New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-01
CHARLES SUMNER ON GRANT.
THE PRESIDENCY A TRUST; NOT PLAY
THING AND PERQUISTTE.


ERNMENT-SENATOR SUMMERS SPEECH iho-
TERDAY IN THE SENATE.
In the u. s. Senate, yesterday, senator sum-
moved that the Apportonment blll DC inuenn''Vy
postponed and announced that on this motioh no
intended TO make speech in vindication OF hiSeii'
The Senate having refused to give him nearing on
a more convenient occasion, he was obngeu W 'aAe
advantage of this opportunity.
In the copy of his speech furnished to the press
and soon to be issued in pamphlet form, Mr. Sumner
has placed the titlepage the following notices:
"socratcs. Then whom do you call the good ~. %
"Alcbiadcs mean by the good those who are aoe "
Socrates. Not, surely, over hOrsesi
Socrates. But over meni
Piato Dialogues. The First AlclDiades.
"Among the foremost purposes ought 70 be the down
fan Of this odious insulting, degrading
be left the mercy Of barrack councils and
politics f-Ietter Of Lord Durham 90 Henry BrOughan
Aug. 1880 Brougham's Life and Times, Vol III. p a.
Mr. Sumner addressed the Senate as follows:
Mr.. President have no hesitation in declaring mysen
member Of the Republican party and one OF the strait
est Of the sect. 1 doubt IL any Senator can point 70
earlier or more constant service In its behalf began at
the beginning and from that early day have never failed
20 sustain its candidates and to advance its principles
For these have Abored always by speech ana VSIe, IN
last as began TO dawn. then with mulltndes
hocking forward In this cause never asked who were
NV associates or how many they would number In the
consciousness OF right willing TO be alone To ch
have NO common attachment Not without regret can
it suffer; not without pang can see II ehangea
Therefore do ask, with no common feeling that the
peril which menaces it may pass away stood by It's
cradle let me not follow its hearse.
ORIGIN AND OBJECT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Turning back to its birth, recall speech of my own
at State Convention in Massachusetts, as far back as
Sept T. 1884, where indicated its principles and an
Dounced its name in these Words As Republicans we
20 forth 10 encounter the Ogarchs OF Slavery The re-
do he W
received by the excited multitude. Years OF conflict
ensued, in which the good constantly gained AT
last the Summer of ls6O Abraham Lincoln was nomi-
mated by this party its candidate for the Presidency
and hero pardon me if refer again 10 myself On my
way home from the Senate was detained in Newfork,
by the invitation Of party friends to speak az tne Cooper
speech was made July r. and believe, the earliest
OF the campaign. As published at the time, IT was
Republican Party and to exhibit these its precise
object Both the necessity and permanence OF tne parry
report in he Nelc- York Herad will show the duty and
on tbe evils of slavery and the eorruptons it had engen
dered, including the purchase OF votes at the POLLS
Therefore just long present ~ theories Of Slavery
vail whether concerning rs character morally eonomles and oe
slave oHgaIchy which the eps aud auhe@dlg agent slavery
party endure Appnse If bad cOnire for Slavery
boy war be dominant in the Republic
2 and ss r s RS S'S u G S object
our he kPGSesR party n WI 1b not T Pune S
y oher efforts Eob good Applause, thee
such on the eve of the Presidential election, my
description Of the Republican party aud my aspiration
for its future IL not TO de, but purified by long
contest with Slavery and filled with higher life, we were
behold lifted to yet other efforts and nober aims Tor
the good OF Here nothing personal, nothing
mean or petty. The Republican party necessary
such party there death. but higher life and
nober aims and this was the party to which gave my
object and not man; once principle was inscribed ON
tBe victorious banners, and not a name only.
1t is not difficult to indicate when this disastrous
Change, exang the will of above all else be-
game not merely manifest but painfully conspicuous.
Already it had begun to show itself in personal preten-
Iions. which shall refer soon, when suddenly and
without any warning through the public press or any
expression from public opinion, the President elected by
the Republican party precptated upon the country an
Il-considered and fomened scheme for the annexation
portion OF the island OF SantO Domingo In pursuance
styling himself "Ad-de-eamp of the President OF the
object been confined to ordinary and constitutional pro-
ceeding with proper regard ioI eoGLSde Dfach VI
and been remembered only blunder But 1t was not
months by every and appliance OF power,
whether at home or abroad, now reaching into
the Senate Chamber and now into the waters about the
island Reluctant Senators subdued to its support,
while treadng under foot the Constitution in one of It's
most distinctive republican principles, the President
seized the powers Of the nation, instituted foreign
Intervention, and capped the climax of usqrpation J
menace o! Violence 10 the n.aes ma where
the coored race have cOn6heed &c Experimental self
'eOy9fnm6n; thus adding manifest outrage OF Inter
national law 10 manifest outrage Of the Constitution,
while the ong-suferng African condemned TO new
indgnty All these things, so utterly indefenslbe and
found defenders this floor The President, who was
original author of the wrongs, continued 70 MAINTAIN
them, ana appealed to Republican Senators for help
thus fulfilling eccentric stipulation win the GOVERN
ment of BaeZ, executed by his aiddecamp.
Atlast Republican senator, who felt it his duty to
exhibit these plain violations of the Constitution and of
International Law and then In obedience 10 the IRE
sistibe promptngs OF his nature, and In harmony with
his whole life pleaded for the equal rights of the Black
Repubhc-WhO declared that be did this as Republican,
and to save the party from this wretched completely
and anxious TO the coOTed people from outrage,
was denounced this floor traitor 70 the party, and
known 10 be intimate relations with the President
guilty Of these wrongs Evidently the party was IN pro-
cess change from that generous association dedicated
TO Rights and to the guardianship OF the African
race plainly IL was becoming the instrument OF one
his personal will matter now much he set at
defiance the Constitution and international law, or how
he insuted the cOered people The President was
10 maintained at all hazards, Notwithstanding his
alterations and all he called them IN question were 70
In exhibiting this autocratic pretension, revolution
ary and unrepublican in character, mean 10 be mod
IN language aud to keep within the trctest bounds
Tie facts are indsputabe, and nobody can deny the
gross violation Of the Constitution and or international
law with insult 10 the Black Repubhc-the whole case
being reprehensible also plainly more uncOnst
tufilna and more Illegal than anything alleged against
Andrew johnson on his Impeachment Believe me, sir,
recorded II put in issue again by the extra
ordinary cfrts radatug every line of Office to press
gives consent, all these efforts are his EFFORTS
Tbey become more noteworthy when IL is considered
sign % dscord and Of concord, dividing instead OF
uniting the Republican party so that these extIaoIdl
all Of which he Witnesses and again by his silence ratl
fes. Let the party split" says the President WIZ
this personal pressure and the subordDatloh OF tle
6 III, M, e. INC VIZ OF an ladlVldnai eonpe' Us ~
PRKsIDESTIAL PRETESsIoNs.
"On what meat doth this Caesar feed y that he