The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-07-04
EXTRACT FROM A
Speech of Gen. Carl SchurZ,
BEFORE TIE YOUNG MEMS REPUBLICAN Ciur
OF ST. LOUIS.

Here, then, is Our platform, and here are our
candidates. What have our opponents to offer
To the people instead? In Il few weeks they
will have their national convention. Is there
II Democrat here who can tell me what their
platform will be on the most important issues
before the country-wl!ethcr it will declare for
the " white mans government or for negro
suffrage, for the payment of the bonds in gold or
in deprecated grccnbacks, for IL recognition of
the Southern State organizations Us they now
are OF for rcpudatng them Applause Can
any Democrat here tell me whether their cand-
date for the Presidency will be an old copper
head or an old Abolitionist! Laughter and
applause. Is there soothsayer in this proud
land who can look deep enough into the mystic
rrS of the Democrat conscience to givcus light I!
Continued laughter How is this What are
tine principles OF the Democrat party to-day }
The answer is: They will be made to order on
the Fourth ofJuly. Laughter and applause. ] A
ma orty of one, yes, a single one of the cnlight-
cncd delegates from the Five Points may then
be called upon to decide between two opposite
extremes [Applause.]
This is the tilst time in the history of this
Republic, nay, perhaps the first time in the his
tory OF parties, that the leaders of u political
organization sit together and in the open LIGHT
OF day coolly deliberate upon the most efficient
means to swindle II patriotic and intelligent peo-
pie. Applause. 1t is most as ounding
spectacle. They candiLly tell us that the only
political object they have in view is success
not the success OF principle, for this they open
ly diSclaim, but the success of the party. They
want to win, that is all. If the principles they
have advocated so far will serve that purpose
they will stick to them; if not they will simply
throw them overheard and take IL new set
What new set Any within the range of human
imagination that bids fair to make them win.
They are actually considering to-day whether
ii will be most profitable to speculate upon the
rascality or upon the honesty Of the American
people. Great applause The same ncwspa :
pers and politicians who for years have been n.y.
ing to prove TO the world with philosophical
proiimdity that the dangerous conformation Of
the Negroes slinbonc and the alarming fact that
the negio'S heel makes hole IN the ground
demonstrate the nrgrO's entire untness for self
government The same papers and politicians
to-day prepare toswullow slinbonc and lcc. and
all and TO o" in for negro suffrage, merely to buy
il.e services of an old Aholitionist as IN avail
able candidate. Laughter and applause
They are like II "ang Of >harpcrs, as you see
them on the streets of New York, setting Il trap
for grcenhom fresh from the country, for such
they take tie American people to be. How can
they best deceive the unsnphiSticn;cd creature
How can they best ila;trr his inncicS to win his
confidence, to decoy him into dranshop make
him drunk, andIhe to rifle his pockets. That
.>tensto he the only question before the DemOc-
rary in council. Has the grccnlorn II secret
itching of lascality in him! They have nice
bit Of liquidation to offer him, and will introduce
Pendleton as y capital fellow. Laughter. T.
Has the greenhom Il liking for Bike cloth and
brass buttons They will quickly dotf their
legimentalS. Laughter and applause Is the
grcenlon one of those proud Cancasians who
are afraid Of negro competition! They will give
him powerful dose of "whtc mans goyprn-
nent' well seasoned with lie most sarory damn.
ings of the "niggcr." Does the grccnlurn feel
kindly toward the enancipnted slave and the
enorcd soldier? They ale ready to put IL drop
at negro suffrage into the" white mars govern.
n.cnf," and get upa pleasing visible admix-
lure Laughter and Applause. Does the
grccnlorn after all feel somewhat disrlls:fu
will show him II respectable face bclind the bar
The kind face Of good old Uncle Clusc--to quiet
tiir msgivinGs Of the viclim. (Grcut laughter
ana appialiSe.) Anything to make the poor fell
Tow Unconscious OF himself and then to 60
through hin.
And all tI.c:r plans are laid not in secret con.
clave; they are openly discussed in the News.
papers and the very wot.t characters in the
,yOr,t party this country ever had are chuckline
niD't. oIfr the h'Hgniiccnt deception they are
going rs practice upon the sn,irtc,t nation Oh
earth. 1ic;r political programme, Ms they ad
rcrtise it in their org,,ls may be summed up in
one sentence: Eve are read y TO promise yo,,
anything to-day, that yon may give us the
power 10 cl!cat and plumber you tomorrow. y
(Grcat appi.t,ise) Is it not SO There is Il
tponcss in this ctlronicry, an assurance in ,hi,
shameless iuggc, which would challenge ON
admiration wee not the American people to be
the victim