Year: 1872

argument comprised the whole polit-


ical wisdom a4d virtue of those who


used Ii, and whether we were to keep


the Southern States in their present


condition merely for the purpose oi
keeping a thorn in the side of our en-


emies, and demonstrating again and


again our disapprobatiOn of the rebel


lion? The people were fast becoming
aware that, great as is the crime of re-


belliOn, there are other villainies which
imperatively demand immediate cor
rectiOn. They were beginning to look
behind these vOciferous assertions OF
austere and exclusive patriotism to
see what abuses they are intended to
disguise, and to discover that good and
honest government in the South, as
well as all over the country, would do
Infinitely more to revive true loyalty
and healthy national spirit than that
calculated to keep alive prejudices and
resentments of the past.


Senator Nye said that it had been
| left for Senator SchurZ to discover a
sovereign panacea and sort of pOliti-
cal cUndurango, which was to cure all
/ the ills of the body polite. Senator
| SchurZ had denounced all who
| did not agree with him on this ques-
tion as lacking in craftsmanship and
in comprehension Of the true spirit of
republicanism. He Nyel thought
he knew as much about the history of
the rebellion and Of the history of his
country as Senator SchUrz did, because
he had been born here, and he sub
mitted that it was not quite becOm-
ing in Senator Schurz to charge lack
Of craftsmanship upon all gIeat men
who had dealt with these questions
since the close OF the rebellion. He
asked who had given him authority
to teach what the true spirit OF re-
publican institutions was? For his


Nye'sl part, he would never con-
sent to give rebel leaders the right
to take part In the government. He
would keep them browsing on the
outside till their hair grew as long as
not craftsmanship, then he did not
know anything about 1t. Laughter.
The senator wanted the leading rebels
relieved, 30 as to bring higher order
Of talent into the public life at tn
South; but he would. rather have a
lower order of talent cultivated in the
school of loyalty. AS to the abuses
in the governments OF the Southern
States, the people had only themselves
to blame for it. They had sOWn the
wind, and must reap the Whirlwind.


Senator Schurz said that he would
not reply at length to Senator Nye's
speech, but he would notice one re-
mark-his boast that he was to the
manor born, and the foremost known
mover of republican institutions,
and those were not. He wished the
senator from Nevada to understand
that the adopted citizens would Judge
for themselves; they had come
here with a desire to enjoy the
blessings of Republican institutions
and their desire to maintain them was
by no means less than that of native
citizens, and If the senator thought
they must follow his lead in order to
be entitled to the rights of citizenship,
he was very much mistaken. He
TSchuTz1 said be had attempted to
learn something about the Republican
installations from Senator Nye, but
must confess that he had not found
the effort very profitable.


Senator Nye denied that he had
said anything about Senator Schurz
not being a native born, but he
ISchUTzl had told the senate some
time ago that he had been waited here
on q wave of revolution. He Nye]
found no fault with the wave, laugh.
ter but he did wonder upon what
meat the senator had fed that he had
grown so great as to turn instructor
in principles of republicanism.


Senator Robinson gave notice that
he would ask the senate to sit to-mOr-
row until the vote should be had on
the bill.


After which the senate adjourned.