New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-28

nv the Paci6catIon OF Client II seemed as II a
rev nation had really been created legally pro-
footed nv ROYALTY but actually self-subsistent.
What would have happened II at this moment
the Prince OF Orange had given w the caution
Of n lifetime and the political traditions In which
he was nurturcd can onl, be imagined. But.
with more than the authority OF monarch nc
cvaded the specifc responsibility of "A crowned
head He held 10 the noiion Of "A proiectorate I'M
I'll 'at the disintegratng couch Of sectional inter-
osts OF theological differences. the union DIS
solved" He was honored as the father OF his
adopted country but his power diminished al
most In proportion as the reverence Tor MN IN
creased In the gradual breakup the Walloon
provinces chung 70 Catholicism ana 10 SPAIN
while Holland and the smaller states In sympa-
thy with IT, followed VI their reputation OF
Spanish control by making william tfcir ruler
and the succession hereditary. The action was OF
more Importance TO the States. Holland Zealand
and Friesand. that shared II than IL was 20
William They thus sealed their reputation or
the doctrine Of divine right. The people mem
selves or rather the minority who acted IN the
name Of the people. chose their ruler. WiliIam
lost rather than gained ~ the TRANSACTION ne
had less authority than before and was more re-
stricted in action. Formerly he had been prac-
tically dictator on land and 81 sea. but no" Nc
was n,orelv the executive ~ the states His
scheme had been FAR larger. far more comprehcn-
sive far more catholic. FAR more tolerant and far
more democratic in fact. though II had included
a protector Of royal blood. IL never saw the re
nrblic OF which ne was called Tic father He
had fought for ar ideal witch WAS destined To oe
realized only in part. and that. too long after
his death Tire honor VIII n tho free states -
the old confcderacy offered u him was in'er-
cented BY the hand Of the assassin he Gicd
merely the father Of his country But by ne
changes 81 time and opinion. the frivolous cour-
ter Of Charles had become an heroic hgur".
He had once been a mere wording thinking
only q his own fortunes. but as the years went
hv he grew into something more than mere
statesman. into III. embodiment OF IN" pe'p' \
homes Of their aspirations for liberty. II was not
enthusiasm that made him this. II was IN"
downright interference ~ man VINO pcii'ii,,.'
the duties that lay before him without '"HS'n,t
ing their moral value. T. people VINO thou'h'
that heaven and earth hung on the turn ~ y
word IN the creed his carclcssness az 10 such
matters must haze seemed cynical your an
fercnces are too irining.' ne said - Lutherdh'
Calvinsts and Anahapisis, tha' on account ~
them YOU should remain divided Sucn "pilA
must have sounded strange - men. VINO "n"h
they were not dispensing rcd-hoi conformation
to Popery were anticipating uncomiortahlr
things for each other. In fact they only yl'lnrd
10 him when they could not do oth"r"ltT MS
complaints were inccssant Of the Lack ~ union
or Of intelligent comprehension ~ Their own
cause OF the people Tor whom he lab'red rs
years passed he became Indifferent not merely 70
religious differences. but to his own earlier am
hi,fons Rank and authority became timing 10
him When the states delayed the !naugiration
after making him Count Of Holland he protested
against their Gilatoriness not IN his own ochali'
bu, in their own. They had deprived him OF the
mower 10 work FOR them in hts own way without
giving him the chance = working IN the way
they preferred. II they were bent on delay thcy
rrighi still tell him what title 10 use while nc
waited 40 that business could be carried on.
Contempt for outward show could hardly have
gone further In that alcgoriz.ng. tinsel-lovng