The sun., 1872-07-05
SEIZURE AND GREELEY.
4 Probably Truthful Account OF n Recent
Interview Between Them-somcthing for
Doubtprs to Read.

4 Probably Truthful Account OF n Recent
Interview Between Them something for
Doubters to Read.
From he ST. I0uis Correspondence Of nc Louisville
Courier.JoWHdL.
Mr.. Schurz was, Ii need not be said, sadly
disappointed by the result at Cincinnati. II did
not realize his Idea OF moral revolution. IL did
not pour Hood OF moral principles into our po-
litical life. IL did not echo the sentiments I'm
that grand speech with which he opened the
Convention. On the contrary, the heart Of the
Cincinnati Convention got the better Of It's head,
and the politicians got the better OF both, and
thus-by curious combination OF chance and
chlcane In which Mr.. Greeley had no direct par
tcipation-the Convention fell upon the strong
est, II not the lttest, candidate It could have
chosen. Gen. SchurZ did not deny Mr. Groeleys
many virtues, his courage and kindness Of ma
ture, his splendid though peculiar intellectual
force, his rare services in many national battle
lie felt that Mr.. Grecley-whie representing
that sort Of popular liberalism which means sec
tional amnesty and national brotherhood-d
not represent the essential spirit of reform which
had called the Liberal movement into being.
Nor did he.
the fact that MIR. Greeley Is the nearest approach
to the character desired to head our reform
movement that can be given really substantial
chance OF success and success at this time Is
sufficiently important To demand many eNactions
In its behalf. IL Grant Il reelected the possi-
bilty Of reform may bc shut out from us four
years hence the Grant organization will be even
stronger than IL now Is more than this, II VIII
have possession Of the Southern states, and We
shall be further than ever from our most cher
ishcd purpose. Schurz feels all this As far
seeing, practical statesman, he could adopt a
worse man than anybody believes Mr. Greeley 10
hc. for the sake Of laving the foundations, how
ever small at the start for the future political
fabric sought by the idealsts.
1t l. understood that, while In New York, he
met Mr.. Greeley and had a full and most salts
factory Interview with him and that, In this in
teryicw, Mr.. Greeley protested against the many
false Inscriptions to which he Il subjected. MIR.
Greeley assured SChurz Of his entire sympathy
with the great reforms urged by the Liberals,
"a NtrE tn al NO
the business Of the Government out Of the
hands Of mere party hacks, and putting IL in the
custody OF men in whom the people can confde.
In a word. MIR. Greeley declares emphatically
that he has always been sound on those practl-
example, that the New York Custom House
ought To he conducted on business, not parti-
san, principles, and he Is of the opinion that the
best way To carry on the national finances Is to
get good Secretary Of the Treasury.
Schurz, as you know, is extreme In his Ideas
OF the personal responsibility and moral ac-
countability of men in place. He does not be-
HeNe that "A bad fellow Will make a good Official
service. lie believes that good men are next in
Importance to good measures ; and he has halt
ed because he feared that Mr.. Greeley's over
flowing generosity OF character would expose
nm tn countless impusitlOns IN the conduct Of
his administration.
MIR. Greeley has rcassured him; and more
than this the critical condition Of the country
and the narrow limits to which the circum-
stances OF the last months have confined
the range of practical selection, moves
him, with manA Others, to adopt your sententious
epigram that "all roads. which lead from
Greeley GO to Grant" Thus the greatest Of
American orators, and the purest of all our pub
lie men. Will not be lost 90 the canvass. At this
moment ,schurz is equippng himself for the
ught, and when he speaks
There will be reason In It,"
and not the mere catch-a-vOte, hPp-haZard
apology Of the conventional trimmer, who
thinks that that which he has To do must Ice
made TO seem the very best thing that could
have been proposed.
Aeb In I,n
Service Reform is Received In Texas.
From Fakes Gdlrs,toH Ball,im,
Washington telegram, which we have
great difficulty % believe, reports the appoint
ton, vice Jas. A. Mckee, removed under the
tenure OF Office act"
Rumols considered wholly groundless-be-
cause incTedible-have heretofore obtained that
MIR. Mckee would give place to Clark by direct
appointment of the President. Nobody believed
such an appointment could bc ratified by the
Senate.
Let us consider this matter, and speak Of It as
free a. possible from that Indignation which the
occasion eXcites.
First President Grant in his message trans
mitting his approval of the Cis! Service bill, dis
tinctly declared there were To be n0 ."iuoVals
from office on political grounds. lie falsihes this
solemn declaration, made in the face of the
whole nation.
second-He waits until the Senate. the repre-
sentatives OF the States, has adjourned which
he knows would throw back the nomination "a
an insult, and then, under the tenure Of Office
act" long ago virtually repudiated As conferring
dangerous power on the President, makes this
appointment
Third President Grant removes a gentleman
who possesses the respect and confidence of the
whole people, because of his superior capacity
and fitness his uniform courtesy and steadfast
attention to the duties Of his Office and appoints
Ia his place-whom A man who has ran a
career of political infamy unparalleled in the
history Of Texas who has been Identified with the
most stupendous election frauds to secure his
own elevation to an Office from which he has
been expelled by unanimous vote of the
House OF Representatives, and who to-day IL
man In or out Of the state.
Finally-This act OF the President will every
where be taken as an intentional, Contemptuous
insult To the business people of Galveston "a
whole people, and Intended, possibly, 10 rouse
rescntments and opposition which may furnish
the pretext for further forcble Interference I'm
the affairs Of the State.
We can conceive Of no greater humiliation for
people than this Cark's threat, on being
kicked out Of Congress that he would return To
Texas with revolver In one hand and "A bowie
knife in the other, Is to Toe fulfilled 10y the help
OF President Grant
The Campaign In Nrrmont-A lreeze In the
OhlcchOIders' Convention The Greeley
Men Enthusiastic aud lIOpcful.
Correspondence Of The sun.
STOWE, June 2G.-Those humble servants
IN this state Of the gift-takcr at Washington,
who serve him " for consideration" held one
OF the most exciting Conventions at Montpelier
to-day that was ever held in Vermont. The as
plrants TO the nomination for Governor were
the Hon John w. Stewart Of Middlebury the
Hon. Frederick Billings, and the Hon. Julius
Converse, the olatter Of Woodstock. Stewart
has had the Office Ouo term, and like Grant