, 1873-08-15

A DefcIlHc 0t 1tH saOvcrMntcAt.
To The Editor ef The ChfeHgo Tribune:
SIN :-1'ho lottor from Cologne, published IN
TIE TRIBUNE n fow daya ago, In 80 obviously
shallow production, its Bta&omonts OF taos so
scauty and i'l-cl,osou, that It must bo surprising
to many rondcra TINT THE Tribune should, with
ont hesitation. mako Tho viowa Of tho
writor It's own, as it has dono in leatlnr OF
tho samo issue. As tic editorial j,'1g-
mont OF TuE TRIBUNE will carry conviction
in many cauos wl.cro tllo opInious OF itH corro-
sponl1ent would only ho considered ns Tho lm
Impressions Of passing traveller, allow mo to
point ont fow OF the gravor misconceptions Of
yonr nrtic1e.
You say: "Tlo conclusion which will forco it.
self upon tho Intelligent reader is tint The Cor
man Governmout OF today is ono OF tho most
absolute nnd dospotio over known to tho world"
An absolute and dospotic government III ono Iii
which tho laws arc made and executed by per-
son, or n number Of porsonH, WHO arn not ro-
sponsiblo to tho pooplo governed, aud
who shape thcir action TO suit their
personal wishoB aud intorcsts In Germany,
no law has boon made for Twenty-Five
yoars which has not been approved by "a Legs;;
lature elected by tho poople themselves !. nnl
executive interference as they are nuywhoro OIL
statuto-booka OF Germany which, In Republican
eyes. must appear i!beral and out Of dato but.
II Of tos e' were ys5y aI public
Tho political apathy Of tho Germans, OF which
you speak. and which must be eonco1ed, arisos,
iu no small degree, from tho fact that govorn-
ment docs not press hard Oh thanl. People who
arc upproased worry soon ccnso to bo
apatho.ic. This Is clearly shown by tho history
oi tho pross law to which your correspondent
alludca, but which he docs not half toll, In
spite Of tho perularity Of Bismarck, who intro.
liz most powerful pleading, tho Inv had to bo
withdrawn i'll Difference TO Il general sentiment
against it; and nothing could 10 more amusing
than tho alacrity with which It's, authorship was
dentod by every ono connected with It.
Further OF, you eny: "Goyor!l,ncnt in
personal opinion, pcraonaf religion, .por.
aonal education, and every; other individual
thing, must nubmit to tho will Of tho State"
in tho world ahfo from illegal itstorforonce by tho
Government or private porsona than they are IN
Germany to-day. A comparison in that respect
botwoen TINT country and ours would lead to
place in Germany where tho police haye judicial
authority n,,d, while abuse Of power liz certain
ly not unknown thoro, it il not near 30 frequent
% it il ig ths country. AZ for personal opn-
does ts' not trouble itself abont them nfter
child has passed tho public schools aud
Inns boon confirmed in any ono OF tho established
crcctls Of tho realm. Tile !aw con,po!a you to-
cducato your children, but it lcaycs tho choice
how aud whore to do it to ovory citzou, 1t pro-
vileH the public schools, but nobody ts obliged
to send his childron tlero, il ho Gnu only show
they nro educated in some otlor way, 1n tho
caHo of it's own officials, the State makes m OK
ceptiou. Before au officer can be appointed, he
llts 10 show that ho has gono through certain
course Of stuay,-a provision which no govern
mont cnr he denied tho right to make, md which,
imposesno hardship Oh anybody, oxcoptat his own
choice, since nobody is compelled to sock Office.
| The ministers OF the several charlottesville, be-
ing paid by the State, arc. in . certain senso.
.oflicala-llavo, Zip to this timo, been allow
| cd to make their studies under the guidance Of
| their aoveral organizations but it is now pro-
| posed, and the laws to tlnt end hayo Just been
passed. to subject thcm to the snme rules to
pol them to SO through regular university
course beforo they cnn bo appointed md this,
with tho expulsion Of tho Josuits, constitutes
the prosecution Of the Catholics 10 nl'ton spoken
Of. That tho Protostants aro affected III tho
is novor mentioned II Mothodisnl
were auperintonalng tho public schools Of
tho land; !, if It wanted to prescribe what
wanted It's clergy pala by the State, and, i'll re-
tllr taught thUln BnproIno allegiance to some
foreign power wanted to 1n1lict temporal pun
iRlnaeuts OIL ita members; wanted, I'll short, to
do ull tho things which tho Catholic Hierarchy
arc constantly doing and trying to do In Cor
| many think Bismarck would turn Ills lance
against it but You hardly represent MothodiBm
in this country quito correctly when you assign
it position similar to tho one Catholicism oe-
cupios in Germany.
The military laws OF the Empire are, no doubt,
oppressive. They arc tho principal, and almost
only cauBo Of the largo emigration thoy breed, il
not oil. many Of tho OWLS you attribute to them
But what would you do about thom2 Are they
tho result of, or IN my way dependent upon, tho
form Of government think not. II 3lcxtco
were powerful State like Franco, with stand
ing nrnay Of 5o0,0 900 mon !; it CanAla wore like
Russia, the West indies q second Great Britain
If all Austria or Italy, nlI with large standing
armeg, were stretched along orr frontiorH We
would no moro do without 1argo army orr.
selves tlian VIC would without fire departments,
though thoy cont money, take many vigorous
mon from the piow, aud all TINT.
In conclusion, allow mo to call your attention
to most surprising coincidence. The aangnrn
sou point out in tho path Of "dospotlc" Der.
many arc wonderfully like tlloHo or own tlono
cratic llopubl!o llas undergone, and seems still
boset with. Sectional aEiuoslty has already once
camo very near breaking us mp altogether, nut
new joaionsiea among tho seyerns stateA nrt
certainly not loss likely to occur IN our vide
spread country than thoy arc in compact Ger
many. Abuse of power by corrupt rslor aud lii
hiniHterH even now tllreato,ls tho worry fonndaton
Of our Government nor Aeems tho ambition tt
extend ith lominions, Which you attribute tt
when you consider the Mexican war, tho At
Thomas and st. Domingo trentios, and the perl
olcal ngtation about Cuba. REPUBLICAN,.
CN.oAao. Aug. u, 1879.
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