The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-08-16

justice by attempting to quote from memory
but the impression made upon my mind by th
interview was fixed snd distinct"
This is no confirmation of Mr.. Schurz'
statement. He is aware of it; the pub
lie on this showing regard Mr.. Schur
as falsifer, and he.is hence compelled
to give up the name of Gen, ALFRED
4 Pleasonton as the Joint author of tn,
slander, and procures him to be inter
viewed by a New York 1'iLuae reporter
At this interview Gen. Pleasonton said
I "In the ,ourse Of the conversation the Prssi
dent introduced the Santo Domingo question
and, remarking that he understood that Seua
tor schurz was opposed to the treaty, asket
Gen. Pleasonton to see senator SchurZ, ant
tell him that if he would call at tho Whit,
House the President would be able to placs
the Santo Domingo matter in . satisfactor,
light, and could remove his objections to thu
scheme. In further conversation with the
President, Gen. Pleasonton was led to under
stand that the President would, in exchange
mingo treaty, accord him share of public
patronage. Gen. Pleasonton says his impress
sions ON this point are very distinct and
unmistakable."
Whereupon Gen. Pleasonton immedi.
ately saw Mr.. Schurz, and informed him
of the Presidents wish to see him.
"Senator Schurz replied that he would
call at any time he (the President)
might designate for an interview" !"
Pleasonton "saw the President next
day and informed him of the Senators g
| reply, at which he expressed his gratifi-
cation, and said that he would send for
Senator Schurz in few days." but "the
i,,terrie,c ,cas not till some ,oeeks later"
1T will be noted:
FTst-Mr. Schurz says: "They as
sured me if would give that support,
or abstain fom opposition, all the
patronage desired would be at my dis
posal, making me, in that respect, one
of the most influential men in the
land"
iSecond-Gen. Pleasonton, in his writ
ten communication to Mr.. Schurz, mp.
piled for and sent after the former had
been removed from the Commissioner.
ship of Internal Revenue, says: "My
impression at this time is, that the
President desired your support for his
San Domingo scheme, and wished to be
on such terms with you that your sup
port could be obtained" and al do no.
now remember any particular language
used at my interview with the Presi.
dent" and 1.-THE impression made upon
my mind by the interview was fixed
and distinct
1hud-At the interview with the
Tribune reporter Gen. Pleasonton says:
"He Wa, led to understand that the
President would, in exchange for Sena-
tor Schurz's support Of the San Do
mingo treaty, accord him u share of
public patronage" and that "his i'm.
pressions on this point are very distinct
and unmistakable.'
When Gen. Piessonton wrote to Mr..
Schurz, his impressions were "fixed
and distinct" that his interview with
the President disclosed the fact that
"the President desired Mr.. Schurz's
support for his San Domingo scheme"
At his interview with the Tribune re-
porter, fifteen months later, Mr.. Pleas
onions impressions are "very distinct
and un istakable" that he ''w was led TO
understand that the President would,
in exchange for Senator Schurz's sup
port of the San Domingo treaty, accord
him share of public patronage"
Such evidence would be laughed at
in case OF petty larceny in a Justices
court. Mr.. Schurz don't agree with
Gen. Pleasonton, and Gen. Plessonton
don't agree with himself. Mr.. Schurz
says. on the strength of Pleasonioo,
that the President promised to make
him." as regarded patronage, zone of
the most influential men in the land
and Gen. Pleasonton says that Schurz
replied that he would call at any time
that he (the President) might designate
for an interview" Barkis was "willin'"
to be made .'the most influential man
in the land" but as the President mad
not understood his conversation in that
light he didn't send for Mr.. Schurz for
some weeks"
If Mr.. Schurz's statement and Gen.
Pleasonton's letter, obtained on the
confession of the former for the pur
pose of being used against the Presi-
dent, and Gen. PIE e,sanon's interview
with Tribune reporter, brought about
to relieve Mr.. Scburz from the dis.
grace and shame Of gross misrepre-
sentat:on, prove anything, they demon-
strate that Mr.. Schurz was "in the mar.
ket" to be made ''ihe most influential
man in the land" by patronage but
the patronage never having been
Off red ana never thereafter being
offered, Mr.. SchuN opposed the San
Domingo treaty because he had been
Tin the market" and had not been
bought. Let Mr.. Schurz apologize to
the President and to the country for
the utterance of . grossly false state
ment regarding tie good name of the
former, or be hereafter treated rs he
deserves. " ..