The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-23
Count Won Bf smhanrchRy, Prime Minis
ter of Prussia,

Ohio, Count Won Bismarck. Scllonhau.
sen Prime Minister, Il PRUSSIA, aud, with
the sole exception q Napoleon IHg the
most famous man Of the present ago, Is
the descendqnt q i long llle Of petty NC.
1bnlty, whose origin y ll9st lR Tie Femotestt:
antiquity Frederick the Great, com.
Emeucipg life will almost ppeFile tastes,
and in tic condition of nbject domestic
sqbjeclion TO tllc will IF crack; brain IS
eccentric father, RNQt ", thss P Fl s39p
monarchy u century and Q half ago, Bis 3it
nlarck, Who, BY his, eccenlricity and II.
regular 81 aiIot2 Eicious habits, earned f3r
himself III liz derisiys 9ppeIIeliop pf MSIdl]
Bismarck, has oitliyed the dcPreciatory,
opinions Of his youthful critics s and has "a
tby, Tie strength 81 Ills wtIl an4 Tic forge 9yii
Of lis political genius, torl ZIG prestige
Of German leadership from Austria, raised
Prussia tt rivalry with France for the
premlerSllipOf Europe, and realized Ills
dreamioti q great German Empinetbyith
consolilation Of all the German States
under the guidance of Prussia To Bis.
mdrck's towering abilities, and 10 the I'm.
mense strength Of his political combina-
tions, is owing Im0fe than to, any other.
single or personal cause the present war:
The tradition Of French diplomacy Will
not admit Of superior or even Of an equal
in the CAliUqniIlbrlum Of Europe!
Napoleon has found hilself Cqualed, If not
dominated, by Blslnarcks political man
UuYrcs, and neither the ambition OF the
Emperor nor the genius Of the French
nation can tolerate such an attempt on
the national honor gBIsmaEcks moral
courage and consIllYp l tact have made
Prussia Whit She d iI'tllts generation, J,
antlin the Accomplishment OF This high
objects tits moro than doubtful whethsr
he did npt coUDterIninG 0 AlpOleons ,oR4p
tplanS. Certain i Is, that lis position Of
E,artlcA neutrality amer SOlteflnO, pfccipi'
tatetI1 the iIhpGrIect and unsatisfactory
Termination Of the Italian question, and
his subsequent splendid Z, trlumphs ~
KOnigsgrAlz and SldOWa, were humtli.
ating c6untGrp6ise to the imperial blunders
in Mexicn; while at home tile cOns0lida.
tion OF tPrsSian supremacynhus been q;
painful contrast 70 the concessions Of I'M
perialisIn 10 liberal institutions for The
sake Of assuring Itself Oh extended lease
Of power Bismarck's predictions. botli
personal and ancestral; led him to identi,
IL himself with the cause Of kingly rule
In Prussia. He identified the veal Of the
nation with the personal government BY q
King. lie Is niOnaFchlCal by instinct,
and cache concession made 10 liberalism,
has been wrung from lin rs departure
from the true principles Of all government,
and rs IN attack upon Tie peoples own
happiness. Tho theory of his foreign
policy was that. Austrian lprcponder4nqc,
was inhnical to the weltareor Germany and
that tie general interests Of the TeHtOnic
race would be promoted by the elevation Of
Prussia to the first place in German couh-
ellis. His antipathy to democracy, WAS
increased by the"events ofs1S4S ,blandC in,
1851 he became member Of the Prnssian
Parliament where his speech on the now
constitution and his arlst0cratic loyalSm
attracted the attention Of thee Court.
While on his wedding todrhe accidentally
encountered tho King at Venice, and per-
sOnai intercourse so confirmed the impress
sion he had created that very soon after
wards lie was appointed Prussian'repre-
sentative at the Frankfort Diet There is
perhaps, no nlaniin Europe Of whom bet
ter stories arc told than of Bismarck.
Among others one Is told Of this particu.
lar epoch, showing his sense Of his own
dignity, and Of the respect due to him as
representative of Prussia The young
minister paid ceremonial visit TO Count
Thun, the Austrian Minister and Presi-'
dent ofthe Diet. Count Thun did not ask
him to take scat but continued smoking.
Bismarck, nothing disconnected, took out
his cigar case, and drawing chair for
ward, asked the President for light, and
fairly smoked him into ,civility. II In 1859
lie was recalled from Frankfort, and sent
Ambassador to st. Petersburg. In 1902
he was placed in charge Of the Ministry Of
Foreign AiIairs. The whole course Of
Prussian politics was at this time n con.
slant protest at every point by the liberals
and the democratic party against the
crown and It's authority. The opposition
to every ministerial plan was virulept,
and no success at home orabrOad mOdi.
fled the hostility OF the opposition! Even
Prussian successes in the Schleswig. Hol.1
stein affair brought no peace to tho coun-
ellis Of the nation. The general tendGn-
dies Of Europe wero toward an expansion
of liberalism. Bismarck and the King
believed that the national welfare lay In
the consolidation of the royal power, In
tho control Of tho press, and In the In
crease Of outstanding army. The dispute
with Austria, sprang outof tho increasing
prepOndcronce Of Prussia in all questions
touching the common interests If Ger:
many. THE German prineipalities were
being rapidly mediatized into Prussian
dependencies. Tho question Of arnla.
mentsi was a new jealousy, land her ALI
ance, offensive and defensive, between
Prussia md tic new. Kingdom Or Italy,
led ia, tire warliko movements by Austria
for the purpose o. defending herN enetian
dependencies, which led TO Napoleon's
appearance on the scene and 10 the eXpul-
sion Of Austrlu from Italian soil. The
sudden close Ollthe Italian campaign nj
Solierlpo leaving Victor Emanuel's posi-
tion only half assured, md Transferring
,Sdvoy to FRINGE was hardly satisfactory
to Prussia 1t Is generally believed that.
in interviews which Bismarck had at BiRF-
ritz with Napoleon about this time, the
Prussian favored tue Napoleonic claims to
q Rhine frontier as usetoir 70 Prls.
sia's lOngings Tor SclGswig. Holstcin
aud Baltic ports. Austria now OK.
pressed 1'herl otlfsapprovll lor PrVls.
sia's aggranlizing views on the. Ouch.
les; but u these, protests Bismarck paid
no attention, and The battles Of Sndowa
and Konigsgratz affirmed Prussian
rights and SilencCd u Austrian rcmoii.
STRANGE, Alter the Austrian defeats Prus-
sin consolidated the North German States
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