The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-30
Grant and Fish-TWO DishOn0red
Names.

Grant and Fish-TwO DishOnOret
Names.
The recent publication of Senator Sum
ner's suppressed speech throws additional
! light on the disgraceful conduct of the
! President and Secretary of State. RI Spect
ing the San Domingo scheme, and the re-
mOval of Sumner and Motley from the pO-
! sitiOns they filled and adorned. Sufficient
was already known to vindicate the two
| depOSed officials, and to damage irrepar-
| ably their prosecutors, yet this speech, SO
tardily made public, skaters to atoms the
| fabric of excuses built up about the PreSi,
dent, the Secretary, and the party
to protect them from popular in
| dignatiOn. 1t makes an ugly revela-
ton. Grant and Fish are dishonored
names.
The President ardently desired to add
| to his laurels of war the glory of anneXa-
| ton, and in fIrtherance of this desire, not
only Overstepped the bounds of interna-
| tiOnal law. but violated the Constitution
of his own country. The armed forces OF
| the United States were sent, upon his own
order, to the caribbean sea, to support the
usurper BaeZ, and give him a de fact0 pow
| tl W Stil Iil> COOHtlN W a SONtAh-
ment. In addition to this. the republic OF
Hayti was menaced by the same armed
| forces in its own harbOrS. Sumner, Chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
was asked to approve and aid in the con-
summation of this scheme. Secretary
Fish used every inducement to procure
Summers aid, calling at his residence
many times, and urging him with indecent
| importantly, and prOtracting his efforts
| far into the night, as though he hoped to
cOerce a Senator whom he could not con-
vince. Then. when all other means had
| failed, he pointed out to him a convenient
| direction in which he might skulk away
| from his post of duty, and avoid all re-
| spOnsibility. 1t is beyond all doubt that
| Fish. by Grants permission, offered Sum
ner the English mission. Under the cir
cumstanceS, it cannot be considered any
thing but an attempt to bribe the latter in
to silence, by securing his removal from a
scene in which they knew he could not
| remain a passive observer. Instead of ac-
quiescing, Sumner opposed the scheme,
and with such 70 ce and effect as to
| kill it.
Mr.. Sumner was then, at the Presidents
| suggestion, depOSed from his position al
the head of the Committee on Foreign AT
fairs. no one doubling at the time the mo-
| tive that prompted the humiliation. That
was not all. He was still prosecuted
through his friend Motley, then minister
to England. After performing efficient
and honorable service at the Court of St
james, Motley was removed summarily
in order that Sumner might be made to
feel the power of the Presidents avenging
arm. Indeed, so indecent was the rage OF
this brute that he allowed himself to for
get the dignity of his office so far as to say
that if he were not President, = he would
call Sumner to account! Coming from
the President, who could not hope to van
quish the Senator in a debate upon the
merits of the scheme, this expression
meant personal violence, if it meant any
thing at all. 1t meant that Beastly Grant
would finish the work begun by Bully
Brooks. Suppose Grant had not been
President, what scene would have been
presented A man, whose lifelong work
was that of peace, confronted and menaced
by a man whose only distinction had been
won in war; Because of what! Simply
on account of words spoken in open de-
bate, and in the performance Of a sworn
duty.
The reason assigned by the senators
most active in depOsing Sumner was that
he had no relations with the President
and Secretary of Stlte," aud this was as
signed without any attempt to show that
the performance of his duty had been, or
was at all likely to be. Obstructed in the
least. But this was only the beginning OF
subterfuges. In a formal paper, signed
by the Secretary, and sent to the Senate,
it was alleged that the death of Lord Clar-
endOn June p, lS70), ''had determined
the time for inviting Mr.. Motley to make
place for a successor" In point of fact,
the place had been offered to Sumner
some time before, and it now appears tina
the announcement of the removal was
made in the London newspapers two days
before Clarendon's death.
1t is alleged also in the same document,
that the President embraced the OppOrtu-
nifty - to prevent any further misrepre-
sentatiOn of his views through Mr.. Motley.
by taking from him the right to discuss
further the Alabama claims" In truth.
the Secretary stated in letter to Sumner
that the discussion had been withdrawn
from London, " because we think that
when renewed it can be carried on here
with a better prospect of settlement"
For removing Mr.. Motley, the interesting
document sent to the Senate sets up the
important consideration of having a rep
resentative in sympathy with the PreSi-
dents views" On the other hand, it is
shown cOnclusively that Grant, Fish, Sum-
ner, and Motley were in perfect accord on
the question of the Alabama claims. The
Secretary, from the time of his accession to
office, consulted with the Senator, was
anxious to obtain his views, adopted the
state papers written and published by him,
-, cl,D 1na.,nI I,i xrrifb
serve and without fear.
The exposure of these preteXts. so ably
and characters tically made in the undeliv-
cred speech. leaves no question as to the
Presidents motive in securing the depOsi-
ton of Sumner and Motley. 1t is the
most shameful page in the history of the
administration of the American Govern
ment. 1t reveals in strong light the true
character of Grant and his willing tool,
Fish. 1t leaves no further doubt upon the
fact that Grant intended to make money,
through the operations of Rufus ingalls,
and O. E. BabcOck, in San Domingo real
estate. No other motive would have LED
| this sordid creature to such extreme anC
| hazardous measures as he adopted. We
| have had Presidents before who did the
nation no credit, but Grant is the first one
who ever debased the Office for the pur
pose of making money.-Chjcago Times.
A SHORT time ago a discovery interest
ing to archBologists was made while dig
ging in a tumulus a few miles north o
Frederickstadt, Norway. The hull Of f;
vessel, made entirely of oak, and evidently
of great age, was found imbedded in
stratum of clay. 1t is rather fiat and Low
in the water, tapering to a point at eacl
end, with length of keel of A feet and
breadth of beam Of Is feet. 1t is supposed
to have been used as war vessel for coas
service, being propelled by oars and sails
An ancient practice in Norway was u
place the vessel over the remains OF tn
captain, and fragments of dress, horse ac
coutrements and harness have been dis
covered under this. The vessel is sup
posed to date from the time Of the viking:
and the Society of Antiquaries at Chris
tiana have caused the entire lot TO be con
veyed to that place, to be setup within tn
precincts of the University.