Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-29
Senator sehurz's Reply ta Packard,-
ErOIestaliGn OF InnRcence-

SrAotor SehurEs Reply to PackaKd'I
ErOtestat1Gn OF Innocence.
MASON, No, September eS.-SenstoI
Schurz to-day addressed a msss-Inesttng here
on STATE and national politics, and Ia the
course Of his speech made the following re
la-55s on the correspondence between Mar
snal Fac ksrd and General Emory ia Louisi
ana: " notice that General Emory, witl
commemorate spirit, repels the idea tha
~ ,-St 'tes -ssttes tSCops could De used for poliu
esL pI.ruoses No doubt he describes the sen
liuents Of the honest soldiers correctly vher
ne says such an attempt would be resented by
lhem with Indignation. FOR this I honol
him I should be the last nsu 10 cast am
slur upon the honorable spirit and good fsftK
9l tl- True solCier, bat submit that General
Emory $ prptestaLiOn does not meet The
ease BE SAYS IN his letter to Mar.
s4 -ackaru that he does not zee
new United States troops can DO used
epI b'Llea4 purposes. Just there IS the
tlNNels. 4 venture 20 nay that Marshal Pack
alur IN BIS capacity as party manager, doe
see ID any things which lfeusral Enl0rv can.
not see Just because the latter is an honest
hol4ier ana NOS party manager. Campaign
managers OF the Packard stamp are apt 10 see
liD5 q -5F,;,.l- -, -. nc Le-eeI soLuleF may
tua pr 9lllcu!t 70 appreciate We rememb T
ele use United States troops were pat 20 in
tAe- hel!ogg usurpation in lS72. For week,
lltg ha1 70 stand guard over The stateh9use,
htie a State government and legislature
we're put In power which mad not the least
evidence OF an election by the people, but
were virtually created by an act OF
me grossest usurpation on the part
CT Judge Durell. The honest sol
NleL may loL Rave seen the outrageous
SLtIacter oI that proceeding; or II he may
nave oesn indignant at Il; bat he simply had
70 0ety orders. And who procured those
-sl1entable orderss The party managers in
louisiana and smOng them Marshal Pack
ard. They know how TO obtain orders for the
honest soldier then, and they may try. on
come plausible pfeteEt, % obtain orders for a
klnofeQ purpose now, which the honest sol
olsr VIII have 70 obey, Indignation or no in
EisuaLon,Or they may 80 use the arrangements
themselves that the soldier viii have 70 play
nlaH ~ nrrsHr n
them hope they viii be 81 successful as
Lne@ We're IN lolA Bot however that NAV be,
say agaln, iuasmuch a. 10 is Of the highest
wpoi lance inst the people OF louisiana
Iul OIly should have a fair election
but also be made % feel and
ucueNe That they have one. No man who
was an accomnice in the usurpatIon OF ISL
aud " h0 aL TINS time is the manager of a tso-
uucal party IN tpe pending election, and es-
usurpatlon in 1872 was accomplished should
nave The least influences over the enplov-
luehL oi united States troops in that election,
Deeaua5 -uou man cannot Inspire conf
leuce. But 90 farther: We learn through
lAe papela that the opponents OF the Kel ogg
EoNeIAit-ett' VINO ont recently after success
-ll revolution with ten thousand armed men
~ LAels command dutifully bowed down be-
lple a corporate guard under the ma
S1lA nag and promptly submitted 10
t-c reinstatement Of Kellogg, have
pten making an honorable and Ioyal effort 70
secure tajr election. In their conferences
WIN tle chiefs OF toe kellogg party they pro-
posed mat the returning board should be
composed o. two members from each party,
ana that the nfth should be designated by the
t"o parles together, as a sort OF an umpire;
alA Understand the opponents OF Kellogg
tsleed that this umpire might be AIKEN from
tle hepubllesn ranks, provided he have the
character OF a fair and lust man. This was no
caIlOus demand, for IL is well known that in
louisiana elections are apt TO be decided, NOS
~ ins people who cast tue votes, but by the
party managers and their tools, VINO
count and return the votes. The
granting Of such request was
therefore not only proper, but absolutely ne
tr7aalg- 20 produce confidence and good feel
ing. EVeu many prominent men Of the Kel-
l2sg party recognized the evident fitness OF
Lle proposed arrangement: but, as the news
p-ner, inform as, there was one man OppOs-
Lis 10 % the last, even against his party
Attchl-s one man who strenuOusly insisted
@ 49, 5Ae party managers and their tools
sLVu-l Keep the power OF counting and re-
lnfnlng TIE votes, and thus deciding the cleo
lon- Alai man was Marshal Packard. Mr..
Fackafd Is an officer OF the national govern
fnen.i and a. such and through his assistants
ne exercises ln Louisiana IA great power in the
name I the national government. He repre-
renls ine authority, and is supposed, IN great
measure, 10 represent the sentiment~ OF the
national government, and when such a Fed
eIal officer, al the same time, plays the part
OF party manager in state, and siands up ~
the principal, and perhaps the only, OBSTACLE
10 an arrangement 10 necessary for sec uring a
tSir election, 10 eminently proper and just
that every faiT-ninded man who would un-
h6sltaLngly accept II, 70 evidently conclusive
10 D. TO peace, order, good feeling and good
Govern ALlhA every lElEn0 OF lAlE dealing
auu OF democratic instltutlons-nay, every
patriotic Americau-Wil cordially applaud Il.
Then such man does not only not Inspire,
but he does not deserve, confidence, and II is
Tor the national government 70 consider
whether such q mar, sside nom the control Of
troops in contested election, can
be- entrusted with the representative Of the
authoutyof the national governmsnt Ia any
manner or sense at AL. Il is Of The highest
Importance that now, more than ever the
whole people Of Louisiana be Inspired with
new CBufleuce ia the fairness. Justice and
good VIII OF the national government, but
tie past performances and present attitude Of
Marshal Packard, clothed as he is with Fed
era authority, and vie ding so much OF the
Federal power, is surely calculated to create
Intense distrust instead O confidence, resent
ment instead OF affection. The condition Of
United states officer Is persistently IN the
way OF a fair, just and satisfactory solution Of
the most essential part OF the pending din
Guilty hls very existence as United States
officer puts the national government
m Light In which, ss re-
specially suggest for its own honor
afford 10 appear. 1 affirIn that what 1 say
does not sprlng from spirit Of factious fault
unoing, nor DO J speak as an advocate Of one
party OF the other. 1 have declared myself
explicitly AGAINST ne admission OF the right
or sell-1elp by fozce, because Il would produce
a c0Ddttion Of anarchy fatal 70 republican in
the last man 70 encourage the spirit Of self
help Dy force In a republic by ANYTHING / say,
but protest on the other hand against any
thing calculated 70 provoke the dangerous
spirit By an unjust use OF power ] speak FOR
the cause OF Jusiice, peace, fair dealing, fra
ternsl accord and good government ali over
the land aud IN the name Of justice, peace,
fair dealing, fraternal accord and good gov
ernment, repeat what / said in 81. Louis.
am sure the whole country would cordially
applaud an order from the President relieving
Marsnal Packard Of mis- official duties.
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