New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-26

with what he had done, and the French press
inveighed bitterly against the unfriendllness
of England When the Car OF Russia was
shot at in the Champs Elysees, the assassin
was promptly tried and condemned to the gal
legs, instead of being put to death, at which
public opinion in Russia was highly indignant.
Ii was said in St. Petersburg that if any mercy
was to be shown in that case 1t was the high
prerogative of the Car to show it, and that a
French court had no right to indulge In such
a luxury. There is more or less human nature
in this. We suppose that il Jefferson DAVIS
had escaped to England, and we had asked Tor
his extradition and this had been refused, we
should have been highly indignant; but when
we had caught him ourselves we did not know
what to do with him, and OF last let him go.
1t is quite possible that Prince Bismarck would
like to have Belgium and Austria treat his
enemies within their borders more harshly
than he treats them in Germany.
1t is natural that he and his friends should
be willing to make as much capital as possible
ont of the attempts at assassination OF which
nc has been the object, and out of the talk
and the vapOring which have resulted from
them. But they may easily push this expe-
dent too far. 1t is quite certain that the Prince
himself gained nothing by trying to make the
party Of the Center responsible for the crime OF
| Kulmann, and it would not be sound states
inanship for him to persuade his followers and
the Evangelical party generally that the Catho-
lies OF Germany are league OF assasslns. IL
is reported that good deal of excitement has
recently been OccasiOned by an effort to impli-
cate Father Beckx, the General of the Order
of Jesuits in plot for the murder of the
Chancellor of the German Empire. No good
can come of such attempts. If they should be
successful it would be an unspeakablc disaster
for Germany that its people of different faiths
should begin to regard each other as murder
ers and bandits; and il they should fail, it
would seriously damage tho party in whose
interests they were made. 1t is not for the ad-
vantage of Germany or the world that its pros
perity and power should be endangered by
religious dissensions involving the violence and
the fatal suspicious of civil war; and on the
other hand, we should regret to see the legiti-
mate power and influence Of Prince Bismarck
damaged in so useless a way.
| OF course no unprejudiced person suspects
the Chancellor Of knowingly assisting in setting
on foot false reports Of such cOnspiracies. He
is at once too honorable and too sagaciOus for
this. But it is difficult to doubt that he has
dwelt too much for his own good upon this
idea. No one ever questioned the courage OF
Gen. jackson, but he placed ridiculous stress
upon anonymous letters threatening his life in
case he did not restore the deposits to the
United States Bank. All men in high position
have their lives mcnaccd by violent and cow
ardly partsans, who would no more think of
executing their threats than they would of
fighting stroke of lightning. There is also
the serious danger of madmen and enthusiasts
who act and do not talk, who lay no cOns,i'r-
acics and have no accOmplices. But it is not
wise to accuse church or party of being
accessory to such as these. Prince Bismarck
has twice been attacked by men of this kind,
who had nothing in common. Blind was a
youth of the most advanced radical ten
denotes and Kulmann was an utramon-
tame reactOnary. There is not the least
evidence that either cOntided his pur-
pose to any human being. No precau-
ton can guard public men against these acct
dents The wonder is that they so seldom
succeed; for it would seem that one who is
willing to sacrifice his life to destroy another
could surely find means to do it, If any capt.
tai is to be made ont of them we should
think tho most judicous way would be TO
thank Heaven for deliverance, and publicly
exculpate ones opponents of any share in the
crime.