Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-01
:. Sweet German Accent

We give elsewhere an interesting des-
cgiption Of the scene i'll tie United States
Senate on the occasion Of the recent great
speech Of Senator SCuUIz, of Missouri. We
are informed that this speech is the greatest
of his life As an intellectual effort it is
worthy Of the Senate i'll its paImiest days.
Politically it was a crushing and OverWhelm-
ing onslaught upon the administration Of
General GRANT, sweeping away the sOphis-
try and excuses Of CONKLING and AlOR-
TON III their feeblc efforts to defend the
President from the charges Of selling arms
and ammunition to the French Govern
ment during its war with Germany. The
conduct of the administration and its cor
rupt officials in the gross violations Of neu-
trality and the 1la@rant outrage upon our
own law, was fully exposed and de-
nounced. But, beyond its compact and
''energetic force, incisive reasoning, clear
:, statement and conclusive demonstration,
says the Patriot, = tile speech was remark
:. able for an elevated sentiment and manly
"tonc, which held the Chamber spell
:. bound during the two and half hours Of
.: it's delivery, and eXtorted frequent ap-
plause. Such defiance Of power and con-
"tempt Of patronage, huled about like
= thunderDolts among the sycophants and
incense-burners who worship place and
its perquisites, made them shrink iii their
. dishonored seats and quail before tile in
- dignant spirit OF offended Right. And
Il.
" the liberal movement Of Reform, and his
q purpose to abide its fate, the last link
(which bound him to the dominant party
" seemed to have been snapped asunder."
And with their great leader goes the
Germans of America, one Of the strongest
clements favorable to the administration i'll
the Northwest. This defeCtiOn-a defec-
ton arising from the exposure Of the mis-
sident toward Germany III her late war
if it does not prevent the denomination Of
GRANT, will surely bring about his defeat.
For days the Administration Senators
have endeavored to stop the exposures
which they feared were about to be made,
and falling i'll that, to weaken their force by
alternate denunciation of Senators SCHURZ
and SUMNER, the authors of the resolu-
tiOn of inquiry, and ridiCtlle of their plIr-
pose. But these SANDERS and quibbles have
been rutlllessly SWEET away by this mastery
effort of the great German statesman, and
MORTON, C0NKLING & Co. stand face to
face with the naked truth Of the case,
stripped by the exposures of Senator
SCHJRZ. They stand convicted out of the
mouths of the very officers whose conduct
has been applauded with indiscreet and
unseemly zeal by the partisans OF the
President.
Thus, by q base trick, to defeat German
unity, which was obnoxious to the Admin
istration, and to ill the pockets of few
haneers-on, General GRANT has forfeited
the respect and support Of the powerful
German element ofthe country. While pro-
Tossing such great sympathy for the Ger
mans, and SO much in love with the ''sWeet
German accent" the President was actu-
ally selling arms and ammunition to the
French government, directly in the face of
pretended German sympathy, and i'll pal
pable violation of a pretended neutrality
Not Only this, but the United States Gov
errment was being cheated out of millions
Of dollars arising from this Illicit and illegal
sale.
Truly the days Of President GRANT are
numbered.