The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-06
SENATOR CARL SCHURz.
THE HERO WHO HAS CARRIED TIE
OUTWORKS OF CORRUPTION.

OUTWORKS OF CORRUPIiON.
A Pen.and-Ink Sketch OF the Urea
German-American Statesman--Hov
He Terrffes the Dogs Of Grants Cor
rupt tAdmInistration-AM Man and No
Demagogue.
IGeorge Alfred Townsend in the Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, February %.
Carl Schurz Is the wonder Of our time
Born to speak another language and to roam
over another continent. and to lead the dul
life of political European-serving some
petiy monarchy as faithful ally, or laborine
In Intellectual revoit-he has appeared like ar
apparltion in Democratic country, and be-
come a spirit of the hour. Our rancorous
partisans like Morton, our sprigs Of conceii
ike Conkling, our rollicking Bohemians like
Carpenter-all of these come down, boil over,
shrink and splutter, when the fine young
ssDutchman" asks the floor.
scHURZ WAITING.
Look at him before he begins his speech,
Yus3. gee q thin, tall, almost nervous man,
tearing bits Of paper apart, seemingly troubled
with the necessity about to approach, restiest
of eye and pulse, but very well I,oes dressed; ia
preaching this chapter of bis life very much as
8 college graduate comes to the time OF ms
finishing speech. You look at this young mau,
and feel for him; you wish that some stronger,
broader and less sensitive spirit had his task
to undergo; you roam over the nne polnlS oI
his face, the gnarled look OF ms hose auu d n,
search the galleries around to see II hls wife
and daughter are present to give him the
comfort Of their appreciation. Nothing of the
sort do you see, only young 1orelSuer,
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.
PREPARATION.
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 becomes
crowded, and the doorkeeper shows some con-
Germ as to who really belong to the P press, ana am
who slip in as impostera. Then the Vice.Presl-
dent leaves his chair and puts some dummy IN
1t, while he takes that ,dummy's seat near the
young uDutchman.n Next, the opponents OF
Schurz's policy work around nerVously, and
look up at the audience In the gallery, ana
feel that, with all selfappreciation, the people
are drifting of from Mr.. Grant Then Senator
Nye is seen to have something unusual to say,
and, with his large OK eyes, he slips around IN
the rear of Schurz, and Gays something grave
to the man next behind him. Then Mr.. Nor
ton squats behind his stand, and has
lead pencil sharpened to take notes upon
this formidable young champion: Insn
between the cornice and the floor, and seems
to show that he has q contempt for all this Du-
sIness and would like 10 take buggy 'r1de
down the avenue, in order that he might not
be party to II; but he knows very well that
he must remain in this audience and listen to
the harangue, for it is going to be q good
thing. Then, perhaps, you will see MI. hor-
ace Porter, or some of the young fellows
around the White House, drop in as II It were
accidentally, but really to carry the trst news
back of what the "Dutchman" had to say.
Then members of the House appear at the
door, and force their way in on the floor
Dawes, who leads the principal committee,
and Garfield, who leads the next, and all the
others and they slip around the space back
OF the senator's chairs, or take the seals Oh
certain senators who are smoking or ioung,
Ing. Finally, the Senate looks Ike great
sieged, everybody eXpectant; and, 10 tnst
moment, little folks, unknown to the country,
start up with little bills, to put aside or defer
the real matter Of the time.
scHuRZ UP.
At length the man In the chair calls up the
resolution, and says that Mr.. Schurz mas tne
floor.
coat, plain collar, clean shirt, and 6lack tie,
gray breeches and long Henry Clay boots.
His voice is not full or resonant, but keen,
well-intoned and plain, and everybody bends
forward to hear It. He says that when mean
insinualions, begging OF the question ana slde
thrusts are requisite 10 defeat an tnVest,ga,
ton, the public may we'll open their ears and
know the matter In hand. AT TINS evetyoooys
ears are we'll alert, and the speech goes on.
Every sentence in 1t is curt, sharp and manly.
Every point in 1t Is q gentleman's point,
never Intended for ''months OF lowest cen
sure.n Without much temperament IN the
speech, 1t climbs Its way up toward classical
cflmSKes. Very soon you can see Mortoas
hands working and bis mouth puckerlng; you
can see Conkling sticking his head down into
5, some Imaginative document. and pretending
to be deeply meditating 1t. You can see Har-
Ian reading the Cherokee bill, and counting
the moments Of his seat In this body. You
can see Nye clipping around tothe rear and
suggesting some grave Plaust6ility 10 some
body who is listening too intenily.
But, looking away from those e-getters,
on the floor of the Senate into the galleries,
you VIII note that every eye is bright with ap'
probation, and every ear alertly intent 10
catch every syllable which "the Dutchman'
utters.
He stands before his desk, with his hand
upon the back OF his chair, and upon the desk
are book upon book, ready to be consulted,
and nobody knows better than ne lhaG the
least slip In the line of his argument will be
made a matter OF triumph to the chaps who
fear him. To make speech like one OF
Schurzs is, In great part, consecutive, docu-
meniary matter, demanding the fullest clear
est sagacity-capaclty to bring up IN order,
without hesitation, every piece Of paper, every
calculation, every book before him, and these
books, In the case of the present speech, were
In many languages, and the man, as I'm.
Quist, had 10 translate them inland as well
as to be an orator. No speeches made IN
washington City have trodden closer and more
severely upon the direct path OF argument
than those OF Schurz. His power lies, for the
trunk part of 1t, entirely in the force OF con-
secutiVe statement OF facts. With this argu-
ment he proceeds keenly, undeyiatingly,
straightiorwardly.
:, NOW and then, when point logically In Its
place is to be made against q political oppo-
ilent5he steps aside from the contemplation
of his mar lscript, and utters 1t with addition.
al force and splendor, 30 that 1t pierces and
makes blood for the instant iqtter at the
heart of every listener. AS the thing goes on,
you see the additional interest Of the galleries
and the growing fury of the factionists. 1o9
can see that the people are with the man, ano
the place-getters distressed 1or the points ne
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