Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-30

| nave not LETT this room before / have finished
my beer Ill break this pot over your head. y
He then emptied his glass very deliberately
and, as the man took no heed of the warn
| ing he did as he threatened He went up
to the fellow and knocked him about the
head with the pot till he fell howling on the
ground BIsmark then asked the waiter
How much for the glass 2" and having
paid for it he walked away leisurely, with
out anyone having dared to molest him.
Even at that time he was a man of some
political standing and the acknowledged
leader OF the conservative party; but, true
to his principle, he always took the often
sive, attacking adversaries wherever he met
them, and with all weapons Bismarck s
attitude in Parliament had, of course, been
much noticed at court. The king, Freder-
ick William ", had taken a great liking to
the Junker, and when the post of Prussian
minister at Frankfurt became vacant. he
thought of offering it to Bismarck. He
was rather surprised, however, when this
latter, without asking time for reflection,
declared himself ready TO accept the kings
proposal. ''But you are aware that it is a
very difficult post, and it involves great re-
spOnslDluty SAID the King.
''Your majesty may at all events give me
a chance, replied Bismark, ''if | do not
succeed, | can be recalled at any time"
The position which he at once assumed
at Frankfurt created considerable aston
ishment there. Austria was at that time
the ruling power in the Bundesrath, and
the minor German states not only suffered
this, being az legitimate and unavoidable,
but they actually favored the pretensions
of Austria; for they saw in the House of
Hapsburg their natural protector against
the HohenzOllern. The last representative
of Prussia at the BunS had not been able
to resent this, and had quietly consented to
play humble second part, Count Thun,
the Austrian minister and president of the
Bund, being Enthusiastically No. /. This
had gone So far that Bismarck 5 predecessor
had, like his colleagues. allowed Count Thun
to be the enly member TO smoke during the
committee meetings. No consideration
could prevent Bismarck from protesting
against this. He took cigar out of his
pocket, asked Count Thun, to his amaze
ment, for light, and pulled away freely
long after the Austrian minister had thrown
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that tritie required more courage than any
of his colleagues possessed, and Bismarck
acquired thereby a personal position which
his predecessor had never enjoyed. We
have recalled these stories, though they are
unimpOrtant in themselves, because we have
thought it interesting to show that Bis
marck's Historical audacity-if such a
term may be used-has its origin in his ma
tive, Unborn daring. Bismarck has never
been mean-spirited. Tie has not begun to
talk loud and proudly, and to be aggressive
since he has become great man on the
contrary, he has risen To what he now is be-
cause he spoke and acted boldly and proud
" when he was but very small parsonage.
lie certainly hoped TO win the game he was
playing, but he could not conceal from him
self that all would be over if he lost it,
What would Prince Bismarck be now, if,
after Duppel, Prussia had been beaten at
SadOwa, or after SadOwa, at Gravelotte
He thought of this, but he was never afraid.
The poor gentleman-farmer, the Junker,
who had to contract debts in order to he
able TO live in town. became successively
an influential politician, a parliamentary
leader. minister at Frankfurt, st. Peters
burg, Paris; prime minister, chancellor,
count and prince; but still remained ready
TO give his adverSlries new chances of de
feating and crushing him.