The New York herald., 1870-09-26
Wendell Phillips the Wax and the a0.
sitien of Prussia.

Wendell Phillips on the Wax and the Pa
siticn of Prussiu.
While certain party radical organs and
leaders are trimming their sails on the war
question with view to secure the German
vote here Wendell Phillips comes out with a
trenchant article against Prussia for continu-
Ing to fight the French republic. He is radi-
cal of the radicals and boldly expresses his
views, regardless of party considerations. His
article, which we published on Friday, is full
of fire and eloquence II is the bugle note of
the universal republic sounding from this side
the Atlantic, and denounces in scathing
terms the King Of Prussia and the other mon
archs as well as the aristocracies of Europe
The burden Of his denunciation il that Prussia
did not made peace after the battle of Sedan,
but continued to make war on the republic of
France after the cause Of the war was removed
and the French desired to end it. He warns
Prussia, or rather the Prussian monarcy, that
by waging war against republicanism and the
sentiments OF the age its fall will be as terrible
as that OF Napoleon. There is much truth and
force In what this radical eafdnt terrible said
particularly at the time he wrote, but cir
cumstances have changed somewhat since
then. Judging from the circular letter of
Count Bismarck to the representatives of
Prussia to foreign governments and from tho
latest news received the King OF Prussia Is not
going to assume the dangerous role of cham
pion of the mOnarchies of Europe as against
nj
nave been he finds this too perilous. The
days of the old Holy Alliance are past, and the
Prussian monarch will hardly venture to take
upon himself single-handed the task of defend
ing monarchcal government against the revo-
iutiOn
What Wendell Phillips says, however, about
the general situation Of Europe and the posi-
ton OF the governments is very graphic and to
the point. ''Since the last soldier left Rome"
he remarks, ''the Pope has spent his anxious
hours in deciding where he shall run; and
Victor Emanuel assures him that Italy's
moving on Rome is only to save it from the
red republicans. Russia shrinks back, hoping
to hide from the age amid her solitudes Aus
tria is only asking how soon the storm will
reach her. England would be glad to do or
say something's but, haunted by the Alabama
in her dreams, she can spare no
waking moment from the watch over Ire
land and her own radicals. SO she yields her
place at the first table Of States, and content
edly takes her seat with the pages-Belgium
Denmark aud Switzerland-at the second
board. The whole of Europe is honeycombed,
and the seething waves toss and run on be-
meath the thin crust Like Holmes 'One
Horse Shay all the thrones drop to pieces at
once. They remind one of the cab horse in
'Pickwick, which could stand while in motion
stop him and he fell at once" This is true
picture of the state of Europe but the revolu-
iion moves SO fast that more States than Mr..
Phillips enumerates are coming upon the can
vas. The Ottoman empire, Egypt Algiers,
audi other parts of the Old World, both of
Europe and Africa, begin to loom up as promi-
nent figures in the revolutionary scene. We
live in wonderful age. The most far-seeing
mind can hardly grasp the future or imagine
what is coming out of the present movements.
Of this, however, we are assured, that the diff
fusion of knowledge through the press tele-
graph and other agents Of our modern civiza-
ton makes it impossible to revive the past
Progress in securing the rights of the people
and their political and social amelioration Ia
inevitable.
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