The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-03
SUMNER ON GRANT.
TERRIBLE .1RRAIGN1LENT OF THE
4DMINISTRATION.
Senator Schurz Making Another On-
slaught-Demoralizat OF Grants
Partisans.

charged bombshells right Into the Grant cam
on Friday, and they exploded with terrible
effect. 1t has been the intention of the ad'
minIstration senators all along TO prevent, II
possible, any debate on the report OF the In
vestigation of the sale of arms to the French
Government during the French. German war.
The majority of the committee had made up
what Mr.. Sumner appropriately termed their
'swhitewashing report" They had cast the
NEST serious imputatlons Oh the character OF
| the senator's at whose instance the investiga-
tIon took place, and proposed that their re-
port should go forth as campaign document
without reply from the other side. But Mr..
Sumner and Mr.. Schurz we're determined TO
be heard. The majority of the Senate having
refused to set apart an evening for the discus
sion of the committees report, Mr.. Sumner
aValled himself of a parliamentary privilege,
and moved to postpone indefinitely the pend
ing appropriation bill, and upon That motion
made his great speech. The correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun writes:
The political sensation at the Capitol to-day
has been an unexpected and yet most elabo-
| rate speech from Mr.. Sumner In arralgnment
| of President Grant and his administration.
He got the floor In the Senate BY parliament
tary manGuvre, which quite surprised the ao-
minislraliun senators, and held 1t Tor IonI
hours In an exhaustive and carefully prepared
speech, which soon attracted ~eN.uIea Sat
lerIes and crowded the Senate Ioor WIN
eager privileged listeners IN ,ba ts aoMss lass tror
nresent. It Is declared by the older senator's
that there has never been speech In Con-
gress, even when the warfare was made on
Andrew Johnson, that equalled this for an In.
dictment Of the personal as we'll as the politi-
cal record of q President. Not one single
private or public act OF President Grants civil
lie appeared TO have escaped the senator's
notice, for he held 1t up 10 view in broad
glare OF invectIve and censure, and added to
the matter of the speech an earnest and vigo-
rous force oil delivery. He arraigned him as
gilt-taker, o nepotlsr, and failure; declared
tnat he spent his time with fast horses. In pal
ace cars aud lettering at the seaside. The
public acls Of his administration were as fear
fully ass8ffed. he maintained that hls gov
ernnent was personal one; that 1t command
ed no respect at home or abroad; that it had
done nothing TO commend 1t TO the country;
that its reduction of the public debt did not
deserve as much credit as that OF Andrew
Johnson; that 1t was false 10 the colored peo-
pie, and failure 80 far as 1t had anything TO
do with reconstruction; while Its foreign poll
cy, of which 1t had attempted to boast, was
the most disgracetnl muddle of the age. This
merely Indicates the general tenor of his re.
marks. The friends of the President on ihe
floor, who were even characterized among
other "rings" as the ''senatorlal ring" gave
the speech close attention, as is not their
wont usually when Mr. Sumner speaks, and
took notes for reply.
When he had concluded, Mr.. Schurz obtain
ed the floor, but 1t was now late, and the Mis-
souri, senator did not wish to proceed without
rest aud refreshmpnt. Mr.. Sumner, Mr.
Trumbull, Mr.. Bayard, and other gentlemen
appealed for recrss or an adjournment; but
Morton and Conkling. would not at first ac-
cord this courtesy, which had never before
been refused. After much effort, however,
the Senate. ut ak O'Clock, agreed to recess
until eight o'clock.
At the latter hour, the galleries were again
crowded 10 their utmost capacity, and even
the passages and doorways were Lhronged
two hours speech, iull of force and power,
and gave the tinishlng touches to the blows
which Mr.. Sumner 30 effectively dealt the ad-
ministratlOn In the afternoon.
telegram received yesterday announces
that In consequence of these speeches Con-
gress has decided to postpone adjournment
until Monday next, June 10.
The New York Press on Summers Speech.
NEW YORK, June /.
The Times says Summers speech Is a collec-
ton of SANDER against the President, wish lit
erary, antiquarian and scholastic embellish-
ments.
The Tribune considers Summers speech one
of The greatest he ever delivered.
The World says Summers indictment of
Grant recites nothing which the Democratic
press has not reiterated for months; but COM
ing from man whose biography is the history
OF the Republican party, 1t will carry conVic.
ton where the Democratic voice would pass
as the wind.
The sun styles Sumner the American Caesar,
and calls the speech magnificent.
The Herald says The speech is savage
arragnment ofLhe President, and the bitter
ness, which evidently Is provoked by sense
ofpersonal provocation, will Weaken It's force.
II contains nothing new, except the statement
of Stanton, that Grant could not govern The
country.