Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-10
THE pRUss1AN CHAMBERS AND
ROYALTY.

DIS w peOpLe "outu nav 'eN
moved in the matter against their will,
collected the taxes without the authority
Of Parliament, and used the consumption
to make war against the wishes OF the
masses of the people. The English peo-
ple. with their Queen at their head, could
have held up their hands IN virtuou hor-
ror, and said. ave told you So" The
Emperor of France would have twisted
his moustache and said. " You have made
a mistake. and that is worse than a crime"
OF all Europe, Italy alone would have
regretted any misfortune that might have
befallen him, ever to the loss Of his crown.
But all men will praise the man who does
well for himself, and the King Of Prussia
has now returned. master Of the situation,
to Berlin, and his opening speech to the
Chambers shows not only that he is well
pleased with himself, but confident in the
effects of his successes to make his people
well pleased with him. And SO they are.
The disseminated members have not, as a
general thing, been reelected to Parlia-
ment. The municipality presented him
with An address of congrasulation, and
he made them a good-humored speech in
return. We shall probably hear little
more about the wrongfulness of his &C.
tons. He has initiated Frederick the
Great. He has even known, as did that
monarch, when to leave off, and Perhaps
hundred years hence some new Carlyle
will write his life. and show the virtue
there is in a kings having a strong fist for
his enemies.
Let US look at some of the sources Of his
success, and perhaps we shall see that it is
just those points in which he is less bad
than his neighbors that has made him rel
atively stronger. He has managed his re-
sources economically. Napoleon used to
make money u Of his wars, quarteripg
his men upon the enemy and capturing
spoils. 1t would seem that the King Of
Prussia has done something Of the same,
and even compelled the captured provinces
to accept a paper currency, to be paid in
some way-no doubt by future taxes laid
on themselves. So that his own govern
ment sis able to look with satisfaction on
the finances Of the State" Frederick the
Great would be economical and free from
debt, and the present king can boast not
only of victories the most important, but
cit has been found possible to meet the
expenses hitherto incurred from the pres
ent war in the revenue and existing bal
anees." So that there is no doubt at the
end Of a most successful and costly cam
paign. Perhaps no other State in the
civilized world could or would have eff
fected that. OF course, for the last few
years. the revenues have all been collected
without the sanction Of law, but he asks
in such a good-natured, confident and vic
torious sort of tone that his Parliament
will give the whole matter a sanction yet
wanting, that it is quite clear he will OBJ
tain that which his people find it no use
to resist.
VIII Europe be as kind and forgiving
They would like TO have a meeting Of all
the Powers that signed the treaty of vi.
emma, to discuss terms and ratify the new
order Of things. But the King Of Prussia,
il seems, declines this, and other ambitious
Powers like France will probably not OBJ
ject, hoping to do the same thing when
their turn comes, and glad to see it
acknowledged that the hateful treaties Of
1915 are now so much waste paper. The
great real source of the King Of Prussia's
success has been the anomalous condition
Of Germany. The map Of Germany was
in a most absurd state, as any one can see
that looked at it. What real progress,
wha, substantial greatness could there be
while each petty Prince could block up
all Improvement
As for the needle gun, it becomes every
day more clear that it was not the long
range, but simply the ~rapidity Of firing
secured by the breech-loading arrange
mens which gave the Prussian any advan-
tage in battle. This war, therefore, has
contributed to European advancement. 1t
has taught many valuable lessons, and
therefore all the ambition will be over
looked so long as the King remains sue
~cessful, and does not become intoxicated
with prosperity into too great insolence or
aggressiveness on the other Powers. II,
however, the slightest mistake occurs, his
sins will all be remembered. and these
new powers developed will all be forgot.
ten. He is not through yet, and it will
take at least three or four years to see
whether the new order of things is going
to settle down into a permanent success.