The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-04-13
orrUmwA wAf1zLo COUNTY, IOWA THURSDAY APRIL 1s 1871 @

position Of . Senator than to say
that the appointment Of few post
masters would make the lcast differ
ence in my course one way or the
other. He knows very we'll that |
am against the system of patronage
ltOgether, that | want to be reliev-
edof Il, and do not care the snap Of
my 6nges for all the custom-house
officers and postmastersin the world.
/ am afraid that the SeEator from
Iowa jadges my motives aud those
of the Senator from Massachu usctts,
Ia our public acts, by tho motives Of
others.
Mr.. HARLAN. No, pray tell me,
why should you be afraid
Mr.. SCHURZ.s Th . is. the FIRST
time in my life, that . sinister mo-
tive has been imputed to me, and it
was here imputed in strong and
straight language that because tho
President appointed . few postmxs-
ters in Missouri who were not to my
liking I attacked tho President Of the
United States. / say that the charge
Of the. Senator from Iowa is absolute
" unfounded; that he must have
very little respect for human nature
il he thinks that man in the re.
sponsible position which he and 1 oc.
cupy on this floor should be govern,
cd BY motives as miserable as that.
Mr.. HARLAN. Yory well. Mr.,
President, the honorable senator
leaps to q conclusion that have not
stated. l said the / Senator had
had difference with the President
Of the United States, and began to
state that the President had appoint
ed few postmasters not to his lik-
ing. had stated no concluslon.-
How did he so readily arrive ut the
offensive conclusion, which seems to
have been in his own mind?
Mr.. SCHURZ. Mr.. President,
does tho Senator from Iowa pretend
thst the meaning of this charge was
not such rs | have, stated If he
wants to crawl out of it, / will give
him the opportunity.
y, Mr.. HARLAN. That is all very
we'll shall use
The VICE PRESIDENT. The
Senator from Iowa will suspend.-
The Chair must state to the senator
from Missouri that to intimate to q
Senator 4 desire to crawl out of o
statement is not parliamentary,
Mr.. SCHUKZ. / submit to the
Judgment Of the Chair, and with.
draw the language.
Mr.. HARLAN. Not at all. I
prefer that the Senator should use
The language that suits his own
taste best. had not charged the
honorable Senator with conscious
ness Of having been warped by any
such considerations. He drew. that
conclusion himself. He leaped for.
ward in advance of me. Without
the patience to wait till drew my
conclusion, he drew . conclusion for
himself, conclusion, l doubt not,
that has been drawn long since by =
majority OF tho American people.
But would not attribute to that
honorable Senator nor to any o.her
member Of this body consciousness
Of being Influenced by any such con-
sidcrations. There is q rule of evil
idence, however, l believe, that
excludes an interested party from
testifying in case ct issue, except
with the consent of the opposing
party. I do not suppose that the
honorable Senator is any nearer in
fallble than other men Of equal cul-
ture, rank, and learning. l think it
barely possible that his. judgment
might be warped a hairs breadth by
. feeling Of personal unkindness
growing out OF sense of personal
injury without his being conscious Of
it OF feeling degraded by it.
This seems to have been the jndg-
ment at least of the writers, the
publicists, OF the textbooks that are
used by himself and his tellow-mem-
bers Of the bar. They have drawn
this conclusion from the observation
and experience OF ages, and the tri-
bunals Of Justice Of the civilized ma
tions have acted on 1t rs o settled
truth, that a mans judgment may be
warped by his interest or by his pas
sious. And it was for that purpose
alone that | referred TO the personal
relations of the honorable Senator
from Missouri and OF the honorable
Senator from Massachusetts with the
President OF the United States
They have testified before the Sen
ate, rather than debated, ii they will
allow me to make that statement
without feeling any disrespect fo,
either of them. They have testified
here with great cloquence, and given
it as their opinion that President
Grant is q worse man, more worthy
of impeachment, than Andy johnson
because they have found, after q
years perusal of documents, that hs
instructed some naval officer to make
a threat Of tho use Of force if our
inchoate rights in The island of San
Domingo should be inerfered with
either by robcls or by . foroign force
Mr.. SUMNER, Mr.. President
does not tho Senator
The VICE PRESIDENT. Does
tho Senator from Iowa yield to th.
Senator from Massachusetts,?
| Mr.. HARLAN. Yes, sir.
Mr.. SUMNER. Does not the Sun
ator very well know that tool
these same grounds before the Son
ato - far back as April or May last
In an elaborate speech developed
tho case as presented it the day
before yesterday, and those very or
ders which are now communicate,
to the public. / may cay, were in my
hands and used by me in executive
session. I quoted them freely be
cause they were communicated tt
the Senate IN executive session OF
my motion; and it was knowing
these orders that made me feel tha
this whole San Domingo busines
was very serious indeed, that ther
was . plain, open infraction OF tn
Constitution of the United States a
| we'll as Of international law.
| Mr.. HARLAN. What is there il
that, Mr.. President, IN conflict witt
my statement that this was the frui
of nearly q years research ? Tha
tho major part of it had been USE
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