The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-10


Icons Statement.
The voluminous special telegram in which
we report to day the particulars of the visit
of our correspondent to the Emperor Ma
poleon at Wilhelmsh6he presents in our col
umns a brilliant attestation of the fruits
of science when subordinated to journal.
istic enterprise. The communication reads
as connected letter from the opening to the
close, detailing Seriatim one Of the most in
teresting events in the current history of the
hour. Our readers are informed Of the exact
manner in which the imperial prisoner is
treated by his royal brother of Prussia.
They may think of st. Helena and remem-
Der Ham, and then draw q median
line in their minds eye between the
deselate and solitary privations of
the first, the captive's endurance in the Sec
ond, and the semblance of royalty, but roy
atty hedged in by bayonets and guarded by
half dozen of loaded cannon, ia the present
instance. Napoleon not only complimented
the American people by the very fact of his
reception of our representative, but did SO uica
voce during the conversation which took place
between them. His Majesty appeared re-
joiced at the opportunity which we offered
him Of submitting his case to that great
transatlantic cosmopolitan jury to which
European premiers and their royal masters,
embryo Pontiffs, and an Eastern patriarch,
with others Of the moving minds of the world.
have of late spoken in our pages. Our special
enterprise, directed in this manner, tends to
equallze the humanities of the age, to correct
a nation or sovereign here, to encourage and
elevate people there. The discharge of this
duty-for we regard it as grand missionary
duty-towards the people of the world
involves very heavy expense. This we do
not consider so that our enterprise is appre-
ciated by the world now. and that it may bear
useful fruits to the body orporate hereafter
When, in the year 10 sf, we reported the
speech of the King Of @lssia to the Parlia-
ment in Berlin, uerb0tim through the cable,
the work cost US some six thousand dollars
in gold. When we announced the triumph
of the British arms in the final battle
OF the Abyssinian war, at Magdala,
it was at like pro rata charge. We were
successful in each instance. German con-
solidation was foreshadowed in the fl rst the
termination of Britain's desire for the subJu-
CATION of foreign peoples attested by the
second. Our special telegram from Will.
helmsh0he has cost q very large sum
of money, notwithstanding the fact that
the cable tariff of charges has been
moderated since the date Of the two first
named dispatches. In this recapltulation Of
facts we express neither vanity nor regret
The agency Of modern evangelism, electricity,
presents itself at all points Of the globe. 1t
has been turned to our use and purposes. 1t
is made to speak from overhead and from the
depths OF the sea-a "voice crying IN the
wilderness" We avail ourselves of it's
force, make its power domiciliary, and, by
means of our printing presses, send forth, as
we do to day, words of instruction, of warn
ing, of correction and of sympathy with the
unfortunate. Napoleon reveals both himself
and Bonapartsm in our pages. We are almost
tempted to adopt his own words on former
occasion and ask sis the edifce crownedw