, 1881-10-30


nust have been about us satisfactory rs the
reading of Il page Of riddles and puzzles az
the end of Il children's magazine. 10 Mt
tcwpt to read them uuderstandingly Is as ap~
Mailing a task as the first days work set be-
fore poor little Paul Dombey IN the Hltlnoefs'
forcing establishment. Endless unpro"
nouuceable names are followed by hSnFes' !,
aud Ia rites Of :ltI descriptions are mixed no |!
indiscrinnately in a political oId nodFtoa'
that may he understood by German meta !;
nl,vsicians, but is caviar to- The general.
'rht. only Ineligible statement in the 1umoio
is the declaration at the close that l53 eml- i
grants have sailed from Bremen to Texas, :
which at least is understa[ [ldable, ami, viewed :
rs m abstract f;dt, is entirely probable, for :
one such Heterogeneous, and polysiot elec- !;
ton ought to be sufficient to produce Il /
considerable exodus to any otner placc,
even Texas, Il recent pnblcallon ot
the shades If politics III the Bavarlan LeSas-
lature, which only numbers l29 members
shows that they represent thirty parties, nj
teen of which have single representative
There arc twelve shades of Catholics live OF .
Conservatives, five OF Liberals, and eight
others bearing various names. If this cal be
possible in such a little atfatras the Bavarlan
Legislature, what may not be expected Ill
the Reicllstag? In the dispatch to when VIC
have referred there are cheerful allnsiohs 10
1'rogressists. Clericals, National Llperais'
Semitics, Anti-Senlitics. Liberals, Conser'a-
tires, Social Democrats, Centre, Secession
isis, Party of tile People, Free Conservatives
Poles. Professors, Socialists. and Particular
lists. This makes sixteen different parties,
which is enough for all practical purposes,
though there are several others which must
have had hand i'll the election.
| What their principles are ne 10 not
know, This ignorance is not coh-
fined to Americans. Cer1nan-Amerlcans
who have been away from home any length
| of tl,ue do not know. Germans At home no
| not know. II has been said that the German
I po,i,icjaus themselves do not know. AND lt
| may ne truc. rs one Of o1lr old Judges once
said Of the findings Of petit lnries, that TIE
| Lord Himself does not know. To attempt
| 10 explain them, or to understand them Wiiell
| explained, is rs appalling task us to nnder-
/ sta,u the various intricate systems OF Ger
| man philosophy, for their politics, like their
philosophers, arc founded upon metaphyS'c'll
and transccndcntal distinctions akin 10
those involved in Nj. -Alcotts ''Ihlnshcs5
! If tho here" or Mr. Emersonss poem on
| Brahnla. Which party or combination OIL
parties triumphed we do not know, or
whether the Reicllstas is Liberal, Conscrva~
live. Or Ultra1nontane in It's majorities. Inc
contest uppcars to have been very much llke
All Irishman:s fight at Donnybrook f:lr'
where every one goes in Oh his own account
Tho scrimDage is Interesting to LIE oaisitst:
spectator though he does not know "Ilat IL
| is III about or which wins There IS great
deal Of dust, and noise, and siobcrlsll' alla
cracking of crowns, and utter the fuss Is over
review Of the battle-ground shows Here anu
there Il prostrate cOnbatant anu lndlcat'o'ls
that there has heen Il fight. So with the ter
man election. 4 review of the ground SHOWS
that there las been 4 fight, and that a1ho'l:
those left hors dc conlbat is Bisnlarck5s own
son. that hopeful youth who recently ran
away With anotnor mans wife, and who was
deftulcd By some unknown compehto'
: by over 5000 majority. There IS also
; , notorious Jcw-baiter, named llcnrlc, "hc
: oulv got SOU votes out of ao,@o, "hlle 1ls
/ | great anatonist and surgeon, Dr. ' lrchoW
, | drssectcd the Rev. D. St0cker, court preach
cr and ,Jcw-l,atcr, and left him 5000 votes
i. short of 4 seat in the ReichstaE. 1t IS an
: norent also that several Of the proscrlbc'
t | and pcrserutctt Social Democrats have neel
t | returned, and will be thorns again Ill Isis
i ,narck's flesh. Leaving particulars, 1t is up
: parent that the leaders in the recent pcTse
), cution Of tho Jews have all been ae
G fcatcd by large lhajoritieS. and that Ill
Il German people have thus rebnkcd the'
S od,ous and brutal conduct IN no measure
;. manner. 1t is apparent also that the oocla
It lists have nourished under the ban OF IN
q Government, and that its unnecessarily slfle
S and arbitrary course has reacted aSains
= itself. And, lastly, it is apparent that, il
II though Bismarck may still have II ma1orl1
c in the new Parliament, it has been yer
o "loud CALI" and is Il warning to him TIL
u even with the help of Rome there are llnll
1t where the German people will make stai9'
d and that, ,thc Radical clements are eo'nblnll
lc with extraordiuary strength against hlll
It After tic smoke has cleared away VIC ma
q be able to arrive at some detlnlt coucluslo
J. 1t now only appears that there has been
.e fight anu some one has been hurt. Whcth
,e that one is Bismarck remains to DC seen' D
1T it is certain ut least that lis usually VI
ct torious eagles are not screaming very lustli
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