Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-10-11


that in this case the General has seen fit
to use his own private funds to indemnify
the losing banks, and thus give additional
credit to the government. If every office
holder could have the same feelings of
honesty, and the same interest in the cred
it of the government, how many million of
dollars would be saved the tax payers of
the country? 1t is certainly refreshing to
know that this has been the first defalca
ton in this Bureau, but much more so to
know that there is at least one man left
who regards his own credit enough, as well
as that of the government, to make the loss
good.
Stories, omen to the most appalling re-
suit is now rife in this city from the differ
ent parts of the South, in reference to the
present political canvass now going on
there. For instance, we receive from So.
Carolina that the political leaders opposed
to the reform party in that State, are in
wait on the northern borders of that State
for the appearance of armed forces from
North Carolina. From some districts in
Virginia we learn that similar troubles are
anticipated during the approaching cam
paign. Your correspondent, from the best
evidence in the matter, concludes that
there is not the least danger of any distur-
hance attending the election. The south
ern people have long since come to the con-
clusion that there is no use of kicking
against the pricks," and having made up
their minds to accept the situation of things
without murmur further than giving
wink, simply, to the opponents of the re-
publican party.
The General Land Office has received
advices of the discovery of rich vein of
coal near Junction city, Kansas. The To-
cal land officers have been instructed to
institute the proper inquiries in reference
to this matter, and make full report, and
in the meantime the land will be withheld
from entry or disposal. Also, the Office
has had prepared and transmitted to the
governor of Louisiana, patent No. l of
swamp and overfowed lands inuring to the
State of Louisiana. under the act of Con-
gress approved September IS, 1850, in the
district of lands formerly subject to sale at
Greensburg, Louisiana, embracing $685.
acres.
The present equinoxial is most terrific
with Us in this latitude. Never for thirty
years has the Potomac been so high nor
does history record a time ever before when
there was such loss of property along its
shores and tributaries All railroad CON-
munication from the South are cut of, and
Geographic reports are to the effect that
many portions of East Virginia are flooded.
OF course, the Franco Prussian war here,
as everywhere else, is the absorbing topic
at present. At the outset, public senti-
ment was quite pronounced on the side OF
Germany, but this feeling has since under,
gone considerable modification Thought.
full men regard the contest with reference
to its bearing on the progress of liberty
among the people, rather than as mere
partisans Of this or that nation. They
wish to see the unifcation of Germany
completed, and her prosperity assured, but
they do not wish to see France entirely de.
prived Of her independence, nor do they
regard the overshadowing preponderancC
Of great military nation like Prussia, a.
favorable to the growth of freedom. Tn
der the leadership of her present govern
ment, that power is rapidly becoming,
she has not already become, what Macau
ley said il was the object of Frederick tn,
Great to make her-all sting. The pacific
non aggressive character which we hav,
been accustomed to attribute to the Ger
man people cannot by any means be ina
puted to Prussia. In fact. the exact re
verse Is VIGOROUSLY the case, and it j
greatly to be feared that she may impress
her warlike and aggressive temper upor
all the rest Of Germany, for there Is moth
ing more contagious than the love of powe
and the pride of military glory. Animal
ed by such a spirit Germany, under tn
military primacy of Prussia, would becom
more dangerous to the peace of Europ
and to the independence of her neighbor
than France has ever been. Powerful
dangerously, so it would seem-she is a
ready, and therefore true friends of libert
scarcely desire to see her further strength
G ened at the expense Of France by the al
nexation of a portion of the territory of tn
T latter.
e Moreover, it cannot be overlooked thl
: in her social system, France assimilatt
;, with our own democratic society far MOI
= than does Prussia. In the latter countr
:. the lines which separate classes are ver
/. rigidly drawn. Scarcely more than fly
}, per cent. of the officers of the army are
: other than aristocratic birth, and in Il
: civil service also, ''blood" is an almost il
= dispensable requisite to official advanc
:, ment. So far is this idea of the natur
e superiority of the aristocracy carried tn
e the law does not recognize the validity
= marriage between nobleman and Il
e daughter of a merchant
1t As to the government ITSELF it is We
e known that the Prussian monarchy repr
sents the most ultra absolutism of the E
L ropean continent. The declaration
st King William upon his coronation in o.
e 1861, that he obtained his crown by Il
10 grace of God alone, is well remembers
/ His prime minister, the great Bismarck,
Ks if possible, still more of an absolutist tn:
E. his master. 1t is only necessary to reca
or his words at the time of the revolution
N 1913. When the German parliament q
ID sembled at Frankfort, they sent a deput
+ ton to Berlin to offer the imperial croy
D. of Germany to Frederick William II
a. Bismarck opposed the movement 'becau
E. it recognized the sovereignty of the pc
S pie" He declared that democratic repr
sentative ideas and the principles up
N which the Prussian government rests, we
30 mutually exclusive of each other, and cou
e, never be made to amalgamate, the form
is being founded upon the will of the poop
as while the latter existed by divine install
a ton. He said they never could be reco
C. ciled by parliamentary debate, but, soon
IL or later the God Of battles must decide /
oy tween them by throw of iron dice. T
ly question irresistibly forces itself upon O
n minds, whether Bismarck and his mas
K do not regard this very war as the "thr
of iron dice" TO which he then alluded.
as The great Prussian minister has, indie,
Is given utterance to very much modif
rs ideas since 1913. However little he m
he think of the rights of the people, he
to learned something of their power, and l
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