The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-31
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1have often been asked BY Ameri-
~. friends, whose opinion I MIN
u, did not ode unoonditionaliv
vk Bismlsrck's policy. Thua. fhe oeS.
v1sy / received letter from = ffieod
.the West in which be ssys: "Yon
s."v the situation much better than
4. "nd. of course, / have no vori ~
.;ik:ism for you; but III wese . Ger.
r I should dislike very mech tn mn
.,.rlf in active 0pposition 70 Bismarc
siom admire 20 much, thouGh I feer
:. 4 not ~ able statesman l6r hom,e
.1:ir " for foreign" A. this remsrS
s..m more . general than Q ueroonsI
.s.rsctt r, will answer Il publicly. md
:. N doing interest, PERTAINS. = sr~e
go Of your readers. / certainly ~.
ec.'.;.te the great merits by which M.
I%sncellor has immortalized himaelf IN
~. history Of the world and in the
s"s,ts Of Ills countrymen. I honor him
= IN energetic, unselfish character. IN
.S.r.on]inary statesman. aud = var,
H. dip;onlatist. At the same finn,
s"~:ev..r. he has the faults Of hia VIZ,
,,ss He knows no will but his own
i an imwriOus dictator who suffers NO
anIpSi,ion. who hates Ill restraint i'm
'rst4l ulNn him, uses every means in
liz ,owcr to carry his plans, and also
.hxncps them ~ often as he sees fit. In
Is. realistic tendencies he undertakes
n. ower Of ideas, and only avails him
Iii them for bargaining with them
~ ralizing temporary advantages. ~.
!" the present contest with Rome he
ri.yy out the liberty Of conscience and
Pntestamt faith against the tobacco mo-
.oncly and tariff questions. His great
.mslities ~ diplomatic are 90 manv
%nvbscks in his home policy. He
,.ssfs men aid parties with whom he1
n.ht to work harmoniously, or ct least
in : friendly manner, - enemies when
,hry do not agree with him even ON
.;.or tones. He thinks that be alone
nn do everything, and introduce 1t the
one time dozens Of measures In o the
,oltical arena, thus creating confusion
!nd disorder In all departments of the
Goyernment. His social and economi-
nj schemes are ill-digested and ftaneht
vitb evil. ''They are very interesting, !
indeed" said about yeeragoan Amer |
I'm friend in this city to me, "but I |
la rather have them tried on the Ger
nm than on the American body poli-
IT," In u country like yours you can
iom no idea how deeply they effect the
velLbeing 0fthe people. Slavery, %
Ing ~ it existed with you, chiefly in
iured the South, and did less harm to
he whole nation than the monop0lixing
i,pdencies of the Chancellor with %. II
be carries his points, private industry, |
Individual exertion, and peIDonal 10.
,punsibility, which alone have elevated
Tie Teutonic race to ito present COM
handing position In the world, will
mike room for governmental control
nd patriarchal management. Just %
he Government already m0nop0li1es q
lsesative trade with tobacco, Il would
ID future control even poorhouses and
vi|hge schools, run machinery, open
Asps, do the shipping, freight and in
srance business, and, - . Postmaster
Geseral has several times proposed, 70
eves non0p0lize the book trade. Why
Aeuh the Government not - we'll buy
at III the butchers, bakers, brewers,
and other profitable trades? II saps the
msts Of our national wealth that such
DISASTROUS schemes are ct af1oot and
1es seriously discussed in the papers,
= \ sour duty to oppose them b 81
-BerHS Con-. ~. r. Post