New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-24


1yhere where I know | shall remain, where can
feel at home and join in the life OF my communlt!
Here in the South we cannot live loreNeI' 'ii"' 40
certain.
Iieber never could have been happy IN slave
country. but his honorable discomfort was enhanced
Low the lack OF intellectual society. with respect
to culture and intellectual life" he wrote to Nit
termaer, and all man requires who taxes part ID
the stirring movements of oar time, mighu as
well be in Siberia" Nevertheless 1t was IN
this isolation that he wrote his most profound, I'M
poriant and original works, his Political LthicS
and Civil Liberty" and established his fame as
iurist and publclst. His summer holidays al tue
North were wonderful solace during this twenty
years studious exile. Here are two fragments HON
letters to his wife in 1913:
On the 25th of August TO Boston. Ashton was
delighted. and the good fellow exclaimed an
SicnOre why is il whenever You enter tIo 'Ilyp
you make my heart feel happy lie spoke i,alhior
il was spontaneous bursting torth IRON oaIpci
heart while his hands were strapplng Ia1o55; ~
touched me deeply. Yesterday | went 70 Am
bridge 70 hear HllarIs Grafton before tlle ~ -,
Kappa Society. large, brilliant audience; WY
splendid Grafton; dinner of the society; aMoig tn
invited guests. Old Adams made most eXcci,eht
speech. After that dinner, TO the LonglelioWs II
spacious house with elegant, tasteful, yet simple
furniture. They received me most K NS
and warmly Their library was wash
rIngton's bedroom: and as | was sitting at
the window Mrs. L0ngfellOw close by me aud Il
beautiful landscape IN view, felt the, WHoIe Has"
ceived me most cordially; then late TO Town VIII
Sumner and yet TO Hillard TO tell INN Oh all tle
praise we had heard. c-o4o.,.
Greenlcaf &C. Tomorrow ! dine at PfeSco'ISi
Monday, at Mrs. Lees Tuesday hear otGry iectoIg
Iongfellow. A delightful dinner at young reTklnss
with Hillard, LongiellOw, sumner, Greene o. e. n
right charming daytime wine. line n0ohsllhe, ine
country-seat and we actually put ho"e4S III oNi
hair.
The next year he visited Europe. In England ne
had cordial welcome and saw many distinguished
people. lie wrote in his diary
April "a. Breakfast at Sir Robert Harry lnglis's
Ladies there Rogers the poet Mines W W. ~, b aI
past 1. Rogers. asked me to breakfast Wl'h, Luz
on Monday. . Rogers at breakfast said he Iu<eI
the proposition at tie end of Il sentence, II wen
used Isupporled him by quoting HookeTs nnes
"Shall there be a God 10 swear ny, ana none 10
pray TO ~ Mines and Ingis had been against
'iAprii o. Breakfast at Monckton Milues' Net the
Marquis of northampton, President Of the Koyal
Society Rogers Kenyon and others. Mines nrea-
silk mofning-gOwn and golden slippers, luandarin
gIrle. A touching poem o. lhtoIore HOOKS Ieau
the subject girl who Jumped from one OF inc
bridges. gave LOngleiowS On war All except
the Malquis OF Northampton found tho end t99 NOR
allzug Mines read long p0eIn,-'LliE'' OIu
Rogers spoke OF fGct, and said me- In SNORT ina
in which - IS deficient and tins III - pres
ence.
He went over tie field of Waterloo, reracins the
scenes of his military life and at Berlin he had an
audience with the King he pre- ecessor of the pres
ent Emperor, upon whom he urged the subject OF
prisonrsf 1rin Il matter IN which at that time orr
South Carolina Professor was especially interested
Liebe1's petition for pardon hal been granted be-
fore he lef; America. The following passage IS
from his account OF the audience
July %. Early to the Schloss. In the waiting
room artists with their pictures care chair with
a broken seat neat boxes with pearl shells from the
Isthmus Of Panama After ab0u- ten minutes the /
King came in, wearing common undlesS, no I
star or order, his cap and handkerchief i'll hand. /
He looked ut the pictures, praised them much ana /
kindly and passed me with a very friendly bow 30 .
20 TO the shells; looked at some prints, and then /
walk in" He opened the door, which / ought TO /
have done, but forgot. and entered his cabinet the
corner ROOM think of the ecl5s togf on me Lange
Brucke. The room was well furnished;
a large table Of plain oak oak ,S wood
one sentinel IN the corridor. lie began By saving;
Il am very sorry you are going away again l |
thought that We might he able 10 keep yon here IL
is great pity" Ireplcd Your Majesty, have
= wife and children and no fortune and must de
pend upon my salary" He asked me how many
childien had aud where was born. and was sur
StTasse and sad Really did not know-thJt."
All these questions were made IN the common tone
of poli.eness and kindness. He has small blue eyes
and uses glasses. His sandy hair IS very hin lie
asked me questions about South Carolina, slavery.
etc. told him about the Proprietary Government
of Charles ii. The King SAID: Charles ii created |
Knights of Nova Scotia. Tell ire where it Is. | /
confess do not know Iexplained. lis it still
called by that name ~
At first he did not seem 10 understand me; at ast
said: ooh, have done nothing but my duty you |
have been unjustly dealt with am delighted that /
! have beer able 10 adjust this matter. You have |
had great wrong done TO You. Moreover, you have !
testimonial which, after the Gospel is the highest
to ms-that of the deceased Nlebuhr lie was Il |
most noble man. ] remember how aiiectionatcly he /
speaks OF you III his book
Lieber was not rcvoutionst As we have seen, /
he recanted some Of his youthful radical opinions |
He lost great deal his faith in jain. He always
dreaded "denocra ic absoutism;' and when he
applied for a pardon he was able to recommend !
himself to the Prussian Government, be declaring
that since his coming TO America lie had not asso
ciated with German political eXies When the
revolution broke out in France in 1913, he ex-
pressed the opinion that there was no cause
for it and little hopo in it, Il do not
believe in a French Republic" he wrote 10 >umuer
They will have kingless government, indeed
for some years perhaps lustrum but it cannot
be republic because they have 10 institutions for
ii; they seek rcpublcanism in wrong place, and
they dabble in geneTaties.' But when the insur-
rections began in Germany his patriotic impulses
were profoundly stirred. If TIN is a cOnvugion
count upon unity rs its result. This is the first
practical benefit required. Liberty would soon fol-
low Certainly all who claim the name of Germans
must DO unanimous on this point
that the crowd of princes has been
tolerated long enough The follow
ing passage from one of his letters TO his wife in
1913 is "A clear forecast of what was TO happen !
many years later: Nor do see how the unity of
can be brought about unless the princes
are thrown overheard. If there were one among
them-a bold man--who grasped the time as Crom
well, Napoleon or Frederick II. did, the game
ha aoev lint cuch a man doee NOT ayist He
reached this conclusion only after second VISIT to
his native country lie hoped to find place for
himself there, under new and LIBERAL government
hnt bis illusions specdilN disnellcd. lie dis