The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-20
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ton OF national unity Under tho nomina
head OF societies for practice In the use Of FIRE
| arms, associations are spainRing up In all quar-
| ters formidable in numbers and intellieence
| who meet to shoot, but also take aim at the
| situation and prospects, the probabilities and
| possibilities which lie in the more INN ediate
future for tho 50yOoo.ooo OF people who speak
the German language.
The Duke attends the meetings dressed in
the costume OF the order. and democratically
takes his turn along with his confreres In thei,
practice.
He is understood TO be q man OF capacity and
energy. and has tho ambition to lead In this
! great popular movement. The views OF In
dividual minds are diverse. some looking to
| republican and some to monarch cal forms OF
| reconstruction, but all to national unity. A
recent meeting OF tho societies was held at
Frankfort at which were present several
thousand members. A grand banquet was
given and numerous speeches were made.
some OF which atleast were OF the extreme rev.
| dictionary type. One speaker said In the
presence OF the Prince that the proposed
| change could not be accomplished until blood
| had been made to flow.
| 1t is the influence OF the numerous princely
| lines. ramifyinR in almost endless branches.
not only throughout Germany. but also
| throughout the royal families Of Europe. which
constitutes the chief obstruction to the desired
| solidarity.
! This vast network Of princsly authority
| covers and holds the people Of Germany as q
| flock Of pigeons are held In the net Of the
| fowler. But ehould the net break at any part
| there will then be q chance for the flock to
| escape. The struggle is now to break the net.
| and it seems to be hoped that the. Coburg line
| will be the breaking point.
Tho press OF Frankfort particularly favors
| the movement for unity. for it has we'll
grounded hopes, derived from local position
and historical associations. that that ancient
town will become the capital OF the new Gov
eminent. IL is a FREQ town and the press talks
freely. to the disgust OF the conservative Jour
mails in other parts Of Germany.
The newspapers Of this country are frank.
fair and favorable toward the United States In
their present struggle. They are likewise more
intelligent than either the French or the Eng
lish II we except few journals They appre-
ciate and properly characterize the hypocriti-
cal pretensions OF the London press to Impair
TALLY.
1t is the testimony Of concurrent witnesses
that the collegiate students are everywhere
prone to embrace republican ideas. The free
young intellect loves liberty. 1t Is only when
biased or corrupted by its surroundings that
1t suppresses discards its natural aspira-
tions. It Is when tho young man enters life
and finds 1t the easiest way to run in its we'll
worn grooves that he looks upon his early i'm
pressions as the follies Of his youth.
All this will be changed when men are eman-
cipated from the Drocrustean contrivances Of
the privileged classes. and are allowed to grow
unhindsred into their full manhood.
The time will come whom the reviewer Of
mans history will set down his long submits
sion to the practice Of hereditary and princely
rulo as one OF his most childish and extraordi-
nary weaknesses.
In after ages tho sturdy. self-governed Ger
man will look back with amazement at the
long delay OF his countrymen in Kidding thenl-
selves Of their costly. self-elected rulers. He
will ask for " hat were made the Rhine and
cotton bags. which could contain man and
stone at the end
I do not know but 7 would be willing to
adopt the hereditary system Of procuring
rulers. provided a regular system OF breeding
for qualities was introduced. We adopt 1t in
the brute creation with signal success and I do
not see why We should not DO equally fortunate
with men and women.
II rulers had paid half tho attention to this
subject that they have to making political
matches they might before this have met
with success that would insure comparative
stability to tho hereditary system. Among
the contrivances to secure good rulers. It is far
from impossible that this plan will yet be
tried.
1t may even yet prove to be an essential part
OF system Of self government, paradoIical
as this may appear. Men could be bred from
capable and wise progenitors. and afterward
o selection made from among Thorn. on tho
principle Of competitive examinations. now
becoming so popular.
Goethe was simply great piece Of human
nature. He could be fashioned to no mould
and grown to no pattern. He outgrew the
clothes wherewith decorum clad ordinary
mortals, and moved about. hearty and genial.
with many q bursting rent In his garments
shocking to all modest and discreet persons.
The intellectual and the animal side OF his
nature were equally large, thrifty and exuber-
ant, and he allowed each Co develop itself In its
own way, without restraint.
A free city In Germany Is a city which belongs
to the whole Of Germany. instead OF to any one
OF its numerous political divisions. 1t does
not belong especially to itself. In Frankfort
observe many soldiers. some wearing the Aus
trian some the Prussian. and again others
wearing different uniforms belonging to other
German powers. This docs not wear the ap-
pearance Of what We are In the habit Of consid-
ering In our minds to be a free city.
Darmstadt the residence OF the Prince who
has Just married the Princess Alice. is n most
embarrassing town.
IL bthuoo oh loNel' bauuy pidlu. Will DTOAu
streets running at right angles. and wholly |
empty OF people and destitute OF trees.
1t Is difficult to imagine u more unintersst- |
Ing place than the public square OF Darmstadt |
1t holds in the centre monument to Ludwig |
l. surmounted by his statue. erected In lS4l. |
and it holds nothing else.
Not tree. not walk, not a fountain, not a |
fsnce There Is an arid area Of paving stones. |
and the public buildings which face it pre-
sent plain walls unrelieved by anything but
here and there a solitary lamp post. Every
whore utter silence reigns. Tho only pictur-
esque objects ] saw were three Hungarian
gentlemen with sugarloaf hats ornamented
with cocks feather black velvet smalls. col
ored hose. and high heeled patent feathers.
The mouth OF the Rhine is at the upper side
Of tho little fishing village Of Katwyck.
You push through this village and find your
self on the sandy beach In front. Heading
northward. an eighth or a quarter OF mile
over the beach. you come upon two horse
backs, made Of heavy square blocks of stone.