Oxford Democrat., 1872-08-13
Letter from Speaker Blaine to Sen
0fOP Summer.
SOME mARpA rcrs FOR TIE GREArsExAron.

SOME HARpA FcTs FOR TIE GREAT SENATOR.
AUGUSTA, Maine, July 81, 1872.
Hon Charles Samlaer. U. S. Senator:
DEAR SIR:-Your letter, published in
the papers of this morning, will create
profound pain and regret among your
iormcr political friends throughout New
England. Your power TO injure Gen.
Grant was exhausted in your remarkable
speech in The Senate Your power 10 in
jurc yourself was not fully exercised un.
I'll you announced an open alliance with
the Southern ScceSsionisls in their efforts
To destroy the Republican party OF The
nation.
have but recently read with much In
tcrest The circumstantial aud minute ac.
count given by you in tho iourlh volume
oi your Works. OF the manner In which
you were struck down in the Senate
Chamber in 1886. for defending the rights
ui tho Negro. The Democratic party
throughout the South, and according 10
your own showing to some extent IN the
Moth als0. approved that assault upon
you. Mr. Toombs oil Georgia, openly
announced his approval OF it in the Sen
ate, and Jefferson Davis, four months
after its occurrence, wrote u letter to
South Carolina IN iulsomo culogy ol
Brooks for hariHg 50 nearly taken your
iYc. 1t is sale TO say that every man in
the So iii WHO reioiced over the attempt
10 murder you, was afterwards found in
the Rebel conspiracy 10 murder The Ma
ton. II Is still safer 10 say that every
one oi them " no survives is to-day Your
fellow laborer in support OF Horace Gree
10y. In 1856 he would indeed have been
&, rash prophet who predicted your last
a.,auce sixteen years after with Messrs.
Toombs and Davis in their efforts 10 re-
mslalc their own party in power. In all
the startling mutations OF American pol
ilics, nothing SO marvellous has ever oc.
Cured as ROBERT TOOMBS, JEFFER,
son DAVIS and CHARLES SUMNER
in Joint ciiort 10 drive the Republican
party from power and hand over the
Government TO the practical control OF
those who So recently sought 10 destroy il.
II is OF no avail Tor you to take refuge
behind the Republican record of Horace
Greeley. COnceding. for the sake of
argument, (as d0 not in fact believe,
tha, Horace Greeley would remain firm
in the Republican principles. he would
be powerless against the Congress that
wond come into power with him in The
event OF his election. We hayo had rc
cent aud striking Illustration in the case
oil Andrew Johnson, OF The inability Of
the President TO enforce policy. or even
u measure, against the will OF Congress.
What more power wonld there be- in
Horace Greeley 10 enforce a Republican
policy against n Democratic Congress
than there was in Andre Johnson to Ell.
force a Democratic policy against Re-
publican Congress And besides, Hor
ace Greeley has already, in his letter OF
acceptance, taken ground practically
against the Republican doctrine SO often
enforced by yourself, OF the duty Of tho
National Government to secure the rights
oi every citizen TO protection of lite.
person and property. In hr. Greeley's
letter accepting the Cincinnati nomina-
ton, he pleases every ku.Klux villain in
the South by repeating the Democratic
cant about local Seb-gorernmea," and
inycishing in good Rebel parance
against "centralizatioH." and finally de-
laring that there shall be no FEDERAL
SUBVERSlON OF THE INTERNAL POLICY
OF the SEVERAL STATES AND MuNICIPALI
TIES, but that each shall be left free 10
enforce the rights and promote the well
being OF It's inhabitants ~ SUCH MEANS
~ THE JUDGMENT OF ITS OWN PEOPLE
SHALL PRESCRIBE
The meaning OF all this in plain Eng.
lish is that no matter how the coorea
citizens OF the South may be abused,
wrongcd and oppressed, Congress shall
moi interfere for their protection, but
leave them to the tender mercies Of the
local self. government administered by
the white Rebels. Do you as friend TO
the colored man approve this position OF
Mr.. Greeley
You cannot forget, Mr.. Sumner, how
often during the late session OF Congress
you conferred with me in regard to the
possibility OF having your Civil Rights
Bill passed by the House. 1t was intro.
duced by your personal friend, Mr.. Hoop
er, and nothing prevented its passage by
the House except the rancorous and iac-
tious hostility Of the Democratic MEM
bers. If | have correctly examined the
Globe, the Democratic members on ser
enteen different occasions resisted the pas
sage of The Civil Rights Bill by the
Parliamentary process known as "filli
bustering." They would not even allow
it to come to Il vote. Two intelligent
colored members from South Carolina,
Elliott and Rainey, begged of the Dem.
ocratic side of the House to merely al-
low the Civil Rights Bill to be voted on,
and they were answered with denial
so absolute that il amounted to Il scornful