Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-14
A 1LALIGNANT GROWER.


Bismarck Is talking again. He can't
control his mouth. He and our own
Private Dalzell of Ohio fame are very
much alike in this res poet. From abus-
tempt for his royal master, the old bear
has turned his attention to the people,
and in an interview with correspondent
of London paper stated that the cause
of the social troubles In both Germany
and Russia was Generalization. "
The people knew too muchl What an
awful indictment, and what an atrooious
crime!
Who had supposed that man in the
chancellor's position would have given
utterance to such preposterons and in
congruous language? Himself an out
cast from royal favor, and q sufferer in
common with thousands of other men,
the victims of royal caprice, it is strange
that he should now, after abusing the
emperor, seek to undo the mischief by
turning upon the emperor's subjects and
denouncing them as miscreants who
"should be ruled with rod Of IRON. -
Such language places Bismarck in the
attitude of toady, a supplicant
for royal favor, and shows that
he is yet hopeful of regaining power in
some form or other.
The expression "ruling with a rod OF
iron - is characteristic of the man. 1t
gives us clear insight into his charao-
ter. He is an autocraot at heart, and
regards the people as so many units Of a
great social system each of which should
be entirely subservient to his will. To
this end, ignorance among the masses is
desirable. The less people know, the
more tractable and submissive are they
to the will of the master tyrant,
Educate only enough to fill the Offices
and do the public business of the nation.
The less the balance know the better off
they and all concerned are.
AS we said, that is the doctrine of a
tyrant, of a despot ruling q tribe of
semi-barbarians. Coming from the ex-
chancellor, it will earn for him the con-
tempt of righteous men the world over.
No one can have respect for the utterer of
such sentiments. 1t does not matter that
Bismarck is suffering keenly from the
of his fall. Misfortune should
teach him moderation, and sympathy
for his fellow men especially that portion
of them like himself, struggling with an
adverse fate. On the contrary his fall
has only served to embitter his al
ready acrld nature, to increase his
dislike and distrust Of the people, to stir
up the fountains of bile aud bitterness
within him, and provoke him to a con-
tinual TRADE of malignant vituperation
and abuse of both king and people.
Few will regret the emperor's resolve
to be rid of such man. Few will SYM
pathizs with him in his fall. He is
clearly suffering from chagrin and NOR
tiication at seeing things go on smoothly
and satisfactorily without his aid. Il
gals him TO have the world know that
the empire can be kept from going rap
idly to eternal smash with another than
himself at the helm. To feel that he is
no longer a necessity, that he is back
number, that he lags superauous on the
stage, has soured him to such an extent
that he must vent his splenetio rage on
all about him or-burst. He has de-
scended to the level of Timon and
given utterance to language that would
do credit to Ingalls, or a Texas anti-oom-
mia sinniaf