Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-11-15

| No doubt he committed excesses n
doubt they all did, those battle, armer
warriors of faith 1t is easy for us
j peace men of the nineteenth century
to shake our heads at the fanaticisn
and violence of fourteenth century men
who, Knocked and threatened, aimed a
and shot down, had to parry off deatl
blows daily !"
On the east bank Of the Modau. il
Prague, crowning the ridge Of the hill
stands the gigantic palace of The
Bohemian Kings 1t" enormous reach
of walls and windows, save a hal
dozen Gothic towers, possesses nc
architectural beauty. Ncver>endine
stair cases md wearlsome corridors
huge unfinished state apartments and
dimly. lighted councils chambers, Old
oaken chairs aud tables, aud grim
portraits Of those who occupied them
four hundred years ago, looking down
from the walls, do not greatly interest
the visitor. But there are also politica
and martial memories IN the grim
palace aud of these the wise teacher
did not fail to avail himself in his
Instructions TO his pupil. The ruthless
fling OF the Catholic Commissioners out
OF these windows. eighty feet from the
trench. b. the Protestant Deputies,-
ruthless yet ludicrous, since they all
tell uniujared on dun3 heap; the
troubles which ensued the election of
Frederick for king and the commence
ment of the Thirty Years War; the
wise teacher ayailcd himself Of all.
The royal pupil heard here Of his
Eogiieh klo, The Steuarts; Of the
Princess Elizaboth's marriage Of
fiethless VOWS and broken promises Of
ambition and It's rewards qf spendor.
reverse and misery. When Elizabeth's
husband hessatel to except the crown
Of Bohemia, this high hearted wife
exclaimed, Let me rather eat dry
bread at a Kings table, than feast at
the board Of an Eector" Did some
lvenging demon, lowering in the air,
take her at her word 2 She roud lie
a queen, and toas. But she lived to
Eat dry bread, aye, and beg it too.
Among the religious orders one sees
in praguc-monks in uncouth vests
meuts and unwashed facss-are the
= Premonstratensian," descendants Of
that reformation of Reelu es, which,
springing up in the twelfth century,
when exciting religious feeling took the
turn OF reviving monastic discipline,
corrected its abuses aud increased IFS
severity. Their monastery crowns the
height Of the noble hills, viii ch sweep
up from the shores of the river.
Strahow, they call it and here, looking
out upon one of the lovlest landscapes,
or poring over ancient tcmes, were
teacher and royal pupil wont to pass
many hours. The Strahow library is
one of the most remarkable in
Europe. Alcoves of rare books,
of rich vellums and paroh-
monts, kept in admirable order, and
drawers of Illuminated classics on which
no dust falls nor SPIDERS web is
woven, drew the Spanish strangers
kindly towards the flannel clad an
chorites who are its conservatives
Aware Of the scholarship of the one
and the exalted rank of the other of
their two visitors, the rocluses opened
their literary treasures with gracious
nlacrity, and showed their six centu-
ries old cloisters.
Those who know the Duke OF Madrid
say these lessons of the distinguished
Ramon were not thrown away upon his
pspll Not only IN Spanish history,
but 10 the history of Europe and the
world, Don Carlos is exceedingly we'll
gersed. There are few more thoroughly
educated men at tho age of twenty five,
few better informed, or of more phiIo-
sophical opinions, than he. Of course
he is an obsolutist. All the Bourbons
ire. He is Catholic too, and would
ciefate, were he king, no attempt to
undermine the old faith. Buf even
lie Bourbons are not incapable OF
A Spanish statesman, not