St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-09-13
MI. Carl Schurz and His Victims.
HI ETGENE LAWRENCE.

country repeating his Disturbed vision
of peace. His speeches have but ii sin
gle idea. He lives in some impractical
region that resembles Utopia rather
than ANY earthly territory. except that
il abuund> in hidden malice. and Is torn
hV cnViuu> discomfort. Among all his
flowing and my site periods it is difficult
tu discover any train of reasoning or to
extract ANY plan of action. His only
serious incIllr;Itium il that the time has
come for .'neW issues" that the war i.
past. But This is Il truth which the Re
publican party has acknowledged for
seven Years. and upon which all its re
cent policy has been founded. No
SOONER had Lee surrendered than il ln.-
gan its course of reconciliation and of
peace. 1t pardnnrd the rebels: it i'll
tlictcd no punishment upon the worst
criminals of the war: it slowly secured
the rights of the colorcd race. vet it
treated their former masters with sin
@ular lcmity it reduced taxation. Sc
cured economy. and punished every de
tauiting official it gave rest and pro
grr>> To the rchclliou$ States. l'nd"l
it> prudent rule. wherever the evil pas
not imtcItrred. it has already raised the
south to unrNamplcd prosperity. The
small t;lrn>. We are told 10y Il recent
English traveller. are multiplying : tn"
cotton is of Il quality finer than WAS cN-
cI cultivated 10y the slave: the common
school, more Valuable than material
wealth. is spreading over the Southern
states the gift of the Republican par
~ nor j. there one of the ''nrW is
SUES" which Mr.. Schulz imprltcctlN
suggests. bat which have long been tI-
mliar to wiser and more cultivated
thinkers. that has not been carefully
studied and provided for III the Rrpuh-
licam policy.
All this Mr. SchurH dreamill over
looks. His song i> all a lamemtahlr
lay" His sympathy is all expended
upon the fallen SlaVc-hnldrr> : his only
policy i> tu restore them Ia that control
of the nation which they once held. and
which they 81 fatally abused. This
seems to Ice his only conception of a
perfect peace: Vet of the disastrous rt-
trct> of this unpatrintir policy We have
1 Il
his own State. IL may we'll excite the
alarm and the Indignation "i every
friend of freedom. 1t i scarcely Il year
since Missouri. hi the intrigIc> "t Mr.
>,hilz and his allies. WIS placed III the,
hands of the men " ho had once wasted
il with fire and word. and the cuudi-
ti"n "i the l"Ha population at that i'm
portant State. l. already =" tctlihl" ~
to demand the Immediate interference
of the general GOV eminent. Outragr>
are ptlpetliIcd with impumltN upon
Republican voters: : they are whipped.
a~~a>imatctl. "r driven trnm their homes :
when they apply to the courts for relief
they Mc cheated "t justice: them PrI>c
cutor~ are suffered to escape PUNISH
mcut they find their hittcrc>t enemies
seated ON the Judicial bench. Ihr""N-
crmur. Mr. Graft Brown. wholly neg
lcrt> his duty. Ild leaves the suffering
propl, to Wrilhr hrnri1h the ittOlcIablc
oppression "t them former foes. bands
of men. disguised and armed. We are
told hl the Missouri Dcm0crGt. wander
over the country under the cover "i
night. visit the homes "i peaceful cltI-
zrn> whose only crime i that they are
Republicans. drag them out. whip them
them down before their own doors.
Many instances are given. with the
names of the Victims. Charles W htc.
a farmer living near liluumiicld. WAS
recently taken from his i"u>r and
whipped hl Il band of men with black
rnrd faces: Il MIR. iloi1>tcder. another
farmer. waS treated i'll Il similar way.
j. .. GacSing was tl"ggcd and "I't'rcd
to leave the country. y Colorcd man
was whipped bv the same band. The
! Rev. Mr.. Callahan WAS whipped and
driven from his home Colonel William
/ Lawson and his son. men "t high rc>prc-
| liability. were ordered to leave then
county. and the son severely logged. y
GREAT number of persons have been
murdered. and no one known to he Il
Republican j. safe in his own home III
many counties of Missouri. The only
reason assigned 10y the as>;iS>lnS f"l
/ these cnurmitieS is that their victims
/ were Republicans. and would vote f"l
/ Grant and Wilson.
such i> the result in his own State ot
the folly or the madness of Senator
Schurz: such is the character of the
men to whom he owes his office. The
/ blood of murdered Republicans already
/ his dream of peace is broken by the
mro;mS and tears of his victims. In,
uutrageS in Missouri are said to he
steadily increasing. and the Missouri
Dcmocrdt sees no hope for its suffering
people except in the speedy interference,
of the national authorities. Yet the eX-
ample of this diSh0nored State vii
serve to show us what must he the con
ditiom of the whole South should Schur,
and Greeley succeed in their intrigue.
against the Republican party. Already
we are told 10y careful observers that il