The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-16

sourlY Only by victory over the republican party
instead oil upon its good faith ana by It's assistance
When. therefore, the party had resisted enfranchse-
ment after party honor commanded them TO grant
II. what hope could republicans have OF winning
over TO THEFT ranks the enlranchIsed The principal
opponents OF the movement within the republican
ranks were those whose whole
POLITICAL STOCK IN TRADE
consisted of The battle cries OF the civil war, who
would forever roll the word 'reber' as sweet
morsei under their tongues and that class OF polit
Clans whose whole end IN political LIE was TO mo-
nonolize the local Offices MT schurz denied, as
colleague In printed speech circulated Ia the
Senate that the opposition was not so much TO en-
ferred to some iifty or sixty newspapers, which,
tested against the thing ITSELF In order to prevent
| the endorsements Of The enlranchising amendment
to the constitntlo. the Republican state Convention
| was manipulated In advance by giving TO the
aeubls that allowed to the White P0 Esas
stiil alive, should in Missouri cast their virgin
franchise TO continue the Acknowledgement Of others
The speakers unsuccessful efforts In the convention
| in behalf OF the enfrancnising amendment until ne
Carrying with them, as be claimed the honor, prin-
cipe and banner 0! the republican raIy, were sue
sccr 81 political dsqaalincatons in Missouri
where, BY the provisions OF d tae statute
an1 70. dsoa oc but or Sympathy sa
| pressed or implied, even OF the remotest kind.
Consistent Union men 81 Lifelong devotion TO Inc
ielr relatives in the rebel army would return home
safely were disfranchsed for sympathy with those
men who had served three and four years in
the Union army, and had been disabled
chsed for harmless language uttered either
before they d0nned the blue or since the war;
themselves under tho system OF Acknowledgement
was shown by the speaker at some length In the abb
solutey irresponsible powers OF the registration
pletely at the mercy OF any villain who happened to
be registration ofiser, While there was no remedy
for the grossest OF outrages The FACT too was pub
lie that In many counties these ofncers acted
wholly In the Interest Of radical candidates,
opposition votes to be stricken or 10 secure a ma
joriiy In one case as many as 500 voters were dis
lrancnised upon secret adaylts H.; the senator IRON
nOunced the
but that senator would agree that the abOnlnation
was great In stealing legal votes out OF the ballot
box under cover of law, as In Missouri as IN stufng
Philadelphia. In this connection he characterized
as uDqualtedly false the newspaper report that the
reIsrm conspiring or originating In Washington.
Personally his convictions led him TO
OPPOSE THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM.
Had the tariff question been the issue in Missouri
he Thought majority against the question would
have been nearer one hundred thousand than forty
two thousand The question was discussed, but was
not the oversliadowing issue. He denied the ale.
CATION that the question might have been settled by
referring il TO the Legislature OF 1871 Besides such
course would have involved the defeat OF the con-
sti,uonal appointment then before the people, and,
While ng z, 70 m ar 9n woaa have
lie then read from speech delivered by his COL
league (Mr. Drake at serenade, comments upon
remark attributed to himself. that he 'lOOked for
ward to the time when new party ties would be
formed" The conclusion Of his colleague was that
element over to the democratic party to control the
next Presidential election, and h then to be the
ns Mr. schn rdeued moTSd
hallucination, as also his colleagues onslaughts
upon the Germans. But he regretted that while his
colleagues insnuatiOns had had no effect upon the
people Missouri they seemed to have had strong
influence upon the mind OF
THE PRESIDENT
He convinced that the letter OF the President to
the Collector OF internal Revenue at st. Louis con-
demnatory of the new movement, and the susneD-
was lnstgated by his colleague. While the Interior
ence OF the President In the State elections by means
q matter Of most questionable propriety and bad
policy under any circumstances, In the present case
he whs persuaded the President 70 interfere proved
most dangerous adviser. lie then criticised the
alleged Misrepresentation Of MS colleague to the
war upon the Administrations Were he an enemy Of
the administration he would not deporo the fact that
renTe the charge against himself or 1actious oppo-
sion he referred 10 his speeches OF former years TO
show that he had uniformly neld that General Grant
in che Presidential char would have the most inviting
opportunity to restore the long lost cordially OF
sentiment among the American people, and 10 bring
Oh new OF good feelings that he would have
more facilities than any preceding administration TO
effect thorough reform Of the civil service and
publication OF our whole political machinery. To
The administration he still gave his cordial support
In the direction thus indicated. His friends In their
movement had expected the Presidents sympathy,
and the appearance Of the 81. Louis letter was to
them o painful surprise. In those great words.
'.Iet us have peace,' Grant had stood before
the country, not as a creature OF politicians, but
as the very exponent OF moderate and concatory
policy II, finally, the Missouri election became
defeat Of the administration the President must
look to himself and his advisers for the RESPONSE
bllity. The Presidents own principles achieved
victory over his patronage. Had he only maintained
a friendly neutrality the success of the Gratz Brown
movement would have passed for triumph OF the
irIends where now he had Lost thousands. It NAV
not be O fault but an advantage, to the President
that he had no opportunities for acquiring an extern
sve political experience but the advisers, who pre-
tended to be his friends sought to have f0retold the
result OF his interference and or his following the
example OF Presidents Pierce, Buchanan and John
son. Passing from the perusal OF various letters
showing that the federal patronage In Missouri had
been prostued, in giving color to attempts by fed
eral officers to levy backmail for party purposes,
Mr.. Schurz referred to the Presidents avowal In
favor OF
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The attempt at civil service reform In Missouri was
In true Andrew Johnson style, to organize bread
OF the Presidents meaning Of reform not much
value was to be placed in the Presidential promise
the advice Of political managers The Lord save
the administration and party II The same spirit Is
heneelorWard to govern their course. After assert
rather than to party discipline, he concluded with
some speculatiOns upon the probable
FORMATION OF A NEW PARTY,
the popular belief that the mission OF the republican
party had ended, and remarked that the recent
democratic changes OF position demonstrated that
new phase OF development was upon US. The ex-
hausfion OF old issues and the growing dssatisfac-
ton and INSTRUMENTATION within the great par
other hand, the question OF revenue reform,
civil service' reform, &C., were yet ephemeral
Issues. Upon the whole, while the prospect
OBSCURE yet ikwould come with the necessity OF q
national crisiH Mr.. Schurz closed with an express
sion or his confidence In the ability OF the republl
can party TO become that party claiming for 1t
the possession Of the elements OF healthy regenera-
ton.
SENATOR DRAKES PRELIMINARY OPENING.
Mr.. DRAKE rose to reply, but yielding to q gen.
eral disposition to adjourn. confined himself to q
demand upon his colleagues for the proof OF his
assertion In the speech just made that he (Drakel
many years before had objected TO the election OF
the Hon. James 8. Rollins, his personal friend, as
Governor OF Missouri, because he might prove hos
tile 10 the Institution OF slavery In that state