The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-08-31

The attempted San Domingo usurpa
ton and robbery.
The tampering with the Judiciary and
reversal of the decisions of the Supreme
Court.
The growth at Washington under the
Radical regime of a market whereby
consciences and votes are bought and
sold. (There are markets of this sort all
over the country Here in jackson,
Mississippi an institution of this sort has
been in full blast since the adventures
and scalawags commenced their opera
ton ''of gathering up the wreck.")
The placing by the President of his
brothers-in-law by the dozen at the pub
lie crib.
Gen. Schurz was the author of the
plank in the Chicago platform of 1868,
which committed the Republican party
to Universal Amnesty. The failure of
the Administration to redeem the pledge,
nay more, its persistence in its policy of
rancorous prescription = is another
ground of complaint which he alleges.
GEN. SCHURZ' CONCLUSIONS.
do view the great battles of politics as
comedy wherein we see fit to play at part
inc in one act and at reconciliation in the
next To me 1t a serious, sacred task.
know only right and duty. l should have
been but too happy if l could have ccntri-
buted to the end that this administration
should prove a blessing in every direction,
and [ hoped much. l was fully conscious
of the responsibility. should never have
spoken of it, had l not deemed il my duty,
and were | not profoundly III earnest. 1t
is nv conviction, conviction conscientious
Iv formed. that this violation of the consti-
tuition in its most important point, is one
which the people cannot willingly suffer to
pass without encouraging the undermining
of their constitutional rights, piece by
niece and without dropping into the dam
1erous habit of submission to the arbitrary
freaks of personal government. l am not
the man to change my convictions like
pair of gloves. Let them prove to me that
/ am in the wrong. and all differences are
composed: but until then / shall not cease
TO battle against sanctioning this precedent
either through congress or through the peo-
ole with all the energy of my nature
Others may compromise with their con-
sciences. cannot, and shall not endorse
violation of the fundamental lac by supporting
the reelection of the President aoho perpetrated
ii. Vituperation and calumny may be
heaped upon me. am conscious of an aim
as pure as it is great and shall be intiexi-
BILE and if stood solitary and alone would
not cease to sound the signal of danger,
deeply convinced as am that future events
will justify my warning.
President Grant has placed his cousins
and brothers-in-laws by the dozen at the
public crib and the whole chorus of flatter-
ers exclaim "A trifie-who will find fault
;tl, ind Or haf
decency of such acts and expresses his feel
inps is simply denounced as trailer whose
heart must be full of black designs. But
these are no trifies. The cousins and broth
ers-in-law of the President may as officers
be no worse than others, but when he puts
them to the public crib the chief the state
teaches subordinates by his example, which
is everywhere visible. In his opinion
public Office may be used for selfish ends to
make out of it what can be made; and who
will wonder when those subordinates also
make out of their offices all that can be
made when the chief of the state takes
presents and then puts the donors into high
offices and dignities. Those men so appoln-
ted NAV be very worthy men, and the pre-
SCENTS may have nothing to do with the ap-
pointments, but the chief of the state has
shown his subOrdinateS that in his opinion
an officer may take presents and then grant
his favors to the donors in an official way,
and will then wonder when the subOrdin-
ates. following the high example, also take
presents and give their official favors to the
donors.
The New York papers are making much
noise over the fact that while Republican
conventions pass resolutions In favor OF civil
service reform an United States marshal
declares to a subordinate officer whom he
had lust removed, that for the removal there
were only political reasons and none arts
ing out of any official shortcomings. Is that
surprising when the chief OF the govern
ment after having declared himself in his
message in favor of cfvil-service reform
and persistently removes OFF,
GERS whose official conduct was unlmpeach-
able, merely for the purpose of putting po-
litfeal tools in their places? Ii be, as have
shown to you in one instance, carries the
trade in consciences so far that the world
laughs at il, like master like man, we ought
to be surprised at nothing. No, gentlemen,
these are not trifles, which show that from
the highest position where a model should
be exhibited for imitation that influence
proceeds which undermines all fair Official
feeling of honor. Had Washington, in
stead Of furnishing so fine an example OF
noble disinterestedness, given on MS part
by this exhibition for all future time have
poisoned the character of public service
That in our days this poison descends In
such streams from the h1gnest place is GER
tainly q misfortune, but it is greater mis-
fortune that party spirit covers such acts
which undermine official honor in the whole
renublic under the mantle of respectability
r know well that censure and abuse Will
rain down upon me for what i have said
here: but ask those who blame me whether
what have said is not true, word for WORD,
ard what can they answer? | am for civil
service reform in dead earnest.
ApropOs of this speech of Gen. Sehurz,
is the following very significant comment
of the Washington City National RePub-
hcan which we find copied into the St.
Louis Democrat, which Notwithstanding
its name, is the leading organ of the
Radical party in Missouri. We may
safely conclude that Gen. Schurz has,
with thousands of others, departed
from the Administration party:
There il another thing about Mr.. Schurz'
nlatform to which we invite consideration
and that is the wonderful similarity between
IL and that of the platform of his friend,
fha RIair above referred to. A correspond
emf of A New York newspaper, in an inter
view with that gentleman few days ago
reports Mr.. Blair as saying: missouri Is all
a fe tor a hundred thousand majority In the
next Presidential election without begging
in any new departures refer 70 the Ger
mans. who, dissatisfied with 1IAn an 1890
ment of Schurz, and pleased with Grafz
Rrown,s 1ight against acknowledgements,
vii come 10 the polls and vote the Demo
cratic ficket To man. Gratx Brown - OK
present tie strongest man for the kreslaen-