Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-24
CARL sCHURz.

IrOm washington 10 the OllCdgO III
bune, thus paints the great German
Of the United States senate:
Carl SchurZ is the wonder Of our
time. Born to speak another Ian
guage and to roam over another con-
tinent, and to lead the dull life of a
political European - serving some
petty monarchy as q faithful ally, or
labOring in Intellectual revOlt-he has
appeared like an apparItion in a dem
Ocratic country, and become a spirit
Of the hour. Our rancOrOus partisans
like Morton, our sprigs of coneeit like
| Oonkling, our rollieking Bohemians
like Carpenter-all of these come
down, boil over, shrink and splutter,
when the fine young "Dutchman"
asks the floor.
Look at him before he begins his
speech. You g a thin, tall, almost
nervous man, tearing bits Of paper
apart, seemingly troubled with the
necessity about to approach, restless
OF eye and pulse, but very well dress
ed; a gentleman, a student, and ap-
parently approaching this chapter Of
his life very much as a college gradu-
ate comes to the time of his finishing
speech. You look at this young man,
and feel for him; you wish that some
stronger, broader, and less sensitive
spirit had his task to undergo; you
roam over the fine points of his face,
the gnarled look of his nose and chin,
the red tint of his broWnish hair, and
you search the galleries around to see
II his wife and daughter are present
to give him the comfort Of their ap.
probation. Nothing Of the sort do you
see, only a young foreigner, almost
newly naturaliZed among US, lying
back upon the appreciation of three or
four friends, and the belief in fair-play
which should belong to states like
ours.
Then you see the galleries fill up,
blacks and whites dropping in until
all the huge space is filled, and the
doorkeepers begin to struggle with
the excess of people who want seats.
Then the large reporters gallery be-
comes crowded, and the doOrkeeper
shows some concern as to who really
belong to the press, and who slip in
as impostors. Then the vice president
leaves the chair and passes some
dummy in it, while he takes that
dummy's seat near the young dutch
man." Next, the opponents Of
Schurz's policy work around nervous
ly and look up at the audience in the
gallery, and feel that, with all their
Interpretation, the people r DRIFT
ing of from MIR. Grant. Then Sena-
tor Nye is seen to have something
unusual to say, and, with his large
oX-eyes, he slips around in the rear
OF the Schurz, and says something
grave to the man next behind him.
Then Mr.. Morton squats behind his
stand, and has a lead pencil sharpened
to take notes upon this formidable
young champion. Then Roscoe
Conkling studies fine points mid
way between the cOrnice and
the floor, and seems to
show that he has a contempt for all
this business, and would like to take
a buggy-ride down the avenue, in
order that he might not be a party to
1t; but he knows very well that he
must remain in this audience and
listen to the ~harangue, for it is going
to be a good thing. Then, perhaps,
you will see Mr.. Horace Porter, or
some OF the young fellows around the
White House, drop in as II it were ae-
oidently, but really to carry the first
news back of what the "Dutchman"
fad to say. Then, members of the
house appear at the door, and force
their way in on the hOor-DaWes, who
.eads the principal committee, and
Garfield, who leads the next, and all
ihe Others-and they slip around the
space back of the senator's chairs, or
AXE the seats Of certain senators who
ire smoking or lounging. Finally,
he senate looks like q great ampi-
black with heads, the doors
1esieged, everybody e%xpectant; and,
n that moment, little folks, unknown
the country, start up with little
bills, to put aside or defer the real
natter of the time.
AT length the man in the chair
,allS up the resolution, and says that
Mr.. SchurZ has the floor.
Then MI. Schurz stands up in his
blue cloth coat, plain collar, clean
Ihirt, and black tie, gray breeches and
ong Henry Clay boots. His voice is
lCt full or resonant, but keen, we'll
)end5 forward to hear it. He SAYS
hat when mean insinuatiOns, begging
# the question, and side-thrusts are ,
equisite to defeat an investigation, (.
he public may well open their ears
nd know the matter in hand. At
his evsrybody's ears are well alert, /,
nd the speech goes on. Every SEN
ence In il is curt, sharp and manly. !
every point in it is a g~entleman's J
,oint, never intended for mouths Of !
OWest c~ensure." Without much !
temperament in the speech, il climbs !
Is way up toward classical elimaxes. !
yery sOOn you can see MOrtOn's .
Iands working and his mouth puck !
ringI you can see OOnkling sticking !
is head down into some imaginative |
ocument, and pretending to be Deep !
= meditatiDg 1t. You can see Har- I
in reading the Cherokee bill, and J
.unting the moments of his seat in 1
his body. You can see Nye slipping !
round to the rear and suggesting 6
Ome grave plausibility to somebody
tho is listening too intentIy. !,
But, looking away from these place. 4
etters, on the floor Of the senate into I
le galleries, you will note that every !
We Is bright with apprehension, and :
very q alertiy intent TO catch every 9
which the Dutchman ut !
Is. !
He stands before his desk, with his Z
and upon the back of his chair. and =
pom the desk are book upon book. '
'ady to be consulted, and nobody
noWk better than he that the least T