The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-30

surdly great.
TIE NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEBT
has been Increased from fifteen to thirty -four
millions, and sixteen millions OF railroad
bonds found their way into the capaclous
pockets of carpet-baggers without the tax.
PAYERS ever hearing from them again. Bod as
this state OF efairs was, the Republican party
was responsible for it, not because its princi-
ma, chief did 1t, but because the carpetbaggers
who committed the rascalltles were counte-
nanced by the national authority and were
honored with confidence and patronage. l
appeal to any fair-minded Republican to know
II this Ia not true Is 1t any wonder, then,
that the whites of the South did not spring
into your arms with alacrlty? They accepted
the results OF the war, but could you expect
them smilingly to approve your efforts 10 rob
them and strip them naked To such sys-
i tenn of outrage Is the administration lending
it's aid.
| Who will deny that the iDHnlte number of
deputy marshals now In North Carolina were
appointed to control the pending election, to
fix upon the necks of these people the yoke OF
those in sympathy with the men through
whose fingers ran that $4,000, 600 OF public
funds. [Applanse;l It was In view OF such
that great upheavsl OF the popular conscience
which resulted in the Cincinnati Convention.
General Schurz then sketched the history OF
that movement from Its dawnlDg In Missouri
| in 1870, until the nomination of Greeley
and Brown at Cincinnati and Baltimore. =
| He maintained that the Cincinnati platform
was the true Republican plattorm-that 1t con.
tanned all that was best Of the principles Of the
| Republican party, and that the Cincinnati ban.
ner was the true Republican banner of free
dom and equal rights. Upon that platform
We will stand, and under that banner We Will
march, whether We are called Soreheads,
Democrats or Rebels. [Applause.l
General Schurz then alluded to MIR. Bout
wells strange words that this is no time for
''clasplng hands across the bloody chasmi9'
| that there must be no reconciliation at this
time. He could not conceive how 1t was pos
slble that any heart could be 30 obdurate as
not to rejoice when the hand of reconciliation
Ia offered BY one sincerely deslrous of peace.
How can man delight In war when peace is
attalnable? We have all heard of the Puritan
of the old times who delighted tl hanging Dis
spnters and burning witches; Thank GOO, the
spirit of witch-burDiDg has left Massachusetts
| long ago; bnt 1t appears that there are yet
| some In that State who cannot sleep unless
| they burn their witch day. [Applause and
laughter.1 There are
MEN WHO LIVE BIZ IEFLANING AEIMosrTIEss
| that have divided our people. Why is this
done? For no reason but that the party lead
ers know that unless the war-cry Is kept up
the Radicals must 60 to the bottom. AS soon
as the North and South are reconciled there ls
no longer need for war-party, and those WHO
lived and thrlved on the wa.-cry must go
under. 1t is for party aecendancy that re-
concIliation is to be prevented. 10 this end
the archives of the dead CoDfederacy are
bought and the country is treated 10 the de.
tails of the plans Of rebel emissaries for the
burning of Northern cities. It ls like burning
the efigy or Guy Fawkes in England TO keep
alive the hatred of Roman Catholics Forum
hn
ontgrown that hatred, and i5 the public spirit
of the United States behind IL ?
What ground have we for distrust? Why
repel the outstretched hand Why fnd fault
that they do not embrace those who suck
their substance and have stripped them
naked Do you want aoy other guarantee
of good talth than their voting for one who
has been tho lifelong foeman OF all their old
Issues II you do, 1t shows you are dishonest
In what you demand. You don't value good
government as much as you value party
power. [Applause.l
WORD TO CoLoRED MEN.
General Schurz then made an eloquent ap-
peal to the colored voters, who were largely
represented in the audience, eechlng them,
by right of being one Of their earliest friends,
to be careful of their political action. II their
masters did not love an Abolltionist, they at
least had every right 10. he expressed his
astonishment to hear thu. they had valued
liberty 80 little as to attempt to rid them
selves Of 1t BY interfering with the exercise of
the right of suffrage. He had heard that they
had mobbed men Of their own race who were
marching In Greeley and Brown procession.
1t colOred mau could not vote for Greeley
and Brown, or anybody else whom he pre-
ferred, the freedom OF oplnlon which had
been conferred upon the colored race was
Lost, and they made slaves Of themselves
again to the opinion of others. They should
set better example 10 the whites. The great
est crime that they could commit was 10
trample'under foot The great boon OF freedom
of opinion. he urged the negroes 10 cultl-
vate friendly relations with the whites among
whom they lived 1t should be neither q
white mans government nor q black mans
government, and they must form into parties
according to differences of opinion, and not
according to differences OF color. If they
woald do that they would find that both par
ties would be strenuous In defence of their
rights and anxious to win their suhrages.
KIND WORDS TO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
In conclusion, General Schurz addressed the
Confederate soldiers present. He sald that he
had been in The army too, and knew that those
who had been In the army had learned some
thing. Confederate soldiers knew that there
had been war; that some things had been
decided by that war, and that those decisions
could not be reversed. He had great conf.
dence In the good sense and abiding patriot
ism Of the Confederate soldiers, and he begged
to assure them that those who had borne arms
on the other side were anxious Tor peace, and
were ready to stretch hands across the bloody
chasm, the secretary OF the treasury 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding. [Applause.l He
urged Southerners TO MAKE themselves
| the preservers OF peace Within their own
States, and warned the evil disposed that the
Liberal Republicans could not make success.
full fight If there was any ground for the sto-
| rIes OF Ku. .KluxIsm In the South. In the hands
| Republican institutions, and he adjured them
| to see to It that every man was protected in
his life, liberty and rights. he believed fully
that the Confederate soldiers would do 1t, and
then they OF the North could stand up as one
| man agaic9t GENERALIZATION, and glorious
victory would be theirs. [Great applause.l
GRANTS vERACITY.
| AS General SchurZ was taking bis seat q
gentleman asked him, "How about that qnes-
| tion Of veracity between yourself ana Mr.
Grant" General Schurz replied that he had
| answered that question In letters appearing In
that days New York papers. he read the
letter from General Pleasanton, In which he
repeated that he was authorized by President
Grant to pledge Senator Schurz all lhe patron.
age he might wish II he would lend bis sup
port to the San Domingo scheme. and he
added: 1.-THE question is now one Of veracity
| between President Grant and General Pleas
antou."
General schurz's speech was all that his
great reputation had led his audience 10 e1-