Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-27

In the Senate come days ago Senator bchurz,
on the subject Of the arms debate, de-
nouuced the editor Of the Illinois S,ddisIeitiing
as ALTAR Mr. Roster, the editor Of the journal
In question, replies 10 Mr.. SchurE "a follows
awhAt translation Of an article from the iii.
nols SiddisseiiuHg Senator Conkling read, and
vhsther this lIanslaiion vas correot, We 90 not
know. But this wo do know, that what We said
about Carl SohurE was nothing bat the truth.
We have never denied, but even a. late a. the
18th Of February, We said that SchurI, ecoor1-
ing TO his own account, had privately gone to the
Secretary Of War and made an end OF the arms
trAfic. But We did say, and We repeat u, that
Ia the Senate Of the United States Oarl schurs,
at the time the trafic was going on, mover "
tered word Of protest against II ip the Senate,
and never even with word, mentioned tho
affair. II this is the remark which MT. schurE
dsnoupces as lie, We will cram the lie-to use
an merican eNpressl0n-dOwn his throat, and
declare him not only very mean, but also
verI ignorant liar, whose lies have not even very
"For, but q fow days before, on the 18th Of
February, SchurE himself acknowledged what on
the 18th he branded A. a lilo. He himself said
lsT0-7i he had not desired TO bring up the sale
Of arms matter In the Senate, in order that (so
reads the report IL the New York Tribunsl the
Government might not be forced into defence
Of It's action IN the premises and thus the good
underpta udinE between itself and the German
olement be disturbed The miserable hypocrisy
which lies at tho bottom Of this Justification has
already been shown up by us Tit has any real
Meaning at ali, Il car, only bo this, that al that
time SchuT's brothor.in.law was iuternal reye.
nue. collector, and perhaps some Of the other
prOtsgss Of the schurI. Jedsrman newspaper In
st. Louis wore In other Federal oficos 80 that
out u regard for these the good understanding
element should not be disturbed. Either the
explanation must be taken In this sense, or II IL
mask behind which the speaker tried 10 hide
may have been the 81 isst il there, and sch1rI
himself admits Il, that at the time Of the arms
trafic he said nothing about Il in tho Senate"
II Is quiteevident that the editor has beaten
the Senator, and that II there Is lying any
where, II Ia on the side Of the high-toned re-
former, for whom the Republican party Is
not good enough, and whose longings after
purity aud honesty can only be realized by
tho restoration ct the Democracy 10 power In
1873. Mr.. Roster, as It seems 10 US, makes
very clever case against Mr.. schurI. He
says that at the time the sale Of arms was
going on Mr.. Schurz went privately TO the
Secretary Of War and made an end OF the
arms traffic, while he never mentioned
word about II In the Senate. Mr.. SchurE ex-
plains this seemingly inconsistent action now
by saying that he did not, at that time, wish
to create any disturbance between the Ger
man element aud the Government; but why
he denies to do so now he has not conde-
Sccndcd to explain. There arc some people
uncharitablo enough TO say that the fact that
Mr.. Schu-Es brother-ln-lRw and good
many Of his friends were in o(Iiee at the time
had something to do with his sensltiveness and
consideration for the Government on that
point feelings which, now that they arc out
Of Office, ho Is very far from entertaining.
Most people who recollect Mr.. schurz's ca
reer In tho United States for the last ten
years will DO inclined TO attach some degree
Of crodenco to this story and TO coincide In
this opinion. Mr.. schurE has always been
calling on the Republican party TO stand and
deliver; has been always engaged In levyiug
a sort Of black mail on It on account Of his
real or supposed influence over the German
vote. It was so under Mr.. Lincoln. lie was
always making demands for something or
another, either for his friends or himself;
generally for himself. In the height of our
struggle for national existence, when the
leaders Of the Union party were stralnlng
every nerve to Undue all our people with the
spirit OF patriotism aud devotion to the
Union; when Ii was q matter OF some i'm
portanee to properly educate the hundreds OF
thousands of foreigners of different nation
alitles who annually landed on our shores,
Mr.. scnurz was paid many and many dollar
TO stand on the lecture platforms and on the
stumpS. lie has been In the service Of the
Republican party or Of the Government al
most every dAy since the beginning Ut the
rebellion. and ought 10 be the last man In the
country to sneer At Federal officials.