The Russellville Democrat., 1876-09-14
"HAYES AND GRANT, ONE
 AND INSEPARABLE."
A Review of Grants Admin
 istratiOn.
What an Intelligent German, Who has been an 1Gfluen- tial associate o1 Carl Schurz has SeeD, and
 what he thinks of
 Hayes.
Hayes as President means a
 Third Term of Grantism.


 The Hon. Joseph Politzer, who
 was an intimate and influential
 associate of Carl Scharz prior to
 his (Schurz') ) desertion of the
 true reform measures which he
 formerly advocated, has lately
 made a powerful Tilden speech
 in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was
 a searching and scathing review
 of Grants administration, and a
 fair warning against the danger
 of depending upon Hayes elec- tion for any improvement in the
 management of public affairs.
 The following are Q few pointed
 extracts from his remarks:
 CITIZENS OF INDIANA: But a
 very short time ago curiosity led
 me to a political gathering in one
 of the l..rgest German cities. It
 was most orderly meeting. The
 tone in which some public ques-
 tions were discussed seemed to
 be most moderate. One of the speakers mildly criticised the
 policy of the Cabinet. Suddenly
 hitherto silent and quiet man
 arose upon the platform and
 walked up to the Chairman.
 There was some conversation be-
 tween them, followed immediate ly by great excitement among the
 audience. The chairman inter- Iupted the speaker and announc- ed the officer of the police. The quiet man quietly stepped to the
 front and declared the meeting dissolved. He did this under the pretence that the last speaker, in criticising the Cabinet, had violated the law. The Chairman muttered some words of protest, there were indignant expressions n the audience, but the inter- rupted speaker spoke no more, and in very few moments the the meeting was actually dissolv- ed.
 Such is liberty in Europe.
 l, too, though but a stranger there, felt the outrage; but great CT than my indignation at that moment was my pride in knowing that l, too, was an American, a freeman in whose country no perceable meeting could be dis persed at the bidding of the po- lice; where the government be- longs to the people, not the peo- pie to the Government; where equality before the law is granted to all, high or low; where next to this equality the right of self.gov- ernmenJ forms the basis of con stitution and institutions; where peace prevails without the em- ployment of million bayonets; where no nobility exists save that of brains, no royalty save that of virtue, no sovereignty save that of freedom, no "divine" right save that of the pursuit of happiness.
 Such is liberty IF my country! l exclaimed. But soon redec- tions of q painful kind forced | themselves upon my mind. The l history of the last ten years passed | before it in review. saw Pres ident of the United States i'm peached by reckless partisaDship | in violation of law and Constitu- tion; l saw an utterly helpless section of the republic, just crush ed by war, given up to public plunder like so much conquered booty; I Saw how by q single act of legislation nearly a million of were turned into political slaves and three millions of slaves were turned into masters; l saw a lucky general, who had never read the Constitution which he was sworn to execute and who boasted of never having read a book through in hls life, elected to the Presidency; l saw laws and constitution trampled upon and crime aud corruption l saw q servile Senate at the feet of a military upstart and Jhe party who gave up principles for power; l saw two eX-Speakers of the House, the chairman of the most important committees, our Ambassador to England and two Vice Presidents tainted with cor 'uption; saw official proof ofthe Presidents intimacy with notori- )ns thieves, and how the kaowl- edge and power of the White House was used by them; I saw . l self-confessed thief in the Cabi- net; l saw the Presidents Private Secretary and most intimate po- itical advisor indicted by 2 sworn grand jury for robbing the gov l saw how, despite the of the whole power ; If the President and the Attor- { ley General, the administration lnd the party, he only escaped egal conviction by the veIiest echnicalities and at the cost of : ln absolute admission of moral quilt; l saw too, how for the first