New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-09

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who welded e. s st.snSo and
Uniformly Welded It 70 the cause OF
human liberty, both political ana " oSS,ona expe
Renee he NAV appear have made mistakes but none
necessarily disastrous OF even ho ars IN which
he lived his schemes Of poty seem TO date INTO arge
dimensions his OF a,k an epoch in
human progress aud In regard 10 t1e o eadtng
citizen the part ne PLAYED lofty one No man Ger
taDly understood the tendency OF DIS age inorc
ne did of the policy necessary the largest
portion OF the results OF the past Oh cen
ciipg forces more skifuly Had his counaels been al
ways followed had illustrous birth placed MN S S'n}
upon throne as was with William the Sae do
aud thus allowed him occasionally 70 carry OUT onS '
signs great mind with almost desp2,c ~ mot ace
It was roy blood alone that could command
obedience without exciting personal r" hns hated
him for the power which was It's necessary
already felt stupid delight IN cayng az MS e
To dispntc his claim to place among the ancient no
by TO which ne was all honor was toreVengo an ~
for the rank he unqnestonaoy s =" the
world whether and jealousy be vices more inc,
dent to the republican form OF ' IL r. no
political systems may be an open question Bu, io mo
whatever that BarneyeldS every foosteP from
@ os
We have examined the relations when existen pouweun
Winwood and himself; we have seen that emDassauoi,
now Secretary OF State for James never weary in &c
nouncing the Advocates haughtlness ana sr sher
on TO govern the country according 10 It's laws raine
than at the dictate Of foreign sovereign ana Ia H
forth malicious Institutions IN regard 10 nis sSte
Spain The man whose every hOIr was devOteu-h sPIo
OF a thousand obstacles streWn Dy sluIug
aud apathy as wei as by eavy .5 UNIVERSAL league OF
Protestaltism against Spain, and to rolling up wi,h
and sometimes pSna naen and crush him.
was accused in dark and mysterious whispers, soon W
grow louder and holder, OF treacherous Inclination lo
Spain There nothing less surprising nor more slcke
ing for those who observe public me- ana WISH sntn
faith the human species, than the almost innnio
power OF the meanest OF passions
In 1GlS the conspiracy against Barneveld was rap
idly approaching its crisis. Prince Maurice had OF
gauiZed his campaign against the man whom ne had
determined to crush rs deliberately as he mad ever
arranged the details of his Spanish sleges and pat
ties He showed himself no less cOnsummate mas
ter in political strife than in the science OF war; Tic
no longer made any secret of his conviction that
Barneyeld was traitor bought with Spanish gold.
There was not the slightest proof of these suspicious
but he asserted them without scruple. ne ho'o-
cate is travelling straight to Span he so 10 Couh'
Cuylenborg "but we will see who has got the long
est pursen This was the signal for horrlDie per-
sonal assault on the venerable statesman Ii was an
age of pamphleteeTing, of venomous and shameless
libels.
1t moves the gall of an honest man, even after the
apse of two centuries and half TO turn over those
long forgotten pages and mark the depths TO when po
ncal and theological party spirit could descend lnat
human creatures can assimate themselves so closely
to reptile and TO the subtle devil within the repe
when party end is 10 be gained s enough 10 make tne
very name of man q term of reproach. 1900,
Day by day appeared pamphlets eaeh one more pU
that was not laid at the door OF Barneveld ana all ms
kindred. The man who had borne matchbox IN early
youth against foreign tyrant In days When usuc-
cessful rebellion meant martyrdom aud torture: VINO
had successfully guided the councils OF the infant com
monweath at period hen most OF DIS accusers were
in their cradles, and when mistake was rum to the Re-
pubc he whose strong arm the father OF his coun-
try had leaned for support the man WHO hau 9rSai
lied a political system ont Of chaos; who had lald
down the internal laws negotiated the great lndspen
sable alliances, directed the complicated foreign pohy
established the system OF national defense, presided
over the successful financial administration OF state
struggling out OF mutiny into national existence VINO
had rocked the RepuDc in its cradle and ever borne
her in his heart who had made her pane Deoyea d,
home and honored aud dreaded abroad; who had been
the first when the great Taciturn had at last fallen
to the murderous tyrant OF Spain, TO pace the
youthful Maurice in bis fathers place. ana 10 INSPIRE
the whole country with sublime courage 10 persist
rather than fater in pnrpose after so deadly pigw
had been the author OF its indepeDdence-was now de
nOunced as traitor pope. tyrant, venai muck
which had Oug been ancient and knigh'ly one, was
denied and It's nobility disputed; hls father ana
of Imaginable and unlmaginable crime OF
nnemy He had received wasoniosds Of spanish ps-
tOes he had been paid $4,000 ducats by spain for ne
duke Albert bring 1900 Spanish mercenares across
the border defeat the vaccinations Of Prince Maurice
destroy his llte or driyelm from the county, THESE
foul and bitter charges and thousand similar ones
were rained almost daily upon that gray head
Stung at last beyond endurance by the persistent
malice of his enemies, lie appealed to the States OF
Holland for redress. They responded TO the appeal
and took Barneveld under their protection. Heavy
penalties were denounced against the authors of
the lbels and large rewards offered for their
detection. These measures, however, were without
effect "In every booksellers and print-shop WIN
dow in all the cities of the country the fallen states
man was represented in all possible ludicrous, con
temptible and hateful shapes, while hays and blind
beccars about the streets screeched filthy and ours
ing ballads against him, even at his very doors"
The arrest of Barneveld took place on the 10Th of
August, 1915 He was at first confined in room
belonging to the apartments of Prince Maurice.
He was soon afterwards removed to chamber
where the window-shutters were barred, where he
remained three days aud three nights. The news OF
his arrest soon carried to the house OF Barne-
weld and filed his aged wife, his son. and sons-in-
law with grief and indignation. There was pro-
found silence in the States of Holland when the
event was announced The majority sat like men
distraught At last, one of them said, You have
taken from us our head, our tongue, and our hand,
henceforth only sit still and look on" Mean-
time, Barneveld sat closely guarded in the apart
ments of the Prince, while the country and soon all
Europe were ringing with the news OF his downfall,
Imprisonment, and disgrace. "The news was a
thunderbolt to the lovers Of religions liberty, ray
OF dazzling sunlight after a storm TO the orthodox"
The showers OF pamphlets, vlainous lampoOns, and
ubes afresh The relatives Of the fallen states
man could not appear in the streets without being
posed insult, and without hearing scurrlOus ana
against their father and themselves In
which neither nor age was spared, howed IN their
ears by all the balad-mOugers aud broadseet vendors
Of the town. The unsigned publication Of the States
General with its dark illusions 10 horrible discoveries
and promised revelations which were never made. but
winch reduced themselves az last 70 the gOberlsh OF
pOthouse bully, the ingenious bels, the powerfully
cOeted and POISONOUS calumuies carcaures, and lam
pOOns. had done their work. People stared at each
other the streets with open mouths as they heard
how the Advocate had for years and years been the
hireiing of SPAIN whose Government had brDed him
bring about the Truce and XIII the West India
Company bow bis p0ckets and his cOfers Tnning