The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-17
SCHURZ'S RESIGNATION.
THE SECRETARY OF THE sNTERIOK
DENIES THAT HE RESIGNED.
Tho Leyce Bill I'm Congress and
the Custom-Hou Com
spiratOrs' Table.


the Custom-House--The C0n-
spirators' Table.
Especial Correspondence OF the Democrat.1
WASHINGTON, January t2, 1878.
Mr.. schurz denies that he resigned, as was
stated by tle Washington Post.
sCHURz
has been known to deny things before. De-
malls seem to spring from him spontaneously.
Sometimes his facility OF denial proves unfor-
ttmate, as In his celebrated issue OF veracity
with Bill Kemble. Of Philadelphia On that
occasion everybody thought Schurz had the
advantage, for Williams reputation was that
OF man with fixed antipathy to facts.
and questions Of veracty with him were re-
garded q priori as among the least formida~
bic Of issues. But it happened In this instances
that William had the documents TO prove his
assertion touching Mr.. Sehurz, and the public
establishment Was about equally divided be-
tween the discovery that William had told
tho truth and the forgetfulness which Schurz
displayed In denying statement to prove
which documents bearing his own signature
we're extant.
In the present case, however, 1t looks as
though Schurz had the advantage. To begin
with, 1t is doubtful if the Post can produce
any documents TO show that Scburz actually
did resign; In the next place. the statement
that Schurz resigned an Office will at once
strike those who know him as logical inn
probability. He may indeed have threatened
to resign; but II he did, the threat was predi-
Gated upon the hypothesis that the President
would look upon his retention of Office as n
sine qua non to the success Of his administers
| tion, II not to the perpetuity OF our national
existence; not with the remotest idea that IT,
would be accepted.
MIR. sGHURZ MAY EVENTUALLY RESIGN:
but when he does you may be sure that his
situation will be similar to that Of the un--
happy person who celebrated his exit FROM
the house Of his friend in the melancholy
couplet:
| " Perhaps 1t was right to dissemble your love.
| But why did you kick me down stairs2"
| Or perhaps better illustration would be-
that Of the youth who was asked why he had
discontinued his attentions TO d girl Of the
yicinage: Because" said he, II dom fancy the
methods Of hospitality that prevail In the
family. The girl s all right, but can't en-
dure the Old man. He forbade me to come to tho
house, but didn't mind that much. He took
me by the collar and lifted me clear down the
front steps with one hoist, but could have
| forgiven that. But when / got out into the
| street, saw him shoveling up my tracks with
| a scoop shovel and throwing them over the
fence after me; that was the last straw. / at
once determined to strike that family off my
| visiting list"
| When Schurz resigns, you may be sure that
| there was something behind his resignation
| which he could not forgive. And after he has
resigned be will retire within himself by
sort Of intellectual telescoping process, and
| find his consolation in the thought that while
| the people have lost services OF fnealculable
| value he has only lost q meagre salary.
| But seriously, one gets tired Of this view 0f
| Schurz. In his eccentric Dutch way he is
vastly better than the worst Of men and, con-
| sideriDg his opportunities, has done very lit-s
| tie harm in the world. Ii he did not devote
such a large share Of his intellectual faculties
TO the gigantic task Of properly approaching
himsef 1s he you'd be ~, great man oda Il many
those are private relations, and are lost to the
world at barge. In his public capacity he is
more ridiculous th3n obnoxious, and the base
ness OF his dupliciGy has been relieved by the
consistency OF his bad faith. Even
| loses it's offensiveness when we consider the
| fact that he mistakes himself for the United
States, confounds his own success with the
pqbio g9GGd and in that that makes }hsa
rcdemptions, Is the fact that he enjoys the adj
vantage Of constant contact with
! JOHN SHERMAN.
| If2John Sherman had been one Of the Apostles
the memory Of Judas Iscariot would now be
cherished by mankind
| Speaking Of John. / understand that the re-
cent charge that he had guaranteed b the Re-
turning Board the control Of the Custom
House in consideration OF their giving the
electoral vote Of Louisiana to Hayes, impelled
| him to get Casanaye and Kenner to deny that
| auv Such arrauQpment ever existed. ThiA
dodge is eminently characteristic Of John.
The charge was that John guaranteed the
control of the Custom-House to Wells and
Anderson. Nothing was ever said about the
| two negroes, one way or the other. They are
not contemplated when the Returning Board
is spoken Of. Nobody thinks Of them ex-
| cept as ciphers placed to the right Of the two
numerals, Wells and Anderson, to make up
the decimal OF fraud.
John knew very well that Wells and Ander-
son never would give away their grip upon
him by admitting that they had no under
standing with him. And you can bet dollars
to cents that if ever either one or both Of them
is left out in the cold they will make it sultry
E gghn With EthGgt @ dels ghaeE IhY IN + S ons s # & th
view, declared that he "held In reserve"
John probably imagined that the denial Of the
two negroes would be mistaken ny the public
for an utterance Of the Returning Board, after
the fashion Of the ostrich which runs it's bilE
into the sand and thinks itself hid. Wait
awhile Johns time will come by and by.
sent you an advance copy Of the jetty re-
port the other day, which reminds me OF
| THE LEvEE BILL.
Robertson's committee is beset by variety
he reports the Casey Young bill the magni-
tude OF the appropriation involved viii de-
fea. it. On the other hand the more Liberal
men ridicule the notion OF reporting such d
cherry bite as S4,5O0O0O for mere repairs.
Robertson wants above all things to succeed.
He thinks it better to get $500 O00 than to