Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-29
RICHMOND. wHIG.
For IA. Richmond Wzig.

tndue elhl Vi pS'~@s'J'
Germany is that portion OF central Europ, which lies be-
tstsl the AdriAc and the .c. 1t has ancient and
well written history It has produced its full qio;a of
the great thinkers writer's and travellers OF Europe The
arts and sciences have always had, and have to-day
VOtsres and patrons there than they have else.
where, and what is still remarkable IL always has
been and still continues be, the most intensely relig
Gus spot on the whole face Of the civilized Globe. Go
back, il you please, to the year A. D. $50, when U
phas gave the Gohs bis translation of the Bible, ard
come along up through the reign OF Charlemagne, aud
The SuAbian age TO the House Of Hapsburg and you viii
find footprints of u6delty the surface Of German
history. The Germans poured out their blood like water
ald laid down their lives like marlyIs 70 establish in
Germany only relgioo but TIE Protestant rthgior.
Tae most important works of the l4h and 18th ceutu
ries the writings Of German monks which kinded and
KEEP; alive religious !ervor among the iddle and low
er classos whereby whole nation kept waiting TO
receive and made ready to support RsfOrmer They
represented religion consisting In the sentiments Of the
heart rther than in doctrines Their maiu principle was
that pety depended not ecclesiastical forms, but con-
sisted in the abandonment all selfish passions Tauer
in S6 co A6ei the sentiments Of these monks in vel
ume which he ehristened German Theology" Luther,
II face to this boOb centuries subsequently, express
as his admiration Of its contents and asserts that be had
found in Il the germs Of the Reformation and It here
on German soil long after the Of the Suahisn dynss
~ under the divine Light OF which the CruIs lers ,ursh
ed hid gone down in gloom and blood and the sweet
OF the SuAban JIe mad died away, that that self
s,me Reformation Sas ushsred into this breathing world.
Twas in the lu-h century when the Emperor and the
Pope in ali the pleniude Cf their power The
mics Of the drawn by conscrptons from Spain
Austria, Naples, Sicily aud Burgundy, while with his
Iaquson and his thunderOolts OF Recommendation the
other ezeresi the press aud monks rally uuder his
banner irom all parts o! the Chrsisn world. Against
these formidable powers poor, obscure aud nameless
AugutGe mork forth from bis closet in the small
university Of Witenburg, with in bis Golfers
Of any kind in his hands the Bible alone
and in clear manly voice dgAed the Emperor the Pope
the clergy and the nobility Aud around him gathered
Ae'anchon, Manuel Zsirgle Rshart Frarck, Arnd and
Jacob b. ehn and they mpesse the literature aud the,
oogy Uf That age with their masters spirit and
name and most properly, for he was no. only
the mos; prominent character OF that age but
he the exponent OF their national feeling and
gave shape and uteranee to thoughts and sentiments
which had been before universally felt but obs,urey
pressed and bis influence acknoH Hedged in almost
every department oil German lite. "The dieing Of
the German tongue may be said to have gone hand in
hand with the Reformation and il is TO Luther more
than city other it its rapid psogress His trAnsla
tou oLihe Bible the great work Of the period, and
gives TO him the deserved title Of creator OF German
pro e. The Serip'res ssrs nor Familiarity read By all
C. asses aud never has their beautiful simplicity been
uOe admirably rendered. In the l7th century -four
ished Opz, Puiendorf Kspler, Arro.d and Paul Ger,
hard the sacred hymns OF OF whom arc Gs heard
in he churches Of Germany. IN the sh century
KoIsl3ek, Leasing Weekend aud the eminent thoolog.
Al Hegder the great German theological ard itera
~ lights. Early in the present century Goethe .aud
Schiller made their appearance. The names OF their CO.
temp orsres and like the Of the Per-
SLAMS al Thermopye would make cloud that would Oh
scure the SUM- and among them dEro aSJ there might
be found ocsasiona, tS4nGendentas. who Is meta.
phy in6dsl but the in6des of Germany few n
number aud morally mpoent. They have no represen-
adve type who is spirit. For the rcspee. that
you have for the m,mory Of Martin Luther aud William
Of Orange and fJr land which ragged for thir
" years that protestant chr s;auiy night ursh there,
do bcscech you retrAct your scsndaloIs pslumny
agans, Germany.
There may be, in Germany, today, few inf ies but
they cannot moui aud fashion the nation Atty Of air
many. Rune Gib5on aud Bo!inghroke were inf Iels,
/ Eevertheles' Rdl,Ou was not aH it6lo nation. The
people OF the United States elevated the Presidency
a confirmed skepdr Were his party all infdek? Bring
tbs rule home with which you attempted to damn Ger
many aud France, aud the Confederate and United
States wi have to take damuug too, and Virginia her
full share OF it.
nee publishing my fn: agt,-se this subject have
sscsrtansd that ysTen-3 drawn from gambling, both
/ q spain ani italy Are they indls nStoDs'
Ia your first article you asserted in uaeqqvocl aud
qualified terms tia, public opinion had put down fe
male gambling Here ia your language. III the gen
{; man kal f.miarz ID bimeli with the history Of gam
log he would have knoTr lhs ,Es public opiiiOO, Of
which he tpeass shshIney, g rather incinng to the
Other side kus pr, tI to female gambling ior
sy" Now, when proved that females still gamb!ed at
Saratoga MY, Baden Baden, and other fashonabll re-
sorts III Europe, what Sir, is yonr reply? Here it is
" Does that reiute my statement When speak Of Ad-
dsou and OF English opinion as moulded by his Writings,
did any reader of the Wbs, except "Er-kne imagine
that vas extending this inf renee to germany, where
different language |. usod and different typs OF oivili-
ration obising" Now jas: ALLOW to qliey ark, did
ell onery ever in gambling she'll or an inf i5 salon.
put on more thoroughly daredevil face than this.
In the frat place. nOthiag Is better known in the lite
erary world than that the Spectator hes beeg tansAted
into the French aud GeTmIn lang ages aud published in
Eraucs ard Germany aud docbt has been as g7uer'
sly read Ia those counties "a /. has bson in England
II 20, why are not the uuhs 1t cOatsins entitled to as
much weight 10 one couatry as ia the oIherf Who sill
art an adVers, Sctunp:ioI? Dop5i!S-s hoWever, oa
this card you "eoPpsro she you suppO'ed to be the
extent Of the Information ,t Erskine aud the public.
Bot only aude to these c 10 show you Capnot be pei
med TO Wrgge through the loop hole that you think
you are sqarmiag out at for The fee Do pot occupy
Posiien ttOm Shieh tAey eaa he made to screen th'
splsns your attempt TO eezl through that lop hole