And I fervently hope that it will be and ever remain the Americanism of our children and our children’s children. – Carl Schurz, “The True Americanism,” speech delivered on Jan. 2, 1896 in: Speeches, ...

Mr. Schurz, on the election of Lincoln, was named as Minister to Spain, whither he went, and remained a few months, gathering impressions which are among the most interesting of the second volume.