Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-21
The San Domingo JOb-Ths Senate
CabAl-Ths sale-Of-AFms lob
thoroughly Exp 'ssd-' Cash"
the MsItOs Of the
Uniisd States.
A SCsShIHg RsbDke Of cOnkIiae and
kOrtoR-SGaHFz SuataiHs Him
self Fully-An Able Spaeeh.
The Germans not TO be Bought
They are lndepsnasnt-Ths Re-
form MOVsm mt a RssC-
ton against JObhsFy
and corruption.
WASHINGTON, February 20.
SENATE

SENATE
Senator Ferry, of Michigan, pre-
sented a petition Of lumber merchant
against the Chicago relief bill.
Senator Harlan called up the bill {,
near Clinton, Iowa.
Senator Carpenter offered an amend
ment, which was adopted, providing
that the bridge shall not inter1ert
with railroad bridges.
Other amendments were made anC
the bill passed.
Senator Cole called up the bill pro
viGing for the transmission of the Pa
cific mails during a snow blockade
The bill went over, and debate was
resumed on the bill to investigate the
sale of arms to the French.
Senator Schurz addressed the Senate,
The galleries were completely filed,
and on motion of Senator Fenton the
ladies were allowed to occupy the
clOak-room.
Mr.. Schurz then addressed the SEN
ate. He said the weakness of a cause
is apt to disclose itself by the nature OF
the arguments used in its support.
| When we hear a cause advocated by
| insinuatiOns and innuendOes with re-
gard to the motives of those who have
taken the other side, we are very apt
| to suppose that there must be some
thing wrong. Nobody who has lis
tened to the speeches Of the senators
from Indiana and New York Morton
and COnkling] would deny that the
general rule applies to the present
matter. The senator from Indiana
tried to convince the senate that there
could be no suspicion connected with
the sale of arms by this government
to certain persons, because every road
out of the Republican party led into
the Democratic [laughterl; and be-
cause the platform of the Missouri
Liberals does not accord with his
views, and must therefore be un-
republican and radically wrong; and
because he is in favor of the re-
election of General Grant, and is
sure to have 1t. Laughter. The
senator from New York rCOnkling7
whom I very sincerely regret not TO
see in his seat after his gal
liant exploit yesterday, followed in
the footsteps Of the senator from In
diana. He tried to convince US that
the sales of arms must necessarily be
free from blame because there is an
impression abroad that there is a mill
tary ring in this cOuntry-because
there is an impression of the exist
enee Of senatorial cabal bent upon
destroying this administration, and
because the Democrats are circulating
in New Hampshire speeches OF GER
tain Republican senators in order to |
defeat the administration party there. |
Now, sir, will not deny that these
things were very elOquently expressed |
and might have Teen very proper /
but certainly they did not !
throw much light on the question now
under discussion, and l should be glad |
to pass them over did not desire to |
devote q very few remarks to one |
thing which was said by that senator.
With an air of triumph he held up /
the pamphlet purpOrting to contain |
one Of my speeches, saying that it /
was circulated by the Democratic |
party in New Hampshire, and was
producing greater effect than any
other document. i have since in
quired into that matter, and what do
you think that pamphlet contains?
1t contains speeches OF the senators
from Illinois, Massachusetts and Ne
brsska, and myself; and they are
speeches denOuncing the corruption
in the cnstOm-house In
New York. If, since things work
against the success of the administra-
tiOn and the party, then the fault does
not lie with those who denounce cor
rupdOD. 1t is those sycophants
who, by covering up every abuse,
ever so glaring, and defending every
however 80 scandalOus, who
have brought the commonwealth to
the pass where we now find it. Yes,
there is a senatorial cabal upon this
floor! It is that cabal which defeated
the San Domingo scheme. It is that
eabal which forced an investigation Of
the corruption in the New York Gus
IL is that cabal which eX-
posed those abuses and rendered ne
cessary their reformation. And let
me tell the senate that those speeches
Of ours would not have produced the
least effect on the Republican voters
Ia New Hampshire If 1t could have
been said at the same time that those
abuses which were laid open in all
heir defOrmity whole year ago had
been abolished, and If il could have
been denied that Leet and Stocking
we're at that moment still plundering +;
he merchants Of New York. Senator
5chuIz then said the subject before
he senate, stripped of all per-
IOnal matters, raised three questions.
rhe first was, what was done in
with the rule Of conduct
aid down by the government for its
OWN action. The rule was that no
arms should be sold to any known
agent of either belligerent. The Sc.
,Ond was what was done in accordance
With the laws OF the country. Third
lis there In the facts as they stand
before US any Ground for suspicion of
corrupt practices connected with the
"a sasaeti0n? In discussing the first,
ne said ii Sss absurd TO assert that
.hese sales were maze under ordinary
surrounding previous
ales. 1t was true that the govern
nent had been selling arms all along
ince the end of the rebellion, and no
me found any fault, but when the
-reat war between France and Ger.
many had broken out, and the
resident had issued his procla-
nation of neutrality, would any
,Ody say that no eXtraor-
linary precautions were then
necessary in the sale of arms. 1ndi-
Yiduals might be pardoned for taking
efuge behind the technical ignorance
4 the destination of arms, but ma
ion could not afford to do that, be-
.ause its honor and its character
.mOng nations were at stake. Sena-
or Schufz read a letter written by the
.hief OF ordnance, describing, he said,
ne operation of the war department
a making the sale of arms at that pc
iod. The letter stated that bids had '
zen invited by sending ont letters to
he principal dealers in arms. IL was
however, that Baker q
20, the only very great arms mer-
chants in New York, were not nOtl- !
led, and only learned by accident
hat the sales we're to take place. {
Upon making the discovery, Mr..
Baker came to Washington and {
notified the PFussian minister. '
The minister went to the war depart !
ment and asked that the sales should (
be put of for a few days and 1t was ]
done. The senator from New York :
| [Conklingl had said that Baker q 90. {
bought the arms which afterwards j
O0f intn fhR hands Of GeFmanv That ,