The Red Cloud chief., 1877-08-23

passed the pillars of Hercules, and diff
fused the terror of their name alons
the coast Of the Mediterranean. Ths
coasts of England were infested ant
plundered with impunity. But theil
most marvellous enterprise was the dis
covery Of the western continent. Thu
Mortimer explored the coasts of Amer
C twenty generations before Columbus
trod the shores of San Salvador, anC
seven hundred years before the Pill
grims landed upon Plymouth Rock
Their descendants Of to-day claim anG
covet the name of Northmen, a proper
and graphic designation, but OF which
the English ve~rnacular has robbed then
and substituted the barbarOus, clumsy
and ill-sounding term Of Norwegians
And now, passing down to modern
times, We NEE, the great Gustavus, the
golden-haired king, the brave, the chiv'
alrous. the pious. the magnanimous, the
notorious Adolphus. the most illustri.
GUS name Scandinavia has given to his.
tory, the pride and the idol Of the North
Who can estimate justly what mankind
owes to Gustavus AdOlphus? His an
cestors delivered Europe from servitude
to the Huns, but he achieved the even
nobler task of rescuing the consciences
of mankind from thralldom. He came
upon earth like a messenger from the
Almighty; he brought glad tidings
and deliverance to the captives." A
cloud of the darkest despair had settled
upon the Protestant world. The Catho-
lie confederacy had swep. away all re-
sistance, and lilly and Wallenstein
trampled at will upon desolated Ger.
many. The fate of Madgeburg still ap.
pals the world, and nameless barbara.
ties were everywhere p~erpetrated. Sud.
denly Gustavus stood forth and chal-
lenged the insolent oppressor; with one
blow he felled the tyrant, and changed
the face of the world and the course Of
history. Never was there a battle preg.
nant with more fate or Of greater i'm
mediate consequences than the memor.
able conflict at Breitenheld, where the
Swedes shattered in a rout the forces Of
the hitherto unconquered lilly. Never
was a successful war Of invasion waged
except by Alexander-by a nation so
immensely inferior to its adversary in
all resources, save the quality of war
like manhood. Fifteen thousand Swedes
only landed in Pomerania. 1t was
twelve centuries since the conqueror of
Rome pitched his tent upon the banks
of the Tiber, but the irresistible advance
Of the Swedes suggested a tremendous
analogy. When Gustavus had annihl-
lated three imperial armies, and his ap-
pearance before the gates of Vienna was
deemed inevitable. the pope, to stimu-
late the Frustrated energies Of the dis
mayed Catholic league, and to incite a
fanatical terror among the people of the
Mediterranean countries of Europe,
proclaimed that the Goths had again
hnaAa" %a-afFaWi hA Xqkthaud anew
Italy.
Gustavus is the most luminous figure
ID history between Charlemagne and
Napoleon-greater of soul indeed than
either Of these. A more perfect mas
ter Of the art of Val never lived, but
bis greatest glory is that he waged war
for the noblest and most necessary
purposes. He is the inventor of the
modern science of warfare, and when
Grant studied at West Point he was
to acknowledge his Indebtedness
70 a Scandinavian commander for the
Art he was acquiring.
Charles the Twelfth is a phenomenon
and an enigma: he defies ANALYSIS and
comparisons. for never was
there man like him. Voltaire calls him
the most extraordinary man that ever
appeared in the world. Mankind can
little more than admire his heroism
md lament his misfortunes. There is
40 sadder, no more passionately pathetic
'ecOrd made bv history than that of
Charles and his Swedes overpoweredin
he plains Of Ukarine by the swarning
nyrlads of Russia The victory was
'eter's. but the honor belongs ~eternally
o Charles. Had valor instead of num-
'ers counted on that fateful day. R ussia
night not to-day have been tramping
pom PROSTATE nations, or prosecuting
chemes of conquest under the hypo-
ritical pretense of promoting liberty.
We need not wonder. upon this cur.
DRY review, that Gen. Grant directed
is steps to Scandinavia from England.
lis soldier instincts draws him towards
cognate people. whose great deeds in
ar have been renowned for sixteen
anturies. He longed to view the land
lat gave birth TO the most vigorous
ace of men the world ever saw. He
owment, and valor the highest virtue;
ley paid their ardent devotion to the
ID of war, and Phar militant, grasping
le formidable Mjolner, was the ideal
1ject of their affection, their emula-
on, and their worship. Their noun
inns were rugged. and their winters
ng: but the nature that seldom smil-
| and often frowned, bred the most
bust manhood OF. antiquity. The
innate that Vanished the SOff Injuries
the South depressed also its vices;
sanctity of marriage was scrupul-
lsly regarded, and the manly virtues
truth, honesty and courage, were
Id in the highest esteem; and these
ndi4ians nHndnnod kho haHAr -arri