The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-06-22
Sumner on Grant.

The big chiefs of the late Radical party are, and have been, behaving very badly; so badly, indeed, that we, poor sbloodtbirsty whites" of the border are ashamed of those immaculate men of the East. The "Govern- ment," which is Ulysses the Accidental, s in a fair way of being scalped by rebellious sub chiefs, aided by their warriors, and, as several good turns ought to deserve one good turn, we propose to the citizens of Arizona that they send one or more Commissioners to Washington, with full powers to make peace between the head chief of the nation and bis enemies - tue tribes of Greeley, Sumner, Schurz, &c., &c.-thc leader of which, Charles Sumner, chief of the village of Bos- ton, Massachusetts, stood up in the US. Senate, on the 3lst ult., and induIged in tour hours war talk, the main points of wheA are as follows
 He accused the President of being xifaker psYo- tis and selfish pleasure seeker spending his tire sm fast horses in travelling about the country and loisns al seaside resorts He referred in to t oAa Domingo scheme, repeating his arguments used n fn6 speeches. He declared that his Government was Pf' sonal that it sought to Senators and Rsssss
 atives of the people to its support regardless of ihs pm ciples of the Republican party which elected IL .
 Referring to the efforts resominate Grant he asens that they tended directly disruption of tke hrpn can party because the name of the candidate had oeas a sign of dscor aEd this dsruI ton he accused As "
 dent of tao ty raiifyDg by ysisIing in hs eandaA
 lie ed that the President had surrendered hInseh corrupt rings and personal followers that ne constantly in personal quarrels unconscious | s ne
 dent has right to quarrel with any body; thai pc personal objects primary pursuit 30 that nsisA sa bepehcenf presence he is bad example ihoHsI t.r, bis republican constituents suffe- and the pe"Ps -" wrong. .A
 He referred to the Presidents military education a's career and argued that a successful soldier hsI.: changed to successful civi.ia1 citing numerous a- from history in support of his position, notably "s'
 Adolphus. Frederick the Great and Marlborough ..a Referring to the Presidents political history nc s shat he never voted but once in his lie ana % h.a Buchanan He detailed conversation he tsumnII Is-s with Secretary Stanton in December. let' snoI! h. his death in that month, in which he (Stsniopt .,, s knew the President better than any In inc eo1s1 could know him, and that he knew he eeuia "' the country. h, gan with the selections for his first Cabinet m s.sz said general disappointment ouy eau lied py ard wonder al his selections. He said all uadDon ;he propriety discarded. and the just expes.a party that elected him set at naught iDe ia the country, he said. were similarly disposed 5,s this connection he again enlarged on he nef""'~
 President ..h.kn
 Alluding to our Foreign relations. Sumner @.,.~. @ bound to say that never before had the nsnae s.r.e 90 wanting in ability and absoiu'sly wi'n" s.r.ssd and declared that in all directions il was one
 muddle. I
 These are terrible phillipics; sharp Po'"'' arrows but, no sharper than those to s"s President Grant has permitted the c','. of this Territory to be exposed, anu therefore, cannot be blamed for ndus'Ds the hope that the next President VIII nO' a man like General GraIt, who, in or'', '. court the favor of robbing Indian hiDs' permitted the wholesale slaughter anu bery of Americans, by hostile sa'ages'