The reminiscences . then pending, hecould only repeat some things Douglas had said, and predictthat Douglas, the great leader, would have the people behindhim. He altogether preferred to talk with me about my ad-ventures in Germany and about the prospects of the revolu-tionary movements in Europe. The third letter of introduction I had was addressed toSenator Brodhead of Pennsylvania. As I came from Philadel-phia he may have regarded me as a constituent who might, per-haps, in the course of time acquire some influence among hisneighbors, and he granted me a quiet evening hour in his may
The reminiscences . then pending, hecould only repeat some things Douglas had said, and predictthat Douglas, the great leader, would have the people behindhim. He altogether preferred to talk with me about my ad-ventures in Germany and about the prospects of the revolu-tionary movements in Europe. The third letter of introduction I had was addressed toSenator Brodhead of Pennsylvania. As I came from Philadel-phia he may have regarded me as a constituent who might, per-haps, in the course of time acquire some influence among hisneighbors, and he granted me a quiet evening hour in his may have formed a wrong estimate of this statesman, but Ihad to confess to myself that I found him rather dull. Hesought to entertain me with a labored discourse on the great-ness of this country, the magnificent resources of the State ofPennsylvania, the excellent character of the Pennsylvania Ger-mans, the intelligence of the new immigrants who had beenbrought to this country by the revolutionary troubles in Eu- [22]. JEFFERSON DAVIS^ 1853 THE REMINISCENCES OF CARL SCHURZrope, and the virtues of the Democratic party, to which he and,he was glad to know, all the adopted citizens belonged. WhenI asked him for his opinion as to the right and wrong in-volved in the slavery question in general and the repeal ofthe Missouri Compromise in particular, he answered withthe impressive solemnity of one who knows a great deal morethan he feels at liberty to divulge, that the slavery questionwas a very important one, very important indeed; that it wasalso a very complicated and difficult one—indeed so difficultand complicated, that one must take great care not to becarried away by mere sentiment in forming ones judg-ment about it; and that the Abolitionists were very recklessand dangerous men, to whom good citizens should never did not satisfy me, and I continued my inquiries; where-upon he assured me that every good citizen must follow hisparty, and that, as to the Nebraska Bil
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