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. NOENtHROunChAsi. .aTE1H Nfi
r In Mr.. George Alfred Townsend'sl lecture
of Thursday night, there were some epi-
sodes of the war which we have never seen
referred to, and of which we have obtain
ed stenographic extracts. We print them
not only to crafty the curiosity as to the
Ders0,1nsL of the youngest of the ',Paripa-
tetics (" .(who is to speak again in Clncinr
natl this, winter, but as inherently inter-
esting matter. .,,..,-'..t .,...,..',t
q FREDERICK THE GREAT.
/, The origin of the three combating ma
,tions is as involved as their future. Prussia
was one of theIlast States TO be civilized IN
Turpe. The Teutonic knights, coming
home from the crusades, subdued the
Pagan Prussans: |: d long ana feeble period
followed, out of which lemerged the pres
'ent house, of, Hoherzollern, champions Of
the reformed religion, and great savers OF
money. With the gold laid up by his mig
gard father, Frederick the Great sprung a
mine upon Austria, seized Silesia, and be-
came, in a large sense, the founder OF
modern military tactics. He was vain,
arbitrary aud sagacious man in theory,
reformer; in practice, whimsical tyrant;
in effect, the consolidator of Northern Ger
many. By his patronage OF Voltaire he
,unconsciously fostered the great revolution
of France and Europe, whereby soldier
arose to make his best victories forgotten,
and almost to trample the Prussian mon
archy from the world. His heirs have all
been shallow and Incorporate kings, but
his military example has Kept Prussia war
like and united; and out of his amateur
attempts at literature has developed the
Prussian system Of education, whereby her
victories must be those Ofart If not ofright.
That all Germany will become one day
Prussia is almost certain; her return TO
Germany again will be the long deferred
p republic of Armenius and Schiller.
/ waited at Potsdam by the grave of
Frederick. This recent triumph of his
house had revived his fame. 1t stood in
the garrison church, where the soldiers
d worship, strong and simple, beneath q
cornice of tattered flags, beside his faith
er's urn. There were no roses on 1t, but in
the air the blood red sheen of pixies and
lances, and all the music, that thrilled its
guarded gloom was OF the clashing drums
and trumpets that carried him through
murder to gratitude. A soldier fresh from
the front went curiously about 1t; wO-
man and baby stood apart timidly lisp
ing his story; overhead the preachers
prayed in the fullness of their thanks for
his peoples victory. He;who had called
Christ infamous and dropped into eternity
from the company of his dogs, was locked
in the mystery of stone beyond the re-
demption of praise or carving, a worn out
instrument of God whose world marched
on to accomplishments of which no king
nor hero7Worshiper ever dreamed. % g.yg
BlsMARK, AT THE GRAVE OF FREDERICK.
Down through the silence came heavy
and relentless feet. They were of imperi-
GUS people,T claiming equality with his
mighty memory. Three statures shaped
themselves around the sarcophagns: the
first was furrow- faced and small and very
prayAVon Moeltke. the chief of staff, who
plotted the road to victory; the second was
stouter. younger and more clerical OF dress
Won Room, the Stanton of the war; the
third was high and broad and burly, and
MS he struck the stone floor with shodded
cane his voice challenged the echoes and
made the shadows quiver. Life and power
in him faced fame and ashes; Count Bis
mark called up Frederick as Saul demand
ed the ghost of Samuel. 1t was the tab
leauN of the war-7these three who forced il
on and fought it to empire, looking upon
their dead exemplar.
They showedno silent reverence. Power
has no sentiment; these three were mere
business men of State, done with a lucky
and dangerous speculation; and accident,
not pilgrimage, had brought them hither
The only link between them and the dead
was Count Bismarks cough, deep and rack
ing, that he vainly strOye to drown with his
thunderous staff. High, indicative and
imperious as he stood, with flattered con-
science, splendid port, aud an easy fame
the lungs of the man "peached" and de-
claimed against him. And so shall we
journalists, the lungs Of the world, be the
eternal cough and echo and terror of those
whp have appeased mankind, but. shayeIno'
advanced it., ,...i,,-... '.I..I.r ..
STATECRAFT IN EUROPE. tt.
The path of the great statesman in Europe
il secret and devious. He must not, as
with us, prepare some route of policy, and
convince the people of its good. His soul
must harbor the design; he must 1precipi'
tate Its opportunity despite the espionage
of foreigners and the animosity of his
countrymen, and if it be q mighty design
based upon more than victory, he must be
content to die before its accomplishment.
A country like ours has need of no such
statesmen When treachery and sensation
become highway s to Usefulness, and state'
craft stands for ;.statesmanship, Let us say
''the republic died so quietly that, we
scarcely miss it." Not like Bismark, MOI
the last Napoleonoonr greataPrime Minis,
ters triumphed. They.wrOte their declara-
tions so that even John Bull could read
them, and unsheathed their swords in the
obrohd daylight .,oodv II " ,o,~,l
40 ITALY AND LOUIS NAPOLEON.
gd Since / have come home it has been al.
most hourly said to me: "Could ITALY hdUt
triuinpbed toithoat BiSnSdrk aud Louis Ndpo.
leon ~ To which 1 answer all the time, a;
TO Won to might. Y es, and better tcithOut Nd-
pOleon than ,uith him. .r .,e,F,t
"But why,n you say, 'has not italy been
beaten by Austria on sea and land?p Yes
butthe force required to beat her, sub
tracted from the battle,of Sadowa, struck
Austria out of Germany. The ruinouS help
she got from France lost her the birthplace
of Garibaldi and Victor Emanuel, anC
put her under debt that emasculated the
national spirit. 1t was the splendid indi-
viduality of Italy that made her worth
seeking for an ally. Fifteen hundred year:
ago she inherited the fatal gift of the
Church, the cross as we'll as the key and
every enemy she ever had came III the
guise of an ally. There Is no man on thu
italian Peninsula to-day so well under
stood and SO entirely distrusted as Louis
Napoleon. ~ 70 ~ ,'.e 81
IN THE GRAVE OF CARLO ALBERTO . n9a
tadOn' the night OF October 81, L joined th,
splendid representation Italy that quit
ted the banks Of the Po, to stand under til,
harvest moon by the grave Of Carlo Alberto
He was the father of the reigning King
and his grand stature lay in the superyd, {
l. mountain sanctuary that faced the Alps {
thousand feet above the lamps of Turin
He had said to his Piedmont people: "Yol
| are mutinous for war and freedom. Ceasl