, 1874-04-29

Mr.. Sumner was not upon speaking torms with
the President Or Secretary ct State ,.u,,,oo
to dooido thia question, bft tho speech wlif'll
Mr.. Sumner prepared showed differently. How
oyor, Mr.. Summons own worltH would Bllow. ais
own history would show tho truth md that
would bo rent long aftor this aannto haa paaBol
away: Oharlos aunuor'a own account would
10 beloved, and TINT wonfd slow why
lto waB not upon speaking torms with
tho prenidont and Secretary Of state. Tho do
bato whlol, t9oh place In open Senate won Mr.,
6era aono idoa ot what took placo In tho cauouH.
lie (Thur1nnn) thought hfr. summer, to tho day
Of ha deaih, waa prescribed man, becauso ho
would not support measure OF tho Admintstra-
ttoh. Tho country thought Sc. No ono ever at
tributod tho tlisplacemont Of bfr. Sumner as tho
head Of thu Committee on Foreign RelntlonB to
hts successor, the Bonator from PennBylvanta:
Indeed TIN thnt Senator {Camo,,on) bad Expressed
n1r. IT, HOWE said II ' any " ono M topic was out Of
ort1or, ho thought this was. Ho corroborated
wat Ind bcen said by lila frIond from Maine
(IIatnlin), TINT tho action Of Mr. Sumner Oh tho
Sun Domingo treaty Ind no influence In bring
lug about q change on that Committed: Tho
lato Senator from MausachuButta proforrod to ho-
liavo wlut wns not true, and, further, there WINS
no plausible ground for believing It.
Mr.. ANTHONY aaid MIR. snnnor wag not re-
Domingo treaty. Roforonco had boon made
during this dobato to o speech 11r. Summer
wrote. Tint was not speech OF Mr. Bum
norn. uo wrote 1t, but dooldod not to
donco over hiB new-matle grave. committed IN
not of pcr1dy which would not t'e forgotten.
Nlr. Sumner did him (Anthony) tho honor to
show him that spoeoh. There was a. not nero ao
tnnod th ea enolasSdam, sia %4hs is I IN atrtot con- con-
| ilavo darod to mako II public.
| MIR. SHERMAN said tho Senate 1nuBt consider
11, 3f&r
| being accomplished.
The question being on N1r. Wrights motion to
lay nsido tho Louisiana bill, and procood to tho
consideration of tho Finance bill and PreBidons's
sout to lave tho subject made tito special order
for Friday, and that vote bo takon then without
dobate.
Nj. MERRIMoN-I object.
| Mr.. CONKL1NG-Wel1, wo know now on
which eide ho is Oh. WHO proposes to dobato
nrr. ANTHONY suggested TINT tho bill be-
taken up, aud Senators could agree to havo the
vote taken aH soon ns tue Senator from North
Carolina {Nlerrimon) finished his speech.
Mr.. SARGENT Bnid If tho Senator (hlorrimon)
spoke, other Senators on tho oppoaito side would
reserve the right to roply to what lle might say.
Mr.. TIpTON said lle thought the. Senate Of
the United States had never exhibited such foel-
| ing as that exhibited on this OCCASION. It was 4
feeling Of absolute terror for fear debate might
spring up upon Presidential veto. Wonderful
solicitude was shown BY great intrepid. un-
shaken party. Ho had mover 8een tho speech
written By NIr, Summer, which had been reforrod
to, but from what had been said, It waa to bo
! understood tint there was something falao in
| that speech. He hold such confidence in tho IN
doubted integrity Of the man who wrote It, and
the Senate too Ind that confidence, yesterday
that he would believe every word in it Us tho
truth which might bo sworn to. Alr. Summer
wrote tho speech as tho truth but friends ad-
viHod him not to doivor 1t. aud lie YIELDED to
them. Massachusetts would indorse 1t to-day
as tho truth from one end to the other. and
commend tho morcy that savod tho men Of that
day from tho promnlgation Of this truth.
rho vote was thou taken on Mr. Wright'a
motion to lay aside tho Louisiana bill and take
| up tho Finance bill, with tho Presidents mcs-
aage, aud It was agreed to-yoas. 35 /; nays, ~.
Tho CHAIR announced that tho Finnnce bill
was before the Senate, md the question was.
Should it pass notwithstanding the Prcsident'a
objections 7 Upon this question tho Constitu.
tiou required that tho vote should bo taken by
yeas and nays. No one talking the door the roll
was Called and Tho voto ros,lted-yeas, 81; nays,
80: "a follows: