Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-11-12

and worthy to be commemorated
for it marks a new epoch in German
history. Twenty years ago Germany
was governed by irnumerable petty
princes with no central government.
A "ZOllxereinrlo r> Toll-union" did
! scarcely more than arrange the rate
of duties on Imports, every province
protecting its borders with custom
house officials of itSown-, The whole
union was the plaything of Austria,
and tied to her spron. strings, Some
times, indeed, the North German
princes protested most earnestly
bat with more force of rhetoric than
of cannon; so in the end stronger
and more united Austria had her
way. Prussia first successfully with
stood her, under the guidance of
Bismarck, and to him belongs the
honor of creating from n discordant
mass of petty states the strongest
government in Europe. .----:s
In building the "Column of Vic
tory" no attempt was made to Guido
the Egyptian;pyramids. If success
be dependent upon the amount of
| material and the mechanical skill
i demanded in its construction, it can
4 in no way compare with the mon
= ster which has been constructed at
Washington. in, memory of those
| who more than century ago did
: for the United States what has been
done for Germany In this genera
ton. Prussia's monument is in
keeping with the older civilization
and the spirit of Europe. l do not
say higher ci0ilization; age is not
always a. guarantee Of quality.
!, Americas exempliication of her
creed, that a man IS a man, and a
woman his equal, has won tor her a
rank that Europe's Masters of the
? Fine Arts, however prolific the fu-
ture yield may be, cannot surpass MS
without the aid of radical social
and political reforms, But / must
. not forget my text-The Monument.
Here, the designer, the sculptor,
and the painter were the master
builders, while the stonecutters and
derricks played a secondary part.
The result is work of art that edu-
Gates at the same time that it in
spires patriotism by recalling the
deeds Of former days. from ter
race ft high rises the substructurc,
: 81 it square and % fit high, Of pol;
ishedred Swedish granite. On each
side of this is a bronze relief .(G ~
# Al fly showing;scenes. from all
three wars. On the eastern side we
7 see,the soldiers marching from home
for the battle fields of the Danish
war. The scene is gay; banners
flying, drums beating, children fol-
lowing with all the interest Of child
hood. But in the background APP
pear those WHO realize that war
means something besides gold lace,
martial music and full ranks. The
. wives and mothers turn aside to hide
!, the tears and say hurried farewell,
: while the Catholic clergyman gives
t his blessing and the Protestant offers
t prayer for the departing friends.
, The north side is devoted to the
. Austrian war. The scene represents
! the'meeting of the King and the
: Crown Prince upon the battle field
5 of Sadowa. Near the centre is seen
, the King upon his war horse, and
, accompanied by Bismarck, Moltke,
| Room and other distinguished gen.
, erals. The Prince, surrounded by
his staff, rides up from the opposite
) direction and receives a Medal for
honorable service from the hand of
, his father. On the right and left of
5 this. group are scenes from battle
+ fields of the same war. On the west
s ern side the relief represents three
, scenes from the French war. Again
j we see German soldiers marching to
e foreign fields, led by the King and
!: all the princes and generals of dis
tinction. Next comes Frances great
e defeat. The eagles captured at Sc
i, dan lie on the ground; Napoleon is
e prisoner, and his letterais handed
i. to the King. But the humiliation
Y of the French is not yet complete.
/ Years ago the First Napoleon had
entered the Prussian capital and now
the visit is to be returned. With
0 flying colors the victorious army en-.
!, ters Paris and the war is at an end.
One relief yet remains, but the story
f of the wars has, been told. The
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