The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-16

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that Mr. Bennington Vas hs agent q S French
ports made g the French showed that all the lots
sea a's ysa. this. and said tina.
lMr scharz knew wen thA, France and
for arms in Christendom At that time '''''
Mr. soavEs said the g would show that At least
Mr.. CosKIINd-Tiers u q difference between ali and an
Mr. saHUsz read from Mr. Rsm,ngtons letter of Decsm
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tatn with the sftsr he had declared himseo
;SI from New yS!. MI cSas,as You'd s.psia
trying magnify bis Importance In the eyes tho French
Mr. CoNKLINe sad he haq not yet endorsed Mr. Rsming.
ton Is e high but he would deny
Mr. sSMTns thought that the ercumsances to which he
Mr. CoskLSa asked whether Mr. schurs meant to say or
imply that NJ Remington. letter necessarily thai
letter would spuroprai. Rad done
country Without further oommsn. lie then DISCUSSED the
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Of lion. n y He ordered 50 900 mn.kets What becose
WIZ surely
Plainly there had been blindness compared with which the
blindness mole would be clairvoyancs- augner1or
investigation was necessary MI. Remington himself had
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written by anybody Remngon, but stated that
he had IT, % so G sc
mercaly and personally was good and their standing en-
a
bad as ss s that
having special facilities him BY the q the
in his transactions in manner and to extent far
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character questioned abroad and he applied to the OH
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a a o o $
had large TRANSACTIONS in with the Department and had
MT. soHUnz Thought J. very odd that a gentleman who
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Mr. the Senator understand me to say that
Mr. Remington wanted certificate to introduce him into
Mr. SonUHz~No, sri So far from supposing that he
certificate to get him into good society believe
SETTLING HIS ACCOUNTS
@ s % ss tie
rotary of War give certificate OF character to man who
Mr. CoNxiSe said the certificate was given this winter
son1RzYes after the frs. trial Of
cuties with the French government his army
amount paid by the French the and that
by the Wac Department; and asked where the money had
such high authorities would not do TO sup
pose that he had stained his hands with IT. He
(Mr Schurz) did not know where had gone, but the
investigation would probably show It was no use to
attempt ignore the suspicious excited this subject at
abroad The honor OF the nation required that
the matter should year ago he had had
this subject forced upon his attention by letters resolutions
and
INCONSISTENCIES FROM GERMANTOWN oITIzENs,
who believed government selling to the
French urged him attack the for In the
senae he had forborne to do because he did not
prudent introduce the subject at that time lest
administration might be driven to justify
It's action and might thereby disturb the good feeling exist
ing between It and the German element. He had,
however, done all he could In private to stop
the sales The Secretary OF War; when APPLIED PILED
American citizens and that he did not know
the hands of the French and that he
stop the sales For while the sales
suspended but after the November cleo
on that year they resumed IT. indeed they had been
finally they stopped When no (Mr schurzl
the officials of the United States thus perssng In
dangerous and likely to compromise the country with
foreign Powers his suspicious awakened and their
conduct could not be explained ground Of
patriotism, he driven to the suspicion that there
Secretary Of War He believed him be rather a victim
than co-actor In conclusion Mr. Schurz said the people
impression that somewhere In this country there
listed
A MILITARY RING,
which exerting corrupt and dangerous influence the
either show that this impression unfounded should
discover the guilty and bring them to punishment would
render important service to the best interests Of the
American people.
Without reaching the Senate at hafpast Jour- went
into executive session, and soon after adjourned.