The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-07
42d CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June 0.
SENATE,

Mr. STEWART called up the House bill
to prevent and punish attempts to obstruc
the administration oijustice in the court
OF the United States. Passed.
MIR. SHERMAN from the Committee OF
Finance reported the House bill to tacill
tate clearing house exchanges. Passed
Mr.. CHANDLER said he desired q few
moments indulgence for the purpose O
yindicating the late Secretary Stanton
from slanderous attacks, which had beer
made against him in the speech Of Mr.
SUMNER lately delivered In the Senate
he had intended TO reply to this slandel
at some length, but the able defense and
vindicauon which had already been pro,
nounced by others on the Senate floor
had rendered that task Unnecessary. he
would, however, occupy q few moments
in reference to that subject.
MIR. CHAMBER sent to the Clerks desk
and caused to be read an extract from
MIR. Summers speech, referring TO Stanton
and the last interview between him and
the Senator from Massachusetts, inwhich
Sumner represents Stanton as speaking in
deprecatory terms Of Gen. Grants also
sundry remarks from speech Of Stan.
ton delivered at Steubenville during the
last Presidential campaign. Mr.. CHAND.
LER said he could scarcely imagine q bet.
ter vindication Of Stanton and thereof his
high appreciation Of Gen. Grant, than his
own words. Mr.. CHANDLER said he had
seen Stanton almost every day during the
late war, and heard him on numerous oc.
casions speak Of Gen. Grant in the high.
est possible terms, and express the utmost
confidence in his great, his transcendent
abilities in civil as well as military ca.
pacity. So also, he said he heard Presi.
dent Grant express the warmest feel.
ings Of respect and esteem for Stanton
while Secretary Of War. He sacrificed all
his wealth for the support Of his family.
Gen. Grant, at the funeral OF Stanton,
told the speaker to put his name down for
81 900 In aid Of Stanton's destitute family,
and the influence of that name, aud the
amount at the head Of the list, enabled
stanton's friends to raise the sum Of
$4,000, which is now invested for the
benefit Of Stanton's family.
Mr.. CHANDLER caused q letter TO be
read from Surgeon General Barnes to him.
sell, testifyipg to the warm affection OF
Stanton for Gen. Grant up to his last mo.
ments. Gen. Grant has been taken Sc.
verely to task for being a great present
taken. BE is great taker; he took Don
ellison, Shiloh, Vlcksburg, the Wilderness,
Murfreesboro, Appomattox and all the
rebel material at these points, and he took
the shackles Of slavery from four millions
of slaves. Alter all these achievements,
he took small donation, voluntarily
offered by some of his friends, in
order TO take himself out OF poverty, and
for this he Is arraigned as gift taker. We
have great orators and men OF business,
and while ever great orators on this floor
have been occupying time to the detri-
mental Of business and filling columns of
the Globe with windy oratiohs, General
Grant has been managing the affairs OF
the nation better than they have ever been
managed before, paying the national debt
faster than the orators could count it, and
making himselffriends in every section of
abe country and all over the world.
Mr.. SUMNER said he would read one
single letter to show the truth Of what he
had said in reference to Mr.. Stanton's
opinion of General Grant. Before read.
ing it, however, he would declare that Mr..
Stanton did say to him what he had re-
ported. He asserted on this floor that it
was so. Mr.. SUMNER here read the fol.
lowing extract from a note received this
morning from Horace White, of Chicago (:
"DEAR MIR. SUAfNER-The late Secre.
tary Stanton not once merely, but several
times expressed himself to me substantial
ly the same opinion OF General Grant that
he did to you, with the addition that Gen.
Grant had been greatly oVerrated as a mil
itarY commander. AS to the latter point,
I recall along conversation with him after
the fighting at Spottsylvania Court House,
in which he (AIr. Stanton) expressed
more apprehension Of the results
of the campaign than had ever
known him to feel concerning any
campaign. He felt that he could not con.
tinue to fill up the awful gaps made by
Lee in our ranks without a further call on
the loyal States for troops, but l suppose
yon know all about that. During por-
tion Of this conversation he kept Mr..
CHANDLER cooling his heels in the ante
room in order to finish what he had to say
to me, mere Bohemian, although /
twice suggested it would be indecorous
for me to remain while a Senator de-.
sired an audience. :
Mr.. Cole called for the iortifcation an.
propropriation bill. Passed.
Mr.. CHANDLER called up the river and
harbor appropriation bills, which were
considered in Committee Of the Whole.
Mr.. SHERMAN moved an amendment
that after the passage of the act the tolls
for carrying freight by the canal at the
Falls Of the Ohio River, shall not exceed
five cents per ton. Agreed to.
The amendments reported by the com.
mittee were read and agreed TO, until the
final proviso was reached, providing that,
to enable the Secretary Of War to carry
out the provisions OF the act, so much Of
the sixth section of the act Of Sd March,
1869, making appropriations for the sup.
port Of the army for the year ending S0th
June, 1870, as applies TO the Engineers
Department, be repealed.
To this proviso Mr.. MORRILL,, of Me-,
objected, claiming that 1t was legislative
in It's character, and in violation OF the
standing rule restricting amendments to
appropriation bills to matters germane
thereto.
The CHAIR (Mr. Pomeroy) said that
the objection was well taken.
MIR. CHANDLER appealed from the de.
cision OF the Chair.
The decision Of the Chair was sus.
tanned. F
Among the amendments of the com.
mittee which were agreed to were the
following: Survey Of canal from Ten.
nessee River to Cassia River, Alabama.
The bill having been considered In the
Committee Of the Whole 1t was reported