The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-22
THE UNION

with several Russian and Austrian officers This bril-
| liant group stop al the foot OF the monument; and
that short person who advances is the celebrated presi
dent OF the Council OF Minister'S Baron Won Man
,euieI, who. when the ship of Prussia. soely tempest
tost lay like wreck upon her beam.ends the of
the revolution breaking her, took the helm, and
steered her course amidst the execaons OF party and
the adulatons of another. to the present moment He
delivers an address of length; at the conclusion
OF which the King draws his sword, and himself gives
the command; T" Present arms~ And now, amid the
thunder OF cannon and the shouts OF thousands, by
magic the veil disappears and there stands revealed in
golden light and with imposing majesty the finest
umental statue in the world Now comes moment of
silence The excitement of the spectators must be carried
still higher for silence eloquent than the cannon,
and calm more sublime than emotion. And now the
great national hymn breathed from The lips OF those boys,
" Nun danket allie GoR (now all thank God y floats on
the air This hymn is associated in the minds of most
present with anecdote in the life OF Frederick. After
the bloody battle OF Leuthen, when Frederick stood
the battlefield, midnight, surrounded by the dead and
the dying, old grenadier suddenly broke forth with
this hymn and the whole army joined in il with solemn
emotion.
The rest OF the iete consists of review and would
but for fear Of weayng the reader ask him accompa
ny in the evening through the enchanted streets OF the
city, blazing with great illumination,
So much for this fete picturesque spectacle. 1t
has, however, political sgnicancy, counter-demon-
straon to the revolution, and the anhess of German
unity 1t is royal reply to the German Parliament
Frankfort, and laconic comment the Erfun plan.
In 1913 powerful party aimed at the suppression Of every
separate German State and the King himself had pro-
claimed that Prussia would merge into great united Ger
many. Berlin, Vienna, and Munich TO sink into
provincial towns, with grass-grown streets, decayed
lodging houses. and palaces converted into wn-has
and courts Of justice. Rauch's monument and the
mony of its Inauguration is the opposite point Of the
pendulum. The speeches delivered by his Majesty and
MIR. Manteutfe in this sense The King, with an
elevated voice and drawn sword in his hand pointed
to the standards, torn and smoked in many famous
battle, and then greeted the deputies Of the army:
81 greet with my sword (sad he) these flags and
standards greet with my sword the deputies OF the
army and in you my army itself Thank God my army
is to-day worthy to be called the army of the great King
rejoice at this moment, and in presence of this great
man, to thank my army that in the recent period when
the whole country covered with black nigh il rose
like mountain of God, through the clear ether of
Heaven, the bright sunshine oil untainted honor and
fidelity, above the poisoned vapors at its foot"
To the populations of the city his Majesty said
There is custom of the old nations, places where
they were peculiarly favored with prosperity, erect
memorial Such memorial, gentlemen, let consider
the monument before us. But. gentlemen, let con-
slider il as something more. Let it be"-and he here
spoke in much louder tone-"l sincerely pray God ii
may be type of reconciliation TO all and OF repentance to
many" M.