New-York tribune., 1876-08-09

puulallOn, ana tut iltpu'iI'dh w "''''''O VI
public faith. That fact should con;lol the re-
suit.
SEM TOR EATON ON THE PRDPRiEIIES.
The message of the President 10 the senate,
of the 31st of July, was one which ii might
have been his duty to transmit even ii 1t had
not been regularly called for 1t gave ncceS-
sary information TO the Senate respecting the
Hamburg troubles. and it properly denounced
" the slaughter of upoilcndmg men as " dis
"graccfu and brutal" 1t furnished among
other papers the letter OF the President to
Gov. Chamberlain in which the scene at
Hamhurg was characterized aS cruel
" bloodthirsty. warton. unpfovoE"d' ara
"mclllcd for" 1t said what WAS simply
true, that tins scene was only repetition ot
thc course which has been pursucd III other
" Southern States within the i1st few years
"notahly IN Mississippi apd Louisiana Ihe
President certainly spoke with SON" warmth;
nor is it in the least dIscrcditahlc To ann that
he did so. He Cxhortcd GOV. Chamberlain 10
discharge cnnsclcnuouS!y his dulcS =" me
"Lrmbl.st - we'll as the pr0udr.t ciilzen.'
There was no harm in tlar. lie sad that q
government .Hould give protection to he,
property and all guaranteed civil rghi7.'
There was no harm in that. lie called Tor
4" fair trial ard punishment OF al Offenders.
There was no harm in that.
Yes. there wa, harm. There was injury to-
the feeling, of Mr.. senator Eaton, AMI to the
sense of propliety which swayS lnN iaStidiou'
nature. For Mr. Eaton 80 diSikcd these
couitablc expressions OF Che President. these
opiujons winch to u, really seem Ike tlGlsns.
that he planted himself firmly upon his notion
of the eternal fitness of things, ami pro-
pounded to the Cousrript Fathers the follow
ing conundrum: what right hes the PrcSi-
dent . send such information as tbs
against the people of two States to The Sen
cater Then he vigorously added: 1.-The
.sprcs;dcnt has entered the political arena rs
- an iniormcr" II might have occurred 10 q
clearer head than inat with which Providence
has lowered Mr. Eaton That the Pres
ilcnt should hardly hc swGmped Ur-
der the outpouIin- of such w!athiul
walls "a these simply IL: Gyilly an
swcIing a civil question put to MIN 5y the
Senate resolution. What would the Senate
have said If the President had entirely kept
silence, and thus hintrd 20 the senate that 1t
hal better mind il, own business me hA-
ccutivc appealed to fol information supposed
to be exclusively III lis possos,uH, responds
to fine hcs, of hi, ability, and ND IT'S, Mr..
F,lou and dcnornccs him "as an mja.merw
well. information was what the Senate, or NJ
least t,c intelligent palt Of it. dc,irn- to act
in,oIho,.,rly. wanted. Tie Lnowlcd.g COM
uuuicatcd may not have been c'tulat q 90
tr,r,otr the election of Mc>,Is. lilicn and
Ii,,J,;c,,. lu+ flint wa submit was cuu,id-
o,o,iou nj no con,cmrnce 10 Senators as scr-
,lors T. remained for Nr. Eaton 10 crown h.s
,t.,,-l,,,. Lv s,oJiug Nr. TllLcr's letter OF
,,c,rt,'cc - the clerk, dr,l TO bc read III
,..,t H.. then yoln.t.ercd the statement
th., "hc had no Gonht rs 10 M.. Itdcu'5
.,cloct;op," 4 member 80 flstiliouS - to
question ,bc rrGpric,y of responses made
~, IN, President 70 the call of the Senate
pioht b,ye been expected to hold rather
different id., of the piop.irtc,. Who would
have looked to SEE such delicate creature
I'M, tLc whole Presidential canvass into the
chamber, and tlas dump Il upon the n,br ol
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