, 1874-05-21


tbia year to decide w1ethor Carl sohurz
shall bo ro-olcctea to tho eonato. Tho
recontly-publishod 1ottor to tho st. Louis
Republican, from, Its Washington correspondent,
though promptly lisavowed by Senator schurz
iu tho card which wo hnyo published, served to
draw tho fire from partsans Of oil aorts, aud to
show exactly what kind of opposition ho will
havo to moot. Senator schurz is not party
hack. It is the glory Of Missouri. to Intelligent
observers, thai 1t has ono Senator who Is not
tho slave Of any CAUCUS or convention, but the
open foo Of monopoly and misruie in ovorY form
and every party. But tho Democratic party Or
gana snap at his heels with savage Threats aud
sneere, telling him TINT unloss 10 "not only do
claros himself q Domocrat, in words that admit
Of no doubtful Interpretation. but by his dooda
md his enthusiasm chow that Lis conversion
has boon thorough and un1,1estionab1o," le can
mover obtain continued honor from Missouri.
And the Republican party organs, with oQunl
truculonco ind party spite not less malignant
because 1t is in that State wholly impotont, de-
claro TINT "if l,o standa upon his past record he
has no favors to aak Of tho Republican party,
and tho Republican party has no favors to giyo
him. =. II ho is candidate for re-olection
With our consent, it wil be only after ho has
satisfactorily explained tho pass aud Batisfactori-
" guaranteed the future"
Thus tho State ia on trial. It's Democrats will
bo called upon to ahow whether they havo man
hood and docency enough to respect tho bravo
leader, tho fidelity to convictions of duty, and
the Independence Of party fottera. without which
a Democratic Legislature in Missouri would have
been impossible. Wo sny nothing Of gratitude.
for gratitude III politics has boon we]l defined as
ia lively sense Of favora to come" But II tho
Democrats Of that State have in them touch Of
nanliuess, they will fcol that human nature Is
not capable OF meanar act than tho dafoat By
their votes Of tho statesman whose Bolf-forgct-
ful patriotism gavo them votes: of basor and
moro dishonest act than to tramplo under foot
that Independence OF partsanship which they
profoaBod to honor and to ehlre when tloy wnrt-
cd enfranchisomont; Of an act mora hurtful to
tic Stato than to tell tho world that Missouri
had ro1apsod into such depth Of malignant par-
tBanslip that its abost aud most honorod atatcs-
man could not he elcctod because ho would not
wear tho collar OF party; Of net moro suicidal
thnn to prove that Northern mon. Northorn
ideas, md libcrty-loving Germans aro to bo pro-
Boribol and hunted out OF places Of honor in
Missouri, because tho Btnte has fal!on into tho
sayagely as did tho BORDER nuiEana Of 1854, and
feel for tho defenders of tho Union oven mora
than the rovengoful spite which inspired the
guorrilla raldH and nassacros Of 1851 and 1869.
10 tho Democracy Of Missouri ono partisan
moro or leys lii tho Senate can do no good, II
done to prove his freedom from proaorip4iso
partisanahip, it will DO for tho reason that they
hato tho spirit and Tho ideas which he 30 we'll
olnbodieu and represents. It will provo that they
want no moro Of that immigration which used to
pour Into Missouri by tho hundrol thousand
each ycar, but which two years OF Democratic
rule has utterly arrested; that tloy dislike tho
mastery Of corrupt rings ouly when tho steal
iuge 70 iuto Republican pockets that tlloy alo
ns hostile aa over to tho Northern civilization
which brought 80 mnoll Of prosperity to tue
state that thoy profcr to relapse into a semi.
barbarian such aa may DO found In Aono others
Of tho old s1ayo States and that, in short, they
arc utterly unfit for tho cnfranchiaemont which
Liberalism gavo thon1.
But to Republicans OF Missouri tho test is not
1css dooisiyo. Thoy cannot pretend TINT Senator
sohurz has ever boon unfalthful to any principle
Of genuine nepnbllcanism. They cannot hope
to elect any other nan Who l'as any sympathy
| wl,atoyor with the abolition Of sayory, the
| triumph Of tho Union oauso, tho establishment
Of order, tic Development OF 1csourceH, tle
restoration of public credit, the maintenance Of
public education, which hayo brought to tue
| State such immigration wealth, md prosperity
| II Bol.urz is not elected. somo Democrat OF ths
ultra Bourbon or Confederate type will newt
ably Join Mr. Dogy In the Senate. No nepub