New-York tribune., 1872-02-29
xLIIp OONGRESS-2D SESSION.

MADE SENATE, WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s' 1877
Mr.. CoIE Rep, CALI moved 10 take up 'mo
N,I, ,o lease 10 san Francisco part OF tne IIoe"o
Se.oryaton for public park, but Mr. EDMuNDs tNeP'
WI objected and the bill was not taken up
THE NORTH CAROLINA sENAToRsHIr
~, LOGAN Rep., NH from the Committee on Privi-
,s and Elections reported adversely to the claim OF
Joseph r. Abbott to seat as Senator from Norn '"ro
ma, ma "1% "1C%sRPENTER Ter, Wis., for himself and Mr..
RICE (Rep., ArkJ made a minority report lh la'or
nj rnG an said ne wonld call up the majority report
~ Bls 81, we're Introduced as follows: -, t,..,
Mr. KtLI9SG II &c 4. sP s states 5 beng sSo upon yesterday By
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20 GSSds a .,6D @ Of & aS SS, and in the mortgages securing
% ,aS bonds SSS soy 5o5 % n Of land bonds E
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yesr from He passage Il this act .., c.t..oo
Mr. COLE rep, Cali announced that the Committee
GA Appropriations ready to report several import
aH bills requiring early action, ana ASKED te SehnVe 70
Ell to-day until the pending resolution shoniu oe uiS
Mr. EDMUNDs Rcp.. vtl offered resolution request
scres are in the Preside Reservation, how much Is
needed for military pu,poSSes ana now mueh TIE IT,
,,,, THE GIonE TOO TOO LARGE. ,o, irs,rrct.
,pr The Committee on Printing TO inquire whether some
cannot he found TO diminish the bulk ol me
THE FRENCH ARMS SCANDAL. .
Al the expiration OF the morning hour the Senate re-
the alleged sales OF arms TO French agents: ~,
MI SUMNER gep Mass0 addressed the S, sehaei & ne ne
said: Besides the unaocustomed interest whch ths ue
hate excited cannot fail 10 note that 1t has wan
neids which have desire to enter shall try TO
bring it back 70 the real issue, which
SS% s Sir present dcCa wa is OF only the rule
Of wy life that in what say to-day there shall not be
and desire Tor justice. But venture TO ask to re-
n@ nSTe sdnehpr s b6e Sny hS6
ofscial something higher than any political Party1l
Of government Which must be saved scandal. In
this spirit and with this aspiration speak to-day
Look first at the crcumsances which surround us An
aroused community In the commercial metropolis OF the
country has succeeded in overthrOwng corrupt ring.
Talnmany has been at last overthrow; and here good
with tie victory, demanded that should be extended
Then movements against abuses in the Cyil ser
York house After debate protracted for day..
investigation ordered and the newspapers have
been since loaded with the odious details. Every
EAcre there Is now cry for reform, rim TnaI -
90 New Orleans. In conformity with this, the Civil
Service Reform movement looking TO purity OF govern
and the independence OF OhcchOders, was mat-
gnratSd At time reports heard Of aouses in
the Ordnance once, 10y which the neutral poSllloh OF
bound to take special care II seemed from the
the hands of mere money seekers or official job
herr II seemed as If the injunction OF lago 10 put
rules International law These things became known
infougn tnt ,urc"I! t bfS ,, r m % sSaraI
II time that something should be done to arrest
the suspicion thrown upon officials and 1t must be
done thoroughly that, neither at home nor abroad
should there be any suspicion OF wmtewash IL was IN
This spit that brought forward this resolution Ny
effect was to cali attention TO- the sales OF arms 70 70
polut How has that resolution been encountered !.
by various objections, mostly Of form, and some of
politics and etraghtway illusions were made TO the
Presidential election which with some Senators is
foi Ibe Senator from Indiana Gr. MOrtOn) seized the
PAT, buge and sounded to arInst Laughter have
slluon TO any Presidential election, nor any auson to
Al this point Mr.. LOGAN Oiep., I'D interrupted and
ad anaimous consent hat ladies' who could & not da n
rocms on two former occasions during this debate
MIR. HANLIN Gep., Me) objected saying that two
hed days in session were enough lMurmur' OF dis
H9'son @ FG,S'I ;er Gfs,o" ,,r Marion,
shall neither tempt nor drive me into that discussion
Gffs ip By elTp ang Pa na IN s ana F s ta re-
form and renovation Of the Civil Service OF the country
rren result than by insisting at all times upon purity
III the administration of the Government have al
'au Won This poHticsi Certainly il is not pol
itcs in the sense in which the word is employed
rt the Senator from Indiana CIr M0rton) II is only
been charged, 100, that acting as French agent,
and also az a Prus sian agent. Sir neither. am
tie good name of my country, and seeking in every
Jos-ibe way TO make my country nsnt. thet tt sen, en-
heard Of this matter some months before the
meriiug Of Congress. / did not hear Of II
heard from distinguished native-bOrn citizen who
has been named in this debate. Mr.. Sumner again
Denounced thu charge that the Marquis de Chambrun
was French spy an Insult to that gentleman, and
also 20 the Government of France 1t had been charged
TOO that the introduction OF ihls resoutoh Dy puDsI
ite suspicious against officials might prejudice
EmUcrOr
umpire on the san Juan question: Dut the %n0le mat
was well known Berlin long before the InrOduc-
Bancroft. dated III Berlin, January, 1870, quoting
from The LoItoh Tunes statement mat
were sold 10 France, not only ny american
traders but by the War Department at Washington.
Alabaua Cains, be would say that although he had
been from the hcginnng IN favor Of holding England to
yet if our claims against her could not be prosecuted
except al the expense OF purity OF government In our
Was not one Of those whose motto was "0ur country
night wrong he was always for his country with the
ssratlOn that might be always right, but he would
never be for anything wrong.
Is R1rS R,asoa IDT ne IRrestOaii0nl
NJ SUMNER then turned to the pending resolution
sn1 said that u presented general questlOn Whethef
then s not sufficient for inquiry into the sale OF
rally divided itself into two questonsthe first relating
10 International duty, and the second relating 10 mis-
foaslDce the part OF officials and involving
what might he called the money question. Upon the
Of these he read authorities and argued to show
good faith WAS the supreme rule in international
obligation. There was a marked distinction between
what State could do ~ case nhe this, and what
private citizen could do The citizen might play the
er hant aud take the risk OF capture, but the State
could not do either directly or indirectly, without
thSt there were six distinct pieces OF evidence
The resolution passed 10y the French Assembly
on e 9Th February 1872, asking the United states 10
flrnish the result OF the inquiry into the conduct Of
officials suspected OF participation IN the pur
chase Of for the French Government during the
stcoxd The cable dispatch from Mr Squire. the son.