New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27
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BERLIN AFTER SEDAN.


Getting the News-The Joy.Crazed Masses
of the Prussian Capital-Everybody
Drinks-The Queen Before Her People
-CrowninG. "Old Fritz "-BOundlest
Enthusiasm.
TBerlin Correspondence New York Evening Post.
Who of the present generation will live
to see such moments OF mighty interest az
those of the present hour Who OF us will
ever again see nation of educated, refined
and humane citizens in its hour of physical
triumph! When it rises not only to the
first place among the nations in point OF
Orderfy and effective self-gOvernment, hui
also the greatest of military power! IL
vhat extent the good order of Germany il
dependent upon the quiet cOntentment Of
the German character let us now consider
Philosophy has abandoned her parchments
to-day, theology her future, justice removed
the bandage from her eyes, the 1nournel
forgotten his sorrow, the Insurer his interest
forgotten in this universal hymning o.
praises to the "gOds and that mighty Prus
sian artillery Oh, blessed telegraph! Oh
sympathetic nerve system Of the body
politic! In two hours after Napoleon sur
rendered himself to King William, of Prus
STA, placid Germany shouted in unison
''God be thankedv'
Imagine the operator at Sedan, in France
the EXTREMIST nerve of this great network
of which Berlin is the centre and heart
His finger rests upon the little, white, in
significant locking button before him; he
reads the first words of the dispatch which
the courier has brought from the King two
miles away, viz: "The capitulation, through
which the entire army III Sedan is surrend
cred "-now this operator is an old soldier
in these exciting moments for many years
has he dealt in lightning; he was the nearest
companion of Bismarck in Schleswig; his
fingers dealt the gentle strokes that an
nOunced "Koniggratz" to the world; by
Werth and by Metz he has calmly and
without change of countenance welded
the fires of Heaven to proclaim the victories
pf earth; the State secrets which he could
reveal without emotion would make Other
men tremble with the bare knowledge; and
once, when the instrument at his feet was
shattered by an untamed bolt, he lost nc
word of his unfinished message, but con
tinued it without delay on the neigh
boring instrument Let u.s. notwith
standing all this, excuse him if he
reads these words again: ITO Queen Au.
gusta, in Berlin: The capitulation through
which the entire army in Sedan is surren.
dered is just completed with General
Wimpfen, who takes the place OF the wound,
ed General McMahOn." Now he is himself
again; the trembling hand moves to its
work. Click, click, click, the .'old heads
in the offices at Dresden, at Weimar. al
Brunswick, at Munich, at Leipsic and Der
lin wait until the sentence is complete. anC
then slowly read it to the attendant news
Eatherers. For moment the national pulse
ceases to beat, then begins at 50. The sen
tence is complete-pulse 80. Again, click
click, click: The Emperor has only sur
rendered himself "-pulse lOO-have care
ha
great joy; but these telegraph fellows have
no mercy; click, click, click-"since he does
not hold the command, and has given up al
to the government in Paris"-pulse 10
fever! fever! down with the brakes The
public schools are pouring into the streets
the business man leaves his counting house
7he ''bear" OF the Exchange tries to sell out
and don't doit Still it comes, click, click
click, Il will designate the Emperor's place
of confinement as soon as l have held the
appointed interview with him, which takes
place immediately'-pulse 100.
.f5 - REJOICING.
Through the streets of Berlin pour i'm
mense masses of men and women, hithel
and thither. What shall they do-laugh Oh
crys Come, come, letus have the end; and
with fitting calmness, as Of ice upon thu
thrObbing brows, it cOmes-click, click
What glorious result by the help O.
God Wilhelm There, you have it com
plete; the crowds thicken, the streets become
impossible, the men don't seem to know
what to do. The father yOnder, whose cid
est son lies dead at Metz, and whose young
est is at home with only one arm, gazes
vacantly into space, and wonders what OF
earth all these conflicting emotions will
make of him. The blue-eyed maiden close
by thinks, under her tears, "Oh, if Johnny
were only here instead of dead at Sedan 7
But here comes the one armed son, blazing
radiant, swinging his cap with the un
touched limb, and shouting the glorious
swatch on the Rhine with untouched
lungs. The father can stand it no longer
his loss is forgotten In his new pride: ht
joins in the whirl of song; the nader
thinks also "there are lots Of Johnnies'
who will need comfort in theil
wounds" and victory floods her heart Will
blessed fOrgetfulness. Bands of school chill
dren pour through the streets, with flag.
and notices. The machine shops are closed
and the workmen mustered with drums an(
flags.
Now the summit is reached; the polio,
only devote their attention to keeping the
streets open to carriages; license reigns
song is the order OF the day; Melpoment
yields her sway to Euterpe, and BAG .hu
asserts his greatest power. The mild wines
of the Rhine and Moselle Mingle with thu
beers of old Teutonia. All is orderly
though utterly without order; drunkenness
Except that of jOy) is not visible, though
everybody drinks. The fiery compounds O
America find but little favor here. KeeE
moving! You can not stand for single
moment quiet in either "Unter den Linden
or any of the streets within radius of hal
a mile therefrom. Stop your philosophizina
there, old professor on the corner; forge'
your dry old lovable, hateful Platonisms
in the intoxicating bliss Of public triumph
Perhaps you'll have a new idea Of life there
after.
THE YOUNG GERMAN ELEMENT.
The youth seem to take the lead in this
affair. Thousands of school children pour
IN one unbrOken stream through the streets
Childish faces are lifted to the sky: childish
voices give vent to the unspeakable JOY
which fills childish hearts. Go to- merce
nary! and forget your ambitions in one
simple hour Of unselfish emotion Come
slOubter, and refresh your unbelievina
hearts. Hejgho there, yonder is the circle
of years complete. The oldest general O,
the army (ret ired) has donned his holiday
Uniform and appeared in the streets. The
grandfather of all Berlin children is he, and
hundreds of his darlings greet hiIn-the
two ends OF this trOublous life,jOurney have
met in common sympathy!
SCENES AT THE PALACE.
s'To the palacev' ''to the palace - is thu
cry Before this imposing structure is al
ready massed a seemingly countless throns
of human beings, who never for momen
cease their yelling or their singing. tn,
upper windows of the palace are filed witt
the glad faces of the court ladies and attend
ants upon the Queen. Directly before thu
palace stands the equestrian statue OF Fred
erick the Great, with its reliets Of Modera
ton, Justice, Wisdom, Strength, the scene: