The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-06

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ne ADnuIs1Rifiey AND me SENATE.
Senators Sumner and Schurz, suppos-
ing that the Senate would adjourn last
took occasion to pitch into the
pretty severely, having
no idea that there would be time to an
swer them. Summers written essay
took up four hours time and Schur1s
as much time. The following arc the
main points of Summers speech:
twas mainly aimed against Grant who he charac-
,erizrd MS q git- taker hcIot,t and failure WHOSE
government wa. personal one, which commsuaeu ~
to the country that lis reduction OF the
public debt did not deserve rs much crrun - a. o.
Andy Johnson mat was ,s,;t no 10 With
s,rucfion while Its foreign policy oil when III. ~
tempted to boast, was the most s,,.
the age He iiksned Grant 10 the most mtainou, er
in history such George Ill Louis "A, anu Ls.>
Napoleon and termed hin ambitious t,,saf, eIc'
,io such ms the reduction of debt and suppression
Of Ku Kux is tn be attributed to the Aniei'san H.
and consress Inc 'ps re-, ,ls Convention to
mite the republican party BY nominating Some o.nrr
candidate than Grant H. awaited, he sad the ac''""
Of that convention
Senator Logan answered the disna-
fed statesman from Massachusetts In
following strain:
He proposed to defend the President, not because d.
endorsed everything done BY the administrator pun
Iecsus~ he believed attack Of this KIND =
das,ruy the President with thu people, whose
~ 10, "a nv his oysn strong arm which in the van
Of the Low a;ties OF the land severe. the chains OF
and the union n. S.xr rs.c,ed
AM, never could effect the attack which hal been ae
on the man to whom the country was more
any other He had shortening perhaps, ike otnet
men hut he is entitled the gratitude OF the people
he Is entitled 70 free from asprrson r,'n "a
49, c.ise.dcaf;ou and SANDER, tsubhued applause IN
~, ,,ier,rs and and tell the Senator frpm Masssch-
.t, now that he will ind response 70 that speech IN
erutch that aud, me " w"oden arm in the
grieyesi heart of every widowed notner ih"'ils ~.
her patriot son. that VIII o. ,Snarr in de-
Tense of one Of most gallant soldiers thnt ever e LII
any cation on earth
Senator Schurz's speech on the ma
iority report of the arms eommitte was
insubstance rs follows:
He revived in detail the report and evidence on the
t;., and argued that violation of the United Staies
81 and the irrational law Were iuy establish
81 and tina, the report of the majority communities was
Contrary TO evidence in the case lie reriied Win m
the ,nputaii,,as upon him and Sumner by
the re,orf and asserted that they had acted throughout
from Of duty Is Anlerien sensors; am T.
generation no other administration Would Hare 20 com
NIT such violations of law a were coinhie III me-
.ics or arms. He said there We're many eSnences OF
an .,cmn TO set up strong will as government In
This country but e rejoicet 10 see sl'iru sweeping
IN. land which ani 20 ~, ,,nn If Mi forr.s
ibat ought t. work together and give that redeeh;.
spirit the victor, wc: II mast WIN u Tree
were 10 last
In answer to Sclurz's criticism on the
report of the committee on the sale OF
arms to France, Senator Carpenter SAID:
IT,. su.. hal bc quietly proceeding with the pub
lc business when the vs m.e ami and resolutions IN
trouced by in relation Ia Tue sale Oh aris cam
like elan Of thunder out OF clear sky AZ soon as
fh,, pramh. and resolution read the friends OF
ADMINISTRATION thai fun investigation WAS neccs-
s.ry and and resolutions could have been passed IN ten
uirutes but Mr. sumner by insisting Oh the pr amblr
forced on the senators debife Of weeks through
the length at the debafr he h,c,m, asnahl7 ~ Oh me
I'd extracts from the 1obe AMI READ 10 snow tat he
had declared himself In fivr o the Inliest ana m
srnrchnr invcsi ,tion. and that every senator voted
far m. Investigation llr argued from the ninnr in
which the coHmt;e proceeded, that the investigation
MA, full fair and complete Therefore, he said, when
,h na,or frm Massachusetts, denounced the report of
the committee white washing report, ne vioiaic all
dec.nc. OF parliamentary lie. ana MI .,.n ,na' ,"ula
apprrent from the arst, however anu sGDse'luntiy
from the OF the senator from fhlt
his ,iect was not full and fair investigation of
the arms SALE make deliberate, preine.iitafed
malicious assault the administration without regard
to truth or justice .;., NJ, -
p.nter read Mr. sum cT's ;: itement In his protest
against being called as Wins Under other eiren
stances he would willingly submit not only condc. IN
this matter hut the conduct of his whole pubic lite to
closest soru"i,y Ne ""nsra;ni i, him pr his
or since the meek and i"wy Nazarinc walked beneath
the palms OF Palestine had nan appeared on earth
except the senator from MASSACHUSETTS VINO coua Say
every net every letter. every idle word Of my past life
meets my present appreciation ,.,;.
Indccd the orr exceedingly hard on the soldier
and on Mi whu served this country in the late war; but
appr, hend danger from inst source III! rear TOT
M Nor sy of our institutions does no: rest on the
n,ir- of honest blunt soldiers II il no; by these
that the liberties of the nation are overthrown but p
thu efforts ofattui, Intriguing raicals Mno nave I'M
senf away the foundation OF srce institutions while
nrr,rndirg 10 maintain and defend them II our lib
tons of at Of designing and xrtfal men, who stand
out rs models OF Repubcanisn purrr than Their ioi-
lowers Mr.. Carpenter then made long; issai ~
ment I'm reply TO Schurz : argument on friday anu III
support Of the report of the aim. committee
Hc maintained before that There was no Violation
and no wrong Of any kinl IN the sale Of arms, ana
ayain., Schurzs opinion that they were IN violation OF
the international law AMI pun l"rwar. the rePor''
opinion Of Bismarck that they Were not
Passing to Schuz's speech and review,
ing the report of the arms committee
Mr.. Carpenter further said:
The senator from Missouri tHr. scurzl was clearly
a mn, os ,pber and within the Sc"chmau deli
milton OF physical phoso hcr--one whom nobody ui-
derstood, ahd what apparently ne uoes nor M
striking rhetoric if not founded fact reason,
could not make u rsvnuioa this country and iay
senator from Missouri mt MOTT iaii to De convinced
OF this because what he aed ~ WIS nothing less than
revolution That senator had drawn doubtful pci-
ure OF our present condition and he that the r.Por
of the arms communicated unhealthy political at
mosphere and certainly the atm sphere here did N
very offensive 10 senators nostrs, since his return
from, the pure aeih.r Cincinnati where not Office
seeker went aid where Of those who did 80 not one
would hold an Office for forty years. Laughter.
had the liberties %.
our country be Ihr committee, composed
of Law vrrs had endorsed \ soldiers construction OF
law.
The telegraph informs us that the
Com mittec of Privileges and Elections
of the U. S. Senate, have reported ties
tlmony in the case of Senator Pome
roy's election, and say they have ascer