New-York tribune., 1872-06-04
UARPENTER ON SUMNER.
THE ADMINISTRATION DEFENSE.
a PERSONAL SPEECH FROM THE WISCONSIN
SENATOR.

Che following speech made by the Hon Matt Car
penter Of Wisconsin
Mr.. CARPENTER had extracts from The Globe read 70
and most searching ana that every be in
subsequently placed on me & mn in which the
Committee proceeded, that the investigation M The
Eenatr from Masachusetts denounced the report OF the
Commttee a whtewashng repOr nc 10, -, tr1tS a. tbat
SS0SS SSep ID and Soyern and control gentleman 1t
apparent from the first hOweyS sHS s SSd
Shown that his object not 10 nave Iuil 1 anu
Sste premedtated malicious assault upon the Admin
istraton without regard TO ruin OF sS neT m read
r Summers statement IN his protest against DePs m
called Witness that u euuS % Itu[ dnct a. in bis mat
ter but the conduct OF his whole P49k9- -Ele, " Wy
6lOSest scrutiny ana eongStnstea nm upon Setrs s e
she owiy Nazarne walked beneath the palms OF Pales
tine hsd man appe9TeG upon @ earn @ yeT SIs ee every
ieter every word Of my past life meets my present ap
Passing to Mr. sSlnzs speech, reviewing the report
OF the Arms Committce Mr. carpenter sad tn9 sen,Ot
and came within the scotchh2ans dehhioh 3 Va bt
physical philosopher Gone who talks about What
nobody understands and what apparently ne does not
discourse the most striking rhetoric II not founded on
-fs6t or isas0n could not make revolution IN this
country aud the senator from Missouri ought nor 3 iSl
to consider this because what he aimed At was nothing
less than revolution Mr. Carpenter then MADE i0ng
legal argument In reply 70 Mr. schutz rsne1[ @ S U
naSS ndiqss ana IN 'ulpO' % INC i,i', - -n,,rn m .
rs follows But Mr. President, this debate, which was
commenced by the senator from Massacausetts on @ F
day and continued by senator from Missouri on HI
oay inSusi va" thn o,son of the sale of arms That
is mere incident have already shown you now tne
senator from Massachusetts, sailed Dy ~ Win A AOnS
passing and cOntemptu0us glance and continued
column of personal abuse 10 the Chief Maglstrgls oi
this nation. The snAect "as was trao TlSS and partv
3n,U rTposcs @ II was not to investigate the
iacts say the whole history o. tne tbe Rdm
rotn to disseminate calumny and faisehood through
out dSe tae 'SGS9II' GraniI Which it was feared by
a few of his personal enemies 1 "9o "9foroygeJ
here from the Senator rom epeGls& bs & IN
precisely he same spirit h Why gnt af himself in position
where he not tS,,Gn only invites The eU' senator from
Massachnsetts has been long time IN p, pun,
lio lie lie has been Tor many ,SiI SeIiIIS thriTmpbed
and ripened success In the eniranchlseIieh&L & no
OO OF eooed peope ,Id IN t3s fo @anv wears by All
rightminded Union citizens But II mas naPPene pens Tot
him as ~ nAs fumes of praise from all sources
public and private, the daily and hourly burning m Se M m
longer seems to be capable OF nyesugang any gueSd1
not only admirer but an imator OF Burke ana IL Is
isafe say that IN preparing this great % Iif
Of Warren Hastings. That was remarkaOle eHoII On
Ehe part Of Burke-remarkaOle lhcllaly lor lts i
and meanness and induced TINS composition as app0"
Dy wcIl 81 Mr. President the Senator from Massachusetts,
fhe vices and not the eXcelences OF the master. Ihe
here on Friday surpasses the effort Of Mr.. Burke in the
Impeachment Of Warren Hastings IN mea meanness any any
os S,Uquon1o' ~ the English language such an
nSt iSs,onts % Of H0
,ing M 10 the full measure OF Misrepresentation
SR9 E SS opens @ a. oows Il do not know that it
is the article of Impeachment, but It comes nata-
rally IN order, because If We are going 70 lnVesu-
gate the President at all We naturally go up
tSo. IRo eu,d occur Wond be- the surroundings Of
the White House." The senator from Massachusetts as
snnpose tbat is the reason why Senator from
Massachusetts dare not go there Laugnter am tod toa
ne has not been there for many years This single
sro1on o Of thar senator's speech What are the
fset The President has to-day in the White House in
various empOyments three army Omcers' Gen
Babcock. Major Of the Engineer Ger. Corps,
discharge the duties OF Commissioner OF FnDne hi9
House, aud occasionally assists the President Gen:
Dent aud Gen. Porter Aidsde Camp on the staf OF
cen sherman They were the friends and members Of
sfbe miHtaryl family Of Gen. Grant during lthe
served with him doald the General of the Army not
needing their services in this piping time OF peace nav
ing help enough without them, has simply lent them
,s sne and aSsst him as his secretaries without
one cent OF additional pay and If they not there
doing that they would be in the War Department dong
Wnen Gen Grant went there as President lie sue
ceeded Andrew johnson. Andrew johnson had four
army officers detailed for his assistance in the White
House Andrew johnson had not very great ties with
the army. he had not Deen soIneI
he had no military ALLIANCES, AHA c ,'iI1 ana
friendships ties 70 Dlnd them 10 MIN,
out be had detailed for his services in the White House
four army officers. The White House patroled by
and so was the house Secretary seward. The first
night Gcu Grant slept IN the White House, after he had
retired. he heard a tramp which sounded 70 him
.ilke the tramp OF soldiers on the moor DelOW;
Presently he heard order, Halt !; "Order ARMS and
crash OF muskets the floor Not understanding pre-
cisey what that waIlke operation meant, Gen. Grant
dumped up and went down stairs 70 investigate. He
found officer there with squad Of soldiers He asked
what ali that meant; the officer said it was the
guard the White House they had been detailed there
for months and stationed all through the night in the
halls of e White House Gen. Grant said to the officer
he would to take of himself, and ordered
him and his soldiers their quarters and waited til they
left locked his door and went TO bed Immediately
these seutnels at the White House. and at
the War Department, and in all other public places.
he ordered away all the troops that stationed
about Washington, and company OF soldiers Is on
duty the capital These the facts OF the case
Three gentlemeu-Gen BaOeOck, Gen. Porter ana Cen
DentgeuemeD in their manners and appearance with
out cents additional pay nnuenceo Oy Dy tnelr love
OF Cen Grant personally ASSIST n hOt as seeIeIrles IA
official employment. The attempt has been made
here 70 dignity this thing; TO put these men on some
onci courtesy; To gave them national character ana
reputation, and show that the President was rampng
all law under his feet. They are mere clerks
OF the PRESIDENT; ms mere assistants, ana ther
service is rendered far they render
service TO him, from pure friendship and love OF the man,
not costing the Government dollar because II Gen.
Grant was 20 turn them out Of doors tomorrow,
what would be tho result They would go TO
the War Department ana draw their pay for
doing nothing In view of these facts OF the case let
turn 70 extract from the speech Of the Senator
Massachusetts the topic OF the Illegal Military
Ring at The Executive MansiOn" The military spirit
which failed in the effort to set aside
"a fundamental law, If it were a
transient order was more successful at the
Executive Mansion, which al once assumed the charac
ter Of military headquarters. To the dishonor OF the
President surrounded himself with officers Of the
army aud substituted military forms for those OF civil
Allow me to call attention again to this precise
ls.kuSse an1 ne neIS 5 iet le say mat tLs sPeech