Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-03-31
tFrOm the Cincinnati Commercial. September 49,
Carl Schurz's Speech,

The response of CARL SCHURz at Turner
Hall, last night, to the invitation of the mer-
chants and business men of Cincinnati, to
speak on the currency question, in behalf of
Honest Money, was the event of the cam
paign. The consummate ability of the
speaker was never more conspicuous than in
his lucid, persuasive and commanding discus
sion of the business of the people at large
and the duty of the Government to mind its
own affairs. The speech was in every way
admirable, and in nothing more remarkable
than in the thoroughness and plain speaking
with which the evils and perils of the infa-
tion of the currency were brought home to
the poor men and the laboring men, The
irrational folly or criminal recklessness of the
imitation leaders, their defiance of truth, their
desperate pursuit of evil, were portrayed
with wonderful power.
The audience, though uncomfortably
crammed and cramped into every corner of
the hall, was exceedingly attentive save when
disturbed by the roar of the multitude out
side surging in vain for admission. If we
could have had the Exposition Hall for the
meeting there would have been gathering
like that of the greatest of the May Festival
nights. 1t was known before this that the
most masterly discussions of the financial
questions in the Senate were by CARL SCHURZ,
and those who knew his strength and saw
his opportunity, formed very high expecta-
tiOns of this speech; and yet it surpassed all
expectation. The effect of such speech
in clearing the air and the earth of the fog
and dust raised by the boisterous idiots who
are going about stumping and screeching for
imitation must be very great. A considerable
part of the speech was devoted to the labor
ers, and told them minutely what the certain
results of imitation to them would be; and the
Democrats, especially the hard-money Demo-
Gratis, were expostulated with, and directly
addressed again and again with immense eff
feet. An old and well known Democrat after
the speech was over, openly declared that the
speaker had changed his vote, and gave it as
his opinion that the speech would change
fifteen hundred votes in Cincinnati.
The imitation orators and newspapers must
turn their attention to the abuse of SCHURz
personally, for his speech is not only un-
answerable, it is overwhelming. 1t is a
speech worth crossing the ocean to make. 1t
marks an era in the life of the orator, and is
a remarkable illustration of the excellence
and the grandeur of unofficial usefulness.
The progress of CARL ScHURz through Ohio
will be an ovation. He abates No
jot of his / fierce independence, he
apologies for no word of his unsparing criti-
oism of both the parties of the day, he ac-
cepts no dollar of anybody's money even for
travelling expenses, but he speaks from
sense of duty for cause that he knows is
that of truth, and he has not counted the
personal loss or gain in any way. He speaks
from the deep conviction that the first thing
to do in this country is to beat ALLEN and
CARY, and thus stem the torrent of the bar
barous irruption of the infationists That
done, matters less important may be taken
into consideration.