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PUBUSHBD EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
BY
JOHN S. BRATTON.
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MANIFEST DESTINY.
(JJVem the Aldine for February)
Nothing Is as it was of old.
Whore cities stood the cattle browse;
Weeds strike their roots through royal mould
The lizards bask In Cmsax’s house.
What Cheops built the Fyronld 7
Whose dust, If any, there Is hid 7 .
If those, the maator-races, fell,
Much more the tribes whom they o’erthrow.
From whence they came, no mancan toll,
Nor whither vanished like the dew.*
The same destruction now, as then,
Rakes obsolete these outworn men.
Tbo rod man, whom our hardy Sires
Found in possession o f the land;
Who built In woods his wigwam fires,
And smoked his pipe; or, bow in hand.
Crept oh the wild fleer, 0 r the bo err
or tracked the panther to his lair;
Who, grim, and hard of heart at best
Daubed la hla war-paint, stole away,
With twenty devils In his breast,
To where his hated foemon lay;
Whom. If asleep ho ooald not find.
And his strong arms In pinions bind.
To burn him at the dreadful slake—
He would devote to nudden death
A ■ suddenly hl« scalp would take,
Arid mo ok the rattle la hie breath !
Then, if poppoose and squaw ho saw.
Would massacre pappqoso and squaw I
These bronze barbarians of the Past,
Oast In the moulds of hell, are gone;
Their world was -wanted; far and fast
Wo drove them towards the sotting sun,
Ay, and If future need should be,
We’ll drown them In the Western sea 1 -
With Iron nets wo hold their trail; .
They find us wheresoe’er they go;
Though fierce they cannot make ns quail.
Nor match the rifle with the bow,,
We’ll give them graves, and lot them try
The happy hunting grounds on high I
GOLD I—BITTERLY COLD I
Cold! bitterly cold I
The moon Is bright.
And the snow la white,
Beautiful to behold,
But the wind Is howling,
Like the hungry prowling
Wolves on the wintry world,
Cold I bitterly cold 1.
My shawl is ragged and old;
The hearth deserted and dark,
Qloddened by never a spark,
And my only light
Is the pltttless white
Of the moonbeam’s chill.
Silvery chill.
Cruelly—splendidly bright.
This frosty Winter’s night—
Cold l-bltterly cold I
Babe, more precious than gold.
Rest,' little one, rest 1
Sleep, my own one, ,
Clasped to thy mother’s breast;
Though thin and wasted her form.
Her arms shall enfold,
And shield thee from the cold;,
For the love In her breast Is warm,
Though the chill night's breeze
May the life-blood freeze—
Cold I— bitterly hold I
Cold I—bitterly cold I
My eyes are dim, ’
■ And my senses swim,
lam prematurely old 1 ,
Foodless and fire loss.
Almost attlreless,
Wrapt In rags so scanty and thin,
With bones that stare through the colorless
' skin,
Weary and worn,
Tattered and torn,
If I should wish I had ne’er been born,
Tell me, Is It a sin 7
Cold world!—bitterly cold I
fuMal.
FOUND WANTING.
THE ADMINISTRATION WEIGHED IN THE SAIANGE.
A MIGHTY SPEECH BY CAUL
SOHVBZ.
THE FRENCH ARMS JOB LAID BARE TO THE BONE.
NO MERCY SHOWN HORTON OR
COHERING.
&0.,
&0.,
Washington, . X». C.,. February 20.
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the resolution to Investigate the alleged
sale of arms to French agents during
the • Franco-Prussian war; Mr. Soburz
was entitled to the floor. Before he be
gan to speak Mr. Fenton remarked that
the galleries were completely tilled, and
asked and obtained unanimous consent
that ladles who could not find seats In
the galleries should be allowed to occupy
the cloak-rooms.
Mr. Schurz, (Bod,, Mo.) tbenaddress
ed the Senate. He said"; • The weakness
of a cause is apt to disclose itself by the
nature of the arguments used In its sup
port. When we bear a case advocated
by insinuations and Innuendoes with
regard to the motives of those who bays
taken the other side, we are very apt to
suppose that there must be something
wrong. Nobody who baa listened to the
speeches of the Senators from Indiana
and New York (Morton and Conkllng)
would deny; tbat the general rule applies
to the present matter. The Senator
from Indiana (Morton) triad to convince
the Senate that there could be no suspi
cion connected with the sale of arms by
this government to certain persons, be
cause every road" out of the Republican
party led Into the Democratic—(laugh
ter)—and because the platform of the
Missouri liberals does not accord with
his views, and must therefore b 0 unre
publlcan and radically wrong, and be
cause be is In favor.of the
KE-ELEOTIONOF OEN. OB ANT,
and 1b sure. to have It. (Laughter.)—
The Senator from New Yorjt (Mr 1
Conkllng), whom I, very sincerely regret
not to eee.in hlsseat alter big gallant ex
ploit of y esterday, followed In the foot
steps of the Senator from Indiana; He
tried to convince us that! the Bales of
arms must necessarily be free from blame,
because there Is no impression abroad
that there Is a military ring In this coun
try; because there is an impression of
-the existence of a Senatorial cabal bent
upon destroying this administration!
and because the Democrats are circula
ting in New Hampshire the speeches of
certain Republican Senators In order to
defeat the administration, party there.—
Now, sir, I will not deny that these were
very eloquently' expressed, and might
have been proper elsewhere, but certain
ly they did not throw much light on the
question now under discussion, and I
should be glad to pass them over, did I
the Ainetiean Balunteer
Bt JOHN B. BRATTON.
not desire to devote a very few remarks
to onp thing said by that Senator.
■WITH AN AIR OP TRIUMPH
he held np a pamphlet purporting to
contain one of my speeches, saying that
It was circulated by the Demoo ratio party
Id New Hampshire, and was producing
a greater effect than any other docu
ment, I have since inquired Into that
matter, and what do you think that
pamphlet contains? It contains the
speeches of the Senators from Illinois,
Massachusetts, and Nebraskaand myself,
and they, are speeches denouncing the
oorrnptlon prevailing In the Custom
house in New York. If such things
Work against the success of the adminis
tration party, then the fault does not lie
with those who denounce corruption. It
is those sycophants, who by covering
up every abuse, ever so glaring, and de
fending every violation of law ever so
scandalous, who have brought the com
monwealth to the pass where we now
find it. Yea, there la a Senatorial cabal
upon this floor. It is that cabal which
defeated the Bah Domingo scheme. It is
tbatoabai which forced the investiga
tion of the ■
COEHUPTION IN THE NEW YORK CUS-
TOM-HOUSE.
It is that cabal which exposed those
abuses and-rendered necessary their re
formation ; “and let me tell the Senate
that those speeches of ours would not
have produced the least effect upon the
Republican voters of New Hampshire if
it conid have been said at. the same time
that those abuses, which were laid open
in all their deformity a: whole year ago.
bad been abolished, and if it could have
been denied that lieet & Stocking were
at that moment still plundering the
merchants of New York.” Mr. Sohurz
then said that the subject before the Sen
ate stripped of all personal matters, raised
three questions, . The first was, what was
done in accordance with the rule of con
duct laid by the government for its own
action—the rule tbat-no arms should be'
sold to any known agent.of any belliger
ent 7 Second, was what' done, in ac
cordance with the laws of the country ?
Third, is there in the facts as they stand'
before us any
GROUND FOR SUSPICION OF CORRUPT
PRACTICES
connected with the transaction 7. In dis
cussing the first' he said it was absurd to
assert that these sales were made under
the ordinary circumstances surrounding
previous sales. It was true that the gov
ernment bad been selling arms all along
since the end of the rebellion, and no
body found any fault. But when the
great war between France and Germany
bad broken out, and the President bad
Issued bis proclamation: of neutrality,
would anybody say that no extraordina
ry precautions were then necessary in
the sale of arms 7 Individuals might be
pardoned for taking refuge behind a
technical ignorance of the destination of
the arms, but a nation could not afford to
do that, because its honor and Us char
acter among nations were at stake- Mr.
Bchutz tead a letter written by the Cfhlef,
of Ordnance, describing, he said,’ The
operations of the War Department in
making sales of arms at that period. The
letter staled that bids bad been invited
by sending out letters to the principal
dealers in arms. It was remarkable,
however, that Baker <fc Co., the only
very great arms merchants in New York
were not notified, and only
LEARNED BY ACCIDENT
that the sales were to take place. Upon
making the discovery Baker came to
Washington and notified the Prussian
Minister, The minister went to the War
Department and asked that the sales
should.be put off for a few days, aud It
was done. The Senator from New York
(Mr. Conkllng) bad said that Baker &
Co,, bought arms which afterwards got
Into the bands of Germany. That was.
a mistake. He (Schurz) bad been in
communication with' that house and had
ascertained the fact, which was, that
they bad bid upon a quantity of arms for
the purpose of keeping them from the
French, expecting to be recompensed by
the German government; but the gov
ernment declined to have anything to
do with the arms, and they passed Into
the bands of Schuyler, Hartley & £)ra
ham, and afterwards Into the. hands of
the French. There were new calls for
bids, to be opened on the 20th of October*
On October 21, at 4 P. M., the
SALES OF. A LARGE AMOUNT OF ARMS
to several firms were completed, and ad
curding to a despatch of the French Con
sul all t hose arms had been already part
ly paid for by the French government oh
the 22nd of October, Just one DAY after
the sales from the Department were com
pleted, Certainly the business was done
promptly—(laughter)—and the question
naturally suggested, whether when
Squires was discovered .as a French
agent the sales were not postponed In or
der to,give him ap opportunity to make
arrangements with other parties. He did
not charge that this was the fact, but be
would ask every fair-minded man wheth
er the suspicion did not lie dreadfully
near. Then came the sales to Richard
son. When the War Department was
not offering to the large arms dealers,
did it address one of its letters to Mr.
Thomas Richardson, counsellor at law at
Illon, New York 7 (Laughter.) The Sen
ator from New York bad laid great stress
upon what be assumed to be a fact, that
Richardson need not have appeared per
sonally at the department in negotiating
his purchase, and (bat it could have been
done by merely sending in his bid ac
companled by
TWENTY PEB CENT. OP THE PCBCHASB
HONEY.
The record showed, however, that the
business could not bavebeen done in that
way, because some effort was necessary
In order to satisfy the conscience of' the
War Department about the propriety ot
making the cartridges, and it showed,
also, that that effort was made, not by
Richardson In person, but by another
gentleman—Mr. Remington—the same
Remington who, on the 15tb of the pre
ceding October, bad been diacoveed to
be an agent of the French government.
As further evidence that there did exist
Just grounds for suspicion, and therefore
for Investigation. Mr. Soburz read two
extracts from testimony given by Mr.
Remington In France on the trial of
Place. Mr. Remington, being a witness
under oath, said i “ X did hot regard my
self as obliged to make advances, and
"’.huyi
this still less, inasmuch sis I bad myself
to pay to the government of the .United
States an advance of ten to twenty per
cent." Again, before the Investigating
committee of, the French Assembly, he
said: “By the French government I was
charged to treatwlth the government of
the United States.” This last statement
also showed
WHAT BROUGHT REMINGTON BACK
to this country In December of thatyear.
He came to transact the business connec
ted with the purchase which was osten
sibly made by Richardson, the lawyer,
and It was after his return, here on that
errand that the interviews and negotia
tions described In his (Remington's)
letter took place. The Senator from In
diana (Mr. Morton) bad objected to bis
(Soburz's) statement the other day that
the government was' not only bound not
to sell to. men whom they knew to be
agents of either belligerent, but also to
satisfy themselves by all the means of
Information in their possession that per
sons applying for arms were not the
agents Of one or the other belligerent;
but he (Soburz) was willing to accept
Mr. Morton’s statement of the rule,
which was that If the government had
reason to believe that the person buying
the arms was on agent of the French
government, they bad no right to make
the sale, and that all the government
.was called upon to know was that the
purchaser was not the agent of ’one .or
the other of the belligerents, and be In
sisted that the government had
FAILED TO DO ITS DUTY.
Judge even by.that rule.' The Senator
from New York (Mr, Conkllng) had said
that 'cash' was the purchaser. That
might be well, provided this .Mr. Cash
was not ’ the representative of a known
agent of the French government- No
matter, says the Senator from New York
(Mr. Coukling) “ cash” is the man who
buys, and we look at nothing but. cash.
But then where is our reasonable dili
gence 7 Where is our good faith 7 No
matter, says the Senator, this great
American Bepublio of ours understands
her good faith and Interprets her neutral
duties upon strictly “cash principles,”—
(Laughter.) Proudly the standard of out
national morality and honor was borne
aloft by the H enators from New York
with a dollar mark in cash os the coat of
arms of this g reat republic of the United
States. (Laughter.) Seriously speaking,
are vie sensible men? Are we honest men?’
Is this our rule of neutral duty 7 Is this
the'rule to be observed not only by us
but toward us 7 Let me warn Senators to
pause long before they commit them
selves to any position so absurd, so mean,
so utterly dishonorable. Letmetell them
it is not safe for nations to play
LITTLE TRICKY GAMES
and endeavor to cover themselves up
with little quibbling technicalities. Mr.
Sohurz discussed this at great length,
and as additional evidence that there was
ground for suspicion and investigation,
read a passage from the testimony given
by Jules Leoense who was president of
.UlftArmament Committee at Tours, in
France, while these sales were going on-
The question was upon a pertain over
charge on a lot of. rifles, and this witness
said, “ 2here was no expense beyond the
percentage allowed to Hemington, since
WE HAD TREATED DIRECTLY WITH
THE FEDERAL SGOVERNMENT OP
THE UNITED STATES, which deliver
ed these arms free of charge on board
the vessels.” After this and. the other
statements be [Mr. Sohurz] thought the
Senators should oease to talk about the
want of patiiotism of those who called
the attention of the Senate and the coun
try to this matter. It was quite evident
that, foreign governments were as well
informed as they were, or even better
(Laughter.) These
STATEMENTS made under oath
in foreign courts left no course; open for
the United Slates except to Investigate
and show the statements to be false if
they were so, or ifthey were true to pun
ish the guilty.
The second question was, were the
laws of our own country violated ? and
he argued that It.was ac least a proceed
ing of doubtful legality to sell the breach
loading rifles at ail. The statute author
ized the sale of bid cannon, arms, and
other ordinance stores which were dam
aged or otherwise unsuitable 'Tor the Uni
ted States, military service or for the mi
litia of U, 8., and under this the Chief of
Ordinance had assumed the right to sell
a large number of breach-loading rifles
of the patern of 1860, and that at a time
when the militia throughout the country
were armed with old ■ muzzle-loaders.
A LAME EXCUSE.
Mr. Morton said that the breach-load
ers were of a discarded pattern, and that
it was the intention of the government
to arm the militia. with an Improved
rifle. f In view, of Ibis fact, therefore', the
dlsnarded-rifles-dld-not-properly-Copie-
Wlthln the classes of ordnance stores
mentioned In .the statute.
Mr. Scburz said that the Secretary of
War and the Chief of Ordnance had some
doubt about the propriety of their action
at the time, and be bad a letter from the
Chief of Ordnance to General Belknap
stating that the arms so sold were fit for
the United States service. He hit au
thorized, therefore, to charge
FIiAOBANT AND MANIFEST BREACH OP
SAW.
He charged it on the ebowing of the Chief
of Ordnance himself, and If there was to
be any quibbling about this point he
would be glad to hear it at once. Possibly
an attempt would be made to explain it.
away too, but he would ask the Senate
what Would become of popular respect
for the laws If the law-makers thus reck
lessly quibbled away their meaning ?
What would, become of constitutional
government,!!! this country If the execu
tive officers of the government were to
be allowed to feel that they might (flare
gard the plainest provisions of law, and
that, tike Ciesar Augustus, they could al
ways rely upon a submissive and obedi
ent Senate? He begged the Senate to
remember that theie was
MOBB AT STAKE THAN CARTRIDGES
or cash. Op the third point,Mr. Sohutz
argued that the facts already shown were
enough to Justify a suspicion of corrupt
transactions. The testimony of Reming
ton and of the French officials, already
referred to; the anxiety, of the Chief of
Ordnance to aid Remington in settling
his accounts In France relating to the
CARLISLE. PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 39, 1872.
same transactions, for which- he (Rem
ington) bad been ostensibly driven out of
the War Department; the difference be
tween the amounts paid by the French
and those received by our government;
the Jeopardizing of our national rela
tions; the risking of our Internal harmo
ny; the flagrant and ponfesaed violation
of law by the War Department; and the
mysterious disappearance of large sums
of money—all these facts and circum
stances went to show that there was
ground for suspicion and for' investiga
tion- And the Senators on the" other
aide knew It and felt It keenly, as was
shown by these attempts to divert the
Senate and the country from the true
question by charging those who urge
this resolution, with acting as French
agents, and with want of patriotism.—
These charges were
FLIMSY AND ABSURD.
It was the duty of the government to In
vestigate this matter, and If the wrongs
charged upon the Executive Department
have been committed it was the duty of
the legislative department ot the govern
ment to frankly and boldly disavow
them. That was the duly course worthy
of the American republic, and therefore
be was not afraid to discuss these mat
ters In the Senate and denounce the
wron'g In them, for he remembered that
Cobden and Bright, when they warned
the British Parliament of the conse
quences of its conduct during the rebel
lion, were far better patriots than those
who decried them for It. Mr. Sohurz
then spoke of the amendment offered by
Mr. Cdnkllng, ordering the committee
to Inquire whether any Senator or Amer
ican citizen bad been in collusion with
any foreign agent or spy, &0., and said
it was a subject of rather a painful char
acter. He regretted that the Senator bad
introduced that amendment for bis own
sake. He reminded him that spies
were used only in time of war, and sug
gested that he should strike out that
word from the amendment as lively to
be offensive to the French government.
Messrs. Morton and Conkling had offer
ed
A GROSS INSULT TO THE GERMAN GOV-
ERNMENT
by assuming that the agitation of this
question might affect the decision of the
German Emperor .as arbitrator between
the United States and Great Britain, and
now the Senator from New York was
going to insult the French government
also. If this amendment meant any
thing it meant collusion of. an'improper
nature and for improper purposes, and
everybody knew that It was aimed at
three persona—Mr. Sumner, himself (Mr.
Solmrz), and the Marquis de Chambrun.
He (Mr. Sohnrz) would vote for the
amendment, and be would give the 1 Sen
ate some evidence In advance of the In
vestigation—the Marquis de Cbambriin
was no spy. He was the legal advisor of
the French legation; a French gentleman
of distinguished family , and of high char
acter and attainments. Further, he was
NOT THE MAN
who bad given Mr. Sohurz the first In
formation on this subject. (Laughter.)
But, continued Mr. Sohurz, what Is
the spirit of this amendment 7 I have
said that I regretted that the gentleman
had Introduced the amendment. I do not
know that I can make myself Intelligible
to his mind or to bis moral feeling; ex
cept in one way, by supposing that I had
introduced an amendment directing the
committee to Inquire. Also, whether
those who gave letters of introduction to
Remington to France' were guilty of
corrupt practices In connection with
these transactions. Does the Senate want
to know why I did not do it? It was be
cause I considered It infinitely beneath
me. (Applause in the galleries.)
PREVARICATION WOMB THAN LTINO.
Mr. Conkling said be had not given
Remington a letter of introduction,to
France; he had merely addressed a note
to Mr. Remington himself, the purport
of which he had stated on a former oc
casion.
Mr. BCburz—lf the Senator bad given
Mr. Remington a note stating that he
had Investigated all these transactions,
and that he would be very glad If the
French government would settle them,'
and that be bad a personal interest in
them', even then I would not be the man
to offer this amendment.
A NEIGHBORLY NOTE.
Mr. Conkling said that Mr. Sohurz had
been the man to drag in the Irrelevant
fact that he (Conkling) bad written a note
to Mr. Remington containing statements
which he had felt called upon to make in
Justice ,to> neighbor and in the interest
of fair play.
Mr. Sohurz said that when the subject
was first mentioned by him he had ie
peatediy expressed the opinion that the
giving of the note to Mr. Remington was
onlyan act of neighborly friendship on
Mr. Conkllng’s part. ’ ' ; .
THE BLONDE MEANS BUSINESS.
Mr. Conkling disputed this. He also
said that his amendment was aimed not
merely, at Sohurz, Sumner, and the
Marquis de but at ail who
might come within its scope, and he
meant to stand by It. He bad drawn it,
however, without having the statute be
fore him, and if the Senator (Mr, Sohurz)
found any offensive phrase in It be was
willing to withdraw that phrase.
A SPECTACLE FOR AMERICANS.
Mr. Sohurz—Oh, r have no doubt the
Senator Is earnest In this matter. I have
never doubted that'lt looks just like him.
(Laughter.) The Senator has referred to
a statute which be held up before us yes
terday, threatening us with 'line and Im
prisonment. Ah, sir, it is a glorious
spectacle! Here stand two American
Senators, not entirely unknown to the
country, whose record is not entirely de
void of patriotism and service, and whose
only atm Is to Investigate abuses and vio
lation of law and have them punished.
Those Senators are met here by one of
the spokesmen of the administration,
flourishing a statute in bis hand threat
ening them with fine and Imprisonment.
Let It be known in every nook and cor
ner that be who Is In earnest in setting
bis face against those in power, and who.
baldly seeks to detect fraud and punish
violations of . law, Is confronted by the
powers that be with
the Prospect op a dungeon.
Why, sir, I did not know that the ad
ministration was in such a desperate
condition as that. (Laughter and ap-
plause In the galleries.) They are «
veloplng very fast j 1 .how' long will It i ™
until you cannot even get up testimony T
against Leet and Stocking; 'the fenlghts
of the "general order," without having
some statute dug up that will line and
Imprison you for It? (Laughter.) But
if the Senator from New York thinks
that hd can In that way strike fear Into
my soul, he will soon And tbat he Is
greatly mistaken. On the path of duty
tbat I have walked I have seen men far
more dangerous than be Is, and before a
thousand of them my heart with hot
quail. No, sir, I will vote for blsamend
ment, vote for It with all the scorn which
it deserves, (Loud applause In the galle
ries,). Mr. Schurz then spoke .of the
charge tbat this was a move to alienate
THE GERMAN VOTE. .
The Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton)
and the Senator from New York (Mr.
Conklng)wereverysweeton the Germans
just how. (Daughter.) They had said
that no man owned, the .Germans of
America. That was a fact, and be was
proud of it, for he was one of the Ger
mans, No man, no politician, no Sena
tor, unt even the President of the United
States, owned the Germans; least of all
were they owned by that class of politi
cians who desperately cling to the skirt
of power th rough whatever mire it may
drag them. (Laughter and applause In
the galleries.) The Germans had fought
Tammany in New York, and they would
in solid array fight every Tammany,
great or small, on whatever side it might
appear. An attempt bad been made to
suppress this investigation by
CRACKING THE PARTY WHIP,
but those who' made that attempt grley
.ousiy mistook the lime and the spirit of
the people. The people could be no
longer deceived by misrepresentations
of the motives of those' who were fight
ing against corruption. When motives
were called in question they knew that
the motives of the henchmen of power
were at least as. open to suspicion as the
motives of those who opposed them. Let
me tell those gentlemen, said he, that we
knew the road to patronage just as well
as others did if we bad chosen to walk it.
The crack of the party, whip has lost its
power |n these times. Mere party cant
lies stale and nauseating upon the stom
ach of the people. If you think that
THE MOVEMENT NOW SPREADING ALL
OVER THIS LAND
is a mere plot of politicians you wifi soon
discover your mistake. ■ It is a reliction
against the easy political morals and
the sprit of jobbery which , have .been
developed in times of war and great po
itical excitement. . It is an earnest up
rising for. honest and pure government.
You cannot repress it by party discipline
—you cannot kill It with penal statut es.
It may be. a mere commotion to-day; u n
dertake to resist it and you will find it. a
great moral end political revolution ti >-
morrow. Whatever others may do (Lie
said) I have taken my lot. It is to th is
cause that my heatt la devoted, and with
this cause 1 wilt stand or fall.
THE HENCHMAN’S REPLY.
Mr. Morton said that the only, new
point in Mr.. Soburz’s speech was the
passage quoted from the testimony of
Leoesne, and Insisted that the statements
of Remington and the admissions of Mr.
Sohurz in his previous speech showed
that Leoesne’s statements must be false.
The Senator from Missouri had charged
that an attempt, bad been made to stifle
the proposed investigation by oraoking
tbe party whip, but every Senator, and
every person acquainted with the pro
ceedings knew, and the Senate knew,
that directly the reverse was true. No
body had proposed to resist this inquiry,
fie had intended, from the first, to vote
for it, and the resolution would have
been passed without a word of debate,
had not the movers of the resolution
forced debate upon the Senate by insis
ting upon the preamble. The Senator
from Missouri had also asserted that the
Senatorial cabal bad forced investigation
into the New York Custonl-house. This
also was untrue, fie (Morton) and ail
those upon bis side bad (voted for the in
vestigation in Now York, and their on
ly offence was that they were not willing,
to organize a committee, a majority of
which would enemies to the
administration, nnuglve them power
to
THROW MOD AND SJI&T
on the President and his administration
from that time up to the next election.—
He (Morton) was independent enough
to support the administration. Here
was an administration which could be
assailed only on personal grounds of
falsehood and calumny, and because the
honest friends of the' Republican party
stood up in the Senate to defend it, they
were called party “ henchmen.” He
cured not for the epitheta“of the Senator
from Missouri .(Sohdrz.) .The Senator
talkcd - about. oli.nglng -tQ. tba. skirts of
power, but up to the time when he fell
out with the administration that Senator
bad made quite as many recommenda
tions and obtained as many appointments
to office as he (Morton) had, and ho bad
heard it stated that, the. Senator’s per
sonal difficulty with the administration
had grown out of the removal of his
friends from office.
Mr.'Sohurz said ho would authorize
the Senator (Morton) to t ell' everybody
who told him so
THAT HE LIED-
Mr. Morton was not convinced by that
statement. The'objeot of tb ose who bad
forced this debate upon the Senate was to
draw these crowds to the Se nate cham
ber and to make capital against the Re
publican party. The whole affair was
gotten up by a long previous 'arrange
ment. The charge was false frotn begin
ning to end, and the evidence brought, to
support It was trlval; but whether false
or not the majority were willing to have
It Investigated. The movers of.the reso-
Jutlon, however, were determined to
bring It before the country in advance of
the Investigation because they knew
thot the Investigation would amount to
untiling. The object of the Senator from
Missouri (Mr, Sohurz) was to separate
the Germans from the Republican party
apd from native citizens In order to make
them a balance of power* The Senator
was attempting to revive . r
KNOW-NoraiNQlSlt IN ITS WOHHT FORM.
Mr. Sohurz said that no man. in the
country had more earnestly or steadily
opposed the formation of any political or
ganizatlon based on separate nationali
ties.-
... Mr. Morton said -he must Judge the
Senator hy his acts. He, was responsible
’ for the election of his Democratic oql
l 'eaguo (Mr. Blair) to the Senate. Mr.
B lair was Mr. Sohurz’s political offspring.
(L. aughter.)
. m 'r. Blair said he bad been elected to
the fc 'onate, not by his colleague, but by
the people Missouri. His colleague,
howevi 'W, had endeavored to give the
people an opportunity to have a fair
election, »nd of ® ourao the Senator (Mr-
Morton) d. '.ft not like that.
Mr. Mort on said that was the pretence,'
but the elect lon of Mr. Blair was the re
sult of a ooall Hon of certain Republicans
with the Dem oorata, and that coalition
had not yet be en dissolved., Mr. Mor
ton then charged tha't Mr. Schurz was
staylngfn the Republican party for the
purpose of defeating it, .'"d read an ex
tract from a speech made' by him in
Chicago in which he said th.'t if General
Grant were renominated he (i^ r * Schurz)
would not support 'him. The* Senator
had a right to
LEAVE THE BEPDOLICAN PA.'tTY
if ho pleased, but he had no right t 0 stay
in it and attempt to defeat it.
M!r. Seburz asked whether he m. ’ant
to say that those who were not In fa vor
of the renomination of Gen, Grant h.id
no business in the Republican party.
Mr. Morton said he did not. Those
who wore opposed to the renomination
of the President had a right to express
their opposition. ' But' if he should be
renominated, and if. their love for the
.party and its principles were stronger
than their personal hatred, they
would submit. A man, however, who
announced in advance that if the candi
date moat likely to be nominated should
receive the nomination he would not
support him, placed himself In a very ,
questionable position in-the party. Mr.
Morton continued at length, and read,
extracts from Mr. Blair’s speeches to
show that Mr. Seburz was guilty of what
he had charged.
[For ths Volunteer:]
REMINISENGES OF CARLISLE.
Smithpield, Feb. 16, 1872.
Messrs, Editors: —I was neither con
vinced nor silenced by my friend’s re
tort, so I replied, ’You must admit that
.Carlisle has produced a great many good
men; that her College has sent forth not
a few men of distinction; and that many
of her bad boys have turned out fine
men—all the more useful perhaps for
their early wildness.’
■*l admit nothing of the kind. On the
contrary, I deny each and every one of
your propositions; they are true only in a
relative sense. Everything goes by comr
parison. As compared. with Cheyenne,
qr Omaha, or even with some towns of
less recent origin, I admit that Carlisle
has produced many good men ; that as
compared with Franklin College, La-
Fayette or even Jefferson, Dickinson has
undoubtedly sent forth a considerable
number of men of distinction; and that,
as compared with Natchez or Vicksburg,
or other towns along the Mississippi,
many of the bad boys of Carlisle have
become, good men; All this I admit,
and much comfort may it give you. But
to say that Carlisle, as a town more than
a hundred years old, has produced a
Sjreat many good men, and that Dickie
son, as a College which has been in ex
istence three quarters of a century, has,
sent forth not a few distinguished men,
is to say” more than you can prove, and I
demand the evidence before you repeat
it.’
•Well, .you are the first Carlisle man I
have yet s een who was unwilling to con
cede this much to the old borough, and
to bis old Alma Mater, I am not pre
pared.at this mame nt with the proof yon
demand, but I don’t mean to surrender
my convlot.'on till I am compelled,
which I hope I shell never be.’
‘There you are! A Carlisler to the
hack bone! Clinging to your self-ap
proval with .determined tenacity, and
dodging all evidence going to show you
In error. Wei 1, hug your illusions if
they give you pleasure. Far be It from
me to attempt to dispel them, so long as
they are innoce ut. But there is one of
them that is uc it innocent; which, in
fact, operates as a premium upon vice,
and the tendency of which is injurious
to the last degree- It is the idea that a
bad youth, if converted, becomes ail the
better and more useful man; an idea
which is Involved in the popular maxim,
‘The greater the sinner the greater the
saint; ’ a maxim which I abhor and ut
terly repudiate.*
‘Don’t be so fast, nor so positive. , You
are in opposition to the opinions of many
of our best people, and in conflict with’
the obvious teachings of the scriptures
and of religious experience. Was not
Paul'‘the very ohlefest of the apostles?'
And yet bad he nut been a 'blasphemer,
a persecutor, and injurious?' Was not
that eminent and useful minister, JoBiT
Newton, the captain of a slave ship, and
a prime promoter of what Wesley called
the ‘eum of ail villainies’? Was not
Col. Gardiner, Jwhom the pious Dodrige
has made, famous for his zeal us a Chris
tian reformer, one-of the most vicious
and dissolute "of young'men 7 I cannot
blit think that, on reflection, you will
revise your opinions and admit that the
prevalent Idea Is on the whole well
founded.’
■I have not spoken without reflection.
My opinion needs no revision. I repeat
what I before said, and,' in view of your
reply, with added emphasis, your doc
trine Is unsortptural, Irrational and
uimply damnable. To. claim Paul as au
thority for a fallacy so monstrous, Is to
misrepresent the great Apostle of the
Gentiles and pervert his teachings.—
What are'the facts? As a Jew, strong
in the faith of his fathers, conscientious
even to bigotry In his devotedness to bis
church, be railed against thp now doc
trine and:persecuted Its advocates with
the severest rigors of, the low; but, nev
erthelcss. lu bis private ll(e and personal
character be was, both as a youth and a
man, a person of singular uprlghtnes.—
No stain rested on bis reputation ; no
consciousness of Impurity or,dishonor
disturbed .bis peace ,or Impaired bis self
respect. All he had to repent of was his
vlolenthostliity to the doctrine of ‘Christ
and him crucified,’ and this he did In the
strong language which yon have quoted,
but you have not finished the quotation
for he adds t ‘I obtained mercy because I
did it ignorantly in unbelief.
VOL. 58.—N0- 38:
‘As to John Newton, he certainly did
ranch good In the latter partof his life,but
whether enoqgh to compensate for the
evil he did In the first-pact, and- for the.
evil his example has been made to do
since, I do not think can be positively
asserted. The fact, as It is stated in hie ■
biography, ' that he continued four
years In the African, trade after hls con
version,’ has been Joy to the heart and
marrow to the bones of all slave-traders,
slave-breeders, and other systematic
wrong-doers for more than a century.—
That he himself looked with anything
but complacency on bis early wickedness
1s evident from the fact, that when at
eighty years of age hC was besought by
bis friends to give up preaching, he said;
‘What I shall the old African blasphemer
stop while he has power to speak ?’
‘As for Col. (Wdlner, all I have to say
is that hls biographer did not commend
him as an example to the young just be
ginning to go astray, but as an encour
agement to theolderand more hardened,
In their efforts to break the bands of In
iquity.’
'But you have said tbat my doctrine Is
irralloual, which Ido not see; Certainly
one who speaks from bis own experience;
who has himself made trial of the evil of
wrong-doing, and can, of his own knowl
edge, testify of Its folly, is a better wit
ness and more powerful advocate than
one who cannot thus testify.’
'A better witness be may be, but not a
more powerful advocate. A man picked
out of the gutter, dirty and ragged, blear
eyed and bloated, Is certainly a better
witness of the evils of drunkenness than
one whose life baa always been temper
ate, but hardly : a more powerful advo
cate of the Temperance cause.
'.But you are mistaken in ascribing the
doctrine I. advanced to my Carlisle rear
ing. The fact la 'I don’t think I ever
beard ally one there say seriously 'the
greater the sinner the (treater the saint,’
or formally teach that bad men when
converted make the best Christians.’
‘Perhaps not, blit you have beard—lf
you kept your ears open—many a one in
formally and by implication teach that
doctrine. - You cannot have failed to no
tice Chat the main hope of pious .parents
In Carlisle is not in nurture and admoni
tion but in conviction and conversion,
not in pure and sweet domestic and so
cial Influences to prevent their children
from going astray; but In preaching- and
praying to bring about their reclamation
after-they have became wanderers.’ , • ’.
‘But tbat is hardly to the point which.
I raised, which was that, a man who
speaks from experience speaks with more
power than la possible for one without
experience;’ .
'Certainly he does; and, therefore, the
man who from his own experience from
his youth up can. testify to theadvanta
ges of d pure and virtuous life, is—other
things, being, equal—the most powerful
possible advocate of purity and’virtue.—
Therefore, he that ‘was without sin' was
able to speak ,‘aa never mah spake,’ and
to leave behind him words which are fresh
with their original power after the lapse
of nineteen centuries. But, I will take
you on your own ground. You require
that a man must speak experimentally,
not only of the advantages of virtue but
of the evils of vice. Then bear me: I
testify to tbat which I do know and bear
witness to tbat which I have proved,
when I say to you tbat every act of con
scious wrong doing Inflicts a lasting In
jury.upon the wrong-doer. Every wil
ful falsehood leaves a soar. Every deed
of dishonesty or cruel ty—though repeu ted
of and forgiven—loaves behind it a mark
on the soul. Every deliberate act of self
ish meanness will continue through
life to serve as a drawback to happiness.
God may forgive the liar, the cheat, the
wasteful squanderer of time and opportu
ty, but the man who has been guilty of
these offences will never forgive himself,.
nor cease to suffer In some measure their
natural penalty. That Is the teaching of'
my experience, does yours Inculcate a
different lesson 7’
'I wlll’anawer that question by askiug
another: la this a new doctrine, which
you have learned In the Church, under
the teaching of your friend, the Bishop?’
‘No, it is an old conviction which I
reached while yet in Carlisle. I learned
it from no man. I evolved It out of my
own consciousness, and found it confirm
ed by reason and the scriptures. As for
the Bishop, I never beard him express
himself on the subject, tho’ I doubt not
from the general tenor of his preaching
that be holds to the same opinion.’
'By the way, and to change tbe subjeot,
which side do you take bn the great ques
tion which is now dividing you, the
Ritualistic or Antl-Rltualistlc?’
‘Neither; lam neither a Ritualist nor,
In a partisan sense, an Anti-Ritualist. 1
uni : neither High Church nor . Low
Church. What then am I ? Read those
two books* which I gave you this morn
ing and you will see exactly where I
stand, I take no part in theological con
troveraies or TEcoleslasilcal quarrels- I
had a heart-scald of both when I lived
in Carlisle. There, I used to hear the
changes ring on the one band upon the
■Felagianism’ and ‘Semi-Felaglanlsax’ of
the New Haven School of theology, and
on the other upon the ‘Hyper-Orthodoxy’
and ‘ Supra-’CalyonlamV of Princeton.—
One side denounced Dr. Taylor, and the.
other derided. Dr. Green- I,remember !
once Innocently asked a round faced rosy
divine of the New School who used to
visit Carlisle, from a neighboring town,
and who was talking very lightly about
■Original Sin,’ what that much used
phrase meant. Putting on an air of
much gravity, he said: ‘I will tell you.—
It means;
"In Adam's fall wo sinned all;
. In Cain's murder we sinned ftirder;
By Dr. Green oar sin Is seen."
I laughed of course at the party, hit, but
It did not leave a pleasant Impression on
my mind, Tho fact Is, 1 Saw so'much
that was ugly and puerile on both sides
of the controversy that I never think of
It now without disgust. The best thing
you Presbyterians have done in the last
thirty) years vw the burying of your
hatchet as one church.
‘As for Ecclesiastical strife We had bad
a taste of that, or something like It, In
College a few years before. Its effect was
to divide the friends of the Institution
and ultimately to blow the College sky
high. Tfou remember how It was. The
Episcopalians were Jealous of the Presby
terians and;aocnsed them of using their
predominance in the Institution for the
promotion of sectarian ends. The Pres
byterians denied tho charge and retorted
Kates for
Advbbtxsxmjehtb wul ho inserted at Ten Cents
per line for the first Insertion, and five cents
per lino for each subsequent Insertion. Qtmt
terly, half-yearly, and yearly advertisement* in
erted at a liberal reduction on the above rates.,
Advertisements should he accompanied by Uio
Cash. When sent without, any length bl time
specified for publication; they will be continued
until ordered out and charged accordingly.'
JOB PRINTING.
CAEDa.HAWDBtLM. OIBCTOAI
or description of Job and Dabs Printing.
by i Intimating that, the Episcopalians
ware worldly and unsplrltdal, and took
no Interest in the' advancement of vital
religion. The quarrel ran high and at
last found its way Into the State legisla
ture.. ■ A. Committee of Investigation was
ordered, the report of which led to the
withdrawal of the annual subsidy on
which the College bad depended forexlst
enoe; and In a few years the Institution
found itself nnable to go on for W««t of
funds. Our people, (though .1 was not a
churchman), triumphed but they did so
at the loss of the College. They bad
killed the goose which laid the golden
egg. In a few years the Institution won
handed over to the Methodists, Whether
our friends prefered acknowledged Meth
odist sectarianism to suspected Presbyte
rian sectarianism, I have never heard. I
must say, however, that the Jealousy of
the Episcopalians was not wholly with
out grounds; and I must say too that the
withdrawal of the state appropriation,
though we all deplored it at the time,
was a very proper act of legislation. If
a town wants a College let It provide
means to support one. If it tries to do
this and falls, let It band over Its enter
prise to some powerful sect. If the sect
finds it has more Colleges on its hands
than it can support, let it drop the weak
est and concentrate Its force upon one of
the best and inost promising. In this
one let thorn raise high the. standard of
scholarship, and the others let them con
vert into Orommar Schools or High
Schools for young ladies; What do you
think?’
'I think it Istime to go to bed. It Is
after twelve o'clock and we have got to
be up betimes in the morning.’
‘Don’t be In a burry ; It is not often
tbat we meet. -Do you remember Andrew
Carotbers 7’
'.lndeed I do, and a better man or more
truly Christian gentleman'never lived.— :
He was one of the Carlisle men for whose
memory Ibavea'sincere reverence.’ .
‘lf Is the same with me. But I have
one thing against him ; he allowed John
Peck to cover.tbe most.beautiful head of
silver hair 6iat ever graced human tem
ples, with the ugliest black whig that
ever obscured‘a crown of glory.’
- ‘Yes, but you know the bid gentleman
Buffered from rheumatism in his bead,
and wore his wig on that account,
‘I don’t care j It was not a sufllolent
reason for thus grieving bis friends and
shocking the esthetic sense of the public,
Better to have Worn bis hat all day and
gone to bed with it at night than to put
on and wear that frightful mop. . I hate
wigs'any how.' Theycome next to the
dyeing of the hair, By the way, do you
remember bid Bodebaugh 7’
‘Yes, very well. You meim linden*
bough, the man-who used to live but at
tbe toll-gate, whose-son had a leg ampu
tated by Drs. Foster and Mahon., I re
member.thatcircumstance very well. It
was a hot Sunday In midsummer and the
doctors were afraid of mortification.—
Poor fellow I How ho suffered I Chloro
form—‘Heaven's bestglfl to surgery—had
not then been discovered. But what of
■old Bodebaugh’ as you call him?’
‘Nothing, only I was thinking that if
he were living In these days be would be
suspected of dyeing bis beard. Do yon
remember Porker Simmlson 7’
‘Yes, very well, and a very nice man
he was. What of him?' . 1 •
■Nothing, only I often wondered if—
when be was dyeing hats—he never felt
tempted to put his head in the kettle.—
Yes, be was a very nice mob; bis smiling
salutations to the students as'they 1 used
to pass his open window are among my
most vivid recolleottons. He was sprung
of good stock and belonged to a good
family—the Depnysahd Murrays Includ
ing our excellent , friend Mis. Boyd.—
Parker used to loslst that the right panic '
of the Gerard boys was GearhaH, he said .
knew their father was called by -that
name when in earlier days he.fellowed
the trade of a hatter. Do you remember
the suit brought by Hopkins the. book
agent, before Squire Squlers, against
'aid Mao’ for the recovery of the .sub
scription price of the 'Biographies, of
the signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence? You don't ? Well, bid Maq
claimed that he bad, subscribed with
the understanding that be should not be
called upon to take and pay for the
book; that all that. Hr. Hopkins want
ed was the,use of bis name. , Bat Mr.
Hopkins refused- to see it in that light,
and insisted upon what was “ nomina- ’
ted in, the bopd.” Do yop remember
“Dumb Sam,” and’the “Twins,” and
John Sponsler’s man “Twist,”, and
Noble’s “ Jake;” who 1 was minus a
foot, and Jake Krlder hnd “his mare
Nance,” and’ Daddy Sykes,"and old
Bombarger ?" and- —• ;
“Kb, I don’t remember anybody or
anything more.' My bead Is all in a
jumblp with your, talk, and, I must go
to bed and get a sleep before , j epp see
things straight again.' ' GoocLnight !”
_jttessrBi!!Kdltors,JLdpiiitjneanio..aay_
tbat the dialogue .which I. have’ been
relating is an actual report'of a literal
conversation,-but Idomeanto say chat'
there Is nothing in l these letters from
beginning to end of essential . impor
tArice which : is'not strictly true, and.
that nothing in them which is fictitious
is of any essential- Importance.
, Very respectfully yours,
•, K . AN OLD DicifiNsoNiAN.
•Ho bad. given mo Dr. Mnwrlces’ 'I Theological
Eaß»ya I ”and tho “Life and Letters”,or, tho Rev.
Frederick W. Robinson, : - i .
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