Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-06-06
Abstracts Of Senator Summers Speech

Abstracts Of Senator Summers Speech
The only paper that has thu, tar pre-
,ented senator Sumners's speech In full j.
the Boston journal which was furnished
with "a copy in advance. II i understood
that tile Democratic Congressional Com
mittec IN connection with the Liberal Re
pnblicans. will send il out extensively ~ u
campaign document.
Alter an extended introduction in which
the senator takes to himself considerable
4 credit. he turns upon President Grant. he
ginning with the Prc>id ut's san Domingo
policy which was denounced b. the speak
en- lie (Suntner) had been denounced a.
a traitor By IN administration senator for
hi~ opposition 10 that policy. No matter
how much the President set atdciiance the
Constitution and International law or how
much he iusulic1 the colorcd people the
President was Ia be maintained at all hiz-
ards. not outstanding his alterations, and
AL who called them Ia question were TO be
struck down. The whole ease was more
reprchcusihlc ~ also plainly more uncou-
,iitu'ioual. more Illegal than any thing Al
legged against Andrew johnson. on hi i'm
parchment. Believe me. >lr. | should
gladly leave this matter u the judgement
already recorded irit were not put in i->ur
again by extraordinary efforts, radiating
on every line OF office. to place It, author
fof second term ~ President. All these
efforts were his efforts. They hccomc
more noteworthy when it u considered
that ihcnHmc of the candidate thu, press Ell
has become \ sign OF discord aud not of
concord. dividing instead Of uniting the
Republican party. - that these cNtrnuI-
binary efforts tend directly To the di-rup.
ton Of the party. all OF which he witness
e aud again rs hi> silence ratiiirs. -Io.
tho party split" SAYS the President: i
will NOT renuuncr my chance Of a second
term. The speaker said the exalted trust
of the Presidency had dropped to be a
personal indulgence. where palace cars,
fast horses auH seaside lDjtcriuu> figure
more than duties. Personal aim, band OBJ
icc'- have been more prominent than the
public Interest. The Presidential office
has been used to advance the President,
own family. pf,icc In, been conferred
upon those from whom he hId received
gins or benefits. thu, making the country
repay III personal obligations. Personal
devotion ~ himself, rather than public or
party service, ha- been made tn STANDARD
of favor m" vast appointing power con-
ierrci hv thr Constitution Tor the genera.
welfare hA> been cnpiuycd Ak hi- Will ~
promote his schemes To- toward hi, friends
70 punish III opponents and To advance
his election - i second term Al th,- ~
assumptions have been maturcd ia a per
>"nal government, semi military iu ,hiI-
aci"I aud breathing 4 military spirit, hcin:
specie, 81 Ca,Ari>m and Napnlcoui>m
ahhorrrut "a republican institutions.
'iIr President bitY.,if unconscious h.t
President ha- 10 nigh, Ia quarrel with
any body, Insist, upon qulrrelin-. until lie
IN, become thu Presidential quarrcltrr,
Who ha- male more qulryc,~ thll 400 The
Presidents together, AMI an begun and
continued by himself Hi, personal t,.-
io"- back him ia quarrvl-. MIA insult tho>r
he insults
lie ncNt charge, TINT President Grant
maintains personal government ami hat
iutcIfrrcl with the judicial aul Legislative
departments. and proceeds t. ~ly That IL IL
il direct conflict with rcpublrani,m, blt
makes no driiu;t. charges. merely adlin:
that the f,rt thai the resident hl- oiiruic,.
IN ihi- regard Il unhappily too apparcpt.
The President j. \ civilian. The President
l. tar tinlar head ~ the army and navy Il
the United States. but biz Ollie 4, Not
military or naval. A. it 10 exclude all
questions. hc j, clIssrd bv IA" constitution
among ciyil off ,cF, The -uccc- -itl
soldier j. rarely changed To IA" successful
civilian. There seems al ilr,npatihlii;y
between the TWO Ouc always 4 soldier
cannot, late u life. become "a Statesman.
One always ! civilian cannot. lrtc ia life
become . soldier. Eiuca,ion and cXp-r-
lence are needed Id each. Washington
and Jackson were civilian, a, well a, So
dier.. In the large training and experience.
! of antiquity the soldier aud civilian were
often united. bat in modern time, this Ia d,
! been rare. The camp i, peculiar IN the IN
iluencc Ii exercises. II l. In itself an cciu-
cation. but it l. not the education Of the
statesman. 10 suppose that we can
1 change without preparation from the sol
! dicrs 10 the statesmen j. Ia assume that
! training and experience are Of less conSc-
quencr for the one than the other; that a
! man may be born statesman, but can III
/ himself for soldier only by four years a.
| West Point careful scientific study. the
/ command Of troops aud experience in the
| tented field. Mr.. Sumner goes on to prove
/ from history that the successful soldier
I has usually failed a. statesman. lie
/ then traces the history Of the President
| whom he accuses Of taking 10 interest in
/ the past III political matters. never voting
| but once, and then for Buchanan. When
! the war broke out Mr. SIMMER saws with
| a .neer. the now President IA. non earn
| in. a few hundred dollar. a year tanuin.,
| hides in Galena. By IA. war h. ps...tI N
I the Presidency.
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inns Wa legacy from that great man
which Mr.. sumner felt he had no right 10
longer withhold. The speaker charged
the President with ncpotism and giit-tak-
ing. describing him rs apt for all things,
small as wen as great. from provision for
"A relative to pressing a treaty on a reluc-
tant Senate, or forcing relation OF. a re-
i h peoPic' ohe iist MAKES tle nam