New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-17
LETTERS FROM HANIBURG-NO. =.
HAMBURG, April l9, 1871.

against one hundred ana fOrty-slx; but
| severe was the battle. The Social Liberals,
although their party was small, held their
| position like the Spartans of old in the
strait of Thermopyla, with Won Mallinck-
roef their Leonidas) at their head. Bravely
| they fought, not giving an inch Of ground
to their stronger, overwhelming enemy, the
| great Bismarck, the Xerxes of these days.
As the memory Of the old Spartan Leonidas
| still lives, with his little immortal troop of
three hundred, although slain, SO will the
memory of the true. immortal Social Lib
erals live in the glory of German history,
although they were defeated this time.
| SOclalliberalism will once spread out her
arms over all countries, and peaceful
and happy will the whole world rest
in her lap. To what other end do
they work than that of republics Wise
and prudent, will they progress more and
more. The moving spring of all their ac-
tions is their unchangable love to all, and
this blessing, together with their profoundly
cultivated minds, will once plant great
ness of soul and genius in all hearts. We
may be far away from the hour, but a
strong seed is growing up in strong
ground, and has already become more solid
than steel or crown; the age Of absolute
| government will not destroy them, and as
| culture of human mind grows, they will
also grow in multitude and strength, and
once raise their heads high above all
then will the great peaceful hand of hu-
man love, already offered to us to-day, be
| accepted. There is no blOod.shedding
thought to force minds together-they
revOlutionize against weakness of intellect
and slavery of mind, the greatest enemies
of equality and freedom. "Give freedom
of thought" said the Marquis of Posa in
reply to King Philip IL. OF Spain, when
asked what he should do to make the
world happy. How beautifully has Frederic
Won Schiller announced to us the great
| truths of freedom in his "Don Carlos y
Well may Germans be proud of their
Schiller. have had the satisfaction, few
| evenings since, of seeing this world re-
| nowned drama. What fine character is
the Marquis Posa, that fiery, noble protector
of humanity, who looses his life in ardent
passion for the worlds welfare. The Queen
of Spain shows us tho purest picture of a
| noble woman's heart, which will remain in
our minds eye as long as all that is true
and great will breathe. to our souls; her
heart is much richer and stronger than that
| of Don Carlos. her first intended husband,
now her son; his heart IS naturally great,
but weak; this weakness crosses and de-
stroys all plans of his true friend, the Mar
quis Posa, to whom he clings with heart
stirring infinite love, the greatness of his
soul returns only when the Marquis dies to
save his life-when it was too late. The
poet in this immortal tragedy has reached
| far hey on6 our time even; his genial ideals
| of human greatness in character and deed
do not excel the philosophical. historical
structure, whose range will reach as
far in future as human existence
under the despotlsm of absolute States
and Church government. With the
solution of this problem will also his
ideals for humanity and human progress
become blessing to the whole universe.
The finished artists OF the Thalia Theatre
merit more praise in language than l am
able to give tor their rendering Of this
| great poe tical and historical drama. Mr..
Hegel, who played the part of the King,
| seems in my opinion to have given true
copy of the authors conception-the strong
and selfish character of Philip H., his nat
| ural Spanish pride, on which surface he
| freely shows his deep hatred of mankind,
| his distinguished vigor of mind, and yet
| the mental blunders he commits by passion
| and self-cOnceit, were most worthily repre-
| sented to US. The Queen, Miss Heese, sur
passed even the great expectation we had
of her-her gentle appearance. her mild
and yet firm and resOlute disposition,
! which however could not hide entirely the
burning secret of her love to Carlos: in
short, the whole representation was a
classical mastery of her role. l have seen
Mr.. Stocked in other roles, and was well
satisfied with him; but his Carlos was too
ardent, his motions too wild. A good ac-
| tor shall even in the highest temper rule
and moderate his motions so as not to ap-
pear to exaggerate, which will never fail to
render him ridiculous.
Mr.. Hubner is, in his role as Marquis, un-
riyaled; his rich talent and profound
studies place him, no doubt, in the first line
| of German artists. have seen him also in
the fine role OF Lord Bolingbroke in Scribe 6
sparkling comedy of lie Verre d'Eau.' y
The varying force and play Of his remark
ably fine features are called into action to
| express the subtle and willy Vaccinations
| of England's great statesman and dlplo-
matist In this character he weaves his
I webs and ac6omplishes his purposes in so
| perfect manner as to completely enchain
| the minds of his audinece with interest
We have been entertained this winter by
| a series of fine concerts. Chapel Master
| Laube gave yesterday evening his last OF
| the season. He chose very interesting
and tasteful programme. The concert
opened with selections from Haydn, which
| we're most carefully read and perfectly per-
formed, combining all that melOdions
nuances which is sacredly preserved as the
intention OF the composer. Also pleaslngly
| rendered was the Faust Overture by
Wagner, who is classed as the first orches-
ira leader OF the day. l will write You
later of his own orchestra established in
Berlin. Lovers of scientific music feast
upon the works of this charming author.
| The "Eroica" symphony OF Beethoven,
| standing high above all praise, was exc
| cured with great precision and character
| particularly in the last parts. The "Medea