Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-06-12
LOGAN REPLIES To SUMNER.
A whitening Rebuke 10 the Massachusetts
Senator.

SENATOR.
The following is the brief reply of SEN
ator Logan to the attack of Senator Sum-
ner on the President:
l am not surprised at the exhibition of
virtue made by Democratic Senators, or at
their anxiety to adjourn now, after the
Senate has listened TO a deliberate, ma
lignant and cruel attack, put forth in their
interest, and the benefit of which they
expect to receive. Well may the Senators
on that side be satisfied with what has
been done. Well may they say that they
desire to cease the public business and re-
turn home, now that this attack has been
prepared and put forth for their benefit
better prepared, better delivered and put
before the country in better shape than
either one of them, i'm my judgment, is
capable of doing. Your side of the case
has been made gentlemen, and made by
Senators claiming TO be on this side of the
Chamber.
I came here this morning determined to
defend, in my feeble way, an old soldier
with whom | was in camp for wears but
[ saw that the pressure of public business
was such that if l attempted to do so |
would be accused of interfering with it
and making a called session necessary
and, therefore, | refrained. And now, l
say, that if the adjournment must take
place on Monday, aud if a called session
is to result, it can not be laid at the door of
the friends of the Administration, it can
not be laid Mt the door of the true Repub-
licans in this chamber, it can not he laid
at the door of the men who are DESTROYS of
performing their duties here without vast
ing time in political discussions but it
can be laid at the door of the two Sena-
tors who, night after night, have been
studiously preparing attacks upon the Adj
ministration and upon one of the organ
ya1 aDYNat. Of I~,.l
1t is no harm, however, if the result be
that a called session shall be brought
about by their action. 1 presume they
are responsible at this time to nobody,
and hence no one is affected by it. They
can take the responsibility, and / am
willing that they shall take it. But if the
session should be extended, / will, at the
proper time, in my feeble way, attempt
defense against one of the most malig-
nant assaults ever made against an honest
man-the assault made here yesterday
against the President of the United States.
Applause in the galleries.
Such an assault was fitted, not for the
Senate Chamber, nor for the lower branch
of Congress it was fitted for no deliber-
alive body on earth it was lit only for
the hastings, and should have been ut
tered only from the lips of some stump or
ator, who knew not the courtesies or de-
cencies of the Senate Chamber An at
never have been made except after cool,
calm preparation, and then only by man
calculated to make such an attack. L in
tend to defend the President of the United
States against it. i may be forced to do it
on the stump; but | assure you, sir, that |
will do it; and j will defend him, not be-
cause indorse everything that has been
done by this Administration, but because
/ believe an attack of this kind is intend
ed to destroy him with the people of this
country, whose liberties have been saved
by his own strong arm, which, in the
van of the loyalists of the land, severed
the chains of slavery and preserved the
Union-a thing that all the silvery words
ever uttered by the tongue of the Senator
from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumner) never
effected, and never could effect. This at
tack has been made upon a man to whom
the country is more indebted than to any
other. He has his shortcomings, per-
haps, like other men, but he is entitled to
much. He is entitled to the gratitude of
this people; he is entitled to be defended
at their hands he is entitled to be justi-
fed in all things that are right; he is
entitled to be secure from aspersion, from
Villification, from Justification and from
Islander. tSubdued applause in the gale
ries.
And / tell the Senator from Massachu-
sets now that he will find q response to
that malignant speech of his in every crutch
that aids wounded soldier to wend his
way through the world, in every wooden
arm, in the grieved heart of every widow
ed mother mourning for her patriot SON
in these, and the hearts of all the loyal peo-
pie of this country, he will find response
that will overwhelm him and all his ora
tory. All these will speak in thunder tones
in defense of one of the most gallant sol
diers that ever lived in any nation on earth.
Loud applause in the galleries, which
was with difficulty suppressed This is
all / shall say now on this subject, because
did not intend to occupy much of the
time of the Senate on this occasion. But
let me say further to the Senator from
Massachusetts that when he prepares a
speech and delivers it here only twenty
four hours before the expiration Of the scs-
sion, If he is not afraid TO have it answer
ed he ought to let it appear in the Globe
the next morning. looked i'm the Globe
this morning for the Senator's speech, in
order that / might to-day reply to il para
graph by paragraph, hut it was not there.
Mr.. Sumner. The Senate knows / am
not responsible for that. My desire was to
have ii appear.
Mr.. Logan am sorry that your desire
was not accommodated. / am only stating
the fact The same is true of the speech OF
the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Schurz)
last evening attacking the arms commit
tee. Its not published this morning, so
that the committee have no record of il
upon which they can rely. And now we
are told that the needs of the country are
such as to demand an adjournment at the