Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-09-26
CARL sCHURZ ON DOUGLAS.

, CARL SCHURZ ON DOUGLAS.
/ On Thursday nisht (l:th1 the Repu5li
cans of New Y"lk. to the number of 1000,
. held re' ting at Cooper Institute. Fiv
Thousand Wide Awdkes marched in pro
cession. Several speeches were made b,
distinguished men. but fhe speech of tn
) evening was by Carl Schurz Of Wisconsin
We have not room for the whole. AMI SUB
Join only the closing portion of it.
He s:lid:-Now 10 K at the strange en-
sequences into which his variety 'ctrin,
inevitably leads him The necessity o
preserving Slar ~ f,r the sake of Liberty
that is Of preserving the variety nf lnsti
tutionS-wqs the principal grounl u;or
|. whirh he placed the necessity of passing
his Conspiracy hill. The same mau VIII.
tells us that slavery must be preserved, be.
cause its extinction would bring about uni
formiry. which in its turn would pro,lucc
a consolidated drspotic government the
same man advocates the passage of meas
ure investin. the gIvernuant with p'wers
which Put it upon the courses of cOnsOlid-
alton: for without the grant of these pow
ers, without that act of consolidation, sla-
very cannot lie maintained. Slavery. ac-
cerding to him. must he preserved by a
measure that is necessary to popular liber-
ty; for if slavery is not preserved, uniform
ity will ensue. and the liberties Of the peo-
pie will be in danger In other words. he
tells US that the existence of slavery is me-
eSsary for the preservation of our rights
and lib,rties. and he t-lls us that a meas
ure undermining our rights and H5cCties IS
necessary fr the preservation of slavery.
The variety must be kept up for the pur-
pose Of maintaining our liberties. and our
liberties must be put down for the purpose
of keeping the variety.
We are. indeed greatly indebted to
Judge Douglas 1t last we know what
Slavery is good for. and why It's extinction
is neither posi- lc nar desirable. Even the
black man in his suff rings will find a
Soothiaa cons)Iati N in the Jul .e's phi
lpsophy. When Sambo is f'1gel down
South and the whip lacerates his back, the
benevolent Judge will tell the poor fellow
that he has got to he whipped for the sake
ofvdriety laughter and Sambo wiil smile
in tkc sweet consciousness of beng whip
Tie'l for very great priac5F,le. Renewed
lau.hter And when the Judges hill has
passed. he has opened for you the prison
cells wherein he blandly invites you to
drag out our miserable lives" you will
with pride remember <hc I'D Roman prov
erb. ''D"Lce ct decorpn, est yatrid morii;
ana improving upon the text you will ex-
claim. 1T is most sweet aud honorable to
die for variyty'S SIX. "
This. then. isJudae Douglas philosophy
Of government; not an idea occasionally
dropped in a speech. but his great original
conception. This shallow. rilicuinuS child
ISL nonsense is what cmIhati ally praciainS
10 y, the fri2 lasseEtal dnctf;pc of his whole
political wisdom. Oh. Douglas Democrats.
how proud you must iccl Of your greatest
statesman alise" Permit me To oiirr you
in the name % tie l1caaal;can Iarty. our
sincere congratulations.
Gentlemen: You have accompanied u;r
r marks with some evidence f merrinselu:
and indeed. it cannot be denied that there
is some of the proTundity of the iliu>trious
Dagblrry in Mr.. Douglas philosophical
doctrines. Bat this Is j serious mIt;:r-
Do you not see that to some extent the
homer of the country is involved in it,
That gentleman stIndS before Us Us Il can
didate for the Presidency. AMI he is repre-
scntcd TO he the greatest American stItcS-
man." And new, eUtIcxt y9g; ipplore
you snlemnly- for there is no man here
who has the reputation Of this country
more deeply at heart than hIve-I I'M
plorc you. DO not mike thi. Republic ridic-
Hlous iz the eyes of the Whole world by at
tempting to crown that Bsg5eny states
mlEsiHp with the highest honors of the Re-
public l am not jcStine; 1 am in deep
and solemn earnest; for if you lock over
the list of those men who. since the organ-
izltion of the Republic. have been deemed
wor hy of vote for the Presidency. y"u
will find not one amoRg them who has laid
more insidious schemes to Subvert the piin-
ciples Of the Constitution. vl.S cid mege tS
dcbauch the cnnsciences of the people, more
to bring American statesmlnship into eeR-
tempt than lie. No, | will not wrong
Judge Douglas; there was one; | mean AL
ron Burr. He was a more dangerous man,
for he united to depravcd heart, far su-
9erior understanding.
But, as to Judge Douglas. here | stand
UP before the great jury Of the sovereign
people aud bring my bill of Indictment
arraign him for having changed his
position in regard to the Missouri reStric-
ton. time and again, according to the in
tercsts Of slavery.
arraign him for having broken the
Eigkted faith of the people by the repeal
Of the compromise of 1870. +
arraisn him for having upheld the
most atrocious violations nf the blllot-boX;
for having trampled upon the most sacred
rights of the people OF Kansas, so long as
the struggle between Freedom aud Slavery
was doubtful. Il
arraign him for having committed a
fraud upon the people by forging aud adul-
terating the principle Of Popular Sovereign
ty. and making it the machine of slavery
i
arrligu him for having deserted the
cause Of Free Kansas when the people. hav-
ing complied with all reasonable conditions,
applied for admission into the Union.
arr ign him for having repeatedly made
the attempt to disturb the SYSTEM of con-
checks and balances, placing
the war making power in the hands Of the
President
arrai4n him for having attempted, by
his conspiracies, thing more outrageous
than the SeditiOn Law OF 1898, to put the
liberties Of speech and press at the mercy