Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-14
CARL scHuRz
Conclusion Of His Great Speech at FarweII
Hall, Chicago, Saturday Night.

ON GRANT AND his ADMINISTRATION
view the great battles ofpolitics as
a comedy, wherein we see fit TO play
at parting In one act and at reconcilli-
alton in the next. To me, it is a seri-
Gus, sacred task. know only right
and duty; and / should have been but
too happy If l could have contributed
TO the end that this administration
should prove a blessing in every di-
rection, and 1 hoped much. l am
fully conscious of the responsibility.
1 should never have spoken of 1t had
1 not deemed it my duty, and were 1
not profoundly in earnest. 1t is my
cOnVictiOn-a conviction conscien-
tiously fOrmed-that this is violation
of the Constitution, in its most inn
pcrtant point, in which the people can.
not willingly suffer to pass without
encouraging the undermining Of their
constitutional rights piece by piece
and without dropping into the dan
gerOus habit of submission TO the ar
bitrary freaks of a personal govern
ment. am not the man to change
my convictions like a pair of gloves.
Let them prove to me that / am in
the wrong, and that all differences are
composed; but until then / shall not
cease to battle against sanctiOning
this prescedent, either through Con-
gress or through the people, with all
the energy of my motive. Others
may'cOmprOmisew with their cOnscienc.
Is. l cannot, and / shall not indOrse
q revolution of the fundamental law
of the land by supporting the re-elec-
tiOn of the President who perpetrated
it. VirtuperatiOn and calumny may
be heaped upon me. 1 am conscious
OF an aim as pure as it is great, and
shall be infiexible; and il l stood soIi-
tary and alone / would not cease to
sound the signal of danger, con-
WINGED, as l am, that future events
will justify my warning.
GRANTS NEPOTIsN AND ACCEPTANCE
OF BRIDES.
President Grant has placed his cous-
ins and brothers law by the dozen
at the public crib, and the whole chO-
rus of fiatterers eXclaim: ga trifile!
Who will find fault with him for
that?" and he who feels the indeceney
of such acts, and expresses his feelings,
is simply denounced as a traitor,
whose heart must be full of black de-
signs. As these are no trifies the
cousins and brothers in-laW of the
President may, as officers, be no worse
than others; but when he puts them
to the public crib, the Chief of the
State teaches his subCrdinates by his
example, which is everywhere visible.
In his opinion, a 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 dig
mites, those men so appointed may
be very worthy men, aud the present
may have had nothing to do with the
but the Chief of the
State has shown his subOrdinates thai
in his opinion an officer may take
presents and then grant his faVOrs to
the donors in an official way, and will
it be a wonder when the subordinates.
following the high example, also take
presents and give their official fayors
to the donors. The New York papers |
are making much noise over the fact |
that while Republican Conven-
tiOns pass resolutions in favor
of civil service reform, a
United States Marshal declares !
tOa subordinate officer whom he has
Just removed, that for the removal |
there were only political reasons, and |
none arising out of any official short |
cOmings. Is that surprising when the |
chief of the Government, after having
declared himself in his message i1 |
favor of the Civil Service Reform, to |
and persistently remove |
officers whose official conduct was /
unimpeachsble, merely for the pur-
pose of putting political tools in their 1
places2 If he, as l have shown to |
you, in one instance, carries the trade |
in conscience so far that he would /
laugh at it, like master, like man, we /
ought not tO. be surprised at anything. |
No, gentlemen; these are not trifies |
which show that from the highest posi-
ton where model should beexhibited |
Tor imitation, that influence proceeds |
which undermines all fair official feel
Ings of honor. Had Washington. in
stead of furnishing so fine an exam
pie of noble disinterestedneSs given,
on his part, the example of corrupt |
he could by this exhibition
for all future time have poisoned /
the character of our public service. |
That in our day this passion descends
In such streams from the highest
places is certainly a misfortune, but it
Is 8 greater misfortune that party
spirit covers such acts which under
mine official honor in the whole Re-
public under the mantle of respecta-
Dility. l know well that eensure and
abuse will rain down upon me for
what ! have said here, but l ask
hose who blame me il what | have |
aid is not true word for word; and
what can they answer. l am for civil
Iervice reform in dead earnest.
on RAILROAD CONsOLID ALTON.
/ have already indicated that in
'reased power of government renders
/ more careful and conscientious |
of constitutional limita-
ion Of its powers, and still greater
must be our caution in view of a CO.
Ossal accumulation of capital in the
hands Of great corporations, railroad
companies, ETC., which consolidate
themselves as mOnOpOlies and are
'OuNAhNalAg bAOWAnS blIOuEtI, duu
which already exercise q formidable
md almost inealeulRble power over
,ur local as well as national interests.
Already we are accustomed to phrase
his or that railroad company over
his or that State, executive, legisla.
ure, courts and all, and, unfortunate
Y, it appears but too true in many
ases. How great the monied
'owers Of these corporations will be
q ten years; how extensive its
in the governments,
legislatures and courts of law
whether they will then, with abso-
ute power, give US laws or impose ,
axes upon as according to their pleas
re. Who can tell but that every ,
man feels that in the tre.
1endOus growth af the fnaeial power
these corporations there is threat
ming danger for the American peo-
lie as cure for party spirit and its
IE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE NEW
DEPARTURES.
Some of the leaders of the Demo-
raftQ Marty are in favor nf fha oooor, |