The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-10
THE BULLETIN.
LYMAN TRUMBULL.
HIS GREAT SPEECH IN THE
SEN ATE.
SHARP AND INCISIVE UTTER
ANCES.

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to French agents
Mr.. Trumbull said
Mr.. President: Every effort at re-
form and 10 expose ard correct abuses i
met in this body hy assaults upon those
who make the cG r, by aspcr'lons upon
! their motives aud hy allegations of bad
party faith. Quc-tinns ah.cting the pur-
| lty OF the government, tae Interests OF TIE
! people, aud the welfare Of the Iuhlic, in
! the OPINION Of .oue members IF This body
who assume to be the peculiar cNpnncnts
of tie Republicans party, should 10
| longer be dcci ied upon their merits, but
with view to their pol teal effect.
Chief among those who would subordi-
nate the puDuc welfare to party. stands
| the senator FROM lndianu, Nr. M9rton,D
who in the discussion u tie resOlutiuh
under consideration has devoted several
! hours N -preches made upon d dtcreni days
! to party pClltlc.. aud not content with as
smiling those who have thought II Their
| duty 10 move the pr'sent investigation
aud have taken part in The pre.ent bntr,
the senator wHnders AWAY from tb' IN AMI
take. oc, asiors to speak Of II sehnturiul
cabnl, ana to refer 10 movements made at
other time. and other stuges Of the session
! in favor of investigation.
| | do not know hy what authority any
member of this body assumes {" hc the
| ., culiar exponent of the Republican
| party, or even of the cadinInIstratipn. Be-
| fore | conclude ] intend t"say something,
| not upon the sui.j"ct Of investigator III
| regard To- the ,aie of arms 10y tie govern
ment. but ~ reply 10 these repeated as
| suits Of ~ political character made ry those
| " no u..uine to be be ter Rrpubl can, tuan
/ their Eel iOw-scuaiOrs, hud uul,.s | ini.-
/ undor.tuud what the princiTlrs oi the Re-
| publican party are, think ! -hull he rbl"
! ~ show that he who stands foremost h'te
/ on all ocC. sIOts to dcuuuHvc others a. MAX
ing assaults upon the Republican Iaity
/ has ms-lf fprg' tt.u the fundamental
/ prircipes upn "lich the Rcruriican
parry Was founded ana las Always
! stood.
ia tie first place, propose tu show bow
! al attempt j. mHdc on ,vtry uv,us uu 10
defeat yegy ,u,rt at Te'urut, 40 matter
ir,.m VIII, IN u comes nor ia relation To
what 81 ject. lr,t 1t should irjur- the
party, ana Ia thls hHnb, :, whcie Httlsaii
considerations ought never to interfere
with the discharge "f public duty where
the legislrt,un should be for the country,
and not Tor any !Rrucuiar party ~ the
cuvutry, We have time and ugtin henEd
Spp'ais made 10 party for the purpose ot
carrying measures.
Ia the dIscu-,iIn which occurred in this
chamber n I"nssig" II. M"f"h i"-', on ~"
question Of d-placing the senh"r nom
MHsshcbu,eits Mr.. sumner fr"m the
pusit. on winch he had hing held With great
service to the rOuutiy ~ churnian 81 the
committee on foreign relations, IT WA,
boldly announced 10y the senator from
| Indiana that
The question with US now is not rs to
the PROPHECY of the change that has been
made in the chairmnn,hip OF the committee
on foreign relations, but whether We in
tend to stand by the orgunizallon aud tie
usa, e, of the K-publican party
1t wa not question: ui pr"priety here
BY senators oath III the discharge OF public
duty, but question Of fidelity to party Or
ganizatiOn.
In the further discussion of party AL
legiancc, aid of the duty to vote as II Is
suppo.ed will best promote party ends th'
senator SAID that when the party had made
u decision at may be even against my
conv .ctIons Of right, but It. far us all per
soma considerations are concerned gave
my 'olcnn pledge that will abide by III
action Yes SIR, contrary /" his solrnr
convictions of right IN the exercise oi hi
du V AS u senator, be gives his pledge II
advance that lie will abide by the declsloi
OF O party caucus.
\ Thi, doctrine was announced nearly
: ye,rngp. Again, at the commencement
of the present session, when 1t was nro
nos to raise II committee 10 inquire MI
the abuses Ct government the Prolos
ton was met oy eerth'h stm"to'a WV" y
sorts OF obstacles lou VIII ie"ic.'o.i
the first instance II was pfop''eu W rus
joint select committee "i '''e '"o uoIs' a.,
Of congress, such ooh''l''a'vG as We hi', ="
had tui sc'er"' cong "''uo"' t,'
tion, 20 inquire NV eAs''"S " ="
the departments q SoN"'"'ie"'' W N'''
whether tnere WIZ supr' r",'', '";' IL
hcers ,mp'oHeu, w"''"'' me- H.
public service "ho P.'i''l l'ieL y" 1 w., w.,
:, and VINO onEht 10 or u''en"sH,u, NV : -
orally TO ascertain 'no oomu,'''' y; ~
public service WIN ny Wv" ~ l"' ,"' 49, ~,
aud improving IL NV o'yf,,'" ",
MADE lhn' l,,i,,n,lr lUi,n oommi,tce yesrr
improper pa,'I .'''ou,1,' c.r '.,s"ns md name
WIN fo"v' ;,,ro1,ion,ions No such al
nhu W 't'"S S ao,, n',Ge "a the commit,
yet'Vi M a,is,,i f,r ve,,rs. but now il
WhNh nv Ia a. nf,,oui,y ourl
hssle' .n"l w. ,,oJi,,, r,,n,,,iti H.
: Ia he referred W ne st'"u'"s ,'', WV,
of the s'h"'e' we h"u s.'nu's w.,
- miltee', II was sh'u, upon "'n S ~, f,