Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-21

~ VI bAAo SOfSIlAL6uk MbkS 10 De dAkDNS
to ieel that they might disregard tn
OF plainest provisions Of law, and thai
< like Cesar Augustus, they could a
Ie ways rely upon submissive an
v Obedient senate? He begged tn
q senate 10 remember that ther
d was more at stake than car
d tridges or cash. On the third point
10 Senator Schurz argued that the fact
e already shown were enough to justif.
70 suspicion OF corrupt transactions
2 The testimony Of Remington and O
a the French officials already referreC
g TO, the anxiety OF the chief Of orsnanc'
= to aid Remington in settling his &C
q counts in France relating to som'
II transactions for which ne Reming
e ton had been ostensibly driven out o
q the war department, the difference
i between the amounts paid by tbs
8 French and those received by our oWT
9 government, the ieopardizing OF oul
d national relations and the risking o
= our internal harmony, the hagrant
Q and confessed violation of law by the
o war department, and the mysterious
: disappearance OF large sums OF money
g all these facts and circumstances
vent to show that there was ground
! for suspicion and investigation, and
3 the senators on the other side knew IL
9 and felt it keenly, as was shown by
: their attempts to divert the senate
3 and the country from the question
5 by charging those who urge this
. resolution with acting as French
agents, and with want of patriotism.
These charges were fiinsy and absurd.
1t was the duty Of the government to
Investigate the matter and the
wrongs charged on the executive de-
, parfment; and II they. have not been
. committed it is the duty of the legisla-
! tive department of the government
to frankly and boldly disavoy them
as that was the only course worthy of
the American republic, and therefore
he was not afraid to discuss these mat
ters in the senate and denOunca the
wrong in them for he remembered
that Golden and Bright when they
warned the British parliament of the
consequences of its conduct during the
rebellion, they were far better patri-
OTIS than those who deeried for it.
Senator SchurZ then spoke of the
amendment offered by Senator Conk-
lin, ordering the com uittee to inquire
whether any senator or American cit
iZen had been In COLLISION with any
foreign agent or spy, etc., and said it
was q subject of rather a painful char
acter; he regretted that the senator
had introduced that amendment
for his own sake; he reminded him
that spies we're used only in
time Of war, and suggested that he
should strike out that word from the
amendment, IS likely to be offensive
to the French government. Senators
Morton and Conkling had offered
gross insult to the German govern
ment by assuming that the agitation
Of this question might affect the de-
cisiOn OF the German Emperor as an
arbitrator between the United States
and Great Britain; and now the SEN
ator from New York was going to in
suit the French government also. If
this amendment meant anything, it |
meant cOllusion of an improper ma
ture and for improper purposes; and |
everybody knew that it was aimed |
at three persOns-Sumner, himself |
SchuIzl and the Marquis de Cham |
Drun. He Schurz would vote for
the amendment, and he would give 1
the senate some evidence in advance /
OF the investigation. The Marquis de
Chamorun was no spy, he was the
legal adviser of the French legation,
OF distinguished family and of high
character and attainment5; further,
that he was not the man who had
given him SchuTzl the first in
formation on this subject. Laugh
ter. But, continued Senator Schurz,
What is the spirit oil this amend
ment? l have said that regretted it
for the sake OF the gentleman who in
trOduced it. don't know that can
make myself intelligable to his mind
or his moral feeling, except in one
way, by suppOsing that 1 had intro
duced an amendment directing the
committee to inquire; also whether
all those who give letters Of introduce
ton to Remington to France were
guilty OF corrupt practices in eonnec-
tion with these transactions. Does
the senator want to know why did
not do it? II was because 1 considered
it infinitely beneath me. TAppIause |
in the galleries..
Senator ConkIing said he had not
given Remington letter of inIroduc-
ton to France, he had merely address,
ed a note to Remington himself the
u
former occasion to Senator SchurZ. If
the senator had given Remington a
note, stating that he had investiga- l
ted all these transactions, and that he :
would be very glad if the French
would settle them, and
that he had personal interest in {
them, even then would not be the
man to offer this amendment. Sena-
tor COnkling said that Senator Schurz I
had been the man to drag in the ir-
Tevalent fact, and that he, Senator I
OOnkling, had written note to Re- 7
containing a statement
which he had felt called upon to make '
In justice to sneighbor, and in the in 0
terest of fair play. Senator Schurz
iaid that when the subject was g
1rst mentioned by him, ne had L
expressed the opinion that I
The giving of note by Remington Q
was only an act Of neighbOrly friend {
lhip on ConkliDg's part. Mr.. Conk- e
ing disputed this also, and said that O
MS amendment was aimed, not mere
y at SchurZ, Sumner and the Marquis
ie Chambrien, but at all who might L
,Ome within its scope; and he meant g
o stand by it. He had drawn it, G
however, without having the statute y
book before him, and il Senator SchuTz
ound any offensive phrase in it he .
vas willing to withdraw that phrase. ?
Mr.. Schurz-Oh, / have no doubt le
is in earnest in this matter. q
have never doubted that. It looks 7
ust like him. The senator has referred 9
o the statute which he held up before
Is yesterday, threatening US with .
inc and Imprisonment. An, sir it is P
glorious spectacle. Here stands two q
American senators not entirely un- u
-nOWn to the country, and whose
ecord is not entirely devoid of q
latriotism and service, and whose II
My aim is to investigate abuses and q
of law and have them pun p
shed. Those senators are met here
" one Of the Spokesman of the L
administration, fourishing a statute D.
4 his hand and threatening them Il
7ith fine and imprisonment. Let il II
e known In every nook and corner II
hat he who was in earnest in set cs
ing his face against those in power, 81
nd who boldly seeks to detect fraud u
nd punish violations Of law, is con- "
'onted by powers that be with the g
respect of a dungeon. Why, sir, in 81
lch a desperate condition as that "
laughter and applause In the CALLER ~
9sl they are developing very fast. I'll
low long will it be until you
amt even get up testimony against az
leet and Stocking, the knights of the 81
eneral- order, without having some "
tatute dug up that viii fine and i'm.
rison, you for it. Laughter. But 10
the senator from n Y. thinks that
e can in this way strike fear into NV