New-York tribune., 1876-07-27
CARL SCHURZ'S POSITION.

TIE CHARACTER OF TIE TWO CNNpIDAiEo
THOROUGHLY MISUNDERSTANDING ON-
sOUSDNEss on FINANCE-HAYKs BOLD AND
rxspcp,tc IN REFORM-THE FIFTH AVENUE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or lNDEfANDi-Ni 'o'
MFNTS. 80. oe
I'm Tbe York Stats Eeitng Of Wednesday, July 20
FoRr WASHINGTON, Montgomery Co, Tenn"
nr Oswup OTTENDoRFER, Editor Of dhe N. \. S!Gats
ZeiiWRg: -,
DEAR SIR: Although read the StaGtsId'Hag WIN
tolerable regularity, yet several numbers tho con-
tents of which have only now been communicates
tn me. ESCAPED my notice during recent Journey
In them find the accusation directed AGAINST NO
that have turned back upon the path Which 1
have been travelling for years; that my pre'cn,
conrse is absolutely iITeconcilabe with al th"t l
have advocated and commended until "''n'" '"'
last few wecks;7 = that I am "trcadIng uhuei Ioo'
NV own convictions etc, etc.
Wherefore these chargesY Because | prefer MI
HAYES to the Democratic ticket. You viii admit: on
calm reflection that the accusations hurled against
me are very serious. and your sense OF justice VIII
not deny TO me an examination OF them III the same
iournal which made them. ] request Oh yon' IIl''o
fore. the publication cf this letter III the "ddS
Zit,,,o moi merely by means of extracted passages,
but entire "
What convictions then, are those which you so
cor.lesslv accuse me of having "troddcn under
foo.vy of course YOU can only refer to those when
topcb tle most important questions OF our pohtcal
life. Can YOU yourself, really believe that l must
have become false 10 my own CONVICTIONS !" IoS'u"
10 the financial question, because prefer the heP"
lcan 70 the Democratic candidates. let Us see "Ho
has changed his views!
Yon know fully as well as do, and have often
enough admitted the fact i'll your paper, mat
with reference to the financial question, the hpup
Ican party is aSSuIcdy not all that IL shohiu o''
lint that il is much "sounder" on the whole than
tbc Democratic party. The history of the last few
wears the votes in Congress, The elections N single
States the party organs furnish indlspntable eNl-
dence that heavy majority of tie "scft-money
element and about all the lust Of reputation ihat
exists are to be found or the Democratic si'e
Now. if such party-which still almost daily, as
write shows itself through its majority IN the HoaSe
of REPRESENTATIVES hostile to hard money-would
nevertheless have us believe that the haId-mohey
interest would be safe in its hands II must
of necessity give us, both by explanations
and bv acts stronger guarantees than should re-
ouire of party with better antecedents. In order
10 deserve confidence the Democratic Convention
should at least nave adopted ahard-money plat FORM
free FROM all stpulations and compromises, and then
have nominated for the Prcsdency-and no less 1Cr
The Vice Neutrality-suspicious. whose principles IN
regard TO the harl-money question stood beyond the
reach of doubt. Less than this could not have been
demanded And what has the Democratic party
done in its Conventioisl After arTaigniug the Re
pubicans for great sins Of omission, chiefly 10 raise
q dust for the cODcealment Of its own Tar worse
recorl il proposes as the ony.speciic measure the
repeal Of the Resumption bill of January, 1879!
You and have been OF the same opinion, that the
Resumption bill of 1873 was insufficient III Its
details but OF value as the distinct promise OF the
acceytance of specie payments on the side oi the
Government. You and during the session OF LAS
Congress have condemned every attempt to repeal
the Resumption bill as maneuycr Of the NINA
tionists With perfect truth yOu have declared IN
the Siqas Zeitng that 'such repeal without NJ the
same time accepting some practical measure IoF
soecie payments would be moral victory OF the
;naatonjsts.n You and know that for two years
past The bate-cry Of the pf'ations's has been Ire
repeal Of the Resumption act, and if now the
Democratic platform in acting upon The finance
ouestion presents as It's only specific demand lhaI
the Resumption bill shall be repealed, every honest
hard money man who seriously considers the qnes-
t;op will ask what does this mean! The reason
can certainly not be that which the platform Itself
puts forth that the promise TO resn" Is IN tScIi 'he
hiuderancc to resumption for among rational people
ii is an uuheard Of thing that man was unable 10
nav bis debt simply because he had promised to do
so No tlat demand was incorporated mo the
platform for the simple purpose OF paciyIns the N
fationists aud binding thcm to the parry Dy co"cc
sion. This is no mere conjecture. The Char
man Of the Platform Committee openly de-
elarel in the Convention that this platform was
a compromise against which the hard money
Marty of the Eastern States had already strongly
protested. And they have justly protested, beca"~
rs Won Yourself admit, tiis " moral victory oi
the inflafionists" The extreme iniiaonists III the
Convention were not satisfied with this compIo-
mise naturally So for compromise never SatlSheS
because it only gives q part of what IS desired ana
what was the argument whereby the Chairman OF
the Committee cudeav0red to move then to accept
n conpromiseG That in this question the Con
yeution could not Tetrograde further with
ont running every chance of success Tor
the Democratic party in the State Of New
York This had Its effect, and The com
promise was accepted by large ma
iority Thus, for the sake of victory, Inc H.
fationists refraIned from further demands. But
what follow, party victory Must not every hard
money man, who is faithful to his convictions first
of all ask this question
Tx NOMINATION or HENDRICKS.
Still this was not the only concession which was
made TO tie inGatonists The Convention with sin
cular unaniinity nominated Mr.. Hendricks as cand-
date for the Vice-Presidency. Who is Mr.. Hend-
rieksf You name him in your journal "a politician
without character, who has views of his own con-
corning the question of finance" But you know Just
as well as ] that BE- was one of the favorte cand-
dates of the nfatiousts and that charactcrizeS Ls
position in regard 10 the question Of tinaUcc And
tbls man is candidate for Nice-Prsdent with
Mr. Tidenl Ii is true that men have been nOrl-
mated on the sane ticket heretofore who were un-
equal in ability and strength Of character but for
the first time IN the history Of the country me