Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-11
Schruz's Crushing Reply to Hear.

From the Albany Argus, Sept, l.
We print to-day Mr.. Carl Schurz's re-
ply to Mr.. George F. Hoar's late letter
in defense of Blaine's position in the
Mulligan letters. The reply of Mr..
Schurz so plainly gives the propositions
advanced by Mr.. Hoar, that the sub
stance of the latter's letter is really pre-
sented along with what Mr.. Schurz has
to say about it. This is an uncommon
candor in controversialist 1t is very
helpful to readers. 1t makes the reply of
Mr.. Schurz the stronger by letting read
ers see what is the other side of the
case. No condensation can do justice
to Mr.. Schurz's letter, which is not long
in itself, and which is less than half the
length of Mr.. Hoar's. Mr.. Schurz's
communication is of remarkable abil-
ity. To extraordinary skill and strength
of statement it adds the merit of being
sustained by the facts, and of depend
ing on those reasons which men natur-
ally apply to the Interpretation of con-
duct. The points made by Mr.. SchurZ
are unanswerable. His demonstration
of Mr.. Blaine's course in the Speakers
chair is such as forbids the idea that the
safety of the nation would permit the
great powers of the Presidency to be
placed in his hands. Besides, no such
public career should ever be voted eligi-
BILE to that high office. Neither Mr..
Blaine or his advocates can escape from
the crushing force of Mr.. Schurz's clos
ing summary, which is as follows:
"As to Mr.. Blaine's case, the gener-
ality of American citizens are now, for
the first time, called upon to declare
whether his public record is regarded
by them as compatible with the stand
ard according to which the American
people are willing to bestow the highest
honor and trust in this republic. Ifthe
American people declare that it is, then
our public men, great and small, will
have learned that they may work in
their "variOus channels of usefulness
to make themselves rich; with the same
spirit of enterprise and the same brilli-
ant audacity in the handling of facts
which they will have been taught to
admire in the model set up for them,
without fear of endangering their pre-
ferment to the highest places. What
the consequent effects of this upon the
future of the republic are likely to be
have endeavored to set forth in nv
Brooklyn speech. Of the effect which
Blaine's mere nomination has already
produced, your way of defending him
furnishes, I regret to say, an instruc-
tive example.
Z. You are greatly mistaken when
you "take it for granted that what Mr..
Schurz has not said in this speech
against the personal honesty of Mr..
Blaine is not worth saying" There are
many more facts in Mr.. Blaine's record
which just begin to form the subject of
popular discussion, and which may in a
most urgent manner call for your atten-
ton before the end of this campaign.
confined myself carefully to few rep
resentative points which rested upon
Blaine's own letters, speeches and oral
testimony alone. Neither can accept
the compliment that my Brooklyn
speech is an unusual exhibition of
''clear and skillful statement" What
ever strength that speech possesses i'm
ply in the circumstances that it is the
sober truth plainly spoken. And ju st
there is your trouble"