The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-27
POLITICAL.
TRUMBULL AND MORTON.
TRUMBULL ENDORSES THE LIB
ERAL PLATFORM.
THE sTNATE.

xo,s tsken at 3 .. m. but Senator Trum-
| hull took the floor and addressed the SEM
ate. He said that every effort at reform
ia this body was met by assaults upon
those who make the eff,rt, by aspersions
upon their motives, by chsrges Of bad
party faith. Questions affecting the party
of the government and welfare OF the pup
lie are, in the opinion Of some members Oh
this BODY who assume to be peculiar expo
nents of the republican party no longer
to be decided on their merits, but ohiy
with a view to their bearing on the party.
Chief among those who would subordinate
public welfare to party stands the senator
from Indiana (Morton). In the discus
sion Of the resolution under consideration
devoted two or three hours to assaults on
those who have felt IL to be their duty 70
ask this investigation, and not content
with that, he has taken occasion to WANDER
away from that subject and talk about
| senatorial cabal. do not know by what
| authority any member Of this boiy as
sumes to be the peculiar exponent oil tine
repnblicsn marty. or even of the admins
| tration. intend 10 say something IN re-
ply to the repeated assaults by those VINO
assume to be better republicans than their
follow senators. / intend to show the
course of these senator's ard before have
done, unless I misunderstood what the
principals of the republican party are 1
| think shall be able TO show that he VINO
stands foremost here on all occasions TO
dcnouncc Others, as assaulting the
party has himself forgotten the principals
on which the republican party was
founded and is himself ut war with
them. ~
Mr.. Trumbull then reviewed the course
of the majority in the senate on the ques-
ton of removing Mr.. Sumner from the
Craftsmanship of the committee on foreign
relations on the resolution to investigate
the management of the New York custom
house, and on the pending resolution, and
insisted that on each and oil these ques-
tons the majority had avowedly acted not
with refeienc to the right or wrong in
volved, but wholly with reference to sup.
posed interests of the party. The senator
from Indiana (Morton) speaking of thu
proposition Of Mr.. Sumner, had boldl.
said that the question was not as to thu
propriety of the act, but was whether tn,
majority intended TO stand by the organic
alton aud usages Of the party. That wa
a standard Of duty for senators acting un
der oath. When it was proposed to in
|
custom-house, the senator from Indian
did all he could to defeat i
but now he boasts thu
it has indicated itself fro,
suspicion. That committee had not y,
made Its report, and he (Mr. Trumbul
would not assail it. But its conduct
making the investigation was public an
it was somewhat remarkable that witnesst
| Ral hat q |, h
had interfered with the legislature Of Ne
York were asked whether they were n,
there themselves for the same purpose,
il the people bad not the right to tax
part in politics and as if the committs
could call people to account for their p,
litical action He had seen it stated, to-
that notice had been given that witnesse
brought before the committee for the pul
pose Of exposing corruption and malfea.
ant in Office, were themselves to be pros,
cuted-a good way to encourage witnesse
to testify. Again the pending resolution
the same old cry Of "party, party" ha
been raised. and senators who support tb
resolution were threatened with fine an,
imprisonment. He would not common
on the motives of senators, but the peopl
were thoroughly aroused against frau
and corruption everywhere, and the
would understand the motives of thes
| senators very well.
The senator from Indiana had denoun
| ced the platform of the liberal republican
rs anti-republican and essentially demo
cratic, and be would now undertake I
show that man who held that view di,
not know the meaning of republicanism
He then went over the resolutions in tn
platform one by one and insisted that the,
were all in complete accord with the prin
ciples of the republican party. They wer
the principles he had contended fu
through all his public life, and God help
in him, he would contend for them TO tn
end
Mr.. Morton said Mr.. Trumbull ha,
come into the senate with prepare,
speech containing two things-an assault
on him (Morton) and defence of tn,
Missouri liberal republican movement anC
its platform. Ii was unnecessary for hin
to show further than he had shown alread
that that was movement designed to di
vide and defeat the republican party
He was sorry that Mr.. Trumbul
had Unidentified himself with it, but as he
had done so, others could not do less thar
recognize the fact that Trumbull had pre-.
tended that there was no evidence that
the Cincinnati convention was to make q
nomination for president. He Morton
there was no doubt about that, but he
would have the secretary read from q
speech of Gov. Graz Brown of Missouri
the leader OF the movement, to show that q
nomination was to be made by that con.
vention. Gov Brown in that speech, deli.
cately intimatcd that he expected the
nomination himself, but at tho same time,
expressed willingness to stand aside for a
stronger man from another state, and he
Morton believed it was generally under
stood that Senator Trumbnll was to be
the candidate. The people generally UNI
derstooj that the senator had stepped out
of the republican party, stepping, how
ever, within easy returning distance, and
was standing with his back all chalked
over. "Barkis is willin'." Laughter.]
Mr.. Morton reiterated the statement
that the Liberal Republican platform was
essentially Democratic, and that he based
his criticism on the resolution which de-
Glared the Ku-klux law unconstitutional.
lie said there was still rebellion in the
south and he believed more men had been
KILLED and wounded by the Ku-klux dur
ing the last four years than were killed in
the war of 1872.
Mr., Morton then criticized Mr. Trum.
pulls vote on the amnesty bin. and in.
sisted that IL he and Mr.. Upton lind yo,ed
ior the bill as amen led, instead Of ag,ins,
II would have passed by II three-fourtb,
vote. ''"s
Senator Trumbull talked much abou,
NlNll-spfylcp rpfnrn lint IA had hann Il,