The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-29
A Precious Confession.

From the National Intelligencer
Mr. Carl Sehurz, who, for several years past, has
been one of the pensoned emissares OF Radlcailsm,
and one of the most extortionae OF its adherents
made speech recently at St. Louis, for which be was
evidently not well paid has been his habit to insist
upon wherein he exposed facts which thought
person of his antecedents would hardly have dvuged
The prevailing corruption in his party formed por-
ton of the theme, and the confession is somewhat
remarkable from such source, we cannot do better
than to give his own words:
at is matter of experience that when party Is
largely in the majority and therefore of carrying
the elections the slippery characters in its ranks will
try to take advantage of its strength and it will grad
ually attract class of followers who care little
about its principles but have keen eye on the spos
"When the Republican party came into power it
started out with the best intentions Those intentions
were sincere but they have not proved sufficient to
control the consequences of success. The slippery
characters and the camp-foowers made their appear
ance and tried to make the best of their chances We
might have kept them down but tor the war. AT all
times and in all countries has proved apt to ex
ercise demoralising influence upon the people. y
1.-THE Republican party would have better succeeded
in preserving its purity in times OF peace.
But it is very far from being what it ought to be.
There are uncean spirits in its ranks which must be
cast out. Applause. Every honest patriot feels the
necessity of united effort to raise the standard Of
political morals. Great applause. The Republican
party can make that effort and it must make it, LISA
question Of existence. The Republican party
thrive in a tainted atmosphere.
'The masses of the Republican party now, as
they always were, governed by strong moral impulses
They honestly want to do right. They will rather
abandon the party than by blind support encourage
it to 90 wrong. The Republican party can neither do
wrong with cupable indulgence permit wrong to
be done with impunity."
The man who makes these admissions and who urges
necessity nf in the Radical
ton of existence" has always been conspicuous him
self as one of the campfolloWers whom he conve
nently denounces Audaciously claiming to control
large German vote, he demanded recognition for that
influence from Mr.. Lincoln, and received the mission
to Spain as his pay. He not long since employed
by the Treasury Department, and has made politics
profitable trade. The intelligent German population
have to understand his venalty and openly dis
claim association which has been converted to the
most selfish and personal objects. That class of
citizens quite competent to represent themselves,
and the suggestion of being the instruments of
any set of men. Schurz has no longer the
least warrant to speak for those whom he has habtu
ally betrayed to himself and whose nationality
he has abused to advance political views which they
sternly condemn. The Germans are not only opposed
to the violent and vindicve policy of Congress- but
to the whole system of bigotry, prescription, and
sumptuary laws which are the natural companions of
their cheap cant about moral IDEAS their anacism
and their folly.
We have no doubt that tens of thousands Of honest
men, who believed in the professed principles of the
early Republican organisation, mainly account of
the attempts to force slavery into the free Territories
have become disguised with the corruption, extrava-
gauce and frauds which have marked its career during
and since the war, and resolved to abandon and de-
feat it, the only of preserving the Govern
ment from ruin. They need not be told by such mer-
cenaries Schu.z, what remedy is required in this
crisis. They see for themselves to what perils the
country has been brought, they know where the re-
sponsibity belongs and how to correct the abuses.
The Presidential election will be great moral rev.
olution, by which the vampires that sucking
the lie-blood of the nation will be swept away by the
force of popular whirlwind, and by which union
peace and prosperity will be again restored an out
ragged and over-taxed people