The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-04-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1876.
However important to the good of the
country may be the life Of any public
man; however widely regretted his death,
we tind his place filed, and the regret Is
simply q regret, not . matter Of real
heart-sorrow; but there came to US last
week the sudden tidings that q wife and
mother had passed away, whose loss is ir-
reparable, not only to her immediate
family, but to all who ever knew her.
Mrs. Carl Schurz 10 dead" The an
nouncement passed from quivsring lip to
LIP, and eyes grew moist with tears. She
came to Washington stranger and for
eigner, feeling most really how difficult .
place she must fill, but she won her own
sweet way to the highest esteem and the
tenderest love. | can never forget the
hrst time | saw her standing in her own
parlors to receive her guests one Senator
ial Thursday. She was beautifully
dressed, and remember especially . su-
Perb tea-rose nestled in the lace of her
corsage. Her cordial grace of manner
was very remarkable, >, for with her spoken
greeting abe gave each guest such glance
of welcome, and such warm clasp of the
hand that one loved her at once. The
parlors were not specially luxurious in
their appointments, only there were
flowers everywhere, filing the air with the
faint mingled fragrance which in all the
more delicious because it is 10 indefinite
there were books and pictures, and rare
engravings, but when we were looking at
some particularly exquisite photographs
she placed before us portrait II her own
little Carl. Certainly it was . beautiful
picture of beautiful child, and remember
how radiant she grew with every bit of
praise We offered. Coming away, Ca
pressed my delight to q friend. "Oh"
said she, "you ought to go there some
evening when the Senator is at home.
de sits at his piano in g rapture Of hap
piness; Mrs. Schurz has little Carl on her
knee; his daughter sings to her father &C
compartment, and the scene is the reali-
zation of our best fancies of perfect home
life"
When Mr.. Schurz delivered that won-
derful speech ON the Louisiana question,
last winter, winning universal admiration,
Mrs. Schurz was supremely happy. 1t
was so amazing that foreigner could 80
command the best resources Of our diff
cult tongue, using the most accurately
graceful expressions to clothe the brilliant
ly thoughtful argument, that he held US
all entranced- Somehow cultured Ger
man always goes directly to the heart of
topic we know at the beginning what we
are to expect, while all the directness Of
statement seizes and holds our attention
One day Mrs. Scburz came to see me,
to thank me because had compIimented
her husband. How beautifully she ex-
pressed herself in her slightly broken
English, and how fully she made me un-
derstand her love and pride in her hus-
band She told me of their early strng-
giles; of her glsdness when her Carrs
ability was recognized (; Of his unwavering
attachment to republican principles Of
his truth and sincerity, and then-while
the tears filed both our eyes-she told me
of the day when the Senate closed, clos
ing her husbands career in that distin-
guished assembly: :" 1 felt a. if | must
20 to him "a if when he took the papers
from his desk to 60 away he did need me
by his side, for | knew just how he felt p
Now that loving wife, that wise counselor,
that devoted mother, and tender friend,
has gone, and think Carl Schurz would
willingly forsake all ambition or scholastic
research for one more look into those eyes
which were 90 long the beacon light Of his
life. Death seems 50 malicious In his pitt
less warfare. Surely there is not too much
happiness in any existence. but when in
some home peace has folded her wings to
stay, and love sways there his gentlest
rule, the destroyer cannot endure that
mortAis should know such delight. Will
it be any comfort to the bersaved hus-
band to know how truly We all sympsthize
with his sorrow, how eagerly we would do
anything to make the burden lighter
oUR GERMAN POPULATION.
The German immigration has 20 rapidly
Increased, and the Germans who come to
M make such excellent citixsns, that it Is
wondsrful how fen end thsir way into
our political arena. They show the ain
csrsst attachmsnt 10 our methods Of gov
eminent they are honest and wise. but
the msrcurial Irishman puAhes his way
svsrywhsrs, whils thsse quiet people are
content with simple eitissnship. They
ore our artista, esr tsachers, our authors,
and some day their strsngth Of character
win stamp upon our institutions its insf-
lfsosabls mark. Thsy arc 10 thorough
| in everything which they do.
4 rEH SENATE
adjourned on Thursday, having sbsolutsly
nothing 10 do. Pinchback has hifhsrto
been available In lull Of other business.
but now he In sst asids. and Tharsday
thses wss sins 10 tsrn tho Senatorial at-
Saufion towspd the rsporssn' aallsry.
| Ths bstsssiss wsss by no msAns masked
10 "aasha Il : generally. for certain
slnksmsats sonesrning ~ doinN Il our
ssnn&1rs h&a gttsEly smEaGsd thsir nght-
eoma aoala MIR. Gamarum declared no had
| always lived within his insoms "a shoaId
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