Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-06
A. Terrible Arraignment Of the Admin
istratf6n.

Senators sutniper and Schurz threw
well-charged bombshells right Into the
Grant camp on Friday, and they exploded
with terrible effect. IT has beer the in
tention of the administration senator's
all along to prevent, lf'possible, any de-
bate on the report Of the Investigation Of
the sale of arms to the Frenoh Govern
ment during the French-GerHnan war.
The majority of the committee had made.
up what MFR. Sumner appropriately
termed their "whitewashfng report
They had Castillo most :seriousimpata4
tions on the character. Of tho senators at
whose Instance the investigation took
place, and proposed that their report
should 60 forth as a'campaign document
without reply from the other side-t But
Mr.. Sumner and Mr.. Schurz were, de-
ter1nincd to, bc, heard. .phe majority Of
the Senate having refused to set apart an
evening for the discussion Of the COM
lnittec'sreport, 4Ir. Sumner availea HIM
self %: u parliamentary privilege and
moved 10 postpone indefinitely the pend
ing appropriation bill, and upon that
motion made his great speech. The cor
respondent Of the Baltimore .snR writes .
The political sensation at Tie Capitol
today las been III unexpected and yet
most elaborate speech from Mr.. Sumner
III arraiuniiIcnt Oh President Grant and
Il; iTn .1n t1uDi i'm
the Senate H., 4 parliamentary niaIHeurre,
which quite surprised the administration
senators, and held il ;or EoHr hours ill an
exhaustive and carefully prepared speech.
which soon :!ttrac:ea @el!-1llled galleries !
mr.: rilercti listeners. In the last hour
i,earlv all oi the meIlbers of rle liQuse
we're present. II is declared by the older
serat0rs that ti,e.a has never been
speech III Congress, even When the war
;Ire was rl;l4e on <AsldreW JoHpSolS, tuat
cau;.l!ed this for ull indictment o. thc
personal as we'll as The political record o.
:, President. Not one single private or
oublic acv OF President Grant CIVIL iie
appeared 10 have c,caped TIE Scll212f
notice, ior he he's. i. up To view III Il
broad glare of inv"c;ive ana ccnSuie,
and addict TO t!tc Iis.tef of TIE si}ecch ;ai
earnest and vigoro!!a force oi deiiVcfy.
lie arr;iignca him IS asift-taker, ncpo-
list, and q failure; dCciaredthat ne spent
his time with fast liorses,. Ill palace cars
and lettering at the Seaside. Inc Pupiic
acts of his administration were as lear
fully asStiicu. He maintained t'l;il MS |
government was Il personal one; that Ii |
Commanded no respect 1T home or
abroad: tha. it h;id tione nothing To conf
mend il 10 the counlry; that its rcduc-
lion or tie public Gebt did hot deSefNe
-. much credit a. tiiat OF Andrew Johh-
son: thai il VAS ialsc To tLc. colurcu pco-
nle ana Il failure so lar as it had any
rnin.r to do witus reconstruction; wEllc !
its ,Srcigrl, policy, vi which, it had at
temured TO boast. w;ls the most disgrace |
I,,i in,ddle of the age. This merely m
,IicatcS the ,ener,li tenor OF his relnarkS.
The friends vi the President Oh the iloor, |
who were even characterized among
other rings" Us the "sehatorlM rlhS,
cave. the speech close attention, as Is mol
Iheir wont usually whe,l MIR. Summer
speaks. and took notes tOr reply.
When he had concluded, MI. SchurZ
obtained the floor, puti was now i;ltc
and the Missouri sellator did not wash "
proceed without resi- and re1reShnicib.
Mr.. Sumner, Mr.. Trumhull, MI; bay
ard, and other gentlemen appealed def
recess or ali ADJOURNMENT; Dut Inc ao-
ministration senators, under the icao OF
Morton anu Conkling, woulq not IL ilrst
accord this courtesy, which had never
before been refused. After much ethort, |
however. the Sohatc, ~ SiN O'CLOCK,
agreed lo i recess until eight O'clock.
Attic latter hohr, the galleries were
asailt crowded 10 their titHaost oapacsty, 4
and even the passages and doorWayS
were tlronYed with anxious spectators.
Mr.. SchurZ made u t%o hours speech,
full OF force and power, and gave the In-
istfnr tuuct,es~to tire blows which I!f.
,Snnnier SO etfectiyclys dealt thesLtftN1l pls-
statiya < ytaei,.sfaIn 4, reeewsd testerdasS an
up,Inccs that in consequence OF these
G,,eeches Congress- las doeided to post
pone adjoluilnienl until Monday next,
June ~. ::
- i cSEw YoKK7 june l.,
The TIMES says summers speech is a
colleutlomel slander. against. the. ffesl-
dent, with literary, antiquarian ;nia sci!o-
lastic embellishments.
The IriNsnecOils:ders Sumner Speecn
ono oi the yrc;Itcst iie ever deli!G!eu.
The WoflI says Summers indlctmcn'
of Grant recites nuillipg which the DEM
oc ocralic ''' press mas not reiterated ''l, for
months ;put coming from man whose
biography. IS the history Of the lscpuioiia ,i;,
cuI party, it will carry 'ro,iyiction where t,f .
tie Democratic voice would pass as uic
wind = 49,. I.
Yhe Suu styles Sumner the American
Caesar, and calls tho Speech ihaGhIilcent.
Tic fie.;sld says the. speech'is a savage
arraignnent 0. thc President, and the
BITTERNESS, which evidently ls,plotokc.Sui
ny a sense of, personal proyocatioal, VIII
weaken It's force. 1t contains nQthnie
new, except the st;.temcnt OF Stanton,
that Grant could not govern the country.
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