Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-21

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CARL scHuM.
As specimen of compactness and lucid
ity the sketch Is something remarkable
Once read, an adequate conception of Lin
celn's cueex, Of tho elements which made
the strength Of his chars as well rs the
circumstances which illustrate its weaker
side, arc obtained by the reader The
sketch has all Of the wonderful precision,
sharpness of outline and completeness
which are to be found in some of the Ital-
ian canaecs. In these respects MIR. Schurz's
work Is model. No ono can read it with
out knowing all that it Is really essential
to know of Abraham Lincoln. At the
same time the critical spirit Is shown, SO
that we have what in some respects is a
new view OF Mr.. Lincoln, offered to US by
a man capable Of analysing motives; one
who also had personal acquaintance with
Lincoln and has always been possessed by
the profoundest admiration for that great
charActer.
Had General SchuN been so disposed he
might have contributed from his personal
experience many anecdotes Of Lincoln.
The time has come when anything that
may be told Of personal experience with
Lincoln IS worth printing and worth read
ing. Even the most trivial anecdotes
readily find their place in the public press
Mr.. Lincoln sesms to have been attracted
early to General S1hnr2, although at that
time SchHrn WAS o very young man. He
had brought with him from Germany the
ropnance Of asBoci1tion with the revolution
of 1s4s. and Of adventurous and dramatic
participation in that queer and spasmodic
effort. HIS brilliant talents, his remarka-
bic adnFtshfhsy, the ease with which
he conquered our language, and the readi-
ness with which he made himself in spirit,
as well as prsfession, an American citizen,
had made him a power in the new Repub-
Gcan psFty. Lincoln recognized this, and
sent him Hs our minister to Spain This
of itself suggested dramatic contrast to
the early experiences of Schurz, and it was
an Illustration to the Old World of the pos
sihilities which were offered in the New
World 60 men Of Sohurz's character and
ability. He had lied, few years before, a
political refnses with price on his head,
from Europe, and he was returned as tho
representative Of The United States to ths
court Of a nstaon once brilliant, Rnd at
that timee especially important TO hold IN
friendly relations with the United States.
1t was at Lincoln's wish also, partly,
that General Schurz was assigned an im7
portant command in the Union armies,
and his service there, though conspicuous,
has been partly forgotten in the subsequent
briniancy Of Mr.. Schurz's political career
he met Lincoln many times. He was not
SO amazed, as were many Americans, at
the peculiar mannerisms and at the lack
Of oonvent3oaaiity which astonished and
chaarined 10 many Of tho cultivated men
Of the east, who could not see through this
outward crust, formed by Iiacoln's early
lie Of poverty and hardship, to the soul of
the man which was beyond General
Schurz did see the manner of man Lincoln
was far sooner than many Of the Aneri
cans, and he was one of the first to appre-
ciate that the lack of those mAnnerfsms
and convent1onalities, which are the stamp
of good breeding and early cultivation, did
not GO to the heart Of the man, and that
he was ono of natures true gentlemen
A recent writer in . most critical publ
cations standard London weekiy-has
pointed ont what 80 many Americans have
not yet recognized-that Lincoln was, in
spite of cert8in defects Of manner, one of
the t11est gu0klemen that ever lived. And
tho Ann1uncement has been received In
this csuntry With some Qualification, as
though IL were . now but accurate snEges-
ton. Yet 0ensral SeAurz years before lad
uttarA the same truth, and had bsA1y de-
cl@1 Sh&s AhzAaR Iin1Dln was . hnef
gcntlaman even than most Of those who
were anociaesdvi him.
Schuxz6 Rtisas On Lincoln viii be likely
10 rss1ve dDeusaion respecting tbs writer's
literary poWsn. Il has. seemed to thoss
who hsve always admired Carl Schurx's
literary talent that It was . mtAortune to
lettsn thss he bad practically ahaHloned
and bscDne ono Of ehose who arc
busted in Trade and commercs. While hs
has, IL h &x1A seemed 70 b wholly o.
scFbedin ~ Gxritements Of comAafcial
lifs Of 1Sns.t yesrs. this essay shows tint
he has lost nSae Of bis. great power - .
writer vino uses thu English lsngsaGs as-s
vehicle. We ksve no authors ofiAAexi-
b moro saccuxate or huent, ar who .ex-
presses ideas with greater lneidfey, ssa yet
with that simplicity which il tn AigAEt
art AID When we remember NAT Carl
SGhuz had Isnchea mans estate befsrs h
knew . word Of the language, this pswer
az his seems all tho more remarkable. he
might well be chosen a Hs4el fsr thoss
who desire TO study composition that they
may discover wherein the secret of per
feet style u 70 b found.
Il 10 sid thss Mr.. Schurx has other liter
ny works In vtsw. the cenp2stisn Of which
viii deDsnd upon the 6ne b en- spare
Iron Ats daaly busine.; and cultivaosa
pes,sns Win b sure to hope thaA he viii
ind theO Intervals % frequent and 20 lssg
that tbs fruits Of his scholarship will -
sax3y siyea TO the public.
z J. EDWA1DA
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