The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-18

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TIE king. of Bavaria and saxony hasten
to press upon William Of Prussia the title
Of Emperor, which the old King docs not
delay long in accepting. At first biusn one
ia somewhat startled at this enthusiastic
admiration on the part of these hrst-named
monsrchs. What magnanimity! What
self-negation! These frank-hearted ana
sentimental gentlemen are 80 much over
powered in contemplating the splendor OF
King williams achievements, and the I'M |
mortal renown lately won by united Ter
many, that they give in their unreserVeo
adhesion to the unifcatiOn of the Germanlc
races in one grand Empire. This Is all
very affecting, and charming, and simple
nrovided there is not some hidden motive,
some secret purpose in it.
How is this enthusiasm responded to oy
the peoplef Rumors come floating over
the water. There are groans and lamenta-
lions minglirg on the gale OF victory.
There is suffering in Observation-Disclosures
among the cattle, failure in crops, h'gn
price of food, severity of winter weather.
desolation in families that were always
happy and abundansly supplied. Ihere Is
a great deal of gl'ry, but the father Is
away. the children see him no more, the
wife is crushed with responsibility and fear'
the shop is vacant, the earth untitled, pow
erty has come, and famine is coming. Tel
egrams of victory are followed by riots IN
the streets of Berlin, and even while French
prisoners go by, Prussian citizens are shot
down. The state of things is as bad IN
Saxony and Wurtemburg, it is worse IN
Il Bavaria, for the brunt of every field 1s
thrown upon the fiery Bavarian.
Well, when the war is over and the peo-
, pie talk quietly among themselves, what
will they say Of the military government
Many of us can remember the reVolatlon-
ary outbreak in Germany twenty years ago
, We know how the Kings had to parley then
with their people, how Prussia barely sus-
ceeded in quelliDg her own malcontents
+ and then lent her armies to suppress the
3 dangerous and triumphant movement II
/ the neighboring States.
al Kepublicanism is a passion now in Ba
t yaria. 1t slumbers, but at any momen
n NAV be aroused, and the good King of tina
a country knows that he would be in sat
\ plight if left to his own subjects. AS mon
D | arch, however, of State constituting par
: of the German Empire, he could Away
4 rely upon the federal army to keep his PEG
4 ple quiet. Hence his enthusiastic devotion
to King William and the idea of a unite'
9 Germany The fact is apparently simpl.
O this: Monarchy fights with Republicanism
g and tries to strengthen its hand by formin
! alliances among it's own members. Thes
!. alliances grow closer and closer as the dan
q ger becomes more pressing, until fnali
. they take the shape of confederation an
y consolidation. In order to gull the peopl
= tthis ia called unifcation.
# Monarchy has been tried in the scales il
"a Europe, and found wanting. 1t has bee
, and is the enemy of Christianity, the TO
of truth, the friend of infdelity, the patro
;, of every Haunting vice. We have no al
), surd dream that Republicanism will prov
4 a panacea for all these ills, or in any wa
q fill the sacred Office of religion. But
1t will approach nearer to it, if kept pure
"a because it is freer from the petty jealousle
D. of monarchy, and is in itself higher an
" nobler type of government. 1t is a ste
a. forward in social progress, and not eve
III the specous plea of German unificatfbn ca
arrest it.