The New York herald., 1874-12-18

merely into wordy war or counsel there Is no
doubt whatever that 1t will lose all public interest
and that Prince Bismarck will win an easy VIC
tory. The best hope Of Count Arnim was in thor
ough and complete publicity, ana the hardest
blow he has yet returned to the Foreign Ofice was
given by the printing of the Bul0w correspondence.
All the world would be quite willing TO look on
and see fair play for good stand-up fight In IAN
open country" but reasonable persons will md
neither advantage nor amusement in watching
ior occasional glimpses Of struggle which
Is going on in the dark, and OF which
the issue must depend more upon the tricks
OF advocates than upon the strength or rights
OF either party. The fact is, law can do nothing
for Count Arnim. The difficulty In which ne is in
voved resembles labyrinth out OF which there is
no clew. He may break through 1t, but he cannot
extrlcate himself by running round and round in q
circle which will. inevitably. bring him back to
the point at which he started. Sucn cases as that
which has been brought forward against him have
been deplorably familiar, both In England and
France, during the last twenty years. They are
all characterized by the same features Of stupidity
cunning and injustice. They are. In fact com.
posed ola
MOUNTAIN OF OFFICIAL RUBBISH
which could not even give birth to mouse II 1t
were vigorously handled. 1t might all be con-
temptuousy kicked down, but 1t cannot be
CllmDeO, IOT q man Will Sink utterly In Cl0 mud
and mre at It's base directly ne attempts that
process. There Is no case In the English French
law books in which decision has been given
against the Crown or the ofbcial persons who
claim to represent 1t whenever they have
been resolutely determined to overcome an
opponent Their mode OF procedure IS invariably
the same, They drsr ruin their adversary. then
they take criminal proceedings against him, and
then they smother MS case with such an immense
Invisible to mortal eye. To take historical in
stance well known to the last generation, it may
nj ilo
the late Earl OF Dundonald, who was the most
distinguished oficer IN the British navy,
the German diplomatic service. Lord Dundonald
had given offence to the English government, and
though he had to deal IN the first instance with SO
manly, the dispute between them was soon en-
Filtered BY subordinate official persons, just as
tween Bismarck and Arnim, so that Lord Dundon-
aid frst deprived OF his rank In the navy dis
MIN mas been charged with fraudulent stock
jobblng and shut up IN jail alter verdict OF
The English law was then alleged to be IS
tncOrrupt as the German law IS now said to be;
Iord y Wa no.
torl0usy Influenced by political considerations,
and Ills party feelings were 50 fierce that he or
bleman OF high descent-to stand IN the pill0ry in
order that he might De pelted by the raoble with
have actually been inflicted upon him had not Sir
Francis Burdett said bravely In the House OF Com
mons THAT II Lord Dundonald were put In the
plllory he (Sr Francis Burdetp would stand be-
side hlm.n
THE INEVITABLE RESULT.
What happened afterward IN the case OF Lord
Dundonald Is precisely what will happen In the
case OF Count Arnim. The government imposed
an enormous fine upon him; ana one OF the SI 900
curiositles OF the Bank OF England Then
he was driven into exile, ana whenever he
which he had been visited he was over and
over again lost IN the mazes OF the law.
Arnim had been caught, anu could never get out
OF 1t till at last, after the lapse OF two reigns his
w t1s a. SS e sss Of Mp E
was to Catherine Dundonald, and not to the law
yers, that this Viking at last owed his release
ment OF facts would have put an end to the cruelty
from which he suffered twenty years before. II
was very simple affair till the lawyers took 1t up.
brought in debt to the Admiralty Court at Malta
for gaining victories over the French at sea.
There are many more modern instances There are
the cases OF General PercivaI, OF Colonel Dawkins
have shown twenty times that private individual
cannot obtain so much as hearing from the law
courts II ne has strong case against oicial per-
tions OF accounts cannot even be examined wnen
the government Is lmplica led and that no species
offraud and conspiracy, however clear may be the
proof of 1t, can be brought homo to them. In
France alse, man OF very high rank, who had
been Governor Of colony, got into dispute with
OF the seduction OF his wife by an oficial ia au-
thority over him. Well, the public department.
Arnim was shut up; but the Bonapartes were
kind-nearted people, and the ex-colonial Governor
Napoleon, who released him. Then he wanted to
have noise on the subject and was informed By
yne M ha. ne gave mem any sronpe ne
Count Arnim has received notice to the same
enecs, /! was talking me other day to an experi.
subjects, and he said :-"The cases which are
known to the public do not form tenth or hun
is but one one remedy % for I Unfair dealings whether
count tnas Arn na:
clare, the good sense OF all the world win up.
hold mis- cause, and he can only be benefited 0y
the world always turns deal ear to special plead
ings, and is much inclined to think that there must
ssa count Xrnms ad
visers are misleading him BY the stale and silly
sopnistrles which have mlssd hundreds OF irreso-
lutte persons before him. They say,
''DONT PUBLISH ANYTHIEG,
because BY 30 doing you will damage your case in
your IL is seer nonsense rom be-
ginning to end. II Count Arnim has good and
honest case i cannot be damagsd 6y being plainly
and would welcome with pleasure truthful ac-
count OF his affairs. should Prince Bismarck deny
be established; ana he need be under no appre-
hension that the evidence on both sides
however, be quick about II; for already the pro-
ceedings OF the Crown lawyers against him have
swelled 20 two thick volumes, aud every place in
the Court appointed for his trial has already been
secured BY the partisans OF Prince Bismarck.
Moreover, he himself promises to produce writ
ten defence as long as the Indictment against
him. forgetting that Lord Somers disposed OF the
charges against the Bishops IN the reign OF James
II. by an answer OF rve lines. We cannot spend
put in q brief and intelliglble form or we
shall grow sick and weary OF 1t. All the
trumps In tins grim game are still In Count
ArnIm's hands. He has only to tell US the tAutn
n 1t is not unfavorabe to him, and Prince Bis
marck viii be powerless to do him any harm. On
the other hand, he has nothing whatever to expect
from double dealing, hali-heartedness and diplo-
matte intrigue.
NO MERCY.
He u In the hands OF an enemy who VIII show