, 1872-12-08


sissippi Valley, and our other antiquities, prove
the claim of tn, Northern nations Of Europe
that America was first discovered by them. The
other contents are:
Asphodel poetry Arab Literature and Iove-Iore !;
.cera Of California; John aud Margaret Poetry u
.traIVa No. uI.-Bay Coast; The Building Of the
University.
CONTEMPORARY REVIEW.
II ost Of the articles in the current Contenapo-
T0ry Reuie1o are OF English interest. Such is
the pening paper by the Rev. Malcolm Maccou,
in vi ich Anglo catholicism is defended against
the at tack Of Of the Bishop OF Argyll.
The Rey -: James Davies giveg Us some Of the
not 'orne up to the public view on the
crest 1T popular movements, held high posi-
tion in the English Government, having been
Secreta ~ Of War and Chancellor OF the E1-
chequel and was man OF high culture and
chara ctt II, and the intimate friend Of men like
G5fot Q ri Id DeToequeTi11e.
= jN CONSTITUTIONAL GERMANY"
= Enbu1e-Evans traces the origin and nature OF
the Ger17anic Confederation back to the be-
ginning OF the century 4a sy,csaa;do and then
the changes which hare made It what
il ID. We ind room for his conclusions as they
are Of deep interest at this crisis Of German
history which all Americans are keenly watch
T. The responsibility OF Minister'S In Prussa there
is really but ono Minister Prince Bismarck, and ho
holds the Office Of Chancellor Of the Empire, not by
sovereign It Ia the latter alone who dismiss him.
And, as long he retains the Chanceuorship, be Is
4s& WITH The fu sssaTs THIS Is the
How high m Idea Of his power Prince Bismarck en-
tertains is sufficiently clear from the instance already
cited from the annals Of 1866. In whit constitutional
country would Minister dare to rnIse, on bis own
responsibility the money expressly denied hin by the
money-this time for the feet-on his own
account il they refused to vote It In another speech
ton is Dictatorship under himself, and declines to
share his responsibility with other Minister'S Again,
he maintains the right Of the Grown to appoint to
tein Offices In violation Of regulations made by the
Reichstag with reference to such appointments. And
when the unhappy Rcichstag, with dim sense Of re-
sponsibiity desires to have some Information about
foreign affairs, and petitions Bismarck for Bue Books,
the hghhanded Chancellor tells them round1y that he
considers their request ancaed Tor but, should they
persist in it. he will See il he cannot by next year have
"something innocuous put together for them!"
So much for Parliamentary Government IN Ger
H. How it stands with the liberty Of the press will be
sufficiently clear from the following testimony ota
competent authority. The German press" says
Wecker, writing in 1864, " s subject to restrictive
and oppressive system, which, BY its degrading
character than by 1ts hardness, to have
tives Of popular opinion to noble freedo either to
sze them" So lately 186s the liberty Of the press
had to renounce a discussion of internal politics. At
tho present time the Journals subject to multi
tuda Of Te1at1oas :, and n degrading regulations 49, And
Others the Constitution Of 1S48 provided should be
tried By jury SO tried in one alone Of the German
III. With respect to the third, and, perhapa most
important phase Of freedom,the liberty Of the SUBJ
of edfying In this matter the Government claims,
ut least exercises power absolutely despoc. For
instance in 1869 the Deputy Mende made speech at
1AnoA %fn {F$n%
which he asserted that look where would the Ger
man Was burdened and oppressed, and attributed
Hundreda Of thousands Of soldera be said kept
tor three years under arms. The first year they
learned their drill, and the other two they sup
For this harmless oraton, which was not suffered
to attain greater length, Herr Meude, although
member Of the ghst issgge BODY IN
during the Geran-French war, the venerable Jacobt,
the Usage Of KonigHberg, WAS placed in canane-
against the annexation Of Alsace and Lorraine, Tbs
same fate befel clergyman who IN the pulpit took
The not uncommon theological Ner that The var WAS
honal sins* To personages so specially under Divine
protection the King Of Prussia and his Chancellor
this seemed nothing abort Of sedition-
Such IL The present constitutional condition Of Ger
many. No real liberty either OF the press, Of speech
or OF the person. paper obnoxious to tho Goyorn-
ment is at conf1scated individual imprisoned
The whole youth Of the country compelled to give up
the three best years of their lives to military SERVICE
arg framed Q1Dtb OF keGflle oDeuence. TOO
many cases, indulge, BY way OF compensation, in the
coarsest and most shameless ucentousness. The
s H. 6sssss Il hs eF
threatens his resignation. The country, in epita
of tho enormous sums received from France,
groans under burden OF taxation to which hitherto
6ho has been unaccusomed. The arts Of flourish,
whilst those Of peace decline The finest amy in the
world has, % its necessary counterpoise oourgese
mean, servile, and unenterprising. Tbs land htates
with soldiers before whom the burgher dares have no
independent opinion. More than sx millions Of
pounds lie infructuoug ready at any moment for use
when the policy Of the Chancellor shall once more
necesstate a war, In spite Of the most stringent
helps to chant its pn3ns dees arghted to England or
Amer1ca to escape the tyranny Of its Government.
The position Of the writer will be better un-
derstood if ne add that he is one Of the Catholic
party. He Bays the Chancellor e has dared to
throw down the gauntlet to the Church, After
muzzling the press and the citizen, he has now
Two most odious pieces Of olass-legisla-
tion-the law for visiting c1ergymeu with
special fines and penalties for preach
ing political sermonH, and that for the
expulsion Of the Jesuits--are Prince Bisnarok's
latest efforta in the cause Of humanity and
progress"
shadworth q. Hodgson writes OF s:The
Future Of Metaphysics /" and the Rev. T. ".
.r-' "~'-'~:~ " MIRACLES AND FACT"
His drift may be seen from this extract:
The more, as 1t seems to ne, that We can rationaze
or explain by natural other miracles, such 49,
for instance tho crossing Of the Red Sea- the more
We succeed in doing away with the supernatural e1e
mind andmatter, the better 1t will be for the Of
religious truth. This will have to be enlarged upon
hereafter but what We want ds minimum Of inter-
other sorne distinct revelation Of God to the soul
through the usual organs Of apprehension What men