Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1872-07-03
CARL SCllURZ.
Ills Position Towards Mr.. Greeley
and the Liberals.
Correspondence Of the Courier Journal.l

Correspondence OF the Courier Journal.I
ST. Louis, June %, 1872.
| Schurz reached here last night
For the first time since the Cincin.
natl convention, his face wears its
usual quiet and composed aspect
He has, after much vcXation of spirit
and many doubts of conscience, made
up his mind: aud, in doing this, he
has sacrificed nothing more than the
rcbcllious promptings Of his heart
pursuing instead the difficult bu,
wise course Of a really practical
necessity.
He was, it need not be said. sadly
disappointed by tho result at Cincin.
natl. 1t did not realize his ideal of 4
moral revolution. 1t did not pour {:
flood of moral principles into our
political life. 1t did not echo the
sentiments in that grand speech with
which he opened the convention. On
the contrary. the heart of the Cinrin.
natl convention rot the better Of il
head, and the politicians got the bet
ter part of both. and thus by a curl
Gus combination of chance and
rhicanc in which Mr.. Greeley had no
direct participation the convention
fell upon the strongest. if not tho
tittcSt, candidate it could have
chosen.
Gen. ~churz did not deny Mr..
Grr"lcy's MANY virtues: his courage
and kindness Of nature: his splendid.
though peculiar. intellectual force
his rare services in many . national
battle. But he felt that Mr.. Greeley
whist Representing" that sort of
popular liberalism which means SEE
lional amnesty and national brother
h"od-did not represent the essen
tial spirit of reform which had called
the Liberal movement into being.
Nor did he.
But the last four weeks have clearly
irrclonrd the fact that Mr.. Greeley
Is tn" nearest approach to he rharar-
ter desired tn head our reform move
mcnt that can be given n really sub
>lantial chance of success: and SUE
cess ut this tim" is sufficiently impor-
tant to demand many cXaclions it it,
behalf. If Grant is rc-clrctcd the
possibility of reform may be shut ont
from us. -Four wears hence the Rad
iral organization will be even.
stronger than it now is. More than
this. it will have possession OF the
Southern states, and we shall be fur
thcr than ever from our most cher
lshcd purposes.
Schurz feels all this. Asa far-scc-
ing, practical statesman lie could
adopt worse man than any body
believes Mr.. Greeley to be, for the
sake of laying the foundation. how
ever small AT the start. for the future
political fabric sought by the ideal
lists. 1t is understood that whilst in
New York he met Mr.. Greeley and
had full and most satisfactory i'll
Icrvicw with him; and that, in this
Interview, Mr.. Greeley protested
against the many false Inscriptions to
which he is subjected. Mr.. Greeley
assured Schurz Of hi, entire svmpa-
by with the great reforms urged by
lie Liberals, aud was very particular
with respect to taking the business
Of the government out of the hands
of mere party hacks and putting it in
the custody of men in whom the
people can confidr. In Il word, Mr..
Grcclcy declares. cmplatirallv, that
ne has always been sound ON those
practical questions of administration.
lie thinks, for example, that the New
\ ork cuStom-hou~c ought to he con-
luctcd on business, not partisan,
principles, and he is of the opinion
hat the best way to carry on the
rational finances i To "rt good SOC
rtary of the treasury. Srhurz. a,
on know, i extreme in hi, Ideas of
he personal responsibility and NOR =
Il accountability of men in place.
lc docs not believe That "a bad f"llow
viii make a good official merely be-
aIisc he has done effective campai-u
L.. Al, -
re- nc<t in imporia:irc to good meas
res. and he has halted because lir
cared that Mr.. Greeley, overflow in"
generosity of character would cXpo,r
i'm to countless impo>iiiuns in the
onduct of his administration. Mr..
'rrrlry has rcassurrd him. and,
lorc than that, the critical condition
t The country and the narrow limit,
u which the circumstances .oft the
Ist month have confined the ra,,n.
1 practical selection. moves him.
18th many others. to adopt your sen
rntinil, rpi"ra,n that "all roads
'hicl leads from Greeley to Grant"
'hu, the greatest of Amc' lean ura-
,rS, and the purcsi of all our public
zen, will not be lost to the canvas.
t this moment Srhurz is cquiprin-
insrlf for the fight, and when he
,cahs--
"TEcre will be reason ia it,"
nd not tho mere catch-a-vutc. hap
lzard apology of the conventional
iulincr. who thinks that iha, which +
= has To do must be made to seem
nc very best thing that could have
,cm proposed. !,
1t l. possible that Sr.lurz NAV
,rak here before the Baltimore con-
.nti"u. II he docs moi il will be for ,
ok of time to prepare himself He ,
u many duties TO engage him. His I
Ipcr. the Wr-ilichc Post. l. looking ,
his pen. His unfinished senatorial
l-incs- las To be attended to. But
soon Il, he can, he will be heard
ON. and that in q WAY that will be
Il all over the land. His speech be- ,
re the Fifth Avenue conference i {
id to be most powerful and effect 7
-. II convinced many o! the most
'duratc of ia" auti-tircrl,v men.
on can rely upon the foregoing a. G