National Republican., 1878-10-01
Carl schur.'s Political Character.

To The kdNOr OF ne NUiOHdI Rfpiubticdn
SIR: A. an American citizen beg leave to offer
you the following lines on the above subject for
publication in your valuable newspaper.
That the late change OF the head Of the Post
Office Of this city was not the work of the Post
master General but that Of the Secretary of the In.
terror, Is well understood throughout the United
States. It, therefore. may not he unbccoIning aud
surely can do no harm, 10 examine somewhat
closely the political character Of Carl SchurE him.
SELF the Secretary Of the Interior, who halls from
this city and the State OF Missouri.
That SchurE, and he alone Is st the bottom OF
what is commonly called. "civil.service reform"
but what more properly should be styled civil
service humbug,' Us far as the Administration Is
concerned, cannot be doubted. Only by means Of
this untruth he could become q member Of a Re.
publican Administration IN 1877, afler he had len
aud, rs stumpspeakCr during the then Pres.
dental campaign, opposed tle Republican party In
| 1872.
Schurz Is plainly the promoter Of the un.Amer.
can clvil-seryiCe order which fOrbids Federal
SfshGidsri ns: wM9 P,oPSTy Esor% c 1Esr Se
| they cease TO be American citizens or lrcemen by
serving the nation? All the Administration can
rghtmlly demand Of them l. that they fairly,
promptly, and faithfully perform their official du-
| lies. II has no legal power TO demand anything
else OF them. II they become obnoxious 10 their
| neighb1rs by Ru unpleasant manner, In which they
take part IN local politics, II Is the duty Of their
neighbOrs rs frcenen oopp0sc such action, directly
and not Indirectly, by rairlRrclal help of the Ad.
miuistmtlOn. Our National Administration, by
endeayOrng TO control local politics In such way,
GCts like n monHrChICAl power. The rCiOrner,
schuZ, by making this his business, shows that he
| Is no sound safe American citizen.
| SchutE may lie honest and industrious: but these
are the only favorable things which can be said of
him public man. l. he possessed Of sufficient
professional skill Hud knowledge 10 earn his living
permanently outside Of politics? i he profound,
| original thinker and has hC u character that il a
noble, generous uHC2 lie Is doubtless Il fluent
| talker but i he mental hero On account Ot his
vanity, haughtinCSs and selii,huess he Is hardly q
success Us gentleman. He i sometimes looked
upon as the leading German citizen Of the United
States. The truth Is, that he tTumps himself up rs
such. lie regards hlmscli as the really par Crcfl-
eIlce AmerlCGniZed GcrnRu OF this country, and
treats and considers all other Germans Of America
| a. mere "Dulchmcn" compared with himself, eIeu
! II they be better ciuZvus than ho is He Is
sometimes looked upon Rs a genuine representative
OF German culture IN America. Poor German cul-
| ture II fsuCh be the case!
He Is one OF the proprietors Of German newspa'
per In lhis city. That paper said rf him some time
ago that lie was the sinartcst man in Alnerca.
Very mildly aud mOdestiy drawn, indeed by what
idea, coming from sChurl, who has been In public
life good while, has our Republic been enriched
or benehtcd2 By none ulhcr Than that q N0ube
aud persistent talkur and cnNClous otice-huntcr
can reach the goal Of his smhition IN this liberal
country. He is no statesman at ali. lie Is nothing
but an Office hunter. lie i Ne politician of Amer
lea. whose leading principle Is Carl SchurZ!'
| such persons Us bChuTZ. 81 il well known, are
| always liable tn commit msCk.vf whenever uey
come into power. Very respectfully, yours,
JOHN GEORGE HEkrWIG.
ST. LOUIS, No, Sept IS, 1873.