The National tribune., 1906-05-24
CARL SCHTRZ.

| CARL SCHURZ.
| newspaper. which was too advanced
for the authorities and it was sup
pressed. He joined the army of the
Revolutionists, and fought well, but
with his companions was finally over
come by the royal army and forced to
| ay the country. He came into great
| prominence by his courage and skill
in rescuing Prof. Kinkel from prison
and safely conducting him to a refuge
in England. For a while he led wan
| dering life supporting himself as
| teacher and a writer for the newspa-
/ pcrs, and finally followed the rest of
| his liberal colleagues across the seas
TO America. settling at Watertown.
| Wis. In 1857, five years after his ar
rival in this country. he was nominal
ed on the Republican ticket for Lieu
tenant Governor of Wisconsin and was
| defeated. He was a delegate to the
famous Republican Convention of 1860,
which nominated Abraham Lincoln for
ing the campaign which followed this
| nomination. Schurz came to the front
as an orator of wonderful ability and
persuasiveness. He mastered the Eng
!ish language, and he threw into his
speech not fmerely a classical elegance
Of diction but warmth and forceful-
ness that We're all-convincing. Wher
i his German. colleagues and brought
4 them solidly TO the support of the Re-
publican nominee. They were all in
tolerably opposed to slavery. and.
therefore, naturally Republicans.
1t was Schurz's ambition to return
in triumph to the country which had
prescribed him. as Minister to Prus-
I sia. but this was so manifestly impolitic
that President Lincoln changed the ap-
!; pointment to Minister to Spain. He
was not allowed to remain at Madrid
} very long, because Lincoln had need
: of his services in the army. The Ger
) mans formed very considerable part
, of the Union forces. and it was neces-
sary that they be well represented
among the higher officers. With all
OF Sigel's theoretical knowledge of war
: he was yet failing very decidedly to
: give satisfaction in the field. and it was
necessary to have some German to re-
, place him. In April, 1862, Schurz was
commissioned a Brigadier- General of
: Volunteers and June II assumed COM
l mand of q division in Sigers Corps,
' with which he took part in the second
2 Bull Run. 1t became necessary to re-
$ tire Sigel, and Schurz was promoted
to Major General, March H. 1868, and
] commanded a division in the Eleventh
r Corps at Chancellorsvillc While Schurz
e had personal courage and zeal for the
e cause, yet he had no heart in learning
e the science of war. Like many other
D orators and politicians, he rather de-
n spised the technique of soldiership and
e took no pains whatever to perfect him
e self in the details and routine of the
g art of war. He was egotistic. self
seeking and disputative, so that he made
no end of trouble both for his superb
= ors and his interiors. He was in tenn
porary command of the Eleventh Corps
: at Gettysburg, in which position he ac-
t, quired no credit, although he had an
o opportunity to greatly distinguish him
a self He went with the Eleventh Corps
t to the West, but cut no figure in the
g operations. became involved in disputes
o even with the Secretary of War, and
e was relieved OF, his command. He tried
e afterward to get assigned to duty, but
s the ofiicersf to whom his services were
IS offered looked upon him askance, anG
g he was a long time in Washington un.
/ assigned to. duty. His influence with
s. the Germans was so great, however
IS that he had to be retained upon the
u rolls. He finally resigned May 6, 1865
le and returned to the practice of the law
II but his bent was journalism, and he
3" became the Washington correspondent
u of the New York Tribune.
II His egotism and pride of opinion be-
gan to draw him away from the Re
'e publican Party. and President johnson
sent him South as a Special Commits
sioner to investigate the condition O.
; the negroes. In 1857 he went to st
Louis, wheae he established Die West
"A liche Post, and was Temporary Chair
~ man OF the Republican National Con
vention in Chicago in 1868, which nom
A. mated Gen. Grant, for whose election
n he worked hard. In January, 1868
IA he was chosen United States Senator
;. for Missouri for the term ending IL
ut 1875. He drifted into opposition to Gen
Grant. and the Missouri Germans fol
lowing him, delivered the State owe
ID to the Democracy. The next step wa
ID the formation OF the Liberal Party
(which nominated Horace Grsalex fol