New-York tribune., 1868-12-17

q series OF DR. Johnsons from hts day 70 os, all over
Europe. denounce patriots and republicans especially
when they are causing interruptions 20 tIsde'
an electric chain unes America and Europe so lnsla-
taneOus their action and etroacu0n that he Amer
can own war at least ID western huroPc Ggo ~ e~e
raging OH that side the Atlantic. had no idea sald
very eminent to John Bright on two different
occasions, how much influence the e1ime Gi t1h ls
public Was having upon public opinion IN hns UNI M
discovered the universal cOngiatuat0h tnht lhe 1t
puDnc was key 10 be broken up Anu goL ~ i, ~
say in spite of the breathless interest WIN Mhlch
~ would he dllhcult 10 eXnggefate t1o iEnoI .
enwrapping the general mind Of Europe as 10 te merits
and meaning OF the conflict In popular periodicals ana
lectures OF today you may learn Huen vi e ne 49,
rivers, inets, oceans, and continents OF the planet as,
and IL inclined for vacation excursion, ana cOulu yVu
find conveyance thither, You might easily artanse
tour in that planet, starting from huggms met anu
sailing 10000 miles along one OF Its very cUnyenent est
aries without ever losing sight Ol and Know . noo
whether the MaTtians have accepted tne nOnencat
of Dawes Continent TabeLeg Bay and the other desg
nations laid down Oh then planet Dy the sbrteu Pe1s
raphers OF but at least they might De naefeu W
they OF the interest they excite on this earth fe
haps however II they knew what was sad OF then mere
they might be almost as much amazed as we used TO De
concerning politics, geography, history, statistics
national character Constitution aud condition during me
The thinkers and the workers never misled; the
brains and the bone and muscle OF Europe were IN e
right place without mentioning other llustlous NAMES
which might be clted WIN ISulnu YOU D9V 80, U 30
There man in England-greatest ana truest OF
and bad report and whose voice found echo IN every
patriotic heart i'll this counry whose Intellect sh0ne Ike
securing the OF liberty; man whose puDc spetcH
will be treasured on either side the ocean as modes
OF earnest thought and pure English e0quence states
whose simple Anglo Saxon name VIII be always
dear TO lovers Of liberty everywhere IN future tme az ia
the present; you know already that mean John Brlgh
And the great conflict went whlo tho world stood
wondering Never human history has there been such
battle with such stake. 1t not for territory en-
pre power IL was not merely for the integrity Of tie
Republican heritage These things though precious
OF little worth compared TO the sacred principle con
cerned in the struggle For it was to be decided whether
the great law OF history which have been tracing was
ruth lie whether human
steadily although slowly, progressing' or whether
surely II freedom an evil from which society or
old to be saved and slavery the great remedy ana
the great hone of the world the only solution OF pot
cal problems then. is tho science OF history, the
most dismal and contemplate OF all imaginable studes
II not question for America, but Tor te Wollu
The tong mutitudos OF tn. whole earth are interested
IN the fate OF this great republic OF refuge when receives
men who work for Your living said John Bright at Bir
mingham 1885, remember this; there viii De one wd
shrek Of freedom to stare all mankind that KcpuDlc
should be oyerthrOwn." But the game fought out
and and losers the gamers The SOUTH
he more prosperous than dreamed OF ere gene
ration 0i mankind shall have passed away. Let It's
with tho trophies OF the triumphant North, for
tho vao the endurance and selfsncTce were equal on
both sides. aud the defeated party was Nahlrhea ne
neither pride Of color nor immortal hate can sue
cessfuy struggle against the inexorabie law OF Ieao
and progress. have spoken much OF America Inc po
lucsl affairs Of It's sister Europe are al ts moment IN
more fluid state than usual The etct OF tne iunpn ol
freedom In this country or the cause OIpiogtes3 III IIo
plain but IL would be impossible in TIE nlt oI lhs
address, TO take survey OF TUG MhoIo nso A see I
heart OF Europe-Gcrmany. Ever since the great rising
dawn Of the c6risan Era down to tks hour Gsrmany
has been the main source OF LurOpeaaih pai anu
nations and empires-0iua plaiG' JiiT Wos
she still rules the thought Of her vast brood oi
Germans ALL Her Gothic branches IN the fh and sixth
centuries sweeping 10 and fro over the extinct Roman
OF Asia her energetic Norman branch OF pirates scat
ing themselves with such happy audacly on every
North to Rogers Tancreds Godfreye OF the south ana
East from the Bnrics OF Russia to the odeilcs OF spain
many has stamped our civilization with her Impress ana
bequeathed 10 modern languages the treasures on heI n
ple and varied dalects but everywhere separation INTO
small national groupings was the initial eharacters'o OF
European history. Seven German kngd9ms III NIat We
call England many independent dukes ana soNI
Ses % " m,npdrSd 81 them iu germany proper plurality
~ ag IN short All the districts o ChrisondoiaZ
Europe broken into hostile ana dscOfdant rag
ments And the tendency to unite these jaTng soyer.
egnties into a few sohd has marked her later
history thousand years ago there was h,phIchI IN
half the little island of Britain Now, Europe se ls
hardly moro than heptarcby. Five hundred years ago
the seven Electors OF the Emperor acquired complete
sovereignty within their own donlnlonr lhic, entle
later when the shameful peace Of Mestphaha ld NJ sl
ended that conflict Of demons. which we can @ ,he
Thirty Years war the dIsuhou OF 'elIi'ly, 49,
completed More than 30 soyeregntles wef e,.,i,et
soVereigns reigncd an Inr,r9i ciRoyht 'n. ~
Issuing orders which none O them needed ana 81 govern
resist tyranny. such was tho Holy Roman Empire -"
an arpehh0n when, h '2lisite h e" MsS ~ " 70 70
man and was not AN empire. With those exccpqma Do
doscriPsio IA Ieacct Altcr nearly Two e'utui,s no. =,
bad p6ssed away the Congress Of Vienna, hs part OF
Tic ittlo good that q lad established for auma4I,y m
Germauy Threo hundred aud odd OF thcm vent up 20
that political gllioilae' shg Iiy ir - uni"r
ad strength. had partially achieved, under tlt 4e'n OF
Prussia a customs union. The national League hl,o
,rb larger ideas af uniou resolved ls eNcuucaion
~ urircIpe 20 free the German lhhe'lhAH oi Ne"i
,o Is TOOK the v,ar into tncr hauh-. E-o had
feloctacy taken The iit into tts teeth lh' r.hca, k
nom Denmark Ihen followed the dispute for ihc
booty Tho rest oi the AtuTy is iahiar. ih- .-.fh
Is9 trH tie neace oi Pfaeue-UhicL passed Il uuhr
standng-for behold, when the smoke va, cleared
but even her ales n The deiunct bnng-ihc r'4ll1ih
states-had accepted hy tfeniy the inllAy "ilo COM c,
stride had been made toward German UNITY In if4S
more than 800 s0vereisncs' in leiS lhIee uVt, ~
one essentially. practically ono How mhct ms hDI3
eHt3 80 - tIo @ ic, IN A. iroIoe-ilie that All tits
ds1,Dg success OF Prussia Is TO cnd IN the estabh
rucut OF one great military empire the more. Inc cf-
nne and lie refroaction uf America tho success hero
1hlto az e''' ,'rtr,I. forlid flof result Tire
Teat statesman OF Prussia is distinguished for courage
snsgbt breadth OF vision tuu VIII, aud warm ana
sicadiast heart His genius consists IN the m-line-
tive power OF governing by confirming t' INC 5iIls
of tho age No man knows better tIan hr u i'iu 'uo
signs of TIC times. small the chance or despot7 m
these latter days 20 stem the rapids. hhc m} utter "l'
qal shTeks. but shoot Niagara ellie must lLr present.
Goyeriucnt of Austria has placed tscf cousccmlou-B
on the right road out OF great piHcAics re DI, i-
tory OF cOnEtitutioualm 10 That Empire u iu oI h t
ton The xpcIimeIt has been triple Onc-central'u
fcdcralisin. dualisn. The realm Is an aEsi"mei'i
many distinct natonnhucs scattered 'irousn u,HH
kngdoms aud than thirty duchics on other lfnc
paliues The little RIVER loytha ~ tie boundary ht
tween tho hereditary provinces 0i Halsbuis
and the trune realm OF the holy ste-
pAccousIsting Of Hungary, Inusyiy9nil nnd cfo1IiA
but commonly called tho kinldom oil Hungdrl. Attoi
tho OF 1859, the right of me austrian pe,' 20 let
rcsentati0n and legislation was announced ~ echtfu
terms by the October diploma oI leb ana an capola'
Constitution proclaimed an the iOuoMhk lchihtl.'
Central Parliament o Keleh't41n % ~a i''' ,a W w
4 representative Chamber chosen, tomewh9i as hltd