The Portland daily press., 1872-02-22
xLIId CoNGREss..sECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

| w ASHlNGTON, req. Zl.-A UI1 repeating III
| duty on salt, with amendments covering all tn
changes in the tariff recommended by the III
| nance Committee, was reported and made tn
special order for Monday, March 18th.
| A bill for an international copyright law wa
| introduced by Mr.. Sherman.
| The bill authorizing contracts for the trans
portation of mails to the Pacific coast durin!
| the snow blockades was discussed.
| A motion was made to refer the bill to tn
| Committee ON Post Offices and the yeas ant
| nays being demanded Mr.. Morton called TO
regular order and the bill went over.
Mr.. Conkling presented the protest of thu
| Western Union Telegraph Company against tn
| postal telegraph scheme, and moved that it b.
printed on account of its brevity and import
| ance. He would hereafter attempt to show tina
| the postal telegraph scheme was unwse ant
importune.
THE SUDINER-sCHURZ FIZZLE.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
resolution to investigate the alleged sales o.
arms to French agents during the Franco-Prus
sian war.
Mr. Morton having the floor, continued his
speech which he began yesterday. He said hi
read MIR. Blairs statement in his speech at the
South, that Mr.. Schurz was remaining in the
Republican party for the purpose of defeating
it, and he has cut loose from his party asso
ciates and burned his ships behind him because
he believed he had right, taking all the cir
cumstances into account, to assume that MI
Blair was authorized to speak for his colleague
(Mr. Schurz). Every man owed good faith te
his party and to those who kept good faith with
him. Every man was at liberty to leave any
party at any time, but he was bound to do it in
an open, public way The Senator from Mis-
souri, (Schurz) had announced that in case the
Republican Convention should nominate Presi-
dent Grant he would not support the nomina.
ton, and he was in utilization with the Missouri
liberals, who were making war on the Repu6ll-
can party itself. Mr. Morton here had read a
resolution of the Missouri liberal platform,
which he said if it meant anything meant free
trade. The platform also contained covert ref
erenoe to the Sunday laws in some States That
was of course intended for the Germans The
whole platform was essentially Democratic
document, and those who framed it were neces-
sarily making war on the Republican party. 1t
was idle for any man to say he would support
the principles of the Republican party but not
its standard bearers. The standard bearers of a
free country could not be made to order. They
could only be created by great events An at
tack npon the principles of party was no
worse than the instrumentalities by which those
principles were to be carried into effect He
would not ask the Senator from Missouri wheth-
er since the first Monday in December, 1870, he
(Schurz) had voted with the Republican party
in the Senate on any question of political
character.
Mr.. Schurz-What does the Senator under
stand by the question of political character?
Mr.. Morton-I take it for granted that the
Senator understands that and that everybody
else does, and if there is vote of his upon any
question of political character since the first
Monday in December, 1870, thattis not record
ed with that of the Democratic members, do
not remember it, If there is one he can state
it.
Mr.. Schurz-I think amnesty was of a politi-
cal character. The President recommended
amnesty and l am sure that voted for it.
Naughter.)
Mr.. Morton-When did the Senator vote for
it? If mistake not when the vote was taken
he either voted against it or did not vote at ALL
Mr.. Schurz-I voted in favor of the amend
ments that were likely to strengthen the am
nesty bill, and when finally the bill was over
1 did not vote at all, and the Senator will re-
member that he voted for all the amendments.
He was sure he.would kill the amnesty bill.
Mr., Morton-I think the Senator voted to
keep it in such form a. that it would change
the naturalization laws.
Mr.. Schurz-The Senator will not dispute
that l advocated the policy proposed by the
President of the United States in his message
and [ think in that respect showed far bette r
as an administration man than he did. laugh
ter.)
Mr.. Morton-Oh, sir, that kind of thing will
not do. will notsay tits notvery smart but it 10
lodging the main question. The Senator is for
universal amnesty, and he cannot say the Pres
ident or the Republican party is in favor of that
The Senator stands with the Democrats upon
as far as 1 know.
Mr.. Trumbull said that Mr. Morton's remarks
tended to place him Mr.. Trumbull) in a false
position. He had stated distinctly that he was
in favor of the amnesty bill as it came from the
House, and had voted against all amendments
because he feared that they would defeat the
bill.
Mr.. Morton-How did the Senator know it
would defeat the bill? Two or three additional
votes would have saved the amnesty bill with
the amendments on it; but the amnesty bill
was not party measure, and when the Sena-
tor from Missouai (Schurz) refers to that bill as
the only measure on which he has voted with
the Republican party since the first Monday of
December, 1870, it is confessing that upon all
other questions for the last fifteen months he
has voted solely with the Democratic party
Mr.. Schurz cited one or two other instances
where he had voted with the administration
Mr. Morton again spoke of the necessity of
political parties and the duty of members there
of to act in good faith. He admired indepen-
dence but when man used the party ladder
to climb to the summit of his ambition and
then kick it down, he could not thereby invest
himsel with the character of great reformer
or a patriot. He repeated, that those who
meant to sustain the Republican principles
must stand by the party. The liberals seemed
to have the idea that the Democrats would come
over to them, but they would soon discover their
mistake. The mountain would not go to Ma
hommed. The liberals would find themselves
dissolved in the Democratic party like flies in
vinegar
Mr. Morton then discussed the question of the
sales of arms. The carcass of revolution, he
said, now lay exposed to the public gaze, ex-
haling the most unwholesome odor arising from
the untruthful character of its preamble and
from its hostile purpose. The movers of it had
labored hard to create suspicion which thew
acknowledged to be their highest ambition. but
the attempt was an inglorious failure They
had abandoned, one after another, the positions
they had taken at the beginning. They had
started with discrepancy of 81 100000, but the
discrepancy had disappeared The Senators
Senators from Missouri and Massachusetts had
admitted it all along The Senator from Mis-
souri, had yesterday substantially given up the
charge of Illegal manufacture of cartridges at
the United States workshops. He saw the
Senator shake his head, but if he had the Sena-
Senator had omitted yesterday all reference to
military job and ring.
Mr. Schurz-I virtually repeated yesterday
my language on that subject.
Mr. Morton could remember it. He
would, however, acknowledge that Mr.. Schurz
made one new point yesterday, when charging
lhat our Government dealt directly with the
French commission of armament at Tours
Mr.. Schurz said that he had not said an orig
inal word on that subject; he had only quoted
from well known and widely circulated jonr-
nal, the Independence Beige, a report of the
testimony given by NJ. Leeesne, President of
the committee of arrangements
MIR Edmunds said that Mr.. Schurz had fall
len into gross error, because what he had
read from was not report from testimony but
merely statement contained in the letter of a
gossiping correspondent
Mr. SchurZ said the correspondent assumed
to report the words of M. Lecesne correctly.
and read from the paper in Frence to show that
it was so.
Mr. Edmunds was pleased that the Senator
treated the Senate to French reading. He
thought it was fitting that one who carried
French colors should speak the French tongue.
(Laughter.) He repeated that what the Sena-
tor had read was only statement of cores
pondent
Mr. Schurz-Well, I have here the Courier
Des Etats Unis, containing full report, appar-
emily photographic report of the same testi-
mony Shall read it?
Mr. Edmunds-Yes, go on.
Mr. Morton-I certainly do not wish to be
wanting in courtesy but if the Senator reads
that now it will have been entered in the record
for the fourth time in my speech. daughter. }
Mr.. Morton also said this was mere news
paper statement. But admitting the report of
Lecesne's testimony to be correct, he could
show from RemingtOn'S statements and from
Mr.. Schurz's own admission that the testimony
was false
Mr. Schurz said he supposed no one under
stood Lecesne to mean that he had come here
and dealt with the War Department in person !;
he of course meant he had an agent to do it,
Mr., Morton presumed that Mr.. Lecesne meant
to say that he had negotiated directly with the
United States, but not that he had done SO
without the knowledge Of the Government of
the United States.
Mr.. Schurz-Mr.. Remington himself says
that he treated directly with the Ordnance De-
partnent.