The New York herald., 1872-12-20
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Massachusetts, Denounoes Her benlor senator
for His Efforts to Remove the Inscrip-
tions Of Union Victories from the
Battle Flags and Army Register.

me asher and defender OF the republican and
Abolition party, has, ss :ssag.n. met with most !
smpnatc rebuKe at the hands Of the State Legisa-
iure The fact OF Mr. Summers recent enorts 10
Congress TO put through . bill for the eraslng Of
She Union victories from the battle ags and colors
N Union troops. and Tor the striking out of the
record of Union triumphs from the Army Register,
b the alleged cause for all this fault-fnding,
although 1t Is surmised that the resolutions Of de-
Aunciation would never have been introduced
certainly never passed-if it had not been for Mr..
summers avowed hostility to the reelection OF
General Grant
The resolves In question were introduced into the
Legislature some days since, ana the substance Of
them appeared In the HnRALD at the time They
simply srragned tho Senator, and declared sub
tsanMally that the removal OF the record Of Union
Victories nom their standsrds waa nothing more
less than an insult TO every loyal soldier Of the
and. The matter was referred 30 the Committee
On Federal Relations and then followed . pro-
sracted and spicy hearing, the result Of which was
she adoption Of Substitute resolve. In the COM
nittee for she series Of resolutions referred to
shem This substitute. However, was only cen
yure Of the Senator ip another torm, and 1t was
equally satisfaosory to the membcrs, who were'de-
termined upon the ghubbing Of Nr Sumner.
Tho question of.passlng the resolves caEno up
turing the last monents of the session, and"a very
spioy debate ensued In. both branches The matter
was nrst stirred up In the Rouse and immediately
Afterwards in mo Senate. The representatives
who defended the Senator thought 1t was an easy
popular statsamsn; thst e6ounti was substan-
hally unanimous oh the question and that the only
an opporsusity 70 esnsure Me- sumner. Il The II idea s
Vas also oeuveyed tet the surperters Of the reso-
20 Mr. Summers aartons work in the past. In such
woss n1 SSon e. snSTa be wiling to
years the distinguished Senator had stood tn Con-
eanE 20 m ss 20 ss aHs as wsn s
M
the other members Of the House were trustees Of
she political opinions Of the people. He felt that
nx 70 M anSf SPOKE o s@ a one az
course haA made him ruin, great and noble, per-
ana Mo
favored the resolutions believed that they expressed
s sss s: a sss ssa Se
20 bravery; that such tributes would invoke no Bit
10 that ss rebels SO 80 brave n
blue who ovefcanc them; but II 1t would cause bit
ternsss why, amen-lor the time would come when
both the North and the South would see that the
one supporter Of the resolves deprecated the moral
ship OF q man.. he would have the Legislature
speak In pnre Saxon, and not censure indirectly,
ana G 30 the House did speak by yea and nay vote
When the matter came up In the Senate Mr..
speech II the Desavs Who was sIs it. he asked, that
they proposed to censure 2 Charles Sumner, who
tine tine 70 % the PARTY y d had
rehnke the President Of the United States and the
military cabal Or which he was part. He brooded
Arennd the board were hatched into political lie,
and 4 was by hanging . the tails Of his coat that
Der. The resolutions were all buncOmbe, and bum
conoe, too for what is substantially dead CARCASS.
the present time the sentiment or the people, but
the impulses OF the people were not always TO be
trusted, proofs OF winch he cited. 1t was better
for this Legislature to be silent In the matter. The
fesou9ns o9 s was an assumption not Of
BY the - Surfing up subject weea ony
for the peace OF the country be left at peace. Gen.
In the course of his remarks, criticised
ficularly severe on General sickles, and deciar-
Ing that 1t was no wonder that Senator Sumner
iieved those republican Senators who had voted
Tor the INDEFINITE postponement OF the resolutions
S sua pot to the action hence with pride
plauded a speech which asserted that Mr.. Summers
Dill was one wiping out all the past history OF the
country. The Senator who made this speech said
that II the resolves censuring Mr.. Sumner were de-
ieated he should offer the following and hoped the
senate would be consistent enough to adopt it,
Doc Hail the State House Is surroanded BY res He
the s asd S
such surroundings appear be senior
senator; and whereas 1t would be an insult TO the
lore = N' '-~iS
Resolved, That the said bust be removed to some
other LOCALITY where no patriotic emblems visible.
In further discussions OF the question Mr.. sum
neris friends alluded to his declining health; one
OF them remarking that at no distant day, when
death shall have crowned his honorable and useful
nie II win be little pleasure for Senators
Der that they voted to censure him. Allusion was
also made TO his present Efforts In behalf Of the
city Of Boston and Its sufferers by the late nre, but
all this was to no purpose. The Senate was In
flexible, ana when the question was taken the
members voted in the afnrmative-2o to Q.
The matter stirred up Q good deal Of bad blood
among the legislators, and when they adjourned
the prospects OF Mr.. Summers reelection were
very freely discussed II the election was to take
place now he would most unquestionably be de-
ieated but In the time intervening the feelings OF
the people may soften and political opinion un-
derg0 adecided change
MASSACHUSETTS, POLITICS
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