Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-10-20
WENDELL PHILLIPS Of BISMARCK

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leaves Paris . fortnight and they bsgin to
ignore him. His FIRST reverse swept away
his throne. Had he achieved success at
terward he would have had to conquer his
way into Paris after crushing the Ger
mans. Neither Lonis Philippe nor this
Napoleon dare call themselves Kings of
France-they are King and Emperor Of
tie French. Bismarck himself, the ablest,
mos. unscrupulous and imperious of State
managers. has to conciliase popular suf-
frage and constitutional Legislatures before
be can get space to act. Warwick, the
old king-maker. was forced TO create the
House Of Commons to fortify his own pow.
er. Our modern king maker must even
borrow leave of the Germans 10 play des-
pot. Frederick William began BY trying
to crush an empire. 1t vanishes like a
mist when he attempts to grapple with it,
and aghast he :inds himself face to face
with Republic He puts the crown
back on his prisoners head to save his
own crown from worse foe. The victo-
ry of Sedan has only put him into Napo-
Icons place. The Frcnchmau stood be-
tween German despot in front Of him and
Republican Paris behind. Jules Favre
was the upper milestone and Prussia the
lower. Between them we thought to find
the dust of the Napoleonic dynasty. But
it proved such mere shadow that the
stones grind each other To-day Freder-
ick stahds with an armed Republic in Par
is before him, and the possibility of find
ing another when he returns 10 Berlin
The Greek fool who sawed off the limb on
which he sat was content to fall. This
German descendant of that cautious per-
son is trying hard to splice together again
the division which threatens to let him
down.
Since the last soldier left Rome the
Pope has spent his anxious hours in deci-
ding whittier he shall run. and Victor
Emanuel assures him that Italy's moving
on Rome is only to save it from the Red
Republicans. Russia slrnks back, ho-
ping to hide from the age amid her soli-
tudcs Austria is only asking how soon
will the storm reach her? England would
be glad t, do or say something; but,
haunted by the Alabama in her dreams,
she can spare no waking momen: from The
watch over Ireland and her own radicals
80 She yields her place at the first table of
States. and contentedly takes her seat with
pages-Belgium. Denmark and Switzer-
land-at the second b ,ard The whole of
Europe is honey -combed, and the seeth-
ing waves toss and moan beneath the thin
crust Like Holmes Zone horse ebay" :"
all the thrones drop to pieces at once
They remind one of the cab horse in Pick
wick, which could stand while in motion
stop him and he fell at once. Mean
while Madrid, Paris, Florence. Berlin,
and the rest crystalize into republics if you
take of the superintendent weight but a
single moment. The hour Of the people
has come. Everything helps them. The
timid incompetency of England and that
angry pride which cheats the intellect of
Bismarck, both serve the good cause equal
ly we'll.
The first shows the masses that. once
marshalled, their claims strike aristocra-
cy into dumb and helpless confusion of
counsel; fearing to do anything in its un-
certainty what to do. Bismarck had it in
his power to have planted peace between
republican France and Prussia for the lie t
two generations, meanwhile delaying the
advance Of democracy for many year. A
magnanimous prince at Sedan-yes, sim
ply selfshly cunning prince there
might have insured the Prussian throne to
his grandchild The victory had hum
bled his only foe. Behind was a power
full nation which had never made war on
him. He had only to encamr at Sedan
and offer peace. The world would have
recognized his power to 20 to Paris; would
have seen all the magnanimity that dis
dained to humble nation betrayed by its
leaders BY the splendor of such an act
Prussia would have led Europe for many
year Selfish instinct cried out for it,
even if honor was silent. The first step
that Prussia made from Sedan to Paris de-
stroyed forever all Bismarck's claim to be
thought statesman. Ignorantly or ang-
rily h flung away such an opportunity to
strengthen his own land in the gratitude
of France and the admiration ofthe world
Instead of this he did al! that in him hes
to insure that immortal hate and undyinc
purpose of revenge which will breed up
the next generation Of Frenchmen for
nothing else but to put the tricolcr some
day over Berlin. The next generation Of
Prussia will have cause to weep that at
this hour. so great inpossibilities, prus-
sia had no statesman to reap the harves,
which her greatest Of captains -Moltke-
had got for her. The man whom we all
thought Sully, an Oxenstiern, turns out
only an adroit manager, second leuten-
ant to Moltke, and the willing tool of a
bigot king; no breadth, no foresight, no
large instincts Of humanity, always the
highsst wisdom Prussia armed in order
10 vindicatc 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 ofthe world, the home
of two millions Of men as well as of science
art, literature. and civilization the capi-
til Of great military nation. whose swift,
defeat shows that. dragooned as she was
to the field. it vas only aseeming war that
she waged. He never con4ured France
lie only triumphed ever the .slasish refuss
which could not be bought or whipped into
coanserfeiting her. .-.l--,..
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