Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-07

Nao oue5I1 Ao0 u W ailOWeo 10 prejudice
the other. The interests of the whole peo-
pie will not permit of such a course.
THE GERMAN EMPIRE.
After retirement covering several months,
the Emperor William, of Germany, has re-
sumed the throne. The wounds he received
at the hands of his would-be assassin, Nobil-
ing, incapacitated him from the active duties
OF the throne, and, appointing his son, the
crown prince, as regent, ha placed himself
under the care of his physicians, deyoting
his entire attention to building up his physi-
cal system. He has so far recovered as to
regard himself as capable of performing the
duties of his position, and on Thursday,
with great pomp and circumstance, he re-
turned to the capital and formally resumed
the reins of government His reception
was remarkable one, indicative at once of
the loyalty of the mass of the people and
apprehension of the results on the part of
the government. While the trade societies
paraded and gave every outward manifesto
ton of their loyalty, the emperor was hedged
about on every side with armed men to pro-
tect him from the missile of some hidden
assassin, while six companies of every regi-
ment at the capital were under arms all day
and evening, ready at a moments warning to
march forth to suppress apprehended riots.
These facts show, with great force, the
condition of the German empire. The mass
OF the people profess to be loyal to the
throne and the person of the emperor, vet
neither tbs emperor nor his ministers have
any confidence in these professions. A
feeling of deep unrest psrvades every
stratum of society. The rulers know that
the people are loyal only because they are
compelled to be loyal, and they dread the
time when the populace, shaking off their
letters, shall rise in their might and over
throw the existing order of things. Thew
know that such an event is merely matter
of time-that it is as inevitable as fate. The
repressive measures they are now employing
are designed to ward off the impending
blow, not to cure the evils that have caused
the dissatisfaction and moral revolt For.
disguise it as we may, the German people
are substantially and morally in revolt
against their rulers, and are only deferred
from overt acts by o wholesome fear of the
military power, which is the creature of the
crown.
In no other country in Christendon would
the return of the sovereign to the throne
have been greeted by other than the most
ardent tokens of loyalty. To keep an armed
force ready to suppress apprehended riot or
outbreak would be regarded as deliberate
insult to the loyal sentiment of the people.
For, no matter how a people regard their
king, the fact that he has escaped great
danger and comes once moro among them.
awakens, even in the hearts of his enemies.
degree of enthusiasm and admiration Tat.
for the time at least, obliterates all animosi-
ties and re-kindles the fires of patriotism.
With the Emperor of Germany the case
seems to have been different. However
harmless and benefcent he may personally
be regarded, there is conviction among the
people that he has permitted his despotic
chancellor to trample upon the rights of his
subjects and oyerturn the theories of person
al liberty upon which the confederation was
founded. The emperor is therefore vicarious-
ly held responsible for all the woes Of the
country, and perhaps justly so. II is not sur
prising, therefore, that the apparent Joy of the
inhabitants at the emperor's return should be
viewed with suspicion by the authori-
ties, and that precautions against out
break should be taken; for the ministers,
through the agency of the secret police
of Berlin, have been able to keep
well informed of the current of popular
opinion. The fact, nevertheless, shows that
there is not among the German people that
loyalty to the throne which is the only guar
antee of permanency in any government.
1t shows that only the opportunity is want
ing to induce the people to arise and cast off
the chains of despotism with which they
have SO long been bound and establish on
the ruins of the monarchy republic that
will be strong in the liberty that it accords
to the citizens, strong in the fraternity of
one homogeneous people, strong in de-
votion to the fatherland. All signs now
point in that direction, and before the pres
ent decade shall have passed away we look
for the overthrow of the German dynasty
and the formation of government which
shall represent the innate principle of mans
right to govern himself, and to enjoy the
blessings of civil and religious liberty.