Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-04-12
The Prussian Duel.


seems to have been one of that class of men who
have made Prussia grea, kingdom The great
statesmen who rose up in Prussia MT the hour of
her deepest calamity organized the system of adj
mnstrntion which now exists. Centralized, hu
rcaueratic rigid, pedantic, it may be, but com
pnred with what preceded it, and what Herr Won
Rochow, his party, and their organ, the kreuz
/eifung, wish TO restore, il is worthy Of all res
poet; for it is, at any rate, founded on principles
Of natural Justice, Of equal rights and equal bur
dens for all. The Minister of Police was bold
uphoder of the sovereign power. which Is IN
Prussia really the power of the people. He would
oarry out the law against MI classes, aud make
no exceptions in favor of any order which might
fancy itself privileged. The mobiles and the
military were not Ia he excluded from the opera
ton of his municipal authority. He APPEARS to
have been nhle administrator; he paved and
lighted Berlin. Introduced loaging houses for the
poor, fire brigade. the electric tel graph, water
works. baths aud wash hunses, aud n new system
Of employing criminals pr"h'ahy. In fact h"
was what we should call in EBglend an ahle puh-
lie mnn. But these merits were hidlrn.f'nnl the
eyes of the htc0z Ztiiugg pnity, who were
always talking Of the days al Fuk, WHEN
good Prnssinn haiod Frcnehnon, aud nbir
man was properly respected. The Minister of
Police WIS too reforming for the pnrty which has
through the whole Of this war leAut To Russia,
aud has by cnsiing every prejudice against the
Western nations. obtained in the Chambers and
in society power prohnby disproportonnte to
its real strength Al last The dislike csne to
deadly feud A party Of noble officers were gnmb-
ling in Berlin, RoehoW among them. The Pres
idcnt of Police acting by ROYAL instructions sent
to arrest one of the number md To di.perse the
others. II seems that the man chiefly sought,
and said To be notorious backlog. not
present on that evening. aud lint The police be-
haved with lack of courtesy However,
from that time lIinkelley was a marked
man. With cowardly spite which We
can hardly understand Ia this country, his
wife aud daughters were n-ulted in Berlin
cieiy. Soohow donounccs lin to the King as
"a liar." 1t seems that the clique marked him
out for destruction. He VAS to be insulted on
every occasion aud forced to challenge OPP
ponen, after onother until he fell. At last he
princes aud the nobility Acre sacl9w step.
ped up 10 him and told him that the pre.ebc" of
Of police agent was not required, What need
is there of further detaill u nkrk,y wis o1-
liged to challenge his persevcling deftmer. He
went home, sent in his re ii gnnt,on made his will
arranged his papers and wrote his last letters
and then repaired to the field. 1t j. said he did
not know how Ia fire pistol. His Antagonist was
skiItul enough aud had chosen the pistol his
weapon. Rochow walked to the ''bnrrere" aud
shot the Minister dend Tho party to which the
survivor belongs makes no seerrt Of its civilizations
Rochow, arrested for few hours. is now AT large
ON parole. Ii seems hNcly that he will escape
tho consequences # his orin,e, .1ar when man is
singled ont far destruction by 4 succession of an.
tagonl>ts even the code of honor mu,t pronounce
1t crime. - London Times March 10
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