The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-11
THE COMING CANVASS.
A Proclamation from Senator schurz-New
Parties and New Issues-What the Sem
ator Proposes as the New Platform
Shall the People Govern Themselves!
From the st. Louis Republican,

ltrOm the SJ Louis hepuUnCAu.J
WASHINGTON, D. G., May g. 1874.
There has been a good deal OF gossip in the
newspapers lately touching the plans and pros
poets OF Senator Schurz. Mr.. Schurz regards the
anti-monopoly movement In its present stage as
simply an inchoate revolution, vast mass Of in
coherent elements, that has as yet no unity OF
purpose more definite than vague desire for q
change and no unanimty OF feeling and sentiment
beyond general dissatisfaction with the present
state OF public affairs, and general VIII to put
things to rights without any well defined single
idea as to how to do IL.
Conversing upon the subject one evening with
number VI friends high In public and nonored In
private station, who were visiting at his home q
short time before he went to Boston, Mr.. Scnurz
remarked that "there sometimes came periods in
the history or people when they were entnusi-
astic they ald not know exactly why and brayeIy
what, IN manner they did not know exactly
how.h N
and beautiful periods IN history. One OF them
came over Germany In lS4S, and EXTENDED also
nation at the inception and during the early
struggles of the antl-slavery movement Another
Is upon US now, In many respects grander
broader and involving things OF more vital import
to the people than any preceding one, because it
actually involves the success OF our experiment &C
Then he went on to show how our government
had lostfts character Of responsibility to the gov
erDed. until the TACT OF irresponsible, One.man
sovereignty altogether.
A coalition had been effected between the money
power. which was monopoly in material affairs.
and the military power, which had become mo-
nopoly In civil affairs, and the two worked
together for the benefit OF each other, profit
ing the few and suDverting at once the
rights and material interests OF the many. The
results OF the elections were no longer awaited
by those In power; they were foreOrdalned In
conciave. Whenever the control OF national
affairs was at stake no stratagem was too violent
no tactics too high handed to be called in requisl-
ton by those in power to maintain their grip. 1t
was not only natural that scandaous abuses
should exist la the administration OF affairs under
such dispensation, but it was inevitable, be-
cause these things were done Tor the express pur.
pose OF gaming and retaining opportunity to per-
petuate the abuses The managers OF the party In
power debauched the ballot box with the same In :
tent chat the burglar picked the BANK lock--that
they might gain access to the treasure vaults and
1t not Tor It's own sake, for the honors or
public station, but for the sake OF em0luments,
perquisites and "chances.n The whole motive
that impelled cooperation between the money
sordid greed OF wealth that no amount OF gorging
could satate, because the sord1d appetite was one
that only grew with feeding.
There was something to be admired in such
character as that OF the First Napoleon, who con-
quered for conquest's sake, and who loved power
Tor the sake oil the greatness 1t gave to his name
But those VINO usurped simply tnat they might
rob, and those who oppressed simply that they
might extort were detestapie and nothing more.
This sort OF thing mad gone on and on until the
hearts OF the people had finally been reached by
way OF the depicted pockets, and the reaction had
set In. the difference between The present situa-
ton and that oil twenty years ago was that then
bya sense OF moral wrong wrought upon their
fellow men; whereas now they were being reached
by sense OF material wrong wrought upon them
selves. The qucsriOn now was not merely, snail
we resume specie payments nor, shall We reform
the civil service nor, Shall regulate the power
oI corDoratlonsy nor shall We permit Louisiana