The southern aegis. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1857-1862, 1861-04-13
The Conservative Administration.

The Conservative Administration.
The conservative administration is at work.
As q sort of prelude to the appointments of the
President such men as Wilson and Wade Sum-
ner and Hale-the staunchest of John Brown
Republicans-Tyere placed at the head of most
important committees by the Republican United
States Senators. This example has not been lost
| upon Abraham Lincoln. lie has rewarded some
of the vilest Black Republicans already, and
doubtless more will be supplied with good fat
offices as speedily as room can be made for them.
Among the most Objectionable appointments of
the President, of course, are those of Arson Bur-
lingame, ofMassachusetts, as minister to Austria,
and Carl Schurz, of wisconsin, as minister to Por-
| tugal.
1t will be recollected by many of our readers
that Burlingame has declared in favor of "an anti
sidceTy Constitution, an dntsldrery Bible and an
dnti-slarery Corr Yet this fou-mouthed inf
del Black Republican is rewarded, and hand
somely rewarded too, by the conservative admin
istration of Mr.. Lincoln -Burlingamc to repre-
sent the United States in the responsible and hon
orabie position Of minister to Austria Such
man could only be brought to tie surface by
such head as rules at Washington. Under any
former administration he would have remained
unnoticed and unpitied in the degrading pit he
had prepared for his filthy carcass. The Presi-
idency of some underground railway would be
more fitting for him TO occupy than the post to
which he has been called by the conservative Lin
| coin!
| But Objectionable and insulting to the good
people of the country as Burlingame's appoint
ment is, the selection of Carl Schurz as Minister
to Portugal is still more to be deplorcd and con-
dcmned by all who entertain any regard for the
honor of the country. This man Schurz is
vagabond and an adventurer. Protesting to be
q lawyer, he has never practced his profession to
the extent of single suit in court is we learn
from the Milwaukee Press and NewS. In the
last campaign he rendered good service TO the
Republicans. lie delivered many addresses in
the German language in various parts of the
country. Although, he was fully paid for his
work, Mr.. Lincoln secs fit 10 still further re-
ward him
That our readers may know the precise char
acter of Schurz, We give the following ex-
tract from an address delivered by him at SPRING
field, Massachusetts:
''Thcre is your Declaration Of INDEPENDENCE
diplomatic dodge, adopted for the purpose of
excusing the rcbellious Colonies in the eyes of
civilized mankind There is your Declaration
OF Independence, no longer the sacred code of
the rights OF man, but q hypocritical piece of
special pleading, drawn up by q batch of artful
pittifoggers, who, when speaking of the rights of
man, meant but the privileges of a set of aristo-
cratic shareholders, but styled it the rights of
man, in order to throw dust in the ewes of the
world and to invegle noble hearted fools into
lending them aid and assistance. These are your
Boosted Revolutionary sires, no longer heroes
and sages, but accomplished humbuggcrs and by
pocrltcS; who said one thing and meant another;
who passed counterfeit sentiments as genuine
and obtained arms, money, and assistance, and
sympathy, on false pretentions There is your
great American Revolution no longer the great
champion Of universal principles, but mean
Y ankee trck-a wooden nutmeg-thc most i'm
pudent imposition ever practiced upon the whole
world = "
And this is the man to whom the conservative
Lincoln has given the mission to Portugal!
What do our especial Americans the Know
Nothings, think of Lincoln's action when thev
are informed that Schurz is foreign revolution
ist-that he escaped from Germany, where he
was imprisoned for political ofenses and that he
is charged with being member ola revolution
AIRY club now in existence in Europe?
We think the appointment OF two such men as
Burlingame and Schurz ought to damn any ad-
minstratioD-do the Republicans, Or their icon
fedora teS in tho Rorder Slave Stoto. ooroo ,;.l
Us?