The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-05
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.


sPEECHEs OF LEADING POLITICIANS
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Carl Schurz ON the Situation.
neneral Carl Schurz radicaD spoke at lndianapo-
Ma Ind. on Friday evening. We give MS views on
negro Suffrage and the bond question:
the democrats say that by giving the negro at the
somtS the right OF sufirage viii make the black
too overbearing II may be replied TO that that
free labor entities to political powell ne cas sS emp
DOSING there had been war in Germany az anst the
great landhoders in Meckenburg, and that one OF
of their iaborers-a kind OF seris-would
it be sound policy 70 leave ta all Politi,
No: he political power must rest W It'll the masses,
the people The democrats speak OF the negro's al
precate the right of suffrage all at once bestowed
6pon him. II any Caucasian had been in slavery for
several centuries he would be 10 the very fix
sambo. Perhaps we could not deny that the negro
will neverattan such degree OF refinement as the
white man. but the negro would be capable OF at
tanning much higher degree OF refinement than he
had attained up TO this time. 1t is our sacred duty
to assist HIM in his course of education. AS
fully the rights and duties of suffrage. the
speaker said that he had voted many times
himself without being fully posted on the matter
Suffrage is said to be privilege for all; for the
masses 1t is right. Suffrage Is bulwark Tor pre-
would always be a matter OF instinct and interest
For instance the negroes OF the south IN 1851 mad
possible; then the negro would have cast his vote
In wiser way tnan the wlsest of the whites and
great deal wiser than the democrats lately at New
York. Negro suffrage at that time would have made
the war an impossibllty. The negro down South
casts his vote not only in his interest, but just
negro stupid. II he would vote for them they would
call him smart. They despse him because he is led by
his interest which teaches him to appreciate freedom
and happiness Negro rule at the South Is another
nightmare for democratic constituencies. Win ever
three million i've hundred thousand negroes and
over eight million whites. Should ever the blacks
M are ea % AFRAID he o ses
event. Besides, the Caucasians are being reinforced
continually by immigration; the Africans are not.
Such democratic nightmares are laughable We are
black man is coming" 1t was further said the re-
pubcans were not sound on the bondhoders ques-
ton. When these six per cent bonds were issued
the government was well nigh bankrupt and had
given then had faithfully to be kept; no rich folks
were the bondhoders only working men and small
OF these gold bonds held by servants and people Of
low stations in life.
The Secretary of the Democratic National
Convention the stump.
Mr. E. o. Perrin, OF this city, the Secretary OF the
Democratic National Convention is speaking in
Maine At ratification meeting at Portland last
Saturday evening he said
According to the records OF the War Department
We had In round numbers 5000 900 men In the army.
Mr. Lincoln received 500 900 votes and these repre-
sent the strength OF the republican party. Where
have given you, subtract one from the other and you
viii see how many democrats wentto war. | give
these figures TO daabuse the minds OF honest
pubcans OF the idea that the democratic party were
disloyal and have not the right to take part
In settling the question OF reconstruction. II the
publican party had made promises like their history
Tor the past four or five years they would not have
the rebellion crushed the war should cease and
the men who left us left honestly, IN faith in THIS
ment. And now, my friends, what reason have you
for remaining with that party Have they not
except the word of promise TO the ear to break IL to
the hoper The republicans carried the election I'M
der this promise and the country stood by Abraham
Lincoln while he stood by the constitution, as
usurpaton and treason in Congress attempted to re-
move him for fidelity TO the same instrument. Now,
the speaker continued, want 10 ask why while
hostile armies are arrayed against each other and
the clash OF arms is still, are ten States kept out Of
the Union. II 1t was question OF patriotism
might forgive It, but as 1t is a financial measure |
propose to examine it. Impoverished and broken
down as the South Is, the expenses OF the govern
ment must be borne entirely by the laborng men OF
the North. He then drew parallel between the pres
emit commercial and business condition of the country
before the war and referred especially to the desi
tuition OF the South. The Freedmen's Bureau that
6scH wea sPsgs s
try. We were told that II we would only strike OF
the shackles the negro would rise ike the Anglo
thlsf Instead OF putting him at labor, and so work
ing out in the true method the question Of recon-
etructOn, the Northern people are asked 10 impov-
erish themselves TO the amount OF $4,000 600 per
year for the heresy OF making the black man their
Of the Niger. You, my Irish friends cannot buy
amatch with which TO light your pipe after the
1abors OF the day without paying tribute TO the
negro. Everything you buy and sell pays tribute 10
the government and interest on the national debt.
We could bear this better II these Southern states
Can be allowed TO come into the government and
help us bear these expenses | want restoration
that will permit the southern States to put the negro
to work. Withdraw the Freedmen's Bureau and
pass the vagrant laws OF the North and make these
fellows work. am willing that he should have his
rights In the courts we have given him his freedom
and the franchise, now make him work; for III
the question OF labor il the germ OF true recon
sructon The subject OF the taxation OF the govern.
ment bonds was then referred TO at some length.
He denied the SANDER that the democratic party
were for repudiation but surely the time is coming
when the burden of taxation Will be equaliZed a.
measure to preserve the integrity Of the government
credit. The political aud personal history Of the
presented by the speaker, and the pol.ti.
cal reactions OF last year alluded To
an indication that the people OF the country had de-
termined TO put men IN power who were pledged to
sustain the constitution. II my own STATE Of New
York, he said does not give one hundred thousand
for her favorite sO one star from her banner
and add one stripe as an emblem of her own degra-
dation. never felt half the anxiety about the late
OF the country with Jcf Davis openly attempting its
DESTRUCTION az with those secret enemies at home
VINO, piecemea, are pulling down the national fabric
until, Ike Samson, they Will bury themselves ana
us IN the general destruction.
On Monday evening Mr.. Perrin spoke at Augusta,
Me-, a. follows:-
lie required in commencing 10 his visit 10 Maine
eight years ago in comDany with the lanented
statesman who sleeps his last sleep on the banks
Of Lake hgan-Stephen A. Douglas-the man
who, moved by the WORDS OF inspiration that guided
our foreiathCrs, was the first VINO went TO Mr. Lin
con and told him that he would stand 10y him as
long as he would stand 10y the constitution OF his
country. The promises that were then made by the
republican party have been kept TO the ear
ana broken to the hope, after q long and
bloody war; In which have been made five
hundred thousand graves and there has been
piled up national Indebtedness of four thousand mil
lions OF dollars. The loyalty aud patriotism Of the
democratic party are -tl asperscd. Tie tendency or
"A feeling