1t all day, and in his laying bare OF the
French arms investigation took occasion 10
dIsil the pent-up gall OF the past twelve
months upon the head of Grant. Such bitter
invecLive has seldom been heard of late in
that grave body, and during its delivery the
galleries we're crowded by an excited audi
ence, aHd many members of the House
crowded The Senate fuor. The effect OF tnk
speech. Can hardly fail to lead To d Call for an
extra session of Congress to repair damages
lu the Radical iUrLl1raliOns, which were lear
fully subjected 10 The last snot Ut his heavy
ordnance.
Tue matter was discussed at The White
House this evening by Lne Kitchen cabinet,
with appropriate expressions VI herce anger
against the one-idea senaLur. The President
was about To 90 out Tor u drive When the To-
telligence reached him Oh The Wnite House
Steps tnat he was being skinned alive by
Sumner, aud he was sU demOralIzed by the
uews that the HambIetOnian horse went back
10 the sLu0le, and long and anxious cuu-
sulLation ensued win The military secretaries
Us w What The effect would Do upon the Pnila.
uephiH Convention, iC seeming tU be under.
stood that the speech Was inLen led 10 have
It's due influence upon that Dudy. IL was
..l fl,uI nj hua ts,t nj
preparation AL winter to De let of at Lhe time
when II would be likely 10 damage Grant The
most, and Ii this Is 30 lne Massachusetts sena-
Lur had shArpnesS To Select his hour most Hp-
pruprlatelyL He spoke for over lUur hours,
during which time he articulal.d the great
present.taker from head to heel, stripping
from nis oones The military tinsel which nas
Ueen his cuiet haUilamenL, aud which has
alone made him hiLnerto at all presentablr,
aud presenting very repulslVe aud
grlm-looKlng skeleton 10 The American
ueople, US Inc iore-Ordaiaed candidate Ol tile
RadIcal party for another four years Ut mlsruIe
over Lnem. He referred tO tile sanctimOulous
aud sacrllegious comparisons which have BEEN
made OF tnis sUrdd and INSCRIPTIONS Presi-
dent win The Father of his Country, aud SAID
Graut was hrsL In nepotlsm, first In present.
taking, and first in every species Of diplomatic
Duudering. He aDatun:Zed tile foreign poll
cy uI the administrator, cnara clerIzihg IL as
profound muddle. He said Graut hud mud
uled the Sau Domingo business, The reception
OIL Alexis, The Alauulna matter, lhe COrean dit-
hculty, the Spanish and Cuban pUlicy, and
everything else connected with diplomatic
business, and that, IN lscl, the entire govern
meut under his charge had been anu would
continue shameful muddle. The effect OF
Tue speech, sO long cunLnued, 80 a0Uunulng
In honest though bitter criticism, cannot be
estimated. The Democrats In Inc Senate LOOK
ed Oh with delightful contenLment while Sum
ner brought 10 daylight lhe dark TRANSACTIONS
Uf the Grant ring, while Morton, Conkllng and
others uf tue administration leaders wrlLned
III their seats and Ia their cOnscleuces under
The indignant utterances OF the senator.
The Gay beiug thus CONSUMED, The session
tonight was occupied by Scnuiz, VINO made
one vi his most Telling effurls against The
Grant party, couhniug himself wholly 10 the
subject OF the French arms Investigation mat
and % v6I TxRfthRag thag IL sg"s s1s
all the way through. WnlIe his speech was
full of huuiiatins disclosures, IL was decor
Gus aud dignihed In tone, aud lully as e1ec-
tive as thai OF sumner. IL Will create great
modification OF feeling among tue Germuns
from one end of The cUuulry tu the Other, and
lose Graut thousands Of vVtes alnung The IN
I.jiig,nt German ciLizens. When Srhurz
closed, Carpenter secured The fuor, aud WILL
follow In uelence OF The administrator. All
tuis will provoke long speeches ny morton,
Conkilng, rrumbull aud Others, uud every
inluy Will be dune that the utmost cunning VI
man can devise by the Grant followers "
countlract Tile effect OF these dreadful Assaults
upou The very weak PAGES In their ramparls.
Several administration BenaLurs to-nlBnt
spOSe openly and freely OF The possibility OF
,umelhlng turning up 10 induce Grant 10 draw
out OF the CANVASS, and LUgans name was
s,lpyesled ds on inducemenL 70 bring The dis
s.HLiug Republicans back TO the lold from
whlcu tney nave slrayed. Tne delay OF the
business absolutely necessary 10 pc zone De-
fore anjournlng, CAUSED 0y Inc Woik Vi to-uay,
and the Speeches whlcn must of necessIty now
IooW. has rendered Impossible an au)ourn-
ment on the 81 pruximo, as agreed upou, and
auutner resolution, elLher ol pootpOnenent
ur providing for recess until after the Pnlla.
deIphla ongenLlun, viii % likely to oe passed
tomorrow.
The AIaoama treaty business ls brought up
with round turn ny the refusal tnus lar ol the
English Government To agree 10 the amended
ur1ic,e last agreed ON by The Senate. nave
lL to-day from the higuest authority Lnat In
the amended treaty the Government OF the
Quilted States mas gwen its ultiInaLum, and
Luat for no consideration that eau be named
bv ths Other side Will this government cun-
csdy hairs breadth beyond what IL mas ac-
corded therein. Pretty much lne same asser.
rlon Was made, 1t will be recoliected, after Inc
Two governments hal ratified the work ol the
nIuh iuinL commission last year. Yet tnis
uuyernrnent, after The remarkable perform
snces of Mr.. Bancroft Davis, came down 10 =
virtual abandonment of the Indirect claims,
and the oiulomaLic mind of Lhe deceased gem
lleman at Lie head Of The Stale department.
NAV vet find some loop.hUle LhroHgh which by
dropping another peg or Two " escape lrun
the ridiculous pusLiUn In when his Iale caIt1
clerk mas placed The American naIiOn. IL ls
quite cerlaln that GrauL has relied principally
uuon the settlement uf tns Vexaiuus business
10 ne.p him through the November struggle,
and quite as cerlalu that lhe country VIII holo
HIM responsible lur The absurd hasco ne mas
managed to make of it.
I'm. matter was the subject OF an anxious
and pros racted Cabinet session to-day, ana the
Cabinet adjourned, 1t Is understood, Wlalou!
having hlL upon any new remedy TO pc applieu
| To this very SICK diplomatic iufdnt.
The specimen OF Grant delegates who nave
arrived here from the Southern states IN Inc
mast lew days en- route TO the pnlladeiphla
! Gunyention nave afforded good deal OF spec
| ulallye conversation In political circles, ano
| not a little astonishmenL aL the Contrast thtS
present., Ia every conceivable respect, TO Inc
Gentlemen who, in years gone Dy, reprtsenieo
| that section Of country on such occaslols
Every shade of colur, and every description o
mental opacity, seems 10 De represenlea II
| their personnel.
YEsTERDAY,S NEUROLOGY.
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