The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-06-15
Attitude Of Carl SchnrZ.

1t is a remarkable and most signifi-
cant fact that the attitude of all the re-
ally leading spirits of the "Liberal
movement is that of either pronounc-
ed or unpronounced hostility to Mr..
!! Greeley. Among these leading spirits,
no names are more prominent than
those of Carl Schurz, David A. Wells,
Edward Atkinson, VIM. G. Bryant,
Jacob ID. Cox, Charles Seemelin, J. b
Stallo, Stanley Matthews, George
Hoadley, Leonard SWEET, Senator Tip
ton, and many others, most prominent
and active in the cause before the Gin
cinnati event, who, since that event,
have been silent in their opposition,
or have spoken words unequivocally
hostile to the political abortion which
their better Judgment failed to prevent.
The course of Mr.. Schurz is perhaps
at this moment the most significant,
as he, more than any other, represents
zens who are unalterably opposed to
Grant, and equally as hostile to Gree
ley; who in fact will not bestow their
votes upon either, under any condition
that may appear. Since the Cincinnati
aborsion, Mr.. Schurz has hardly open
ed his mouth, until within the last
forty-eight hours. The greatest ankle
ty has been felt to know "where he
stands" Numerous, vague and unsat-
isfactory representations have been Civ
en- out by n few blowers and strikers for
the philosopher, who have assumed to
exhibit him the whitest of white coats,
and with one leg of his galligaskins
entirely absent in the fervor of his
philosophic zeal. For none of these
representations has the slightest foun-
dation in fact been discovcrable. Pro-
ceeding from one false representation
to another, the philosophers gave out,
a few days ago, that Mr.. Schurz had
prepared Il campaign speech on behalf
of Greeley, which he would shortly
deliver, andlfnally that he would posi-
lively be delivered of the said speech
at Greeley meeting to be held in
New York next Monday. Here said
the Greeleyites, is something showing
definitely the attitude of Mr.. Schurz.
And now comes Mr.. Schurz, declar-
ing that there is not a word of truth
in these representations. He has pre-
pared no campaign speech. He will
not shortly deliver any such speech.
He will positively not speak at the
Greeley meeting in New York, nor be
present on that occasion. He has in
way given any ground for any such
stories. They have obviously been
started by the blowers and strikers for
III. G. to sssmoke him out.'' They will
find that he is ssnot to be smoked out"
Of all the public men in America,
Carl Schurz has the least induce1nent
to be a demagogue. Already occupying
the most exalted political station to
which, under our Constitution, he may
aspire, he can gain no new laurel by
STOPPING to eat political dirt. The full
ness of an honorable fame is for him
to be achieved only in that line of
craftsmanship from which demagog-
ism is excluded, and of which devotion
to the unchanging principles Of truth
constitutes the highest glory.
That Mr.. Schurz is unfriendly to the
of Mr.. Greeley is no secret.
That he should exchange his unfriend-
illness for a seeming friendliness would
in his case involve a sacrifice of princi-
pie without the possibility of any COM
pensating gain. 1t is therefore wholly
improbable that he will be at any time
seen throwing up his hat for Greeley,
or counselling others to do so.-Cnica-
go Times.
Well Said.