New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-28
MO pBMOCRATIO PARTY.

It is given in his very elaborate and death
dealing speech to Grantism, recently de-
livered in st. Louis. The speech fills nine
columns of the Louisville Journal and
that paper pronouaeesit asuperb speech
"a most conclusive answer to those queru-
lous critics who made haste to assail the
motives and intentions of the Missouri
Senator because he did not rush headlong
into the canvass, after the Cincinnati
nominations had been made and formally
announced. Mr.. Schurz' good judgment
led him to be silent until after the Balti-
more convention had met and determined
what course to take upon the Presidential
question. He knew that much depended
upon the action and temper OF
the men who composed that con-
vention. If that portion Of the peo-
pie who were represented there, and known
as Democrats, had overcome past preju-
dices, and, as Senator Schurz advised, sent
delegates to Baltimore instructed to sup
port the Reform movement inaugurated
at Cincinnati, he knew the cause would be
safe; and he waited anxiously for the time
to come when he would have substantial
reason to believe that his efforts to recon-
cile the people of a great country and
bring about reform in the administration
Of government, had not been made in
vain. He was among the first to move in
this direction, and made many able and
telling speeches to the young Democracy
of the South, calling upon them in the
name of patriotism and all that is holy
and good, to drop partyism for the time
being, and join the ranks Of men
pledged to the noble work Of recon
citation and reform. Mr.. Schurz
visited Kentucky, Tennessee and Mis-
souri,, and by the exercise of his great
reasoning faculties aud powerful elo-
quence succeeded in arousing the people
of those States to new sense of duty.
And the publication of his speeches
aroused the patriotic masses of the whole
country and led to the calling of the Gin
cinnati convention. His powerful voice
had penetrated every nook and corner Of
the land and set the intelligent men of
all parties to thinking; yet because he
took his own time to come forward and
give in his adhesion to the standard
bearers of the Liberal party-the new
party that was to take the place of old
parties and re-establisb the nation upon
harmonious atd pure footing was sus-
pected; not by those who knew him best,
but by the followers of Grants admins
tration, whose wish was father to the
thought
Carl Schurz has been prudent and stead
fast to the best interests of the people.
If he had been too eager to give in his adj
hesion to the Liberal candidates before
they had been accepted by the Baltimore
convention, it might have injured the
prospects of the Liberal cause.
As he had been foremost in advising the
people of the United States, and of the
Southern States in particular, to the
course in the coming federal and State
elections that had proved successful in
Missouri, Tennessee, etc, it certainly
would not have been proper for him to
speak until all the elements had been
heard from that were supposed to be IA
vorable to the reform movement He had
appealed to the young Democracy, old De-
mocracy, Republicans, in fact, all citizens,
without distinction Of party, to come for
ward and join the Liberal party, in order
that Grantism, with all its fatal tenden-
cies, might be overcome.
The following conclusion Of Senator
Schurz' speech contains his opinion of
the Democratic party. We commend it
to the study of those simpletons who are
wasting their time in hopeless effort to
the people that we have Demo
cratic party at all
Look at the South to-day. Is not the
Liberal movement leading old enemies to-
gether in friendship and inspiring all hearts
more to prevent disorder and violence than
penal laws and violence could dOl Ifyou
want the peace of Missouri everywhere, let
her example of hearty reconciliation be
everywhere followed. Again, Republicans,
you ask me shall we not be swallowed up
by the old Democratic party, with Horace
Greeley for its President and the Cincinnati
platform as its creed Sol you recognize
the old Democratic party l suspect it
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be swallowed by that old Democratic party?
Why, the Democratic party has been swal
lowed up itself by the new era. Nobody
need fear that | would lead him from the
Republican into the Democratic camp, for
l don't intend to 60 there myself and I'M
less | greatly mistake the tendency of the
times, the day is not far of when there will
be but little of an old Republican camp to
go from, and but little of an old Democratic
camp to go to. This period is pregnant
with new formations, which need but the |
electric spark of opportunity to spring into
shape. This is the time for independent
action, and those who think as | do will |
not, after having shaken OFT the shackles of
one old party, take upon their limbs the
shackles of another. No party can do what
the Democratic party has done without
dropping its historical identity. | honor
the patriotic spirit Of the men who achieved
so tremendous a revolution, and in the
great work before us | hail with Joy and
the alliance. But the party that
has done this can not return to its old
grooves. 1t is impossible. The first at
tempt would SILVER it to atoms.
SOVEREIGNTY.
Last Sunday the REPUBLICAN had some
thing to say about the fragrant inroads