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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 56: San Domingo again.—the senator's first speech.—return of the angina pectoris.—Fish's insult in the Motley Papers.— the senator's removal from the foreign relations committee.—pretexts for the remioval.—second speech against the San Domingo scheme.—the treaty of Washington.—Sumner and Wilson against Butler for governor.—1870-1871. (search)
the English, in not making the terms such as to avoid controversy; he thought our Case had been badly drawn and was harsh; and at this stage he was for leaving the difficulty to the discretion of the Executive. Brief minutes of his remarks are preserved. The New York Times assumed (May 24, 1872) to give a report of what he said in executive session, which the next day he pronounced a fabrication at once absurd and ridiculous, and called senators to witness the truth of his statement, May 25, 1872. Congressional Globe, p. 3864. It is instructive to note the points of Sumner's speech of April, 1869, Ante, pp. 385-388. which were taken account of in the negotiations at Washington. This appears first in the protocol of the American commissioners, March 8, which specified in detail the national claims as they were enumerated in the speech. It appears also in the treaty itself. (1) The senator lad complained that the Johnson-Clarendon convention belittled our cause by making it