The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
The Crown Prince Of Prussia.

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The Crown Prince Of Prussia.
How well the face of the Crow
Prince, the only SON OF the King, comes
back to my memory. In 1856, the frs
year Of my residence in Berlin, he wa.
quite young man, a year older thar
myself, think, and also al attendant
Oh the University lectures.
lie then seemed ike llasty-tcmper
cd, strong willcd, coarse featured fellow
and not generally popular. He did not
inherit his fathers beauty, but he had
a good deal Of a certain grim austcrity
which has always markell the Kings
otherwise handsome face. At that time
his father was not King, he was simply
the brother of the rcigning King, and
heir apparent to the crown, as the King,
Frederick William the Fourth, had no
children. So the present Crown
Prince was two removes from the
Crown, and of but little comparative
account.
His fathers accession first to the re-
gcncy and then to the throne, brought
the young Prince moro into the fore
ground, and caused much speculation
AS to his character. He afterwards
married tho Queen of England's oldest
daughter, union which was not popu-
lar in England, where the Princes
coarse demeanor, and his general char
actcr for prohigacy, was not at all in his
favor. The marriage has been ono of
curious and varying fortunes. The
Prince has had bis seasons of faithful
ness to his wife, when he has left his
favoritcs and he'd a life without rcproach,
but for large part of tho time he has
been a man Of noted looscncss, and his
habits have been the common talk Of
Berlin. Victoria, his wife, has always
been popular in Prussia; her bonhom.
mic, her plump, good naturcd face, her
to needy enterprises, her fine
character, have knit the
people to her, and she is loved as her
mother used 10 be in England. But Of
late years the Crown Prince has not
been spoken of with much favor, except
lug in purely political light. lie has
been suppo ed 70 sympathisc with
democratic men and measures; and the
people have supposed that his reign
would witness an immediate triumph! of
those ideas which have always been
suppressed in Prussia: namely, the
rule by written government and the
will Of a parliament. rather than that
of an absolute monarch. And the
somewhat careless way with which he
m.ngles with the people, gives color to
this idea. For myself do not credit
il at all. The love of rcigning is in the
Hohcnzollern blood. Frederick the
Great put on the same airs when he
was a young man, but when he came to
The throne. what high handed master
he was. And now that this Crown
Prince has no responsibility, he can
afford to t.l.i dcmocracv, but when he
comes to his place OF power, how will
it he? ! think the old family blood
will tell then.
Personally, he has grown more un.
slightly than he was in 1855. A rough.
frowsy and reddish beard covers his
face, his hair is bushy and unmanagea.
bic, and though vigorous in all his
movcmcmcnts, he is far from grace
full. .as.. ...-.....
There isno question that he is u fine
commander. 1t was his promptness and
daring which carried the day at the de-
cisivc battle OF Sadowa in 1866, and
all through the brilliant and rapid cam.
pagn of this year, it has been his Vi
gor dash and grasp, which have achcv-
cd some of the grandest victories of the
present war.
His cousin, Prince Frederick Charles,
is man. whose name was odious in
Berlin. mainly from his cruelty to his
wife, q woman of g :cat beauty and re-
puted excellence. He is a man Of harsh
and arrogant nature, of fine presence.
and one whom no one would SUSPECT
Of being able to swear, and buster. and
strike those who arc his nearest Of kin.
as is well known to have been no un-
common thing with him.
His military talents are, il possible
even greater than those Of his cousin
He gained . very high reputation in the
war of 1855, but in the present cam.
paign his swiftness and surcness and
decision have been Invaluable. In con.
junction with his cousin, it has been he
who must have almost all the credit for
those engagements at Spicheren and
Gravclottc, Woerth and Sedan, which
will make this war memorable. His
great merits as an officer, have yone SO
much to make him popular that the
Prussians have pardoned that domestic
cruelty which used to make his name a
"by.word and Kissing in Berlin The
Cos'yrego,ionnlist.