The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-27

rested. he placed " there htuself In sign that he
that her dignity was derived from him. Then turn
mony Of his readiness TO defend the nation sin Q
the battle OF Sadowa when the Austrian empire was
SO suddenly shattered. no has believed himself
tined, perhaps, : TO revive the old glores
OF Barbarossa. HIS habits are soldieriy, and
! continues To ind pleasure In wearing the spiked
helmet OF the Prussian camp. Republicans smile
.'.ny peope; but this egotisIn Ia the natural ex-
! preston OF the monarchical character, especially
where the monarch be cves that he holds bv 'divinc
/ rlgnt.D His pubic conduct is IN harmony WIN
these conditions He Is Protestant, and rules The
land OF Luther but he Is no friend 10 modern REFORM
his inheritance handed down from lighting dcspots,
and he evidently believes Ia IT.
| HIS Munster, Count bismarck, Ia the partisan of
edivlne fight,h aud, Ike the king, regards with
satisfaction that hierarcMcal teudaiism from
which they are both derived He is noble and
believes IN nobility. He believes also In force II
he had the blood Of tie god Thor. He believes in
war, and does uot hesitate 10 throw Its iron dice"
man question began to lower his policy was most
persistent mot through speeches and votes OF the
M ne ware s gss e.
| ana lS49-but by slee and blood" Thus explicit
was he Having policy, ne became Its representa-
tive. and very soon thereafter controlled the coun-
sells of has sovereign. coming swiftly before the
word anu yet ms clevat on was tardy. Born in 1916
he did not enter upon diplomacy until 1851,
came Prlsslan Minister at Paris, whence he was
soon trans erred 10 the Cabinet at Berlin as Prime
Ministlr Down TO that time he was little known.
Ills name Is no. found III any edition Of the c0mpre
hensive s'French Dictionary OF Contemporaries"
even Its additions and rectllcations" until the
supplement OF 1865 But from TINS time he drew SO
large share Of public attention that the contem-
tOnary where his name was always found.
Nobody dou0ls his intellectual resources his c0ur-
age strength OF VIII, nut 1t ie ielt that no Is
ma urally hard. and little affected by human synpa-
thy. Therefore is he an excellent war minister. IL
remains To be seen II ne Will do as much for peace
HIS one idea has been the unihcatOn OF Germany
Lhder the primacy of Prussia, and here ne enO0un-
tered Austria, a. he now encounters France. But
ID that larger unity where nations viii be c0njOined
III harmony, ne can do tess 80 long, at least as he
continues fanatic icr kings anu . cynic towards
Such is the KING and sucn his Minister. / have
described them that you may see how little help the
great IDEAS already germ mating from bloody fields
will receive from them. In this respect they ore as
one.
UPRISING or woRKINGMEN.
The wOrkingmen of Europe, not excepting Ger
many. respond TO the mandate OF phi 0sOphy and IN
sist tnat the war system shall be abolished. At
pubic meetings, In formal resolutions and ad-
dresses. they nave declared war against war, and
they will not b. senced. This il not the first time
In which workngmen have ma 10 themselves heard
for International justice. cannot forget that while
slavery was waging war against our nation the
workilgmen Of Belgium In public meeting protested
against that precocious proclamation OF belligerent
rights by winch the BRUSH government gave
such impulse to the rebellion; and now, III the
declare themselves AGAINST that war sys EN- by
which the peace OF nations Is placed IN sucn con-
slant jeopardy. Tney are right; Tor nobody suffers
III war as the wOrkingInan, whether IN property or
IN person. For him war IL q ravenOus monster. de.
vour.ng his substance ana changing him from citi-
zen to military serl. as violin vi tho gar SJS-
TEN lie Is Ontited to be heard.
The workipgmen OF different countries have been
organizing In socities, OF which 1t Is dlnicuit &C
present 10 cell tie nnmOcr and extent Ii Ii known
that these societies exist III GermanY France spain.
ltaiy and England, AZ wen as in our own country.
ti0nal character In france, before tho war; there
were 49, 100 men Ill the organization. ana IN Ger
many 10000. Yet this Is but the begInning.
Al che menace OF the present all these SCOT
cites rOused Inc so Jiety known as the Inter-
national Workingmens ASSOCIATION, by their Gen.
eral Council issued an address, dated at London.
protesting against II as "a war OF dynasics" de.
n0uncing Louis Napoleon as an enemy OF the labor
ing classes and declaring the war plot OF 1870 but
amended edition OF the coup Getat 1851. THUS
Cieariy,iS the case stated by the workingmen, now
beginning TO be heard ana the testimony is rever-
beeated IRON nation to nation. They cannot le
Silent hereafter confidently look 70 them Tor I'M
portland cooperation In TINS great WORK o. redemp-
ton. Could my voice reach them now, wherever
they may be In That honest toll which is the APP
pointed lot OF man, 1t would be with words OF cheer
eaton Is no ION scr darkcned by war. In this way
will they become not only sayiours to their own
households, but beneiactOrs OF the whole human
family.
ABOLITION OF THE WAR SYSTEM.
Such is the statement with It's many proofs, by
which war is exhibited as the duel OF nations, being
the trial by battle VI the Dark Ages You have seen
how nations under existing International law, TO
which all are parties refer their differences TO thus
insensatc arDitranent; ana then how, in our day
ana before our own eyes, two nations, eminent in
civilization, have furnished instance OF the
incredible folly, waging together wordcOnvuls-
ing, soul narrowing and most barbarous contest.
All ask how long tue dlreful duel Will be continued.
Better ask, How long VIII DO continued that war
eanze s"t crime Sc Sbosaed When at ass will ol Il
pc confessed that law OF right Is she for
be mpious for Individuals 1t Is 80 for nations also
Against 1t are reason and humanity, pleading az
never before-econOmy asking for mighty help
peace with softest voice praying for saieguard-and
then the authority OF philosophy speaking BY some
Of its greatest masters--a reinforced by the ire
pressble irresistible protest of workingmen In diff
ferent nations.
Preceden's exist for the abolition of this duel so
completely in point, that according to the lawyers
phrase they go on all tours" with the case.
TWO OF these have been already mentioned; first
when, ~ the Diet OF WORMS In l495, the Emperor
Macmillan proclaimed permanent peace through
out Germany, and abolished the liberty of private
princpalities stipulated 'sundcr no pretext to de-
clare war against one another, nor TO pursue their
mutual differences by force OF arms.n But first In
tune, and perhaps III importance, was the great Ori-
nance OF St Louis. King OF France, promulgated at
o Parliament IN 1859, where he says-'We forbid 10
battle. and instead OF battles. we estaSsh proofs
ny witnesses. And these battles we ab0l-
ism in our dominions forever" lGulzot "Hislolre
de la Cviisafon en- France, Tome Nv, PIP. 162-164.)
These, at the time. were great words, and they
tnue great rs on example that their acceptance by
any two nations would begin the work OF abolition
which would be completed on their adoption by 4
Congress OF nations, taking from war It's existing
sanction.
PEACE.
An army IL despotsm; military service Is a bond
age nor can the passion Tor arms be recODced
with Il true CIVILIZATION. The present failure to ac-
knowledge this mcOmpatbllity Is only another Illus
trstion how the clear light OF truth Is dscolored and
refracied 10y an atmosphere where the cloud or war
still fingers. soon must this cloud he dispersed.
From war to peace Is change indeed; but Nature
herself testifies TO change. Sirius, largest and
brightest Of all the fixed stars, was noted by
Mars, but since then 1t has changed to
white. To the morose remark. whether In
the philosophy OF Hobbies or the apology of the
soldier, that man is lighting animal and that war
IL natural reply, natural for savages rejoicing IN
the tattoo, natural for barbariana rejoicing In
violence, but not natural for man III q true civza-
ton, which insist Il the natural state to which he
tends by sure progression The true state OF