Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-06


Mr.. summers reply 70 Mr.. Blaine deserves
only passing notice. It's chief sIgnihcanee
perhaps consists m the fact that II shows how
severely Mr.. Blaine's lash cut him He eVi-
IDENTIFY smarta under the re6uko that was 90
ably and 90 dsscTyedly admInistsred 70 him
by the Speaker OF the House, rebuke that
has been approved so heartily not only by the
great majority OF the Republican party, but
by the particular class Of our people % whom
the Massachusetts Senator addressed bis
manifesto.
Mr.. Sumner Tejolees that the places OF some
Of his former assnclates-of Mr.. Blaine aud
Mr.. Garrison aud Mr., Douglass and Mr..
Smllh-are supplied from IN unexpected
quarter-the ex-secesslOHists Of the South
and the Democratic COogreesmen who op.
posed his civil rights bill In the House and
Senate. Il Is to be hoped thai he will be
happy in his new company, and that they
will labor with him as steadily, as gallantly
and cOurageously as the Qld-ume friends
from whom be has parted. But ls 1t probable
that they WIll1 Is not their conversion lit
tie too sudden
Mr.. Sumner will not see what every one
else 10 the country sees, that the election Of
Horace Greeley means the restoration Of the
Democratic party TO power. He Is either
politically blind OF politically dishonest. II
Mr.. Sumner Is, "a he says, satisfied that the
present canvass on the part Of the Greeley
men party must result In larger number OF
Congressional representatives sincerely de-
Veted to the Tights OF the cOlored men than
ever before" IL only shows the weakness Of
his judgment Sincerely deDotrt," mark
you. L. IL possible that Mr.. Sumner eau be
so stupidl Like the ostrich, he burles his
head In the sand and does not know what Ia
going on around him. Has be not read Gov
ernOr Whyte's frank expression Of opinion
that the Democrats are only using Mr..
Greeley for temporary purposesi" Has he
not read Mr.. Beck's speech In Kentucky, .
few days ago, eInbOdging exactly the same
sentiment DOes'he not feel IL In the very
air, and all around him that Greeley's victory
means the triumph OF the Democracy?
Mr. sumner thinks that Congress will be
Permeatei by the spirit OF the President.
Then We pity Congress. II Mr. Greeley shall
be elected President and the House shall take
Its hue from him. then Ii win be a sad House.
II will be one thing one day and another on
the next Suppose he had been President
during the late terrible struggle In our his
tory, what does Mr., Summer think would
have been the issue OF the contest In the light
of his erratIc course In the Tribune, and of
the Jake Thompson rePorl He was for
war when the country was for peaeei he was
peace man when the country wanted war.
Mr.. Greeley has been failure In everything
he ever undertook and in every position In
life except that OF an editorial writer. He
was q failure As . politician and an office
seeker In the firm Of Seward and Weed, lie
was a failure In Congress; he has failed as a
Of the war he was q failure as o
member Of the constitutional convention Of
the State Of New York; he was failure a.
FourlSrite and free lover; he Ia a failure AS
a farmer, and he was failure rs an editor
until hs was put under couple Of guardians
by the stockholders Of the Tribune. Aud II
he shall be elected he will be a failure as q
Prealdent, Mr.. Sumner TO the contrary not