The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-29
Speech from Senator sehurz

MASON, Mo-, Sept. Ex-senator Schurz
to-day addressed mass meeting here on
State and National politics, and in the
course Of his speech made the following
remarks on the correspondence between
Marshal Packard and General Emory,
in louisiana: Il notice that General
Emory, with commendable spirit, repels
the idea that the United
States troops could be used
for political purposes. No doubt he de-
scribes the sentiments of an honest soldier
correctly. when he says such an attempt
would be resented by them with indigna-
ton. For this l honor, and should be
the last man to cast any slur upon the
honorable spirit and good faith of the
true soldier, but submit that General
Emory's protestation does not meet the
case. He says in his letter to Marshal
Packard that he does not see how United
States troops can be used for political
purposes. Just there is the trouble. |
venture to say that Marshal Packard, in
his capacity as party manager, does see
many things which General Emory can
not see, just because the latter is an honest
soldier and not party manager. Cam
paign managers Of the Packard stamp
are apt to see many things which the
honest soldier may find it difficult to ap-
preciatc.
We Remember the Use the United
States Troops were Put to In the
kellogg UsurpatiOn i'm 1872.
For weeks they had to stand guard ever
the State House, while State govern
ment and Legislature were put in
power, which had not the least evidence
Of an election by the people, but were
virtually created by the grossest usurpa-
ton on the part of Judge Durrell. The
honest soldier may not have seen the
outrageous character of that proceeding.
or he may have been indignant at 1t,
but he simply had to obey orders, and
who procured those lamentablc orders?
The party managers in Louisiana, and
among them Marshal Packard. They
know how to obtain orders for the
honest soldier then, and they may try
on some plausible prctcxt to obtain
orders for a kindred purpose which the
honest soldier will have to obey, imdigna-
tion or no Indignation, or they may use
the latitude of their power to make ar
rangcments themselves. The soldiers
will have to play part without being
able to see through them. | hope they
will bc as successful as they were in 1872.
but however that may be, say again,
inasmuch as it is of the highest import
ancc that the people Of Louisiana should
not only have fair election, but also
be made to feel and believe that they have
no one man who was an accOmpicc i'll
the usurpation Of 1872, and who is at
this time the manager of Il political party
in the pending election, and especially of
that party for whose benefit the usnrpa-
ton in 1872 was accomplished,
should have the least influences over the
employment of United States troops in
that election, because such man cannot
inspire confidence But ! go further.
We learn through the papers that the
opponents of the Kellogg government,
who. but recently after successful rev.
olutlon with 10000 armed men at their
command, dutifully bowed down before II
corporars guard under the national flag,
and promptly submitted t" the rcin>tatc-
mcnt of Kellogg, have been making