Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-14

aside neither to the right nor TO the ieIi' 0uI |
with irrs.i.tible, Often unconscious and |
silent might, uncoaquerable, iadouIiao!e,
2 I.subiuiu. power It proceeds On It's way,
and al. that can be done By struggling, dis
cortsuied, liberty opposing Bismarck comes
10 sothiug. Csn 4 castle constructed OF cards
stop the march Of 90 srDIy, silence the rosr
Of is cannon, take the sheen from its ban
mere, the sharp edge from its swords and
quench the hopes Of every heart and cAsh 10
earth the resolves Of every soul? Yet this is
Whist Bsmsrck, aud the monarch who Is a
puppet IN his hands, are striking for. Their
toll and sweat and sleepless efforts have Tor
all their object 20 turn back the tide OF hu-
man progress, progress that must ever go
90 while there is brain TO think, or nerve TO
bear, or courage to achieve. Awhile ago
Bismarck, 70 carry out bis policy, had
avs passed limiting the action Of the Church,
curtailing the power Of the Pope, and shack
ling the feet Of priests aud bishops. The OBJ
jet OF his quest to-day il 10 increase the
power Of the monarch by abridging the
sphere Of Parliamentary activity. DE ls
moving heaven and earth 20 compel the
present session Of the R-ichsralh 10 pass sp-
propriatioas ios Two years instead Of for orc,
as before. The Liberals refused, and at
once Bismarck abolishes most oil the laws
IN de against churchly power, takes on once
more the Popish yoke, and by 20 doing gains
the support Of the Ciericals and ConseTva-
tiVes, by aid OF whom it appears likely that
the minister will succeed IN taking away,
every other year, the power Of the Legisla-
turs to check what si4sE na@y ssiisapPreSe ct
in the proceedings Of the executive. The
united influence Of the monarch and the
minister is strong, historic events have made
it 80. But soon both men must pass from
the Stage Of lile-ihey gone, what becomes OF
their reaclionaTy measurez? The glamour
of their pre.ence and the memories accompa-
nyiug them away, then how will
the generation now growing up deal
with their reactionary deeds, and
walk confined by the shackles that policy
has imp9sed? How will they, an intelligent,
thoughtful, brave people, bear to have their
movements confined, their political power
minimizsd, their public action controlled,
their very sentiments sought TO be dominated
By a narrow, ungenerous, debating, over
bearing political system, such az Bismarck Is
oo0 framing? The more successful Bis
mack is ia his efforts, the more numerous
Inc checks he opposes to the exercise OF
national liberty, the more surely ''the spirit
of progress" will conquer, the eyes will be
cast I'll, the dungeon doors nnbarred, aud the
very check that mas been put upon the ad.
vancing movement will increase its force
and the accelerated speed will carry of the
little distractions, and dams, and aristocratiC
| and monarchic checks Bismarck and Will
liam have imagined with such misapplied
inventivenes-, and carried out with sucf
laundering ingenuity snd vicious ekill. Th'
further the present reactienary measures arr
carried, the more profoundly disastrous vii
be the eveuls that accompany their ultimate
| destruction, for a change will come, und
/ "faisehood's trade shall b. az hateful and un
profitable "a that Of truth is now"
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