New-York tribune., 1910-03-30

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vols, SVn pp ~. S.,. Nj as. Cedar
Rapids. Iowa The 'coISa Tress.
''Remin:soences" would perhaps have
been tho better word 10 oPnly 10 these
.No No.uminous tones, which certainly
leCk tke fornaliIv OF "menoirs," prop
frly speaking Their writer was enc of
those immigrants 10 whom his fellow
citizens ~ this country point with justi-
iao,e pride. rne or those champions us
nolitical freedom. a Germany WHO.
sr.von :r;o exile. proved i-!s meta, ana
as courtsg's !css hv his subscquen;
career in Inc 5e,c tG.heIlaad.
GUs;eNe Pbiiip iluerrev Was horn in
FrBukfsvt-aA-MSn on November -.
is03, the sua o: a bookseller, 4 man 90
lultCr,, wao Was acUiNelv engaged in
tho patriotic movement taCt lea a. the
German rising aKaiEs, Napoleon in 1918.
His mother Was tbe caSgi!teT of E book
seller anG hcokbiEGsT. llocvne.'s rerai-
absences begin with a glimpse OF Ma
poleon in Frankfurt curing the armi-
stice, but he explains carefully that this
- ElrstAA tANd4Sda = a ititftlts 50 lie NGS
told in later years. was pointed out 70
him by 8 servant Who lifted him up IN
her arms. hut he himself never had the
slightest recollection - the incident;
Educsted al 2 local school and the local
gymnasium, ne vent ~ the University
Of Jena IN 1S2s 10 study Law, continu-
ing his studies az Munich and finishing
them 81 He!deiberg IN June. ls32.
Brought IN from childhood in a liberal
home atmosphere later in the midst Of
the BurCAenSoR0ff activities II the Ger
msn students Of thst period. il took the
Young lawyer less than a year 10 come
into conflict with the reacjioEarv gon,-
srnnent lie became deepiv Implicated
IN the 20ortive revolution in Frankfurt
In 1888. fed 10 Paris. and sailed from
Hsvre for TIE NeW World in Nay of that
year, proceeding ~ once FROM New York
10 -. Louis. re spsnt some time on
fern :a Illinois, wrote for the German
press and studied law in Lexington
X oeinc admitted 10 the Illinois bar
n 1888
Here begins his connection with Amer
'can politics and public life. During the
Presidential Campaign 80 is40 Koerner
published weekly Democratic per a:
e LOUIS Die Freiheitsbote." and
stunaPed tic adjoining counties Io- Van
Suren. Ee wen: To Washington as cleo
tcrsl messenger IN 1S4l. was sent TO the
Illinois LEGISLATURE IN lS42. appointed 10
the state Supreme Court in the follow
lng wear and elected Lieutenant Gov
traor n lS.2 The Democratic platform
cf 1856 decided his political allegiance
End sent MIN on a speaking tour for the
Republican cause Two wears later he
presided olnr the Illinois Republican
Convention. He worked actively for
Lincoln. end 81 the outbreak of the Re
bellion organized a German regiment.
being appointed In consequence aide-de-
camp 10 Fremont. with The rank OF colo
nel. In March. 1852. Lincoln appointed
koernor United States Minister 20 Spain.
which post he held until the close of the
Nar Thereafter Koerncr continued TO
he end of his life 10 be an active useful
md prominent citizen.
Thego memoirs ,hyoN some interesting
Iidslighis on ihs German ferneni under
.h' MetjeThch regime, The earlier his
'ory of ;hc West, iis manners and Gus
.oms and German settlements. National
politics. heginninE with Andrew Jackson.
receives Eopdil share of attention
throughout and there arc many outline
sketches of the leading figures in Amer-
,sn history during the greater part of
he nineteenth century AH occasional
ohserNstlon on other matters gives food
Tor thought, as where this cultured Ger
man remarks If the oldtime sctors.
Nhnss srt IS now lsuded with such re-
Eretful enshusissrn, that iu his opinion
they vefs generally very poor perform
srs, and oveydrew their characters"
Eoerrer's account ~ Grants re-entry
nto the Cnion service 81 the outbreak Of
the Civil War differs markedly from that
given py Grant himself IN his Me
rnoirs
NriuHg fer his descendants. without
thought of ultimate publication, Koefuer
does nor hide his light under a bushel
He certainly is entitled 10 a place on the
roll o. our representative German