Born in the Prussian Rhineland. he came to America in 1852 and rose to great heights as an American patriot. President Lincoln sent him to Madrid as United States envoy. he fought on the battlefields during the Civil War to promote the cause of the United States. served as special commissioner of President Johnson in the South. became a United States Senator from Missouri. and was appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Hayes. It is fitting that we pay tribute to this immigrant who served this country nobly during a stormy period in our history and who was born just 125 years ago today on The editorial follows:
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