, 1876-09-24

n not appeal to the Emperor or B1s,nRc
d since by the articles of confederation tt
II Prince has the absolute right of regulatin
d his internal affairs. He cannot NEEDLE vii
= outside politics, and no outsider can medd
0 with his politics or stags. Not being abb
It to bring the stag to bay, At last accounts tt
people were devising ways and means
bring the Prince to bay, and the next bree2
from Lppe-Detmold may bring the tiding
\ Of war, in which that stag or somebody els
Y may get hurt.
4 COMPLIMENT FROM 1.-THE THUNDERER
It is very well known that the Londo1
"Thunderer is not in the habit Of payin
many compliments. Whenever, therefore
it does utter any kindly words concerning
this country, they are worthy Of attention
first, because OF their rarity, and, second
because of their consequent sincerity.
compliment from the London Time, is praise
from Sir HUBERT. The occasion for tht
nice things said of us by the Times is the
replies which President GRANT has beer
sending to the rulers Of Europe to their let
ters Of Centennial congratulation. The
most gracious feature of the compliment
consists in its qualification over the letter
from Queen V1croR1A to the President Says
tho Times: 'The only Power which has
come into serious collision with her has
been our OWL. because between US we divide
a great Continent. Yet the good will Of no
nation could have been more heartily ex-
pressed than that which accompanied the
letter of congratulation sent by our own
| Queen to President GRANT" In the
midst of its Centennial congratulations it
handsome acknowledgment: tsAll Of us
| have come to see that the Americans did
good to this country as well as to their own
when they conquered their Independence. In
the Tory Ministries who tried to tax them
without their consent we have learned to see
the champions Of despotism which, if tri-
umphant in America, would have reacted in
England; and we admit that the Colonists
were fighting the battle Of liberty for us as
well rs for themselves" That is as hand
some as one would ask for, and will probably
meet with the heartiest and most reciprocal
feelings on this side of the water.
Perhaps the most interesting features of
this greeting to the American Republic arc
its philosophical observations with regard to
France aad Germany. Contrasting the
harmless effect Of the Revolutionary idea !
upon England, "because We knew how to |
widen our institutions without the wrench of |
revolution, with the disastrous effects Of the |
same idea in France, it says:
The men Of letters, the whole party Of discon-
tented Frenchmen, were charmed with the aim-
plicity OF q Government which was free from all
the entangling influences OF Feudalism. They
fancied that life would be nobler, CASTER and more
just if the avenues OF activity were not choked at
every tusu by immense accumulations of hereditary
interests. They forgot however, that the Colo
nists had started with clean board; that America
had no past; that the Revolution had not destroyed
: single eociai fabric, but had merely cut frai1
administrative tie. It amounted to nothing more
formidable than violent change Of Government.
leaving society untouched. The social part Of
their Revolution, indeed, had been slowly and a.
most insenslhly effected By the mere process Of
colonization, which had left behind all the more |
complicated social arrangements Of the old conn
try. The French Revolution, the other hand,
vas more social than administrative. DESTROYING
atistocracy, Ct urch, administration, |
he laws OF inheritance, whole system marked BY ,
Thousand years Of growth, it replaced everything
y engagements fresh from the brain Of the lees-
atoi. 1t was the greatest experiment ever at !
enpted by human audacity skill, and it nav {
axe France at least smother generation to recover
rom the violence OF the wrench
In instituting comparisons of Germany :
rom military point of view with other
'owers' especially in its class Of military c
eaders and its expert bureaucracy, the Times p
hts upon deduction which it failed to '
aake during tie War of the Rebellion. but -
an be accepted now by the American people c.
pon the wel-known axiom, s<Better late :
ham never:
France felt the want OF such class when she y
ent to war with Germany in loose democ-anc y
rray So did the Northern States Of America u
hen they had to beat down rebellion led by the
anters of the South, who were an aristocrarv in
but the name. President GRANT, however. NAV III
'nsoie hlmfe1f With the reflection that such q J.,
'atssy caste az tue aristocracy Of Germany has -
u always proved the greatest source OF STRENGTH
contests so prolonged and exhaustine as to put q
cssure on every unit Of the community. There Ct
e 1e" oettcr examples OF national tenacity in the
&c OF disaster than the waged BIZ France Il
alnst the whole Of Europe at the end of 1,s+
injury, and BY the Northern States of America "
alnst tae South Those contests showed that ri
ldleEs may be hammered By defeat into as fine -.
nIne stun as ever the world saw, il, instead ~
oe'ns ANIMATE machines, they are knit together Ell
common enthusiasm for great ideal. cl
AS whole, the article, the salient points m
which we have given, is handsome and II
aceful tribute to the American Republic D.
IN the great organ which reflects the sen Bi
nent of the English people, Coming from BiI
London Times, it comes from the English !,
oplo themselves, and is therefore ali tha 1'n
IRE acceptable and gratifying. The proprie- =.
OF that paper is now in this country, and
undoubtedly find that the cordial rood co1
she's of England for our prosperity arc ella
~ reclprocated by the American people. ,s'
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WOMEN IN POLITICS. Ste
Upon that never-ending and always-recur- hi
g subject Of the influence Of woman in To
itics we have received letter from An net
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