, 1874-03-07
WASHINGTON.
Senator Morton's Reply.


WAsu1aaToa, Fol- 7s, 1874.
Carl Sohurz delivered another OF tut fine series
Of speeches which Inns distinguished his Hena-
torial career, yesterday Afternoon. Tho Scnato-
gallorios contained the largest and nl,st gontocl
audience assembled during tho aosalon, mud all
tho leadinB members OF tie Aottse oa1no oyor to
listen aud learn. The senatoras with TOW exeop
tons, hoard the Whole speech withtilo greatost
attentton,-men like Edmnnua aud Justin Nor
I'LL drawing noar tho speaker to catch ovory
WORD anu, alehouRh tho thono waa technical
ahd incapable OF adornmont' tue ia@'ss, hko tho
mon, Hat out tue whole three hotEs; and 30
fully were the syrnpatilios OF the hu,e with the
sneaker that twice. whom tho seryile Mr.. Csrn-
arm irtoryoro1 or5 wan nattoncd mi m tho W.
49,. - aAs s..,,a,,aa ",,r,.sat. - ~ ~"
et"n.' fe'nu u apl,'""so' appui'u1Y ~ more
intellectual provooatiou, rolled round tho gal-
lorioB. Not since tho day Of Abort adlntln bas
t,,e C.t,lto1 ,ht,,naa .,,n,, ooyv an, ,..ar;.o,a
wv a1.4 osp...'- ,,1S,4., @ ..s..;ss. tenH
onposiof'ty oser 1n 4Ao'l''"'"'l''''on AAc"on'
THE FOUR CONTRACTING foWERs-
Morton, Logan, Cameron, aud Merrinon-now
together and conferred, and nualty lot up the
.ol'l.et eenasol " n.aau lvy' n ulo 10 III
sno ssyio OF maAeo po'ttoeeing a"o p.ota''sS
charAosertat!o Of himself when IN l!-tomper.
bringing up tho Cincinnati Conyentionand other
oxtraneoug things, md repeatedly rderring to
ncnqT1 sc , 81 teroisnof, WI wao u'a nos uae,ssana
t1o un'tea otaleB. HE o"n cou"1y sa'a
Morton aovoral times, meaning Gormmy,-thuB
unaware TINT ho waB STRENGTHENING 8churz's
ban1a bv imnutat,ous netbor rourons nnr
..ss.:...
ntner'co"'
Morton. however, always aims low. meaning to
strike beneath tic bolt. It was tho adopted
citfzop'a part to prevail oyor such tactics by
oro;1;,o t,o,, oltooothor I1,a on,v;mnntat,on
aso1"e s"s nSa"...., .,1 .,,'s,, ~, A.
on Morton was saquontai ano nAeah,"y Ill tno
limo OF Ills argument, whom no praiictod TINT
the raotle, as i'll tho campaign Of 1868, would
repndiato tho attempts of domagog1os to mis-
lead them into oxcesBee and dishonesty IN mat
torn OF tlnance; and lint tho intlatioabubbo Of
1874 would prove to DO III oa1pty as tho groe1,-
back-interost. bubble ak yours befote, when
Morton advised Hchurz, III Indiana, mot to mp
pronch 40 dangerous subject. TlD way Mr..
Morton mot this thrust was to cry, "Ciucuhau
Conventou!"
THE nEroRr couRrEous.
The easiest way, aftor much cenBultation
nmongst each other, thai the Aloto,,-Logan
jnnto havo thought suited to reduce tho stature
Of Schtlrz, Ii to refor intuHriousiy to Lis 1oarn-
ing aud scholarly faculties as in sons way de-
rogatory to his ability: This curious way Of
ovorratlng man III order to pooh.pooh him, has
never beon quito successful III q respectable
state Of society, although tue sx-by-ino political
organs adopt tho programme with Bp0ntanGlky.
aud cry: 'Dook-1nanl I " "pretty talker norolyi"
etc. Ignorant mon, successful By oiicansry, phyai-
cal force. cunning, and REORGANIZATION, arc al
ways unaware tint to docry tho Intelligence they
do not possess points themselves directly ont to
tue compassion and consusc OF worthy people.
This conclusion ia made certain when tho foreign
oxtraction Of tho scholar IL added to Ills domer-
its, aud 1neaniy hinted ut before tho Ainorican
Senate. 10 Mr. Morton. Prof. Agaasiz, Carl
ScAurz, and Albert Gn[lati1, would atI be, in
his own oxtrolnity, aatray Swias follows who
did not "undotatand the country" though
perhaps humorous Americans hold tho idea that
it ia Mr. Morton who understands it ieaat, par-
tcu1arly In it's respect for learning and taleuts,
aud Ill its chiyalry to adopted cltizonH. Absorbed
entirely in tho uover~ondfng Job Of carrying tho
next election in Iudiana, 40 ~ to he iutronchod
at homo If, by any unhappy casualty, bis chance
to storm tho Presidency may coma Rbout, n1or~
ton ia little ACQUAINTED with mon, less with
books, and scarcely at all with refinement. His
namo waa Throckmortou, and he was reared by
a collateral braucl, Of his father's family, md
started in lifo with IN abbreviated name. He
should, therefore, have some appreciation OF
man equally unfortunate, wiono carcor was
turned aBido from lattor.ng opportunities in tho
most Civilized State Of Europe to tho plainor
mart OF Woatcrn citizenship.
Curl Scl,,arz represents in tho Sennte con-
stjtuency clio without representation, tho i'd
yanced oducation,
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