The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-10-08
Wendell Phillips OH Bismarck.

Wendell Phillips has an elegant article
in the National Standard of last week.
He takes ground against Prussia and Bis
marck, whom he calls the ablest, most UNI
scrupulous and imperious of State mana
gers. He had it in his power to have
planted peace between the Republic of
France and Prussia for the next two gene
rations, meanwhile delaying the advance
of Democracy many a year.
At the first step Prussia made from
Sedan to Paris, she destroyed forever Bis
marck's claim to be thought a statesman.
lgnorantly or angrily he flung away such
an opportunity of strengthening his own
land in the gratitude of France and the adj
miration of the world. Instead of this lie
did all that in him lies to insure that i'm
mortal hate and undying purpose of re-
venge Which will breed up the next gene
ration Of Frenchmen nothing else but to
put the tri-color some day over Berlin
The next generation of Prussia will have
cause to weep that in this hour So great
in possibilities, Prussia had no statesman
to reap the harvest her greatest of captains
-Moltke-had got for her. The man we
all thought a Sully, an Oxenstiern, turns
out only an adroit manager, Second Lieu
tenant to Moltke, and willing tool of a
bigot King: no breadth, no foresight, no
large instincts of humanity, always the
highest wisdom.
Prussia armed in order to vndicate her
right to manage her own affairs. She
marches to Paris TO invade Frances right
to do the same. Her path lies over the
capital of the world, the home of two mil
lions of men, as well as of science, art, lit
erature and civilizations; tile capital of a
great military nation, whose swift defeat
shows that, dragooned as she was to the
field, it was only Il seeming war she waged.
He never conquered France; he only tri-
umphed over the slavish refuse which
could be bought Or whipped into counter
feiting her.
Now, on this insolent attempt to display
his power and parade his sham victory, he
subjects this great city to the horrors of
war. Humanity itself would hardly weep
neither peasant nor princelng to tell the
tale at Berlin. The tears and curses of
the civilized world blast the German
laurels.
Napoleon 5 fall was speedy. In less than
thirty days. Prussia is quicker STILL She
entered Sedan, borne on the wonder and
almost the loving admiration of the world.
She left it followed by the loathing and
contempt of both continents. She blasted
the hopes of the age.
A new power, born within the memory
of living men, we supposed her blood was
the blood of the century. Her fall insults
our civilization. Blood thirsty and greedy,
INSCRIPTIONS and overbearing beyond the
Bourbons and lIapsburgs, the Phillips, the
Charles of bygone days, she is Il nation
only in an overgrown army, horde of
brigands too strong for their civilized
neighber.
Our barbarous South, in planting the
Libby prison and AndersonvIlle in the
face of Chrstendom, may justly call across
the ocean to the black eagle, "Art thou,
too. become as one with us 9''
We rejoice that Providence thus buries
under its own folly this new and dreadful
military power and robs it of means to
cripple the rising Democracy, as it might
have done had it retained the respect of
the world.
We sympathize with Germany thus dis
graced by her Princes as France has been
by Napoleon. Let her have the same pity
extended to her that the world gave to
Paris under the usurper's heel.
Our Government should utter the verdict
of civilization and liberty to this bold bar
barism. 1t should at least protest against
this vengeance of unofending France, the
insult to the spirit of the age; the oldest
Republic, the master Power of the next
century, should speak for humanity amid
this breathless and cowardly silence of
Kings.