The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-01
SUMNER.
Arrangement Of the President
by the Senator.
Nepotism and Cift-Taking
Denounced.
The Balance Of Power in the
State Invaded.
Ills lnaugural---Elis Cabinet---St.
Domingo.
A VitriOl Sketch Of Grants Antecedcnts, Ac-
quircments, Tastes and Capacity.
CAN A SOLDIER BE A STATESMAN?
The Verdict Of History, with Admins
tratiVe Illustrations.
WHAT STANTON SAID.
He Cannot Govern
This Country
A Gift-Giying Cabinet---A Military
Ring at the White House.
TEE BAYONET IN ELECTIONS
Direct Interference with Local
Politics.
The Defeated Aims Of the Republi-
can Party.
TEE BAYONET I'M ELECTIONS
Direct Interference with Local
Politics.
The Defeated Aims Of the Republi.
can Party.
IT Stood by It's CRADLE VIII Fol
low It's Hearse."
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1872.

WASHINGTON, May 81, 1872.
The following is the speech delivered by
Senator Sumner, OF Massachusetts,, in the
United States Senate to-day, In defence of his
position as republican, as assailcd in the report
OF the French Arms Sales Committee, and against
the pretensions of the President a candidate for
reelection. 1t occupied four hours In delivery
Mr.. PRESIDENT have no hesitation In declaring
myself member OF the republican party, and one
OF the straightest OF the sect. doubt II any Sena
its behalf began at the beginning, and from that a.
early day have never failed to sustain its candi-
dates and to advance Its principles. For these l
Senate and elsewhere; at FIRST with few only; but
at last, as success began to dawn, then with
multitudes Hooking forward. In this cause
never asked who were my associates or how many
they would number. In the consciousness OF right
was willing to be alone. TO such party, with
common attachment, Not without regret can Isee
1t suffer; not without pang can see 1t changed
death. Therefore do l ask, with no common feel
ing, that The peril which menaces II may pass away.
stood by its 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 September Z 1854, where l indicated its
principles and announced its name In these
words:-'As republicans. we go forth to encounter
applause with which this name was received by the
excited multitude Years of conflict ensued, in
Wh zen the good cause constantly gained AT last
mated by this party rs its candidate for the Presi
dency, and here pardon me If | refer again
Senate l was detained in New York by
the invitation OF party friends to speak at the
Cooper Institute on the issues OF the pending
election The speech was made July r. and I
believe was the earliest OF the campaign, AS
published at the time, 1t entitled :-"Origin,
Necessity and Permanence OF the Republican
Party" And TO exhibit these was its precise object
Both the necessity and permanence of the party
were asserted. brief passage, which take from
the
REPORT IN THE NEW YORK HERALD
will show the duty and destiny ventured then to
mold up. After dwelling on the evils OF slavery and
the corruptlons 1t had engendered. including the
purchase OF votes at the polls, proceeded as fol
lows:-
slavery prevail, whether concerning its character
y s Sns me- @ 60 q m ne us a.
ssreny when + re ssspie.s and nnhsssans agent
must en1 3Sea ppp"Sc e bad pun s co ppFs
for slavery, good men must con,pi Tor freedom;
e SSf now Nor 1 holy ns BE cadsd S S"
@ hs d When n / wo ssSar
ing The obst 81 our ersanza on the rcpSb
VIM ayc T and mg' ds With m ~ w qng be 3
toyet 9th erorts, with nobcr for the good OF man.
Such, on the eve of the Presidential election, was
my description Of the republican party and my
aspiration for its future. II was not to die; but,
Purihed by long contest with slavery and filed with
higher lie, we were to behold 1t lifted to yet other
enorts and nobler aims for the good OF man. There
was nothlng personal nothing mean or petty. The
republican party was necessary and permanent
ana and, always on an ascending plane. For such
party there was no death, but higher life and no
bier aims. And this was the party to which gave
my vows. But alas, how chanQed Once country
was the object and not a man; once prIncinle was
inscribed on the victorious banners and not name
only.
the REPUBLICAN PARTY SEIZED ny THE pprs,npSr
IL Is not dnlcult to indicate when this disastrous
change, exaltlng the Will OF man above all else
Already 1t had begun to show itself i'm personal N o.
tensions, to which ! shall refer soon when sud-
lie Dress or any EXPRESSION from poSe tms pn0
the President, elected by the republican party
precpltated upon the country an illconsdercd and
ill-omened scheme for the annexation of a
portion OF the Island OF st. Domingo In
pursuance. of Q treaty negotiated by per.
aide camp Of the President OF the United states
Had this effort however injudcious In object been
confined to ordinary and constitutional proceed
OF the government, 1t would have soon dropped out
OF sight and been remembered only as Dunder
Dut ~ was not so-strangeiy ana unaccounIaDiy. y
was pressed for months by every means ana ap
pliance OF power, whether at home or abroad, now
reaching into the Senate Chamber and now into the
waters about the island. Reluctant senators were
subdued to its support. While treadng under foot
the constitution In one OF It's most distinctive re-
publican principles the President
SEIZED THE WAR POWERS OF THE NATION,
instituted foreign Intervention and capped the
climax OF usurpation by menace OF violence to the
have commenced the experiment of selfeovern-
ment thus adding manifest outrage OF international
the long-sunering African was condemned to new
iu,shlty. All these things so utterly ndefcnsible
promp therefore atsSasrs to ,hs
moor. The Presr&ap3 who was the original author
VI THESE wrongs, continued TO maintain them and
apPeheu 10 republican Senators for help thus full
ming the eccentric stipulation with the government
OF Baez, executed by his aide de camp. AZ last a
hIbit these plain violations OF the constitution and
OF international law, and then in obedlence To the
Irresistible promptings Of his nature and in harmony