New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-26

a match for the haStY lcNlcs Of adNeh'"i'''
swash-bucklers BROUGHT against them '"'
all the advantages derived from DO CIV"
a captain and the radical vices 81 DIS c"''''''
cause of Professionalism 10 Europe WIS "'''''
during the height Of his rcputdilon III 'I'c
danger. and it may be truly a''rI''" ''''
,bcso critical iancturcs France alone preserved II
from collapse Gustayus in winning inc '''''
If Brei,enfcd gave great impetus to l'e cause
r. which he was pledged. but it was far more
rorol than material. The German ITo''S'''n'
,,ripces couid not n. reused out Of their sluggish
cordi,ior They could moi be made u Sc 40"
,,,,h ic,crdcd mon tlir action. Lns"Au'
which should have rislicd everything III o'"'i
.,,,,,.or, Crst,yus was in the hands q! eVIl ana
4rai,oro,e rulcrs Almost everywhere but }"
Sroden ecI6sh interests. indifference, or "o''c'
,,r,.l ,Ic nol,cv of those whose very eNls'ch''
,orld bovc been ENDANGERED by the Suc'rS" %
tho po,vcrs that were cndcavorlng 10 stamp Gu.
,t p.formotion in Germany. Had SPAN an"
,be Fmpirc succeeded in their purpose 'c ''
sDouonccs for the world would have been H,'"
,ess calamitons than if Charles Mri'I hAd loS'
tbe battle of Tours. The struggle WIS e>N'','''''
for the right 10 free thought Oh the one manu. anu
for the right 10 suppress free th'u4"u %,
otber: and Gustavus Adolphus alone oil al NV
Protestant sovcrcigEs and princes W'S
true to the higher interests oil huu""i'S
out this momcntous contest. 80.
Picbelieu supported The Swcdcs. mat graz
statesman however. doubtless undc's'in"'
force and vitality of Professionalism ana iNl'@ii'''
that if would he easy enough To deal WIZ" -"
schisnaticS when once the ground was '''''r"
the humbling of Frances formidaolc rival i'''"'
lion did not find Gustavus tractabie. lhe Ii'"'''
Minister urgently desired tie Ming 10 p"'" ~,
ward 10 Vienna: but GustaYuS saw 'ia' HIS VIZ
lay o,I,-rwhere and he followed ms instincts
tcrminrdlv, regardless Of the Suggestions u LIS
,nio,J Cborpec the Cardinals envoy. N.Y.
Fletcher shows how at first the MIG So"H"'
moinr, If not altogether, the security OF Sweden
He soon realized that this policy was TOO h''Io"
for the times. and as he was drawn on ms mIS''o'
&C ,bo cbompion Of Professionalism was foFcc'
moro closely upon him, and gradually became 'r
dominant Influence in his career. Inc la''l "'"
- Iutzen demonstrated the estimate put upon
him and his work In that desperate pa''e ''c
S,yodcs broke the Impcrast,' power completely
for tbe time. Bat las Rchclicu records III HIS
Memoirs. the Impcriali,ts, though driven from the
Gaia and LOSING all their artillery and baggage
did not hesitate 10 claim the victory for 'Ac"
soI,,s accounting the death Of the KIM oi sweden
mara in,DorIaut than the existence Of hoth armies
MT together. and expecting that IN t1at de''"
they would reap all the fruits Of the war 'A'I
could bv any means have scared. Such was 'h'
value ascrihed 10 that single life; and if it proved
+, be 4 false estimate, the falacy OF The c''!c'''
ton was "'c 10 '"'
hlnSeH. o.,;.. 9, cb,,oc Ills
able Chancellor. AAel OAcnsticrn, Lad received III"
instructions for carrying on the War and scc''d''
efficiently by Horn and Bernard, he was chAD''
so to conduct II after 'he I'I'o''' VI
fine campalQn ended IN the t0ial cNp'Si"" va ''
Imperialists from the Pdlatlnaie. IL "'''' H''',
much OF the great hlnrS "orN was ".'''''' '''.'
the close Of tie long struggle S'''"'' To
little which, AZ Mr.. Fletcher tiu> o'F' w. me
not have been obtained after the ''''f % Dr.
field But Gustavus had performed an Ihe'' l'n'''
service in tding the Protestant cause ofc' 4" y
Rod Of deadly peril such crisis II was moo c','''
upon 10 surnount second time " "'H "'''''
dangers arose they found IL Afi'E
and each successive assault upon u was ~
weaker and more IH'lc WIN" "''''' w.
into Germany PToicNtahiSm was "I"oSO }" '''o ''''
ditch through the Incompetence l'Ih'-H'"
and selhshness Of It's chiefs lie cica'c' INJURIOUS
for It's defenders 20 rally round. lie FURNISHED 'H'
steel face Of tie hammer with which the Imperial
- strcu.tl WAS beaten t. pieces. without MN
EiclcTru's craftsmanship would have Ihc'' ana
tl.c cause itself mus; have been wrecked. IH''
is his CLAIM, 10 regard ~ one Of tie heroes 81 'hc
nations Tina, De did this r..rH solely for AN l'eH
* not 10 be- assumed indeed the greatest conflict
~ o,uion has existed ~ 10 tie true nature OF hi'
,,,,so, perbaus what Mr. Fletcher SAYS on tins
i,., -. ne ,c.,r the truth as We are likely 10 come
W., e e,vs thc biocraphcr. were bis aims ''
- H., , ,ro., r~,ll,,u Eu, II
That has always '"''" -
any ore may DE supposed - '''
it surely WIS AAcI VNchS''''" Wv" ,.,.
50 atYcctionatc a. 10 be VcrF uncommon 'F'"''H
yrc,t mon of equal rank. bat indeed between
80 .; A,d al ONcrsti.ru's
a SUBJECT ana MS hO''I''-"' ''"' 90