The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-12
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THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 10, 1866.
BISMARK.

article. His is the prominent figure attract
ing all eyes. He enjoys the questionable dis
tinotion of having launched forth the Schles-
wig -Holstoin Pandora Box, which has set all
Europe by the ears 1t is natural we should
like to know something more of 30 prominent
an actor in the worlds great drama, than the
mere oursory allusions we find in the papers
readers some account of the history of the
man, together with q sketch of his character.
OTTo EDWARD LEOPOLD Won BIsMARK
was born in 1915, of old aristooratio lineage,
near Magdeburg, in the Province of Prussian
Saxony. He received the principal part of
his education in Berlin, where, after he had
passed through the prescribed course, ho
graduated in law in 1885. He took degree,
also, at the University of Gettingen. From
all accounts, he was decidedly fast young
man in the days of his Students life; pretty
much, we should think, such man as Gus
TAF FREITAG paiuts his Baron Won FINK in
Debit and Credit. We prefer to resort to the
domain of fiction for proper analogous char
aoter, as it is there rather than in the greater
book of nature and real life, we find the va.
rious qualities and characteristics of the man
portrayed for our inspection. .....
To this day the old folks about Goettingen
tell stories of the gay young Freiherrj
whether true or apooryphal, matters not
They are, doubtless, quite as authentic as
those we hear Of the first NAPOLEON from the
gossips of Brienne.
After he had completed his studies, he en-
tered the army as private, but q few years
afterwards he left the service, passed his final
examination in Berlin, and entered public
life, or, rather, he was candidate now for
some Office to be given him by Government.
His father died, and left him the property
of Sohanhausen. The future minister retired
to this charming country seat, and devoted all
his energies to the improvement of his pro-
perty.
In l847, at the age of 80, he appeared be-
fore the Council general of his province. In
ls4s, during the very Aoat of popular agita-
ton, he was elected Deputy; and from that
moment, when he had fairly taken his first
step, he advanced with giant strides. Here
was the proper field for rapid development
of his faculties; and three years after he had
entered the Chamber, he was sent as enyoy
to Frankfort, to represent Prussia at the Ger
man Diet. 1t was during these three years,
doubtless, BIsMARK became thoroughly ac.
quainted with the internal affairs of his coun-
try, and learned to appreciate the material
out of which popular Representatives are
made. If we may judge posteriore, we
should say that his experience must have
been very unfortunate, as he has certainly no
exalted idea Of popular institutions or cons,;.
.utional government
Were the Count Won BIsMARK O mers,
ordinary specimen of the Prussian Feudal
noble (junker), we should have expected a
different development of his character. He
was born in 1915, as we have seen, the yery
year of the liberation of Germany from French
Observation-Disclosures, "year of liberty"
as the Germans have been all along pleased
to term it. He was elected a popular deputy
in l84s, at the time of the great social and
political upheaval throughout the Continent,
yet all these circumstances only appear to
have inspired him with contempt for the
people and their leaders; and in discardine
the popular line of policy, and obstinately
and persistsntly pursuing diametrically on.
posite course, even at the daily hazard of the
assassin's knife, he has inoontestably proven
to the world that he is not mere junker, and
that however he may apparently oppose civil
liberty and popular progress, he has WEI,
formed plan of his own, a high ideal for ,h.
glorious consummation of wtioh he ha, bson
long and zealoueiiy striving He he's allowed
nothing to make him deyiate FROM this oourse.
and he has Stunned neither tine, toll or labor.
nor obloquy, nor danger, in che study pursuit
of this goal.
Although we do not approve of his course,
or even his object, we cannot withhold our
admiration of sush independence of thought,
strength OF Character, f1edness of purpose,
high patriotism, and perfect Indifference to
threats sAd assaults Of any sort. Pluck like
this will always gain high need of praise
as long as man shall remain the fighting ami.