New-York tribune., 1872-02-28

Executive His ground was thai tnere had long been
whether the Executive Department q the Government
had right to interfere with the &rangemeats made by
the Collector at York or tho storege OF General
Order goods But 1t world appear that for whole year
that doubt had been resolved In faVoroi sys'ih vi
Mr. HARLAN er Iowa) said the Senator talked free se.
l about system Of robbery but he had not staten eno hs m
legislator or suggested II to the Executives - 90
Mr., sCHURz said that the arst remedy RENE T0uiu o0 -
Mr. HARIANisaid that would change sIf sbn system
SSS the sy,em TeedT HH 6 legislator
Mr. sCHURZ repedFirst, that tnat pom, ,ing Vim ar
had been made not by legislative but R
Executive action, and that, having been hx the Same
Executive, they could nave peen uiiin"u' y
Mr. HARLAy-when were they m made dC,ector Grinneu
Mr. SCHURZ-They made by Colectoi ue hnd
Mr. HARLAN said they were made long ago: : -. n"'
this subject S sSa Sa4any Y f General order
TEN had existed for years. pu' I" "'u ''O
ii'sTSgTSI MT gTSIAR1AN-How difrcrentyi ,ouo,.,r ona
Mr. SCHURZ-In the first place my mlS r. mohosIy ""u
% goes character Of the men
and not Of system and the Senator hinse aae % 10
e character OF the men. The Senator denounces the
General order system as all wrong ana eorrrp
MIR SCHURZ-I have already stated one remedy-re-
the rascs at the head OF ana pH o say n"1 the
men at the head of the General oruer business hau "
pass M, this h HiaSGKyN-rne GSayNs chief had.
Mr. sCHURz-Yes; Collector Murphy had to pass mere
II the SenaGC s not authorized
secrets llaughter but even that system could have
Mr.. SHERMAN Rep., Ohio) here interposed and said
that there was doubt about the power or tne seGIe
General Order business had grown out OF changes In our
commercial marine, and the General ot1er gV1us b
was responsible for themi The Collector OF New1ork
claimed absolute power over them, put ne MI tSa
power. A year ago. when the abuses were disclosed,
,ltr1 eytyip
over the whole subject but no opportunity ld yet 2ee
Mr. sGHURZ--we are told that the Collector has the
b who las the power to dispose Of the Collector If he
insists on maintaining the system Mr. Leet obtained
menJation written for him to the Collector by the Presi
dent win yon make the people believe that another let
ter written by the President could not have destroyed
that scandaious abuse. SIR if the President OF the
United States against that abuse ana Tom murphy
have been dspossesscd of their offices for far
less connected with the interests Of the public service
NV sCifIURz then read from his Chicago speech
stating that he could not support Gen Grant rehO-
Domingo matter and said he stin believed that TO
elect Gen Grant would be 10 sustain gross and dan;
gerOus usurpatiOn. But said he IL has been suggested
that because made that allegation am ON the point OF
going to the Democrats Let me set at rest the
over to the Democrats have never thought of going
over the Democrats, and do not think Of it now; but
what do think is this that there VIII DC an
of opposing the reelection of the President without
voting for Democratic candidate. thlnk tnere VIII
be an opportunity of voting for good Republican as
there Is this floor without voting for Gen. Grant,
! Applause in the galleries. 49,
! Mr. SCHURZ in conclusion said he could not join with
! Mr.. Frenghuysen in his gushing worship of Gen.
Grant and quoted with approval Mr. Fesscnden's re-
buke to those always "slaveliDg" the Pres.
dent and talking about his victories and his bates and
all that sort thing The people, he said, were crate ul
to Gen Grant FOR the capture of Vcksburg and other
places; but they were still more thankful that slcks
burg those places longer to be captured and
what they wanted Free honest, and pure gov
| ernnent
| Mr. FRELINGHUYsEN briefly replied He disclalned
any attempt to arouse the native American prjudices
and denounced this as the first attempt to make the
American Senate take ground against the honor of our
| own country.
| Mr. EDMUNDs and Mr.. CONKLTNG discussed Mr..
TTumbuil's motion TO reconsder the vote by which Mr.
Conlng's amendment adopted, and insisted that
Mr. SchuIz had admitted that he had held unauthorized
communication with the agent OF a foreign power.
Mr. SUMNER obtained the floor for the purpose OF re-
viewing the whole question but said he would prefer
not to proceed and moved adjourn The Sen
ate theu without reaching vote adjourned at 5Jj y