Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-10-21
CARL SCHUaZ'S ESSAY
his POLITICAL BELIEFS AND AP.
PREHENSICNS.
a Man Pre- Eminent for Temperament
tai vnEariez Processes Grave Fear
that Roosevelt May Prove Deficient
in Diplomacy.


the respect which members Of that great
national party always pay to those who
have done good service to the country. es-
pecially in the day Of grave peril. and en-
the field Of war
But although Republicans. in e-tsma.-
ing the weight Of influence to be attached
to the utterances Of Mr. Schnrz, cannot
forget nor underfate his services to the
country in times Of peace as well as in
war. they can only read his lafest contri-
button to the literature Of the presiden-
tial campaign With Intense amusement.
Mr.. Schurz is at his best, that is. most
| amusing in that passage Of his letter
where. with an evident effort to be fair,
he deplores the Temperament Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. lie says:
have such faith In the original good
ness Of his impulses that deem him eapa-
Die or Abandoning again any of the wrong
ways he has lately taken, except one. And
| there something stands in the way for
which he Is not responsible: his tcmpera-
ment, which Is altogether too strong FOR his
reason.
] do not deem President Roosevelt cana-
Bile Of seeking an opportunity for plunging
the country into foreign war merely TO
GRITTY his ambition or TO give play to his
hehiine spirit. Bur DO think that when
ever there are two ways of deciding o mat
ter Of controversy one the slew. patient.
diplomatic. peaceabie way and the other
the short cut by the nse Of force Mr..
Roosevelt viii be temperamentally inclined
TO choose the short cut. and IL will require
with him uncommonly strong effort OF
self restraint TO resist that inclination,
which effort II made ut all, is not always
successful.
This. coming from Carl Schurz, is de-
licious.
The Schnrz Temperament.
Among all the examples of 'tempera-
ment'' overriding good seuse, reason aud
calm judgment known to Americaa poll
tics Carl Schurz stands pre-emiuent. For
him to look upon the sturdy, practical
Roosevelt, who has taken up and carried
firmly every burden ever laid upon him
for Carl Schurz to look upon this man,
| aud drone out his doubts as to his abil-
ity, in case of an important controversy.
to seek the 'slow, patient, diplomatic,
pcaceable way" is enough to cause mirth
in Democratic campaign meeting in
Iowa.
Seventy-fve years ago and half year
more this critic of the President of the
United States was born in Prussia. He
Joined the instruction of 1S49, was ar
rested, fled to Switzerland, and came to
these shores in 1852. He became an ar
dent Republican, and when the war OF
rebellion began he was the American
minister to Spain, so quickly had he
arisen to power and influence in the land
OF his adoption. Oae observes nothing
SLOW" about these points of our critics
career.
And there was nothing SLOW" either,
when it came to action. He resigned his
position, and came back to the United
States to enter the Union army. He rose
To the rank of major general, aud after
the war was sent by Missouri, as Re-
publican, to the United States Senate.
There was nothing SLOW" about that
phase of the rise of Mr. Schurz. either.
1t was while he was in the United
States Senate that the fighting qualities
of Mr.. Schurz attracted national atten-
| ton. There was nothing SLOW. patient,
diplomatic or peaceable" in the ways and
means adopted by him in attacking the
leaders of his own party. He led the
movement against President Grant pre-
ceding his second nomination and cleo
ton. Nothing could exceed the bitter
ness with which he fought Grants add
ministration and stroye to balk every
| thing it proposed. Grant was accused
of ''mlitaldsm" and desire to upset
all the traditions of the Republic. 1t
was at this time that the mugwumps
began their dismal existence, with Mr..
Schurz as their leader in the Senate.
Odsters among Republicans will recall
the scene at the hotel rooms where
Schurz and his followers had gathered
to hear the returns when Grant defeat-
ed Horace Greeley. 1t was then that
the temperam OF Alr Schnrz got the
better of him. He SAT down to 4 piano
and pounded out the lugubrous notes OF
The Heart Bowed Down" Thence
forth that gem OF opera shoald have been
adopted as the mugwumps campaign
soag But strangely enough, it wasn't
However. they haven't any song.
But to return TO Mr.. SEIZURE. His
Temperament" had the best of him until
| President Grant was succeeded by Presi-
dent Hayes when. from nowhere in
particular Mr. Schurz was called to be
Secretary ofsthe Interior Probably he
was a good Republican during the four
years of holding office One can't 'flop
around" aad call hard names In an execu-
| tive Office, and now Mr.. Sehurz had
taste or two of criticism himself His
replies TO his tormentors were not de-
void Of tartness and ginger"
A Political Chameleon.
| When he left the cabinet Mr.. Schurz
| fell like Lucirer, star of the moraing,
/ and came down TO being the editor of
/ New York paper--daily, it is said, known
to the public as the New York Evening
! Post. From that moment the brilliant,
cratic revolutionary and cantankcrous
/ Carl Schurz remained, so far as the
\ public can judge, a Mugwump. Ia 1884
/ be retired from the newspaper field. hut
his recent letter shows that lie is Il mag
wump still. There's more to him than
there is to most iuugwumps, too, but his
talk about the dangers Of Roosevelt's
solid Dutch-AnelScan ''tempcra.nent'
affords ground for iaexinguishable
laughter.
The chameleon is not more changefui
/ Of color ard tint than has been the mind
and course of Carl Schurz since he be-
came a public man. He is tortured by
the demon of egotism, spirit which
forbids him to believe that anyone in
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