The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-02-25
The Growing ofthe Emperor.
a SPLENDID PAGEANT IN VERsAhIEs--THE
REALIZATION or BIsMARcK's DREAM--THR
UNIT CATION or GERMANY.
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the tank. The day was strange mixture
Of dahp, cold, and warm sunshine, the rain
occasionally weeping a little over the hero
ic dc;4l, and then the sun chasing away the
tcars+ as unworthy Of 70 grand an occasion.
Tow9rd 10 o'clock a very brilliant throng
bcga4 to assemble il the palace yards, and
incrq.sed steadily IN brilliancy and volume
uutkthe stroke or u, when the King, Y
preceded hy guards and outridcrS, drove ,
furidusly 70 the door Of tic lie DIES
Gla2es.
Entering The courtyard from the Rue de
Reservoirs about clock, found drawn
up il line the Kings body guard, taken
fror4 all the best regiments Of the army,
and. glittcrng ike rainbow ~ the humid
rrdlcolors which were 70 strongly contrast
ed together Thronging past them were
the invited guests of higher rank, hastily
returning the sliutations Of hundreds Of
hauSls from every direction, which embodied
wtE The accustomed servility the expires
yioE If their humbeness. The Bavarian,
Saxon, ana WurtcmbeTg officers who had
ben distinguished by the presentation Of
orci rs were very numerous, and, although
verg different il type from the now % well
knFw Prussian, would still compare very
Y Eytrahly with him The BavarisnS were
especially brilliant ID their bright biac uni
4 fol is and shining helmets; and many were
mch of most majestic presence. The Wur
tcmbcTgcrs were wetchedly drcsscd-haId-
IN single officer even attempting At Gle
ga5rc The SaXOns were, as usual, an PAT
in appearance, and were easily distinguish
abe, aside from their uniforms, BY their
jartnty carriage and mellow accent
it va, evident that all the officer, Of dis
tirl,tion, from all sections Of the army, had
. III; their posts to assist al this ceremony.
" ~ tan. gigantic men Of the Garde corps
stalking about Ike ghosts, III their white
Uniforms the dark haired short, Stslwart
] EtandenLurgcrs the real Berncrs, with
s1ectacles on nose and crease under the arm
~ bookkeeping; the strapping cavalry man,
4 with the iron cross at his brl ast ; and the
sender outh, with long hair combed back
uhder his casQue, and swerd hucklcd on bis
tsigh>; all hurried forward 70 the hall, where
nc greatest Prus>ian ceremony Of modern
tones was to occur.
Presently the guests began to arrive
kcll-mell. There was no attempt at glory
2f cquipage, az in campaigning it is difficult
y obtain. MolJkc came IN post carriage
showing that it had undertaken recent
nurueys; Bismarck i'll little calcche. hard
H large enough to hold him the Crown
Drince III his usual very modest carriage !,
and dozens Of officers were compelled to
snake their cntree through rain, which
suddenly visited Us, in full toi Ct on foot.
Wagons Of all kinds we're used Half a
,jOzen barons would dash il in an omnibus,
which they had happily discovered aud
the immortal furniture van, which had such
ia iollv role at the time the delegation from
1.-THE Reichtag presented the address to King
William, again came into play. Great pre-
caution seemed to have been taken for nc
safety Of the King. There W ..n 'nr III
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.lcisurely through the line Of soldiers, who
,saluted hun with doafcning shouts Of "Hur-
Irah for the German Emperor" Arrived at
:thc chateau gate, tho royal carriage drove
srapidly through the secrhing mass of soldiers
strangers and civilian Germans, and alght-
ling rs the chateau clock struck the hour of
snoon, entered the Sale des Glaces by the
grand staircase, along which were arrayed,
two and two, the guard composed Of picked
men from The various regiments.
+; IN the middle Of tie grand hall, and
+! with its back to the windows which open
! on the park, grand altar wa, erected
Upon this altar. which was gracefully dec
! Grated, lighted candles we're placed, and
At each side stood three pastors, clothed in
/. the sOmbre habilimeuts IF their o.der, and
asserting the support Of the church to the
Empire Further down the hall was anoth-
er and smaller altar, and in front Of this
were arranged the standards Of all the reg
imcnt- Of tire third army Between the
two affairs, also, were ranged Bavarans and
other soldiers In front Of the principal
altar were several soldiers who had in times
past or III the recent campaign received the
iron cross, and two Of them bad their heads
bound up, and showed other marks of re-
cent wounds.
On the platform AZ the other end Of the
gallery there were many soldiers stationed
a- the standard hearers The King, proceed
td nv the marshal of his household and the
Cour; Marshal, the Courts Of Pucklcr and
Pprponcher, and followed by his brothers,
Prince George Of Saxony, the rcigning
Duke Of Saxc-Coburg, and the majority Of
th, hereditary princes Beside these, a.
they took their places in front Of the grand
altar, were also the Crown Prince, Prince
Charles Of Prussia, the Kings brother and
Grand Master Of the Order Of ST. John Of
Jerusalem The Grand Duke Of Sake
Weimar, Oldenburg and Baden, the Duke
0. SAKE Menigen, the Duke ofSaNe-Alten-
burg, Princes Luitpod anil Ohio Of Bavaria,
Prince William and Duke Eugene Of Wur-
trmherg Leopold Of Hohenzollcrn, the
Duke of HoIstein, and many others. The
aged King, bolt upright nd from time to
time gazing with an almost child like curl
osltr UPON the scene before him, li>ened in-
tently to the sermon which one Of the d.
vision preachers delivered with much grace
and cioquence. The sermon touched upon
the historic and religious character # the
ceremony now in progress, ard elucidatod
~ mysterious influence on the hearts Of The
German nation 1t was splendid tribute
as we'll 70 the new subject Of alteration, The
venerable hero soldier; and the King was
deeply affected BY H.
Bismarck and Moltkc, meantime, one On