, 1870-07-20

1l- present indications are that Ps1,ssia
Aulc1ica. Their enthusiasm for the unity
ef tue Father!and is fully equal to that felt
al hs.'.e. it, indeed, it is not intensified by
Il nearer view Of the value Of national uni
" afforded 1y Our own example. and a
higher appreciation of the sacrifices they
nls1 justly !'e cullcl npon to make in at-
t;.isl:E and defending il. But few Of the
G.;1na,is Resident in Amer,ca have any per-
rouhl rustusa~1n toward the reigning far..i-
ly Of Prussia. Their estimate Of Bisuark
Presumably. would probably le that he pos
sc~~ts n,,st Of the odious qualities Of all
deel'ots: that he Is tyrannical, grasp
IT,. cunning, and cruel. Without
ls4siug their enthusiasm un tue
chaisclc1s Of tla men who guide The des-
t:an> If Germany, they yet feel that the
ll,>e,:t crisis, and the trials that are co.n-
ing. will hind the North German Empire
into greate1 solidity bring all the German
States INTO closer unity with each other.
aud hat in attaining this object Of am
bitiou. the government will be Obliged to
give liberty, as the surest means Of obtain
ing the support from tic people which it
leeds. In these respects, tou. there ia a
very general sympathy, on the part Of the
Am, 1iran people, with Prussia. II is not
n4erely that we have more Germans among
us than Freuch, hut that, in our na-
t,opal character, We have more sy1n1,A-
thy with Prussian institutions than with
FrrIel We believe in universal education.
AID nu1 ii irresponsible slesIntis1r. Again.
dui1ng our lute struggle, we were annoyed
fy The siais u hostility of Napoleon scarrc-
ly less iLuis l,y the pisaticI acts of Eng
li>lmtil. 1t is probable that had Napoleon
entertained nny doubt TINT the Confederate
rr,,eillon would succeed without his aid, he
would have aided it more effectively than
ht did We are, perhnps, indebted more
10 his euutcsupt than his good will that We
did hot ind in him an open ally Of the
struggle to dislnember our conntrv. Ger
many on the other hand, believed in ,,s
and. out Of her faith III us, she loaned rs
her money earlier and more largely
than any other European country. This,
doubtless, nrose from the fact that the Ger.
muus are both freedom-loving. and q
reading and thinking people. and, there
fore. were the quickest to crack the shel
and get Il, the kernel Of our difficulties I'll.
moment they understood it to be struggle
between freedom and slavery, o,lr cslus.
was theirs Whatever may hare been til.
previous traditions Of A.uerita. derives
from tie aid given by German sesfs Il
Great Britain in our first Revolution, mi
Tie Timely help received by the str.,sgliu
colonies from France, the event
u our last great war have tho,
tuchly reversed all former nations
tendencies toward France Indee
the Germans that we opposed were Ii
hired elaves Of the Landgrave Of Hesss
Who fought against liberty. The Frenc
who.a NC nov oppose are the supporters c
karolennic blood -thirstiness and despotisu
In either case, our sympathies have bee
with liFsc 'alisn and popular rights Or
sx1u}atlies with France are for the repus
licau Fzauce tlat hes crushed and bleedin
under the nlhil.si heel of an unsc1upulot
syr.lnt. The American people have nevt
respected S.1'oleonissn. sarc rs suppose
11lcanh ef giving military sueccss to I,
u:Ll;,:i. Eatinn. Now that the Napo!e ,u
= ar against progress has become ctrpu
end tlvn..s.ic- America can have no ton.
u,sc for H. Modern Prussia h;
been deslo;ic toward the small
States; toward ScAleswig uolstei