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

slip IN the line Of his argument will
be made a matter OF triumph 10 the
chaps who hear him. To make q
speech like one of SchuFz's is, in great
part, a consecutive, documentary mat
ter, demanding the fullest, ~cIearest
sagacity-capacity TO bring 10 In Or
der, without hesitation. every piece
OF paper, every calculation. every
book before him, and these books. ia
the case OF the present speech, were ia
many languages, and the man, as a
linguist, had to translate them of
hand as well as to be an orator. No
speeches made In Washington city
have trodden closer and more severely
upon the strict path of argument than
those Of SchurZ. His power lies, for
the trunk part Of it, entirely In the
force OF consecutive statement Of fact.
With this argument he proceeds keen.
~. undeviatingly, straightforWardly.
NOW and then, when a point logic
ally in Its place is to be made against
a political opponent, he steps aside
from the contemplation OF his manu-
script, and utters it with additional
force and splendOr, so that it pierces
and makes blood for the instant hut-
ter at the heart of every listener. As
the thing goes on, you see the addi-
tional interest of the galleries and the
growing fury of the factionists. You
can see that the people are with the
man, and the place getters distressed
for the points he is making on them.
When he says ''syeOphantD you a
see a shudder in the shoulders of
COnkling and in the heart of Morton.
No revenge that they are capable of.
under and enlightened form of govern.
ment, Is adequate TO meet this daring
intellectual champion. He Overcomes
unmsnliness with manIiness, and
meanness with honor. He describes
Nh. Roscoe COnkling without mem
tioning him, under q returned and
reapplied form of speech. Before he
has finished, every independent soul
In the senate is martialed to his side. |
"Heavens!" says a listening report !
er, sis not this your idealization of a |
young mans accomplishment of
fame? Look at him, and see how
these fellows hate him-hOW he holds
the people, and yet without a particle
Of demagoguery."
Such is SchuTz on one Of his great
OecasiOns-a young maj making his
points, iberalizing the country, terri
tying terror. They only retort in the
language Of Morton, that this man put
Democrat in the Senate and lost the
party its representative from Mis-
souri,. And yet, look at Missouri to.
day-perfectly eontented, perfectly
orderly, inducing immigration, de-
vel0ping the railway System, rivalling
the old States OF the country in popu-
and let Us answer the question
as TO whether Carl Schurz committed
a blunder when he prompted that
conservative step. Compare Missouri
with Louisiana or Georgia, and which
State Is in the hands of statesmen.
This was !" the Dutchman's under
taking, and it has been as complete a
success on that "Dutchman's" part
as when the Kaiser Wilhelm made a
United Germany out of the hodge
of Northern Europe.
Mr.. Morton, Mr.. Conkling, all the
rest the Dutchman bias come to
5tayI His biography is a part Of the
history of the West. 1t Is an illustri-
Gus chapter in the history OF Missouri.
You may have been, in your turn,
great wal governors. This man was
director of the peace Of Missouri, and
his fame in the senate Of Dur country
IS ACHE, ed.