The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-29


His speech at Greensboro was marked by the
breadth Of view and grasp of thought which we
find in his best efforts, although at the time
he was almost prostrated from fatigue The
unfortunate speech of Secretary Boutwell,
furnished the Missourian Senator with the
opportunity of making telling points against
the administration. His denunciation Of the
unwise and unpatriotic policy of creating
hatred and ill-win between the white and
colored races, in order to serve partisan pur-
poses, will obtain the approval Of every right
minded citizen. Boldly announcing his un-
alterable attachment to the principles Of
universal liberty and equality, he charged the
republican party with having been false to its
high aims. Though at one time the champions
ofhuman freedom, the party, with the possession
ward to securing new lease of power rather
than advancing the interests of the nation or
of humanity. With great force Senator Schurz
proceeded to tear the mask Of hypocrisy from
the faces of the men who, while they were
stealing the school funds, made moan against
ths democrats q ths ogpoasgta e e education
in the South. Of all the forMS Of dishonesty
in which the worthless carpet-baggers in
dulged, this absorption Of the school funds
is certainly the most heartless and contempti-
BILE. It was not enough to render the States in
many instances bankrupt; these worthless
Northern adventures sought to prevent the
spread of education, that they might plumber
the ignorant people the more easily. While
the crimes of the carpet-baggers were de-
nounced in vigorous language, the evil doings
of lawless men on the other side were not
passed over in silence. As Mr.. Schurz we'll
remarked, in passing through North Carolina
he had seen many.vacant places which invited
the emigrant to come and make the desert
bloom like garden; but the emigrant would
not come while the state of chronic war
exists and the laws afford him no security for
his person or his property.
The same argument may be addressed with
equal force to all the Southern States; it
touches on question that deeply interests
their future welfare. So long as the strife of
parties continues to be embittered by issues
that the war has long since settled the current
of immigration will continue to flow North
and West in an almost unbroken stream. It
ought to be clear to the mind Of every man
that until perfect amnesty has been granted
to the South it will be impossible to re-
store the harmony which alone can make she
South prosperous. This important fact has
been recognized by the leaders Of the liberal
republican movement; and the Supporters Of
the administration, in placing themselves in
opposition to the general wish Of the people,
are seriously endangering the reelection Of
President Grant The policy which the country
looks for from the President is one Of gener-
osity and Cancellation. In allowing himself to
be swayed from this course to which his bet
ter nature inclines him, by the intrigues
Of dishonest politicians, he risks the
loss of the support of the vast mass of
honest voters who look with suspicion on the
political wire-pullers of all factions No
amount of sympathy from ofice-holders can
replace this unbought support which repre-
sents the reel wishes as well as the noblest
aspirations Of the people. The strength of
the liberal republican party dwells in their
championship of this sentiment of reconcila-
ton and brotherhood, which at present fills
the breast Of every man who thinks more of
the well-being of the republic and the happi-
ness of the people than of his own small,
selfish interest. The cry raised against the
ex-rebels can have no force in the minds
sv,ta ..x of tha
ceptance by the South of all the
issues of the war As we have repeatedly
pointed out, the safety of the colored race de-
ponds ON the restoration of good feeling be-
tween them and their white neighbors. What
ever may be the momentary force of the sent-
ment which hands white men over to the
domination of the colored race, as the passions
engendered by the war cool and weaken
the natural sympathy of the white race
for their fellows will undoubtedly assert
itself. Then the colored race of the South
may find themselves without protectors or
friends. In order to avoid such an undesira-
BILE consummation it is necessary to find So
luton based on equal rights and justice. We
wish to see the black man enjoy the fullest
freedom under the protection of the laws but
we insist that the white man. also, shall be
placed in the enjoyment of all the rights of
citizenship So far as the friends of the adj
ministration depart from this platform of JUS
tice and equal laws they are separating them
selves from the common conscience of the
community. If they desire to succeed they
vv,,ot opdor the DOlicv which boe dovr;rod
them of the support Of such men as Senator
Schurz. The great heart Of the country beats