# The Writings of Carl Schurz/Volume 1

New York City: G. P. Putnam's Sons, pages ix–xviii, i, ii
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
| | PAGE |
| Introduction | iii |
| Editor's Preface | v |
| 1852. ||
| To Charlotte Voss, October 20th | 1 |
| First impressions of the United States. |
| To Malwida von Meysenbug (autumn or early winter) | 5 |
| Political views changed by life in the United States. |
| 1854. ||
| To Mrs. Schurz, March 15th | 8 |
| Out-door life in Washington—Indian visitors—Political acquaintances. |
| To Mrs. Schurz, March 23d | 11 |
| The Pierce Administration—Sarah Bolton—Desire for public life aroused—Breakfasts with General [James] Shields. |
| 1855. ||
| To Gottfried Kinkel, January 23d | 14 |
| Nebraska bill—United States, a world-power—Annexation of Cuba. |
| To Gottfried Kinkel, March 25th | 18 |
| Will visit Europe but the United States to be his permanent home—America and Germany natural allies. |
| To Mrs. Schurz, August 6th | 20 |
| Life in Wisconsin. |
| To Mrs. Schurz, September 29th | 21 |
| Surveying old farm for building lots—Reflections on news from the Crimean war. ​ |
| To Mrs. Schurz, October 23d | 23 |
| Invited to welcome Governor Barstow—Urged to enter politics. |
| 1856. ||
| To Gottfried Kinkel, December 1st, 17th | 23 |
| Speaks often in public—Studies law—Fills several public positions. |
| 1857. ||
| To Friedrich Althaus, February 6th | 28 |
| Lawless murders in Kansas vs. legally sanctioned murders in Europe—Attack on Sumner followed by plainer speaking in the North—Sudden death of Brooks. |
| To Horace Rublee, November 11th | 31 |
| Germans not to blame for Republican defeat in Wisconsin—Schurz's defeat only an incentive to future activity for the party. |
| 1858. ||
| To Heinrich Meyer, January 15th | 32 |
| Fraud the cause of Schurz's defeat—Financial crisis in the West. |
| To Gottfried Kinkel, February 15th, 23d | 33 |
| Nomination for lieutenant-governor of Wisconsin—Success of his speeches—Popularity with Americans—Colonel of militia. |
| To Gerrit Smith, September 14th | 35 |
| Political activity limited by lack of funds—Results from recent Republican defeat different in the West from those in the East. |
| To Friedrich Althaus, November 5th | 36 |
| Speech on “The Irrepressible Conflict” gives Schurz a national reputation—Member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin. |
| To J. F. Potter, December 24th | 38 |
| Fears a coalition between some Republican leaders and anti-Administration Democrats—Possible nomination for governor—Reasons for not desiring this—Douglas will destroy his own chances. ​ |
| 1859. ||
| To Edward L. Pierce, March 26th | 41 |
| Action of Massachusetts legislature on suffrage question will have bad effect on foreign-born Republicans—German voters hold balance of power in the West. |
| To Edward L. Pierce, April 6th | 45 |
| Publication of State-rights speech in Massachusetts paper to influence vote on amendment to State constitution. |
| To Mrs. Schurz, April 13th, 14th, 15th | 46 |
| Enthusiastic reception in Boston—Responds to toast—Invited to meet Governor Banks—Jefferson dinner—Visits historic places. |
| Speech: True Americanism, April 18th | 48 |
| To Edward L. Pierce, April 22d | 72 |
| Interview with Greeley—Efforts to defeat two-year amendment—Wilson must write a “strong” letter. |
| To Edward L. Pierce, April 30th | 73 |
| Censured and praised for Boston speech—Responsibility of Massachusetts. |
| To Edward L. Pierce, May 12th | 75 |
| Wisconsin voters influenced by political action of Massachusetts. |
| To J. F. Potter, August 12th | 77 |
| Atlas needs financial help—State election—Potter, a delegate to State convention. |
| 1860. ||
| Speech: Douglas and Popular Sovereignty, January 4th | 79 |
| To Mrs. Schurz, March 2d, 5th, 9th | 108 |
| Delegate to Republican National Convention—To argue for State-rights in Booth case—Political excitement in Chicago—Success of Springfield speech. |
| To J. F. Potter, March 17th | 107 |
| Organized Republican activity in Indiana. |
| To J. F. Potter, April 12th | 111 |
| Republican party gaining in the West—Seward as Presidential candidate. ​ |
| To J. R. Doolittle, April 12th | 114 |
| Pryor-Potter prospective duel—Lincoln politically stronger than Wade. |
| To J. F. Potter, April 17th | 115 |
| Congratulations on outcome of challenge. |
| To Abraham Lincoln, May 22d | 116 |
| Reason for supporting Seward—Ready to work for Lincoln—Plan of campaign. |
| From Abraham Lincoln, June 18th | 118 |
| Approves Schurz plan—No ill feeling because of loyalty to Seward—Fondness for Schurz. |
| To Mrs. Schurz, July 25th, 29th | 119 |
| Call from and dinner with Lincoln—Wideawakes escort Lincoln and Schurz to mass-meeting—Republican gain among Germans. |
| Speech: The Doom of Slavery, August 1st | 122 |
| To Mrs. Schurz, September 24th, 28th | 160 |
| Effect of campaign speeches on Germans—Great demonstration in Pittsburg—Return home delayed. |
| To Horace Rublee, October 14th | 163 |
| Itinerary to November 4th—Expenses while in field. |
| To Mrs. Schurz, November 14th | 164 |
| Influence sought by officeseekers—Secession movements in the South—Longs for home and rest. |
| To J. F. Potter, November 30th | 165 |
| End of slave-power imminent—Mission to Italy. |
| To Mrs. Schurz, December 17th | 168 |
| Will leave Republican party, in case of compromise. |
| To J. F. Potter, December 17th | 168 |
| Congressional vote on Corwin resolutions, before March 4th, must be prevented. |
| To J. P. Sanderson, December 22d | 170 |
| Remuneration inadequate to campaign expenses—Continued activity—Need of rest. |
| To J. F. Potter, December 24th | 172 |
| Republicans must not compromise—Buchanan's loyalty suspected—Rumored plan to prevent Lincoln's inauguration—Sardinian mission. ​ |
| To Mrs. Schurz, December 24th, 27th | 177 |
| Republican party strengthened by Lincoln's firmness—War inevitable—Speech for a Representative—Offer from Atlantic Monthly. |
| 1861. ||
| To Mrs. Schurz, February 10th, March 4th | 179 |
| Hears Lincoln's inaugural—Positions for friends—Precautions at inauguration. |
| To President Lincoln, May 19th | 180 |
| Authority sought for organizing German troops. |
| From President Lincoln, May 27th | 182 |
| Directions for German regiments. |
| To Adolph Meyer, July 3d | 182 |
| Buying court-clothes in Paris. |
| To N. B. Judd, August 27th | 183 |
| Does amnesty to political offenders of '49 apply to Schurz? |
| To Secretary Seward, September 14th | 185 |
| Suggestions for securing the sympathy of foreign Powers by means of an anti-slavery policy. |
| From Secretary Seward, October 10th | 191 |
| War measures must not be influenced by questions of foreign policy. |
| To President Lincoln, November 11th | 193 |
| Spain's changed attitude towards the United States—Leave of absence or resignation. |
| To Charles Sumner, November 14th | 195 |
| Immediate emancipation imperative as a war measure—Spain's friendly attitude. |
| To Secretary Seward, November 16th | 200 |
| General Prim and his mission to Mexico. |
| 1862. ||
| To President Lincoln, May 16th | 206 |
| Hunter's emancipation proclamation—War measures subject to change because of circumstances. ​ |
| To Charles Sumner, May 16th | 207 |
| Hunter's proclamation, ostentatious—Schurz anxious to enter the Army. |
| From Charles Sumner, July 5th | 209 |
| Northern Army should be recruited from Southern slaves. |
| To President Lincoln, November 8th | 209 |
| Unwise selection of counsellors and commanders, the cause of non-success. |
| From President Lincoln, November 10th | 211 |
| Facts of more value than opinions. |
| To President Lincoln, November 20th | 213 |
| Defeat of Republican party—Non-success of Union Army—Waning of popular confidence in Administration—Criticism of war policy. |
| From President Lincoln, November 24th | 219 |
| Responsibility of the Administration—Need of success—Accusations should be sustained. |
| 1863. ||
| To President Lincoln, January 24th | 221 |
| Army of the Potomac demoralized by lack of confidence, by sickness and desertion. |
| To President Lincoln, January 25th | 222 |
| Acknowledging nomination to major-generalship—Reasons for non-acceptance. |
| To Leslie Combs, November 6th | 223 |
| Calumny refuted—Test of courage proposed. |
| 1864. ||
| Speech: The Treason of Slavery, October 7th | 225 |
| To Theodor Petrasch, October 12th | 248 |
| Reasons for defending Lincoln's Administration—His rare qualities—Schurz and General Hooker. ​ |
| 1865. ||
| To Mrs. Schurz, April 18th | 252 |
| Assassination of Lincoln—Sherman as mediator between North and South. |
| To Charles Sumner, May 9th | 254 |
| Efforts to restore political status to Mississippi, Georgia and North Carolina—Johnson's policy unsatisfactory. |
| To President Johnson, May 13th | 256 |
| Advises against secret trial of conspirators against Lincoln and his Cabinet. |
| To Charles Sumner, June 5th | 258 |
| President Johnson and his Southern advisers—Wendell Phillips favors repudiation—Contemplated journalistic enterprise—Agent needed for lecturing tour. |
| To President Johnson, June 6th | 260 |
| Vote on the restoration of South Carolina—Democratic and logical method—Letters on reconstruction. |
| From Charles Sumner, June 15th | 263 |
| Inconsistencies of President Johnson's reconstruction policy. |
| To Mrs. Schurz, June 16th | 264 |
| Sent to visit the Southern States and report on existing conditions—Mission approved by Stanton. |
| From Charles Sumner, June 22d | 265 |
| Johnson's policy a “defiance to God and Truth.” |
| To Charles Sumner, June 27th | 265 |
| Preparations for journey through the South. |
| To Charles Sumner, July 3d | 266 |
| Southern State-elections best delayed until after the meeting of Congress. |
| From Charles Sumner, July 11th | 267 |
| “Equality before the law and consent of the governed.” |
| To Charles Sumner, August 2d | 267 |
| Military rule alone can prevent clash between whites and blacks—Authorship of articles in the Advertiser, a secret. ​ |
| To Mrs. Schurz, August 27th, September 2d | 268 |
| Passing of the negro from slavery to freedom—Conflict between General Slocum and Governor Sharkey—Efforts to secure approval of Government for Slocum. |
| To President Johnson, September 5th | 270 |
| Unwarranted newspaper attacks—Journalistic work necessitated by insufficient compensation—Asks justification by the Government. |
| To Edwin M. Stanton, October 17th | 272 |
| Asks explanation of unfriendly reception by the President. |
| To Charles Sumner, October 17th | 274 |
| President ignores Southern mission—Schurz writing his “report”—Meeting with Sumner and Andrew to be arranged for—Newspaper to be started at St. Louis. |
| From Charles Sumner, October 20th | 276 |
| Analogous treatment of the Chief Justice—Andrew will meet Schurz in New York—Delay necessary in rehabilitating rebel States—Schurz should be in Congress. |
| To Charles Sumner, November 13th | 277 |
| Will ask permission of the President to print Report on the South at once—Hopes it will influence the attitude of Congress and the country. |
| From Charles Sumner, November 15th | 278 |
| Will call for Report—President's course “disheartening”—Pertinent article in Atlantic Monthly. |
| Report on the Condition of the South, December 18th | 279 |
| From Charles Sumner, December 25th | 374 |
| Commends “Report on the Condition of the South.” |
| 1866. ||
| To Heinrich Meyer, June 10th | 375 |
| Books and papers destroyed by fire. |
| Speech: The Logical Results of the War, September 8th | 377 |
| To Heinrich Meyer, November 8th | 417 |
| Republican majority in Congress—Reactionary laws in the South—Defects in Johnson's character. ​ |
| 1867. ||
| To Mrs. Schurz, September 4th | 418 |
| Journalistic work, its limitations and its compensations. |
| 1868. ||
| Speech: The Road to Peace—a Solid, Durable Peace, September 19th | 419 |
| 1869. ||
| To Benjamin F. Loan, January 7th | 473 |
| Exercise of the franchise by rebels. |
| Remarks before the Missouri General Assembly on being chosen U. S. Senator, January 20th | 474 |
| From C. D. Drake, January 21st | 480 |
| Welcomes Schurz as colleague in U. S. Senate. |
| To C. D. Drake, January 28th | 481 |
| Acknowledges congratulations. |
| To W. M. Grosvenor, March 29th | 481 |
| Efforts towards the repeal of the tenure of office act. |
| To James Taussig, April 18th | 482 |
| Government patronage a lottery—Need of reform. |
| 1870. ||
| To W. M. Grosvenor, March 31st | 483 |
| Annexation of Santo Domingo. |
| Speech: Enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment, United States Senate, May 19th | 484 |
| To President Grant, July 17th | 509 |
| Requests private interview. |
| Address to the People of Missouri, September 10th | 510 |
| To Hamilton Fish, September 10th | 518 |
| America and the Franco-Prussian War. ​ |
| To Matthew H. Carpenter, October 20th | 520 |
| Unfriendly attitude of Grant because of bolting Republicans. |
| From B. Gratz Brown, November 26th | 521 |
| Republican victory in Missouri due to the “prudence, sagacity and indomitable canvass” of Schurz. |
SPEECHES, CORRESPONDENCE AND POLITICAL PAPERS OF
CARL SCHURZ
SELECTED AND EDITED BY
FREDERIC BANCROFT
ON BEHALF OF THE CARL SCHURZ MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
Volume I.
October 20, 1852-November 26, 1870
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORKLONDON The Knickerbocker Press
1913
Copyright, 1913
by
SCHURZ MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
The Knickerbocker Press, New York