Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-04-26
OUR EksOPEAN LETTER.


out the Empire. Berlin was especially
brilliant with flags, the streets were
blocked with carriages and crowds Of
people drinking the Emperor's health
everywhere, while dashing uniforms
frightened up the sombre aspect of the
streets. Princes and Kings from the
smaller States came to congratulate
their Imperial chief. In { IL the schools
the forenoon was observed % holiday,
and thanksgiving services, which We're
attended by large congregations, were
performed in all the Berlin churches.
At 10 o'clock in the morning the
Emperor commenced receiving CON
gratulatiOns of the members Of the
royal family, the Princes who had come
to Berlin for the occasion, the chief
Court officials, the Ambassadors, and
other members of the Diplomatic body,
the generals of the army headed by
Prince friedrich Charles, the Ministers
headed by Prince Bismarck, the mem
bars Of the Federal Council, and the
Relchstag and both Houses OF the Diet.
Tnc Emperor received all his visitors
st tnding and his Majesty does not now
appear to suffer any Inconvenience
from his recent accident. In reply to
a depu tatiCn, the Emperor said, 'Ihe
times were serious for rulers every
where, as in the same year the most
autocratic Of mOnarchS and the pop
uarly elected ruler of the great Aneri-
can Republic had fallen victims to the
a,sassins of the Revolution. WEc, then,
was safe ?'' Every household in
Prussia, from Prince to peasant, makes
point of celebrating the 22d Of March
by display Of the national colOrs dur
ing the hours Of daylight, and by some
sort Of an illumination after dark.
Frederick William Louis, of Hohenz-
ollern, at one time the most unpopular
parsonage in the Prussian kingdom, is |
now al but idolized by his subjects, |
whose affections, long withheld from !
him, he has fairly earned by unrenlit- |
ting devotion to their service and by |
steadfast fulfillment of all the duties |
which have deVOlved upon him, as
monarch and as man, since he ascend |
ed the throne. To be appreciated &C
cOrting to his deserts was denied to
him until he attained an age at which |
ninety nine men out of a hundred, feel
ing that their appointed task in life is [
done. are apt to become indifferent to
the worlds approval or condemnation.
lie had entered upon his SEVENTEEN
year when, at the head Of his army, he
faced the Austrian fire at kOeniggartZ,
and Jared with his soldiers the fatigues
and privationS of a Summer campaign
in an enemy's country. 1t was upon
his return home, victorious and crowned
with glory, at the close of the war of
1866, that the heart Of the Prussian
people went out to him, ebedient to an
impulse of perfect love AID absolute
trust, sustained and strengthened by
his subsequent achievements. Nearly
sixteen years have elapsed since the
mutual understandings which had
parted King William and
his subjects were finally cleared up.
From that day to this Prussia's faith
in her heroic and patriot-monarch has
been unbroken, and she has never hest
tated for an instant to follow him
WhithersOever he thou ht fit to lead
her. That her confidence HIS been we'll
placed no unprejudiced person will
deny, upon comparing the power and
influence Of Germany at
the present day with the position and
European prestige of Prussia twenty
years ago, and crediting the Emperor
with his fair share of the increment of
might and status which has accrued to
the Fatherland during his wise and
glorious reign. Prince Bismarck en-
tertained the Diplomatic body at his
palace on the Wilhelms PlatZ, and the
Emperor's own table, in his modest
town house under the Linden, was sur
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