The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-04

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facettous letter from !IJo6t Miobaal
1EueS- -BaumWQll,. .Ahslo eIIna4 polid:
cian Of the future, To- the German Elm:
peror, in which the latter Is syeenmmend-
ed to conquer England, ,Ag William OF
Normandy and William of Orange did
before him. Herr Trntz. .Baumwoli says
extension of the German. Empire and Of
the glories Of his race, while, as an Eng
lish citizen; he ID no less mindful of the
real interests Of his adopted country;
and that he is convinced these two OBJ
jects might both be attained by the eame
MEANS. He is confirmed in this view by
bis long and varied experience Of the
presant generation of Euglishmen.
THAT universal aad vivaoious patriotism
which formerly permeated all classes of
the English people is gone; that respect
fol and chivalrous loyalty to the sove-
reign which was preserved in this island
long after it had disappeared in other
countries is dead; that mutnnl confidence
and interdepend snce OF people of various
stations which used to level the iuequnl-
ties OF birth and property no longer
exist. In their place We now see every
where contempt, or at least disregard, Of
all rank and class superiority: ieniousy
OF tue power and rights of the Grown,
envy Of the privileges Of the aristocraoy,
irritation at the recognized or supposed
elevation of individuals, defiance toward
the great and arrogance and hardness
among the great, grumbiing dissatisfao-
a Iota n
to overreach and snpplant your neigh
Dor. greodiness Of gain, aud no less
greedy yearning after luxury aud COM
fort" In politics, too, the English are
no longer what they were. Formerly
Parllameut twas an assemblage OF gen
tlemen;"e no ''beery demagogue could
hope to exercise any influence there-no
canting hero Of the counter could make
his voice heard" Though in the old
days the House contained many Radi-
Gals. yet they all belonged to the ''aristo-
cratic ELEMENT. now it Chiefly represents
the mob. - r. Mr.. Gladstone,
Mr.; 1 iGar1lweH;. other Ministers, re-
mind ME, when see them in the House,
OF highly respectable merohapts' clerks.
WHO, after their days labor, sock reluxa-
ton in the society, of .'Christian young
mon" The result, proceeds Herr Prutz-
Baum#oll, is that England has become
absolutely powerless in all information
oil matters."i Formerly she was ''respect-
fully listened TO by kings aud generals, ;"
now her wordsare received .'co1rteo1sly
but hall contamptuously. What abe
Proposes-when she ventures to propose
tanything-is soornfully disregarded; /;
what she guarantees is rather endangered
than mado secure by her signature. !"
This state of things has given great pain
to small but important part Of the
nation. "They look on the present with
shame aud on the future with despair. I"
But some OF them still SEQ giimmering
Of hope. England hns already onco
been renovated aud strengthened by
William I, and again by William III.
Why should not another William come
from abroad and revive the qualities by
which the two previous Williams made
England 30 great? From the German
point OF view, thinks Herr Trniz Baum
vol, such an enterprise, however .fantas-
tic it may seem, would have great ad-
vantages. and not be attended by any
very considerable difficulties. The Ger
man Emperor, in possession of Germa-
ny's heroic armies and England's magni-
ioent feet. would be The grentest aud
most powerful ruler in Europe. France,
already shattered, would fall an easy
prey to his sword, and he could ''seize
her most fertile provinces aud divide
them among his brave warriors" 'Aus-
tria. humiliated and helpless, would
withdraw from German soil, and your
Majesty, master of the continent, would
then, like a new Charlemagne, be able to
send your orders from Paris or Versailles
il you should get tired OF the fogs OF
London or the dust of Berlin Germa-
ny is proud of her Emperor; "but
stranger things have come to pass than
tho union of two great Germanic races
under single head, and our pride and
satisfaction would be increased ten-fold
if tue German Empire were made to ex-
tend from the Danube to the Shannon,
and embrace India and Australia in its
ample folds" Moreover, England her
sell would profit by the change; she
would get rid Of her t'cringing Demo
craoy. her shop keeping Parliament and
her disorderly London mob; there would
be no more pardon for Fenians, X
and if the country were offended by
foreign power you wonld not humbiy
offer your cheek to the smiter.' The re-
mainder OF the letter treats OF the diff
culties OF an invasion in much the same