The New York herald., 1869-04-27
crows, enjoyed the feast. ssThe wsy u :

mans heart is through his stomach" a. the
Sanscrit poet has it. But, Coptic or Sanscrit,
the vanity Of a few women, alone to be
admired for the development Of the brain at
the expense Of every other quality that man
admires in woman, sought admiration in
this direction. The Bohemians toasted them
and they toasted the Bohemians. These
swallowed the toasts and the tea at the same
time and pronounced the Sorosis the finest
society ever instituted for Bohemian benefit.
Aswoman advances in her attempts to usurp
the position which nature appears to have in
tended for man she must expect to sacrifice all
those courtesies which man has heretofore
been proud to yield to her. She may gain in
what she calls her rights, but she will lose in
all those intensely refined attentions which
have produced high cisilization. To-day
she has greater influence than any she may
hope to attain by sacrificing these attentions
for what she aims at. Let those who pretend
to represent the women of America cease to
unsex themselves and destroy all that refine
ment of sentiment which now clings to mother,
wife or sister. There is enough suffering,
enough that demands the care of woman in all
directions, In which she may win greater inau-
ence than any that q vote would give her.
Nature made man stronger and framed him
for battles with the outer world. If woman
takes from him his God-given prerogative,
which he holds in common with the male sex
Of every animal species, she will deprive him
Of all that which he is now proud to defend.
Such societies as that of the Sorosis debase
our civilization, and men whose stomachs con-
troll them more than their heads are the only
ones who will be found among its supporters.
The German Question of the Hour-Its
Relation to the Future of Europe.
A new question has sprung up in Germany.
1t is seriously engaging the attention of Prus-
sia. 1t is also commanding the attention of
France. What is this question? Let us briefly
state it, In 1866 Prussian success was so COM
plete and her aggrandizement was so alarm
ing that the world was astonished and France
Germany have remained very much in statu
quo. Germany has not grown more into
unit. Prussia has neither coaxed nor COM
PEELED any further additions to her territory.
The North German States and the Free Towns
are not much more reconciled to the domina-
ton of Prussia than they were at the outset,
and the South German States have discovered
no good and satisfactory reason why they
should give up their independence for the
mere sake of making Germany unit for the
benefit of the Prussian monarchy. From a
broad German point of view this is the answer
to the question we have put.
The situation has acquired interest from
variety of inside and outside circumstances.
The national party in Prussia, who go in for
German unity, but who willingly or unwillingly
identify German unity with Prussian suprem-
acy, have, it appears, of late been doing their
best to induce Count Bismarck to make the
North German Confederation less name and
more q fact, by giving the confederation a
responsible ministry. Such an arrangement
would make an end of the viceregal positions
now enjoyed by the subject sovereigns, and, If
1t did not make an end of their authority in
any shape, would certainly reduce them to the
rank of governors or projects. In the present
state of German feeling Count Bismarck wisely
refuses to follow any such advice. The Ger
man people of all sections love independence
first, unity second. Enjoying, however, GER
tain kind of independence and believing that q
certain kind of unity already exists, they are
naturally enough unwilling to move In any
direction the results of which promise only to
be of doubtful value.
The report which we gave in yesterdays
HERALD of the debates In the French Cham
bers shows that the doubtful condition of
Prussia is one Of the main reasons why the
war policy has not been forced upon the
Emperor. M. dc Ia Valette, perhaps, the one
man in France, after the Emperor, who
thoroughly understands Europe, and M. Theirs,
who hates Prussia with a hatred which is all
the more intense that 1t is baseless and unjust,
both agree that it is wisest and best to accept
the situation in Germany and TO await further
developments. They know we'll that war
between France and Prussia would drive the
German people, North and South, East and
West, under Prussian banners. If o reac-
tionary spirit is to check Prussian ambition
why should France go to war at present? If
war is to advance the interests Of Prussia and
peace is to advance the interests of France,
why should not France prefer peace? Such is
the reasoning of NJ. de la Valette and M.
Theirs. We must not forget, however, that