Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-01
SEIZURE ANSWERS a CRITIC

SEIZURE ANSWERS a CRITIC
The campaign of 1904 has brought out
many bright things but If has probably
brought forth nothing that will be appre-
ciated more than the reply made by Carl
Schurz to Connecticut banker who sent
Schurz an insulting letter. The letter and
reply will be found below Our Republ-
can readers can pause in their rejoicing long
enough to peruse this correspondence, and
the Democrats may find in it some little
relief from the unfayorable returns which
were so frequent as to become monotous:-
Bristol Savings Bank, Bristol, CT, How
ard A. Warner, President; Miles Lewis
Peck, Treasurer, October 26, 1904, Carl
Schurz, ESQ.,, Dear Sir: Your printed letter
is at hand Conditions here seem very I'M
satisfactory to you, wonder you do not
return to your native land. That think
is the best way for those who do not like
the views of the rulers of this country-the
voters. Yours respectfully, Miles Lewis
Peck, 81 East Ninety First street, N. Y.
November 3, 1904, Miles Lewis Peck,
Esq, Dear Sir: thank you for your com
munication of October 80. have received
similar letters in the course Of almost every
political campaign, but they were uniformly
anonymous Yours is the first one Of
which the author was proud enough to sign.
il with his name. This deserves recog-
milton, and entities it to an answer.
Your demand that I should leave this
country on account of my political disagree
ment with Mr.. Miles lewis Peck is un-
kind. have lived in this country over 50
years, and as, to judge from your letter,
you are still young, it may be that was
one of those voters of whom you speak as
the rulers of this country, before you
were born have become attached to it.
During that half-century have also tried
to serve is, in peace and war, not to your
satisfaction perhaps, but as best could,
And now to be turned out of it because [
do not agree politically with Mr.. Miles
Lewis Peck of Bristol, CT, is little short
of cruel
But the rule you lay down is also unrea-
sonable. In justice you will haye to apply
it, as well as to me, to all other persons in
the same predicament You will then,
surprising you to be in the majority. send
all those who differ from you politically,
out of the countrY-the foreign born to
their native lands, and the native born to
the homes of their ancestors. But it is
probable may say certain--that the re-
naming majority would also divide into
parties. You being always of the majority
party, would then, according to your rule,
read the new minority party out of the
country. Now yon will see that this opera
ton, many times repeated, might at least
leave Mr.. Miles Lewis Peck, of Bristol,
CT, on the ground, lonesome and forlorn,
in desolate self-appreciation.
But it may also happen to you to find
yourself sometime accidentally in the
minority of the voters, and then, according
to your rules, you would also be sent out
of our beloved country to the home of
your forefathers This no doubt, would
be very distasteful to you, and, / assure
you, You would have my sincere sympathy.
It would show you, however how I'M
statesmanIike your theory is.
Let us agree, then, that it is, after all,
hest for us to respect one another's right as
good Americans to differ politically, and
that this country is large enough TO hold
both MIR. Miles Lewis Peck of Bristol, CT,
and his humble fellow-citizen
CARL SCHURz