New-York tribune., 1869-01-19

and prudent OF that day 1t must have seemed
for the Dutch to ars ma against nn nwns y ga ae%p To-
captass VysIma with 20 and doing it. The hTpe
longer Pope when he srase' s wseD sf D0 any Of
our rSSts are Withheld from us aud while ,i AL
tho tina, DnSV SS1t the eGSaf ssetve Franchise
African exceptodhe free but SLAVE az az ne tSs was y.
before 1t makes the heart acne 10 reaa dnrpe I tho
eey years sr OF their WIT We nd in their experience
much 70 remind US Of the early ySi the incompetent sol
diers They had sometimes treacherous generals as
fear haye had Their War ed ,errbe engagements
and almost crushing defeats Like ourselves they were
educated by war They were @ yctor,ous
fer The cSrnSes cST the during the
first years OF the was fearful ana trOnns of Spain the
armies Of the Reformation swept down ike tne fps
grain before the farmers scythe Inc from their dust
ronS Ion rse whose infexibe determination
must have elected the admiration even Sr bnm bnt ed
cate man that he is obliged to adopt the religious creed req
Of his feowman. and he becomes m regard TO Philip Bit
ter and cruel he is painted IN history hep me
He lived in dark age, and the victim OF super
stltion which he wished to make law .d oi pSiiin "a
and especially for those Dysf sU mann nG and kind to ali Who
agreed with him Laughter rhe lanS az Whole
tiger when bis religion Tss ysrSus Sentiments disturbed
by the presence Of black face at the communion TABLE
Appaase The Duke Of Alba nc was an one as Byron de-
scTibes: .--L
Tbst ever selled snip or Gus throb
After 81 years the pillars of the Dutch Republic rose
and the nansh navy was swept from the The sue.
cess OF the Netherlands in this paroc oe Ua
tho marvellous exploits we read OF In history "I1 r
consider tho odds against tho
the struggle arose that mighty leader William Oh Oange.
sometimes called "WiIliam the Silent ihere Mas
not one element of his character, or tho physoa
advantage he possessed which -. cou,u ,o,iarD rar
been spared from o leader OF 60 ioriVbn S th
bnSs s Of ss ss sV
man OF foresight; IL demanded man or dignned re.i
cepce He possessed this I'm remarkable degree ~
WAS tho statcsmanship OF this man whoh senceu sno
religious chickering's Of tho Lutherans and AnaBapsts
He Infused into the people OF the Netherlands something
OF his own great spirit aud patriotism Mheh ne vas ~
fhe head OF affairs ths staesmanship was not connLe9
to his own country. IL would have been simPnr n9,
drawn a com parioOn between William ana fDip. VII
liam was TO tho Netherlands what Abraham Lincoln was
TO u.s. After showing how similar were the %
OF Lincoln and william OF Orange and speakns o. t9
treachery OF Williams spouse. the lecturer thus %
TO Mrs Lincoln During the early part OF the war wen
our papers were speaking Of her loyalty as OF d9uDu
class, and OF her being pro-Sayery In her luea5'
have personal knowledge that she was urging LIN,
coin OH 10 strike of the fetters OF tho slave Appause
The people under William called him father as We called
Lincoln "Father Abraham" While Lincoln lived,
though one hundred battles were fought ana oet anu
while caamtes fell upon us. We could never lose itn
in him neither could the Netherlands doubt their
chief Both remarkable for their seriousness
have seen President Lincoln at times when 1t was har
for him to repress tear, so heavy seemed weigh oI
care hanging over him. William died by the hahu OF an
assassin 10 whom he had given charity tho DAY previous
TO his assassination. Lincoln too murdered ana 80
departed from earth two OF the greatest men VINO e'eE
trOd the land We live upon. A..
the lecturer who was listened TO with earnest atten.
tion closed by paying high tribute TO the nomOry ot
William the Silent and President Lincoln.