The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-22
TWO STATESMEN.
Em,,. tenivier, Prime Minister of

ENID. sonivier, Prime Minister of
.france.
0kyier Emile Olivier, Prime Minister Of
France uader the westimperlai iNegIneSanc-
tleued;bg the Ple6sscite, Is the sea OF Demos-
themes olivier, q merchant OF AarselHes, re-
neItned for his eloluence and for hls3eEsls-
iuent rasicalsm. he was always IN opFc csltion,
,afser the coup d. etGt his anhpathy TO Louis
NapeIeon, both as President and Emperor.
,waSse unappeasable that he was arrested anu
had ITO leave France, to which he did not re-
turn until 1850. His son, the object OF THIS
notice, has been no less remarkable for MS ad-
hessen to the hroadest Democratic principles.
Although under the modifying influence OF re-
cent concessions to the cause of freedom by
the French Government, he has felt at
liba-ty to espouse the policy of the En-
ufre, and Al,s the unsatisfactory position
Of being blamed by his old friends lor
.desertiun, and not being mElicltly trust
Led by the new until more perfect acqua1n-
tance, although it is fair to assume that at this
jimoment he must have the personal confidence
of the Emperor. He is forty-fVe years ofage,
end was called to the Paris barin l847, ana On
ls48 was appointed commissary OF the
new Republic in MarseaAes. HIS frst punnc
J. duty was the repression sof the Marseiaes
anor his rnpsss sg ts sS Sauss msn Gt
not Viewed go favorably by the Reds. How
ever. .CaEaignac sustainedS1is action, and ap-
pointed him prefect. Afterthe fall Of the Re-
hubble, he retired from politics, and took his
place aGein at the bar, where his brilliant ora!
tory soon brought him into reputation, and ne
was engaged in many suits, both political and
neennjsry' and was esteemed one of the ornai
| Inents Of the French bar. In 1857 he was re.
moved to the Assembly for one Of the electoral
| districts of the Seine. In the Chambers he
was one OF the five eminent members ofthe ep.
position, and opposed the Public Safety Law OF
5s. the Italian expedition of '59, and the coR-
troI of the Press law In go. In 1868 NJ. Oli-
yIer was reelected, and during this session be
recognized the impollcy OF continuous opposi-
tion to the government for mere party pur-
poses, and on several occasions TOOK the side
Of the ministry when it seemed for the public
benefit that he should do 30. This uncertain
action continued until the Imperial deeiara-
| ton of liberal intentions, and the large con-
| cessions of popular freedom determined him,
and he formally Joined the Imperial party,
making his profession Of faith and justbying
his procedure in pamphlet entitled THE
| 10th of January" In the following election he
was thrown out Of his old parliamentary seat
by Radical opponent, but. having oeen nonl-
returned in that division He became a
parsonage of the highest importance IN the
Chamber, and the pivot around which all the
parliamentary movements OF the OLD ana ne"
parties concentrated The famous liberal re-
forms which were to consolidate the personal
and dyuestlc authority Of the Emperor on the
| basis OF enlarged popular rights, led to the ap.
polntment Of q ministry on the new basis Of
parliamentary rule and ministerial RESPONSE
bility. NJ. Olivier was the individual selected
by The Emperor for this very Responsible ana
honorable post. The situation has not been
without immense difficulties. the angry as
saints of his old comrades OF the Left have
made his premiership anything but bed OF
roses. He has shown both Independence and
honorable feeling in his recall OF Ledru Rollln,
while his impartial administration OF jus
tice was shown in the conduct OF the pres
ecutions arising ont OF the Ylctor Nolr
affair, and the popular demonstrations that
have taken place since his appointment. His
first wife was daughter of the removed COM
noser Iiszt: his second, daughter Of Mar
settles merchant, has made herself conspcu-
GUS by her support OF dress reform in Paris in
contradistincti0n to the samptuous profnsion
of the Empress Eugene and the court ladies.
II has been rumored, but on very insufficient
grounds, that NJ. Olivier Is opposed to the
Prussian war, and has even had dissension
with the Emperor on the subject. NJ. Olivier
was suspended for too free expression OF poll
tical opinions in the trial Of u. Vacherot, and
he was challeged by Granier de Cassagnac for
expressions that wounded the feelings OF the
Left-a natural consequence Of his cnange OF
opinion.
Count Won Bismarck, Prime Minister of
Prussia.
Ohio, Count Won Blsmarca-Schonha
Prime Minister OF Prussia, and, with the sole
execution Of Napoleon III, the most famous
man of the present age, is the descendant OF
long line petty nobility, whose origin Is lost
Great, commencing life with almost puerile
tastes and in a condition Of abject domestic
subiection to the will of crack-brained, &c
centric father, built mp the Pr1ssian monarchy
q century and half ago. Bismarck, who, by
his eccentricity and irregular lnot Viclons)
habits, earned for himself the derlsive appella-
tion of Mad Bismarck. has outllved the depre.
ciatory opinions of his youthful critics, and
has, by the strength Of his will and the force
OF his political genius, torn the prestige OF
German leadership from Austria, raised Prus-
sia to rivalry with Franco for the premiership
of Europe and realized the dream OF great
German Empire by the consolidation Of all the
German States under the guidance Of Prussia
| To Bismarck's towering abilities, and to the
Immense strength of his. political .combina-
tions is owing more than to any other single
| or personal cause the present war The ira
dition of French diplomacy Will not admit OF a
superior or even OF an equal In the political
| equilibrium of Europe. Napoleon has found
himself cqualled, II not dominated, by Bis
pOllLlCd uduUuflCss esnu WV
ambition of the Emperor nor the genius OF the
French nation can tolerate such an attaint on
the national honor. Bismarck's moral courage
and consummate tact have made Prussia what
she is in this generation, and in the accom-
plshment of bis high objects it Is more than
doubtful whether he did not countermlne
Napoleon's own plans. Certain. tits that his
position of armed neutrality after Solferino
precipitated the imperfect and unsatisfactory
| Termination of the Italian question, and his
subsequent splendid triumphs at Konigsgratz
and Sadowa, were humillating counterpoise
| to the Imperial blunders In Mexico; while at
home the consolidation oil P1,ssian supremacy
has been painful contrast 10 the concessions
OF imperialism to liberal institutions for the
sake oil assuring itself an extended lease OF
power Bismarck's predictions, both per-
sonal and ancestral, led him to identify himself
with the cause Of kingly rule in Prussia. Ee
ideutifed the veal of the nation with the per-
sonal government by King. He is monarch
ica by instinct, and each concession made TO
liberalism has been wrung from him as de-
parture from the true principles Of all govern
ment, and as an attack upon the peoples own
happiness. The theory of his foreign policy
| was that Austrian preponderance was inimical
| TO the welfare OF Germany, and that the
the general interests OF the Teutonic race
would be promoted by the elevation OF
Prussia to the first place in German councils.
His antipathy to Democracy was increased by
the events of 1913, and in 1851 he became a
member of the PrussiGn Parliament, where his