Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-01
Letter from Washington.
g IrRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. %, 1872,


DRAGGING ITS WEARY ROUND"
] refer, of course, to the political debate now
in progress in the senate My caption NAV be
misnomer-at least to listeners, for judging by
the great audiences that have beep .Gtracted, the
| discussion has not been wsarying one at all.
| But then, "yOu know" one must say some
| thing, if only for the benefit of the mythical
public who is always so strongly sympathzed
with at times, when there is possibly no need of
it. The debate, which sprung up now more
than two weeks since, continues to hold its own
in undated interest. 1t has been my fortune to
hear some great debates-for, after reading
those of antediluvian-I beg pardon, ante-5el.
lun days, | am convinced that we have no need
to be deprecatory of our own times and talents,
but have never heard one in which the average
mental ability displayed was pitched on so high
a key, and kept up with such uniform excel
lence throughout.
The audiences have been very large and the
quality, as a rule, has been quite as marked
Senator Schurz's mental skill, the "ground a nd
lofty" acrobacy he has displayed in debate, has
been something almost wonderful. But it has
been skill rather than power, agility rather than
force, rhetoric more than eloquence, the cum
ulnS ienoe Vi ''e Nee.-"i''eu ueoa'er lar more
than the close application of logic and reason.
| His weakness was exhibited yesterday, when
Mr. Harlan caught him on the general order
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e'e''i "O,'o"' P'''o'' "'t'a anu ''''"''o"
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Vo-""I a''l0S' ie'eeu''u nun laoii tut oensu'e
piofoAeu W 'ne character Vi Tue movement
nag in'u. '"'eu u' "u'inoi 70
~ ma" ii'ei'''tu'ny ~ ie'pa'n
onS on Tue 10" Pl'ne gu winch Tue ue-
ot'e ~ w anu ,i'S oe'u % i'' eoiitiuueu. II ID
',S ia'' 'u". So.'i seilior seuator ms
'aA7S N'u0l eoneei'e 'nls III nave peenh Inc
u'"e'e"Ce III 'ie '"o' u W. 9'nur|s ana MI
'uiiue' minus 'ou'u NV ~ "uy posS'ol'i'y oe
snolo ui''Acu 'u"H was niHue apparent ny MI
0u'ii"ei speeon to-uay' iesteIuay tue Nlissouri
seua'ol IePiieu III Vne iia'u ~ MI fIel'hSnuy-
sen' VINO nau ueclarcu tnat tue gTaVest feature
oil the accusations was the international one;
.hereou cii'ioI'"s '"o'e "uo uau maui hasie 10
ueulanu inveS''Sa'iou Wien NO 'orel@n govern
ment asked repaIaulon OF cia'lned 'nat any Vlo-
iation oil neutraly had occurred Schurz ar
gued that Tue lnterhanohai feature was oil no
consequence tue real point at issue oeing wheth-
or the onleerS Oh our government nad honestly
opeyed our law
MI simmer now as Always IN snch matters,
made the larger issue possible violation OF neu-
.rai oohsauons' Inc mayor thesis Oh MS scheme
lhose VINO feared that ne might nc led INTO the
paths OF daIllance, on which the feet of Messrs.
A'u'npui' ocuuiz ahd ilptnh are set, were most
as'e'dpS u'sappofh.eu' Inc senator declared
nc $1,000 ABOVE president making. In thus de
caring nc redeemed DIS SIDE OF the debate from