St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-04
VOLUME 3S---NUMBER 1875.

gout upon him lately is quite certain.
the ease of any private person have
been set down To ''gout i'll the system.
and would not have affected the world
at all. As it is, they have added Il new
bitterness to German relations with
France, have made trouble with Russia.
and have placed Parliamentary Govern
ment i'll Germany i'll the greatest jcop-
ardy. Prince bismarck is 50 complete
" the ceutre of his own system that it
appears unable tu go on without him.
that Parliament will not pass his bills
without notifications which destroy
their meaning the ecclesiastical bills
excepted and that the Emperor is
constrained To- threaten that If his mil
itarN reform is still opposed. he is ready
to repeat his old practice, form his
army without the Deputies consent.
and rely in the end on il success under
which a law of indemnity would he
certain. An attact of gout. III fact.
may cost Germany the agreement hith-
erto intact between her Parliament and
her Emperor.
The effect of illness in such cases is
all the more striking, because ii finds
the world 81 completely unprrpaIed.
Men are in Il way prepared tur the con
sequences of II great death. They have
always III their own minds rerk"ncd
that such and such death would in
troduce great changes. have. in mer-
chamtile phrase. discounted them, and
are ready to reconcile themselves to
inevitable. consequences This i true
[ - ,I..,tl,., I,in,'- tl,.. Al
being well aware that an additional
cau>e of death may and does exist IN
the case of certain politicians. hut the
world does not discount sickness. >t'Il
less sickness umreNcalcd in bulletins
aud otfrlal reports. Ii expects health.
and is astoni>hrd whenever sickness. as
must constantly Ice the east. acts like
momentarN death. >I>prndln" the or
dinaIN action Of It's Victim. Ii IL quite
clear. for example. that the German
/ Court and military staff had never
rcckuned on Il sudden failure III the
( agency through which they act on Par
Lament. Il sudden arrest of that trcmen-
7 iou> voice which. among Il liberal ma
inritN. can carIN almost ANY Cnn>crNa-
/ tive vote. In England mcn are aston
I i-hrl to >,.c how suddenly this one
division of th" mlrhimc has ceased te
work. how suddenly the German Pan
Lament has become free, how little any
other Minister can do Clthri To ave ui
To caIulc. The German statesmen alt
compelled M their despair {" call on
Jupiter to Intr0ducc the Emperor hIm
self into the conflict. to Tia" direct IN
Jury not only nt his Majesty bat ri hI>
permanent and hitherto most successful
scheme, at "nNrInurui. They certainly
. would NOT have done that WIiituut ne
rtS>iil and that il should hc ucrr>-;lrN
proves how completely personal tins
part at least of the governing power l.
ANY other such difficulty would haN,
htru met at once bN the employ nIrnt
of u subordinate; hul Prince Bismarck
a> Parliamentary header. j. duiug SICK
ness irrrplaccahr. for II" mnu. even il
po~>c>>rd of II genius like his own
could "r would display il in AN dd inter-
IN command. His audience would re-
nrmhcr that they We're not listening t,
decorator VIII" iS all-powertul in til,
. state H. we'll ~ the RcirlI>tag. huI tu
speaker whuS,. ideas. however bright
might ht "Ncrrulrd next day. "r " hos,
mrI;Icc>. hnWcNrl WciwhtN. might ncvc
= hc fulfilled. Id interim greatness .
that kind i not i">>ihlc. and when. Il.
in Germany. and upon this point. tn,
Government j. personal. Il lit of goa
may hriu" i Ia Il Staud~till. There l.
Il Whulc bench of ministers. fairly com
potent men. hut none of them can d'
the work the sick man c"uld have az
cnmpli>hed in Il day. The pivot u
/ politics in Germany is. moi ~ Is :" at