Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-07
SCHURZ AS SENATOR.
HIS MEMORABLE PROTEST AGAINST
POLITICS IN THE CABINET.
Republican Rule in the South Denounced
How Eight Years Have Changed
Liberal Statesman Into
a Stalwart Par
tisan.

the Cabinet, Mr.. Carl Schurz. the Secre-
tary of the Interior, is meandering
around the country making political
speeches and doing his best to secure
the continuance Of the Republican party
i'm power and oil his own supply OF Gov
ernment pap. But at the same time,
Nj. Carl Schurz is acting in opposition
. 10 his best convictions. He knows that
he is doing wrong. With tears and
groans that are with difficulty suppress
Ell. ne performs this hateful task. For
the meagre pittance OF $500 a night and
xpens paid, he travels about deliver
ing Republican campaign speeches, and
then, "!iSe the slave, scOurged at night
10 his dungeon" he bewails in secret his
degradation. He presents the melan-
choly spectacle OF q statesman OF lofty
aspirations and noble warming for puri-
" in the civil service, struggling under
the euervatirg i~LilIence ot oifice-ho!d-
in.. Mr.. Schurz has indeed fallen in
perilous times. But Mr.. Schurz, a Sena-
tor from Missouri, with no chance OF
re election and no political future, pre-
sents a refreshing contrast. Then the
true nobility OF the man found free ex-
preston. In the course OF his great
speech, delivered in st. Louis, July %,
lS72, Mr.. SchurZ nObly said: AT this
very moment the whole civil service OF
the country, from the Cabinet minister
down to the meanest postmaster, Is
converted into a vast political agency to
secure the Presidents reelection. The
Acknowledgement spent many weeks, If
Rot months, thousands OF miles away
from his office, TO fix his State OF Ore
gon. The Secretary of the Interior has
almost became a stranger to the walls OF
his department. The Secretary of the
Treasury has taken the stump in North
Carolina to sing the praises OF his mas
ter. The Secretary OF the Navy, II l am
rightly informed, will soon give the
cause eli his chief, in = like manner, the
moral support OF hisguns andthe money
OF the Government, as we are assured on
good authority, is poured like water
into the contested States 10 effect what
the eloquent urgency Of Cabinet minis
tiers cannot accomplish. | need not tell
YOU what the subordinate officers OF the
Government are now so ~arduously en-
ga.yd in. Woe To the unfortunate
place holder who dares TO call his soul
his own. lie will soon lea II that men
can be reformed out of office 80 quickly
as into il. Civil service reform
This extract is sufficient 10 show how
the Honorable Secretary OF the Interior
regards The participation Of Cabinet
officers in the campaign, and the coer-
Zion OF Ctiice.EGldeIs by the party IN
power. 10 u but just TO Mr.. SchuTz that
his real sentiments on these important
subjects should he known, Tor other
wise his present anomalous position
misht mislead the public. Having per.
formed this pleasing duty, it will be OF
public interest To give Mr.. Schurz's
views on the Southern policy OF the Re-
publican party as expressed in the same
speech. lie said: The cOlOred voters,
untutOred and inexperienced, iell under
the leadership OF INSCRIPTIONS adveu-
turerS. | 10 not say that this could
have been entirely prevented. |. was
one Oi the usual consequences OF great
socill revolutions. but its effects might
well have been Unite in time and *
tent 10y q wise policy. As 1t was, a
system Of robbery and rulnous mlsgov-
erument cusucl, which has hardly a
parallel in history. Mosto OF those states
were, with incredible rapidity, burden
ell Ui,he enormous debts without any
equivalent. Scores OF millions disap-
prarrd. a. Il by magic, IN the capacious
darkness OF private pockets. lmpov-
rriShei as those states were 10y war,
they were now stripped naked. The
public expenses ECCame ahsurdly eX
travagaut; the taxes Unbearabie. IN
Ter such loads industry was discouraged
unt tagged. Enterprise sank down
with hopeless despair. Production di-
minished, and incredible as 1t may
,rem, while the rest Ot the country was
m, .rrssing proSpcrou,ly the value OF
real property in many OF those States
appeared in the census OF 1870, after
live wears OF peace, lar below the figures
exhibited by the CensuS OF 1860. Such
have been the effects of so called carpet
ba, Government in the South Who
Was responsible fpr this? These Gov
ernments were, aud are at this moment,
carried on i'm the name OF the Repubii-
can party. Ii wLs through them that
the Southern people felt the touch OF
Degrading power lie then goes ON TO
condemn the maintenance .; political
4 Sahi':ties by the Republican party.
(which excluird Il large number OF the
intelligent and pr"prrty-hollinS men
from eligibility To- office and thus from
active participation ia the admlnissra-
ton OF public affairs"