The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-30
THE EMPEROR WILLIAM.
His Early Training.

! The time and the circumstances j
d which the Emperor William receive
+ his first impressions of life and his frs
n impulses were of great influence upo
b the development Of his character. Hi
! youth fell in the years, beginning witt
! the unlucky day of Jena, of Prussia
and Germany's deepest humiliation
! This period, with its trials and it
+ shame, was calculated to impress itsel
indelibly on the memory, and to direc
the efIUrts Of the Young Prince TOWARD
t the one end of bringing about a risc
after the fall, and making the return Of
such misfortunes impossible. To this
/ view of his duty he was materially aid
. ed by his mother. Queen Louise, the
royal martyr, who died at the time of a
broken heart, and for whose cruel treat
ment bv Napoleon he obtained In 1870
an ample retribntion. When, in the
third week of October, 1906, in the
fight after the battle of Jena, the
Queen overlook at Schwedt her sons,
who had been sent on in advance with
their tutor, she addressed to them the
foil pwing exhortation.
II see in a single day an edifice de-
stroved on which great men have labored
for two centuries There is nc longer a
Prussian state, Prtssian army; no lon
ger any national glory Oh, my sons,
/ you are of an age when your minds can
appreciate and feel the great events
which have overtakea us. In the future
when your mother no longer lives, call
this unhappy hour up in your memories.
Shed tears over your mothers memory,
as | now weep over the prostration Of my
country. But do not be satisfied with
tears Act; develop your powers. Per-
haps Prussia's protecting spirit may de-
seend upon you; then deliver your nat
ion from the shame,' the disgrace, the
| debasement under which it now suffers.
Strive to reconquer from France the
| glory, just now obscured, of your fathers,
as your ancestor, the Great Elector,
avenged upon the Swedes at Fehrbellin
the outrages committed against his
fathers. Let yourselves not be carried
away, my princes, by the degeneration
of this age Be men, aud strive for the
name of soldiers and heroes. If you
wanted this ambition, you would be un-
worthy descendants Of the great Frede-
rie. But if with all your efforts You
fail to raise up the fallen state, then seek
death, as Louis Ferdinand sought
it
The protecting spirit of Prussia did in
fact descend upon the Prince William.
The Queens words fell like good seed
upon rich soil His growth and matur-
ity were completed by the military edu-
cation which, like all Prussian princes,
he enjoyed On the Ist of January,
1867 being then not ten years old, he
was appointed an officer by his father
On the 20th of January, 1Sl3 a few weeks
after Sork's convention, which began
the release of Germany from the yoke of
the foreigner, he replied to the bishop
who at his confirmation asked him what
effect at that gloomy time the belief on
an all-wise aud all-good Providence had
upon him:
eThis belief will elevate and strength
en- me. | believe firmly and steadfastly
on him who saws to the presumptuous,
thus far and no farther; here shall thy
proud waves be stayed. The dawn of a
better day breaks. hope with joyful
confidence that the almighty and gra-
eious God viii be with my royal father,
his house, and his faithful people.
This faith accompanied the Prince as,
by his fathers side, he took part in the
two campaigns of the war of liberation.
Near Mannheim he was present for the
first time at fight with the French; in
the battle of Bar.sur Aube he won by
his gallant conduct his first military
decoration, the Russian Order of st.
George; and at La Fere Champenoise he
carried, through the heaviest artillery
fire, the order to press forward and fire
with cartridge
Returned from the war, the Prince
resumed his interrupted studies under
his governor, Colonel Won Brause.
characteristics Of his way of thinking are
the life principles and VOWS which the
eighteen -year-old youth wrote down, and
from which | select, as especially laud-
able and worthy Of imitation by other
high persons, the following:
Il take pleasure IN my high station,
not on account Of the distinction which
it gives me among men, but because In
it ! can work the better and accomplish
the more. Ny rank ought always to re
n ind me, Of the great duties which il
imposes upon me, the great exertions
which it requires of me, and the great
temptations against which have to bat
tie. 4 will never forget that prince IS
also man, and before God only q man,
sharing with the nleanest of his people
the weakness and the wants Of human
nature; that the laws which control
others are written likewise for him and
that he, like Others, will one day be
Judged according to bis conduct. I
know what owe, as A man and prince
to my honor. Never will seek it in
things where only madness can find it.
sfv powers belong to the world, to my
country. j viii therefore be unwear-
fedly active in the sphere assigned me
employ nv time IN the best manner, and
accomplish AS much good as lies ia my
power. will maintain an honest and
hearty good will toward aIl men, even
the humblest, for they are all my broth
ers. viii use my dignity IS 8 prince
to the disadvantage Of nobody, cypress
nobody by my own superior facilkie4s
and when have demands 70 make Of
any one viii be gracious and friendly,
/ IA order to render the execution Of the
demands IS easy Is possible. esteem
/ II much more highly to be loved than %
/ be feared. OF merely % enjoy the con.
lsiderafiou 0f prince. Fsatterers vii
/ firuly repel The best the most open,
! the most sincere shall be the most vel
come to me. will hold those t0 be my
best friends who tell nae the truth,
even when i may seem likely % dis
I please me-
These TsFiuoi pies were nat simply WIT
fsn down: they have been realized a life.
TheF ad0rn tie prince and became the
4 daily eaide ST the King; they made him
great they Hon aud preserved for him
! the lore 9f his people Ii 0bedienee -
them he has alwags takea hia Mission
strictly and eArne HEst a soldier
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