Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-19

SESArpa ScHuEz Is DAVENPORT. -Iagtue-
ing - uu,n Der from ,Lis G. Y ard II cline, about
.wo hundred persons. among whom we're
uot over dozen ladies, were in the Bcriis
opera House, Monday evening, 10 hear Gen.
Schurz's lecture on 80 rm8uv aHd France.
For town Of ,Ihe size Of Davenport it was Il
small attendance and uoS ilA.teEing evl
dencs Of toe literary culture Of ihat city.
Tie Uuul5er 10 attendance was net half rs
large 81 "a. the ruuc.s, 10 Darts Hell in this
ei,r, tae sAm- evening. Bls Davenport Is
net famous for i,, patronage O: The leisure
room.
u The limited space VT have 70 spare,
jr> ....s cannot os done Co the dissinguiahsd
lecturer 37 b.s ,utfac,. si-,. S,durz IS ons
81 .ne most care O. tarnUs', ald sluisu,s iu
ouD,ry,ueyer at'e.a ping tgmaks peos]e lnis
Gutu. uGl o-'y % .... .-1.s. illustrate priD-
ajpls, and draw from history lessons tor fp-
tass guidance. he par.s with cate ana,
2 aas 20 say, sud -aats r~p,4.y, from manu-.
s.-ir., iu d ausay voice, with 10, ve47 DIS
sia-t .rficuta',ol. ~waa..3E- the vesy ua-
caut r.a5ic fee'r. 70 lrs hssr-5. TIA thew
ar goloQ to Jose .ag los. o! ms ssrtencgs
Not even ouoe i,3 BE- au7raa-a 20 ,pf .g-
psa5auce Ct r-E~ie-. .uf6usis.u b.,
stoyd with o4r ~rru r-.ur. ol ,h stand
vhich held as ui,ru-er,p., ~lfn oue leg
csr-ieselv throEu across Toe o.ncr leg. and
hardg changed thjs position during as time
o. speaking which vas one hou- and fifteen
minutes.
But tue interest ley wholly in HE subject
OF his lecture the manner added 10 a3trsc-
zion. he described 20 battles. or armies, or
conflicts, but passed in rapid leViy= the Va
rious epoch, OF German sod French history
and the habits, education, and morals OF
those nations always 10 the great detriuent
OF the French. Ia fact, while We were willing
10 admit AL that he said Of the good quail
ties OF the Germans, We thought him harsh
and even bitter in hs Tesi-W Of the French
people. Tho general conclusion, hoEever
Ia no doab. correct, VIZ: that, for ages, the
careful civil and mil tary culture; the excel.
/ leat morals, aud frugal and temperate lives
Of the German people has made them tee
/ superior of the masses Of the French PEG
/ pie, and to TINS they owe their proud tri-
umph. He regards toe union Of she German
States as an advance towards Republican
iieas He says that public opinion, based
| uPon intelligence, ia having more and more
/ influence in Germany. The power of the
crown mas been actually reduced By the or.
g4biza;ion of the Empire. The Fedora
Council ta, now greater power than Emper.
or or ministers Even Bismarck takes up
the gauntlet for ths people, rgainst the class
from which he spruug-the Emperor sustAins
him. And so the German Empire is drift
/ ing away from Capitalization and looseninr
/ the influence Of obedience to behests withodt
/ inquiriDg the cause, which has so lena
characterized most of her people, and, IL
fact, restricting more and more the power
Of Emperor and mobiles in government
Z NO LmpsIOt call 10 iOuEtE uecihEb wal
except with the consent Of the legislature
The powers Of local government are being
increased by law. And here he made some
pointed Alluuions to local self-government
applicable to this side Of the water a. vel
as the other, and showing that no Republic
can long exist when ms local affairs are
meddled with by central power, and that
France, though making commendable efforts
&C, educate her people can never maintain q
Republic until they do away with a central
} lied government.
The speaker closed his splendid lecture
with some predictions az to GernaDy's fu-
ture course-he Raw her gradually progress.
ing towards constitutional liberty as enjoyed
in England and fulfilled in a still higher
degree in the Tinted States, and so attai D.
ing prosperity and greatness, based upon
the intelligence and true patriotism of q
happy people, and welding an influence
una.tained hitherto BY any other nation in
Europe aud perhaps the world.