Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-06-13
NOSTANIANS DEFENDED,
IaiA 1bamittGn Gives n Lively Ac-
count Of tssc Late Timber (On1rO.
versy. and IsauIs Secretary
ShUrz and his Christian
bcrrhtiGr Over the
Gail Hamilton in y. Y. Tribune.

esy falsely Is correctly drawn by Simo
Peter. Il servant and an apostle of OF
Lord: Them that.........despisc govern
ment. Prcsumptuous are they. self-willct
they are not afraid TO speak evil ct dign
ties. Whereas angels, which are create
IN power and might ibut Simon Peter ha
never been in BoSton] bring not railing a,
cusations against them before the Loro
Bat these. as natural brute beasts. made t
be taken and destroyed. speak evil of tn
things that they understand not"
propose TO take and destroy. not b.
any power Of my own. but by bringing il
tie light of simple truth. And to do m,
false prophet exact and equal justice,
quote the whole of the railing accusation
which he brought against dignities, befor
the Lord:
Tile attacks Of Senators on the Sccrc
tary of the Interior. MIR. ShurZ. indicat,
very strikincly the false and unpatrioti,
attitude of leading Republican Senators
Mr.. ShurZ has devoted himself with untir
inc industry and great ability to the dutie.
OF his office. Among them. he found thu
of freeing the forests of the United State:
from pllndercrs who We're layi;.g then
waste. For doing this. he has been bitter
| ly abused by Republican Senators. and thai
on the most trivial grounds. We claim tol
him the credit of saving The United States
property from plumber, and we are told
that he is a Prlssian by birth. We ask
whether he has not done his duty faithful
| ". and we are informed that Germany is
! not as large as these Western Territories.
1t is made a crime in the Secretary to re-
Sist robbers. because he is of foreign cx-
Traction. He is TO have no credit for his
loyal services because tie geography of
his native land differs from that of the
country which he benefits and honors
by his noble character and eminent tai
ents.''
And the reverend gentleman. having
thus .j&yntily branded as thieves some thou
sands of his fellow countrymen. and as
their aiders and ;lbettors nearly all the
Legislative Department Of the Govern
mcnt. skips lightly over to the Executive
and pronolnces absolution. and promises
immortality like a true Nicercrent Of
Heaven. More plant than the stalwart
prophet or Old. be would have been man
after Balak's own heart. for lie will come
curse me Jacob. come defy me Israel, come
bless me Balik. at the shortest notice. and
on the most reasonable terms.
do not suppose there exists generally
an irnorarc" SO Grass and malignant as
that displayed in this paragraph by the
Rev. james Freeman Clarkc--;n ignorance
which pa,takcs OF the nature ofclinlnality
and approaches the confines of sac ilcge.
must therefore crave the torbearancc OF
most of the readers of the Tribune for Oc-
cupying so much of their space with mat
tiers Oh which they are already informed
praying thcin to remember that he which
convcrte;h a clergyman from the error of
his way shall not only save Il soul from
death. bit shall hide multitude ct the sins
that would be committed under his sane
ton.
What Mr.. Clarke refers to is the crude
and discredited experiments Of Secretary
ShurZ, in regard to tie suppression of tim
Der depredations. | will not follow Mr..
Clarkc's example and make sweeping gen.
cral statements against ministers. dircc.-
". definitely. by name. charge that James
Freeman Clarke wantonly. wilfully. and
with malice aforethouglt. misstated all the
facts in the case. falsely accused of crime
the inhabitants Of a whole Territory. con-
demned Senators where they were demon
strably right, and eulogized Mr.. ShmZ
where he was palpably and pitiably wrong.
Mr. Clarke's misstatements j shall prove
from the public records. His malice in
fer becaitse these records were open to him
as to me. and information was as easy as
if he had not chosen false
hood rather than truth.
For many years past. Congress has an
nually made an appropriation of money to
enable the Secretary of the Interior to pre-
vent depredations on the public lands.
When Mr. ShurZ came into Office he found
the money ready to his hand for legitimate
and proper use. lie found also that hi,
careful and intelligent predecessor. MIR.
Chandler. of Michigan. had in full opera
tion complete system Of investigation
that would lead to- the exposure and pun
of depredators, and was certain to
secure large sums to the Treasury of the
United States in the way OF fines and pen
alties. But Mr.. Chandler was Il politician
and Mr.. ShurZ was Reformer, and the
In nj .,5y A iDt
you must stand in the synagogues ana on
The corners of the streets and be seei, of
men to Reform. or you might as well be a
politician. Accordingly, the at
tention of the people was vociferously
called TO the great Reform which Mr..
Shurz was about TO inaugurate. lie took
good clerks from the Interior Department
-~the evidence indicates that he unhappily
took also bad men from outside the De-
of notoriously bad reputa-
tion--and sent them off as agents to distant
Territories to see who was committing
there. In the Businesses OF
Montana he created wild dismay and fright
by seizing the firewood OF the inhabitants.
cut on the harsh mountainsides and hauled
twelve miles to their homes. He directed
that all the firewood cut for the town OF
Helena on the public lands should be
seized, no previous notice having been
yiven that the custom OF the country, or
the former usage of the Department was to
be changed. All the fuel piled up for the
use of citizens, and even for soldiers in
garrison, cut under contract with the War
Department, was seized. He took posses
sion of it as though it were stolen goods,
purloined in the night time and just found
on the person of the apprehended thief.
This is the testimony of MIR. Maginnis, the
delegate from Montana, read before the
senate. The Montana newspapers declared