. Review of reviews and world's work. ostspeakers of the Repub-lican party, and soonbecoming a leadingmember of its nationalorganization. His spe-cial service in the cam-j)aign of 1860 was rec-ognized by PresidentLincoln in the appoint-ment of Mr. Schurz asminister to Spain ; buthe promptly returned from this post to enterthe Union army, in which he served until theclose of the war, being commissioned brigadier-general in Ai)ril, 186i, and major-general inMai-ch, iSC,,. After the war, he conducted im-portant newspapers, first in Detroit and after-ward in St. Louis ; and in 186S) he was chosenC
. Review of reviews and world's work. ostspeakers of the Repub-lican party, and soonbecoming a leadingmember of its nationalorganization. His spe-cial service in the cam-j)aign of 1860 was rec-ognized by PresidentLincoln in the appoint-ment of Mr. Schurz asminister to Spain ; buthe promptly returned from this post to enterthe Union army, in which he served until theclose of the war, being commissioned brigadier-general in Ai)ril, 186i, and major-general inMai-ch, iSC,,. After the war, he conducted im-portant newspapers, first in Detroit and after-ward in St. Louis ; and in 186S) he was chosenCnited States Senator from Missouri. His writ-ings and speeches had led to the expectationthat his service in the Senate would be of dis-tingi;isliod excellence, and the expectation wasmore than fulfilled. IN TllK INlTKl) STATKS SKNATE. Throughout his six years term he was one ofthe leading members of the Senate. He was oneof the ablest upholders of financial soundness inthe critical greenback days ; and, like Charles CARL SCHURZ. 675. Photograph by Pach Bros., N. Y. THE LATEST PORTRAIT OF MR. SCHURZ. Suinner—between wliom and himself there wasa remarkably close friendship—he was a strenu-ous opponent of General (Grants schonio for of 8anto Domingo. Nor was thisthe only thing in which he felt it his duty tooppose the administration which he had workedso ardently to put into power ; and before thebeginning of the campaign of 1872 his div(n-gence from the Republican party had become sogreat that he became one of the leaders of theLiberal Repulilican movement, which held its con-vention in 1872 and nominated Horace Greeleyfor the Presidency. It is an interesting remi-niscence of that movement that the convention was captured by certain tricky politicians,notably Benton, of New York, who wantedGreeley nominated, and that they resorted to thedevice of shelving Schurz by making him chair-man ; they knew that, upon the floor, his voicewould be the most powerful again
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