The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-15
: WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT
From the New York Evening Post.

to-day, by strange fortune, the leaders,
the foremost and the strongest nations of
the world. The vanguard of civilization
has been remitted by Providence to new
hands. 'sqes@
The story of the last ten years, in which
this momentous change has been wrought
about, is surely one Of the strangest and
most wonderful in the worlds history
Ten years ago Germany was divided in
its councils, weakened by bitter jealous.
les and rivalries, and apparently ready to
fall prey to Napoleon's great and threat
ening ornaments. The American Union
was also torn by internal dissensions, and
already its enemies in Europe were pre-
pairing to hasten its downfall, and, by the
Mexican expedition, in which England,
France and Spain united, to take adyan.
tage ofeur ruin. H5lsisgifq s,sls .rsgt ,gtfag
Ten years ago, liberty seemed to have
few friends; popular government was
declared to be a failure; Napoleon Ill, ).
now seen 70 be the great blunderer of the
age, was then completing his Life of JUL,
us Caesar, and writing that panegyric of
imperialism, in which he warned the ma.
tions that when great man appears,
1t is the duty of the people to obey him :"
the London Times, heading what is be.
lieved to be reaction against liberty, be-.
gan even to justify negro slavery, and to
suggest how best the American Union
might be. cut up into balfa dozen indie
pendent. nations In Germany, Austria,
then the most reactionary and illiberal of
the German governments, was the lead.
ing power; in Prussia liberty was thought
even by the liberals themselves, to be
near its end; and the hopes of patriotic
Germans for Union of their Fatherland
seemed as far from realization as they
were half century ago. A student IN
lquiring TO What states were committed
the guardianship and development of
civilized society, would have been poin-
ted to England and France France, des-
politically ruled and corrupted by Ma
poleon, and England worshipping sue
cess and living in an unatural and shame
full friendship with the French Cesar.
| To-day we have done with all that !;
and two new nations have emerged from
two bloody wars, the confessed, and we
believe the worthy leaders of Christen
dom. The world has taken step for
ward and in this new. leadership what
we call Christian civilization has, let US
Hope. ASSUME d new and more beneticent
character. For it is notable fact that
both the war of the rebellion and this
French war were fought by the victors as
wars of defence /; wars into which, the
German people this year, as oul own in
1861, were driven reluctantly, sadly, and
only in defence of what an impartial
world confessed to be their rights. To-
day, the pertinacity, discipline, and en-
i durance Of these nations has placed them
above future attack. They have only to
be true to the intelligent liberty which
has made them the strongest, true to their
new mission, as the leaders che guides,
the formers of civilization, to live hence.
forth without fear. of others; and to de-
clare with moral force of their position
peace. ON earth and good will to men.
4 II we consider the character of the
4 American and of the German people, we
have reason to hope much for the world
q from their performances. Both, IN the
first place, are prominently peaceful
they do not love war they will not use
their strength as menace to other ma
, tions. Both are moral, industrious ano
ingenious; they have not been corrupted
) by the vices which the French Empire
fostered and spread abroad. They love
) liberty, they revere law. and comprehend
constitutional government. The German
people, united by this war, aud feeling
: as they do their new responsibilities t
he world, will hot fail to work out the
, problem, which still remains to them, O.
/ consolidating their liberties with the con
. Institutional forms. Every German knows
/. what DR.. Lieber wrote in 1881, that giveI
3 Union, and liberty will,soon follow this
thought informs every patriotic utteranct
: Of Germany and to the German, as tt
) the American, liberty means freedom
not to a single people, but to all the
world, as Freiligrath wrote in 1848:
WAS weiter wird, das harren wiz,
i Doch virus die Freiheit werden
: Die Ereiheit dort, die Freiheit hier,
/, Die Freiheit jetzt und fur und fur,
z Alluberall auf Erdeu.''
: a4t" What further comes, we may abide,
iJt But twill be freedoms birth
Freedom at once, on every side,
Freedom extending far and wide,
!, Freedom Ger all the Earth"
Z America and Germany are now the
leaders of Christian civilization ; may
f their people feel the vast responsibilities
which Providence has put upon them
| may they feel that to them is committed
the advancement of libery, the preserva
ton of virtue and morals, and the increase
J OF intelligence to them belongs what
J other nations have not been worthy to
j keep-the charge of the worlds peace,
j and the Improvement of mankind by the
virtues and the arts which have grown
out of and represent Christianity.
j For ourselves, Americans, we may re-
ljoice that to the German nation he's fall.
en- this great victory. Germany has sent
US fot many wears thousands of her sons