The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-21
BIS MAR OK.
THE MASTER OF GERMANY.
A Pen Portrait and Life
Sketch.
HIS CAREER, CHARACTER AND HISTORY.
The War Against the
Church Of Rome.

The War Against the
Church Of Rome.
.,, " BERLIN. Feb. H. 1874
Prince Bismarck stands on SO high q pinnacle
that many have forgotten by what sort OF climbing
he came there. Some would describe him as an edi-
Tying instance OF political good luck; others would
gravely dub him great statesman, without know
ing wherein he was great, nor why; few remember
that the mans life has been OF logged, restless
and undaunted nghting-a struggle against
opinions as well as men, q determined pushing for
ward Of one cherished scheme In the face OF obsta
cles that would have used up twenty average
statesmen even OF good metal. but which IN his
case have weakened rhe body without tmpairing the
mind; worn the mead white and bald without ex-
tinguishing a spark IN those big, keen eyes which
glare over fascinated Europe IKE those OF q lion
VINO has not yet finished hts preying. Ohio Won
Bismarck Sch0nhausen was born In 1914, at
Schonhausen, on the Elbe, and was ed
ucated first at CUttingen, then at
Berlin and Greifswald. He voluntarily
enlisted into the light infantry, and, being OF ex.
cellent family was soon transferred, with leu
tenants commission, to the landwenr. BY this
time he had made himself a name among students
and brother soldiers for great bodily strength.
courage fierce as bulldog. and hatred OF nber-
eralism which verged close on monomania He
had fought a NUMBER OF duels, all OF his own pro-
voklng, and all with youths OF that dreamy
German type who moralze on natural afllnires
and sentimental radicalism whilst drinking beer
One day, sitting in care, he heard q middleaged
man, who was q stranger to him, emit some re-
publican opinions. not ostentatiously, but in sim
pie conversation with o friend. Bismarck rose
and, with that compound OF stln courtesy and
arrogance, which is bred in the bone OF Prussian
mobiles, said :-"f you speak another word in that
strain / shall empty my schOpDe In Jour face"
The threat being disregarded, Bismarck was better
than his word, for he hung the beer ana the glass
tankard with it. Such q 1re-eater was not of the
kind to suit Prusslan agricultural constituency.
where toryism meant feudalism, little altered from
that OF the Middle Ages. Those gross and addle-
pated country barons, who felt certain they held
their nobilitary privileges by divine right and whom
the spread Of democratic ideas scared as some
thing diaoolical, were delighted to find a champion
prepared to go any lengths with them and
even urther than themselves. They elected him
member Of the Diet for the Province Of Saxony, in
1886, and member of the General Diet or Prussan
Lower House, In 1S47. The events of ls4S we're
then brewing all over Germany, and young Bis
Citation by declaring that all the great cities OF
Europe ought TO be swept away as being the hot.
beds OF democracy and constitutionalism. He in.
augurated new style OF parliamentary oratory
by giving his opponents the lie direct He would
burst into loud and derisive laughs while liberals
were speaking and II one OF them paused, Jump
up and shout that ne was ready to continue the
debate out OF doors and hand to hand In his own
speeches he advocated in the clearest terms the
prerogatives OF the Crown and OF the aristocracy
in Prussia; the ascendancy Of Prussia over the
o;her German States and the unity OF Germany to
the exclusion OF Austria. II should be mentioned
that he was capital boon companion, ate well.
drank hard (but not to excess), and was more
generous with his money than Is the common
failing with Germans. His energy and social
qualities, added to q blun sense of humor
which enabled him to throw ridcule on theories
which could not have been worsted by logic had
acquired him q position akin to that OF party
leader and the insurrection Of Berlin, which he
personally joined IN crushing, added to his i'm.
portance by many cubits. There was something
almost savage, however, In the irony with which
the favorite orator OF now triumphant reaction
reviled the defeated liberals for their ruined hopes
They were being bounded over the country and out
OF it, despoiled. imprisoned, hanged and shot. Bis
might have established character for more than
common hard-hesrtedness had not few truly
noble acts OF magnanimity. accomplished in secret,
proved that there were in him two men--the
public partisan, who was implacable, and the pr.
yate gentleman, who was ready to assist with his
purse and his influence the escape or outlawed
enemies who haa come and appealed to him. King
Frederick william w., who knew only the public
man, and whose impotent soul was afume with
the humiliations he had suffered when the In
surgents had forced him 20 bare his head before
the etel dead who were beng carried under his
windows-the King took violent liking TO Bis
merck, and, in 1851, appointed him to
the Legation at Frankfort, one OF the most
sought alter in the diplomatic service. 1t needed
an exceptionally tough man at that moment to
combat the influence or Count Re dsberg, the Aus
TRAN President OF the Federal Diet, and Bismarck
was in every way cut out for the work. During
the eight years ne remained at Frankort-wlth
few months break only during a temporary mis-
sion to Vienna in 1852-ne missed no occasion Of
the policy OF nation which he spoke OF
as Prussia's natural enemy. just as he had intro.
duced new style Of parliamentary discussion so
did he assume diplomatic attitude all his own OF
never concealing his objects, but hurting the
truth straight out leaving hostile Ministers to
orally did not please deeming 1t incredible that
man should he candid enough to cloak no second
meaning under his words. The greatest triumph
achieved by Bismarck over Austria at this juno.
ture was her exclusion from the ZollvereIn or
Customs Union, and in 1858 he anonymously pub
lished pamphlet entitled PRUSSIA and the Italian
Question:" which made great stir by preaching
the treble alliance OF Prussia, Russia and France
az means TO the unifcation both OF Germany and
Italy and the final overthrow Of the House OF Haps-
burg. Frenchmen would do well to recollect that
at this time Bismarck was not at all imDued with
that inveterate hostility to their country
which has been ascribed to him as dat
ing, ike Hannibai's towards Rome, from
his early boyhood He was, on the
contrary, rather attached to the French--enjoyed
their literature and customs and considered them
as uture allies who were to aid him In the work OF
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