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Mr.. Ogden and his particular par
ty friends don't know the Republicans
of this county and district; they as
sumed the management of the last
congressional campaign and lost the
district when it should have been won
with Case
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Ex-Assistant Auditor Sauer has tolC
us that the auditors Office was al
right, now we want to hear from the
other side.
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1Z2c for Csc Silk Ties

Newest Jap String Ties, Per-
sian, Dresden and Oriental.
Monday only.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-28

Mayor Callaghan has discovered
that the Sixth ward is sewerless and
that the fund won't reach il.
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The auditors office is the center OF
trouble just now; Auditor Meyer
ought to have remained to explain
why the books were not posted up tC
date.
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William the Silent.

with Motley's Dutch Republic" before him,
no one, we presume, would think of penning
over ugain atlengtht the story of the great Prince
of Orange. 1t does not follow that an epitome
of the story may not be desirable, and this Is
what Mr.. FREDERICK HARRISON has given us in
n small book which forms the latest contribu.
ton to the Foreign Statesmen" series, and
bears the title of William the Silent Macmil-
lan's). The book is not q mere condensation of
Motley's extensive works. but contains many
original reflections. most of which are en-
bodied in a concluding chapter. Nowhere.
within tho Same compass can one obtain so
distinct and correct an idea of tho part
which the subject played in the religious
wars of the sixteenth century and in the crea-
tion OF tho State, or rather, congcries of
States. which we now know as the kingdom
of Holland. What he did is conciscly expressed
in a paragraph of Voltaire's, which forms the
introduction to the present volume. when we
study. said Voltaire in his Essaf sur les Mrurs.
"tho foundation of tho United Provinces, we
learn how o State, from an origin almost I'M
noticed rapidly rose into greatness, was formed
without design. and In the end belied all human
forecasts. Those large and wealthy provinces
of the mainland which began the revolution,
Brabant, Flanders and the Hainault, failed to
achieve their freedom. In the meantime q
small corner of Europe, which had been won
from the sea by infinite labor. and had main.
tanned itself by its herring fisheries, rose sud
denly to be a formidable power, held its own
against Philip H.. despoiled his successors of al
most all their possessions in the East Indies,
and ended by taking under its protection the
monarchy Of Spain"
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into detnilS. Thecfndid student must conceae
that, compared Wfih the strength Of the eSi-
f asRsG sa 81 NJ The ST EisI"s Fl sc b iim frS% n! 4S. ai ;sSi
hat tho beliefi II the latter miracle was current
remained unoontrndicted, would DO accepted
rs good evidence Of ar, ordinary. occur
testimony Tor IL with, the testimony to
make mac t US Wish q FOR str Stronger SepV cvti ErSSs % on tic;
other hand, Mr.. Schwah Is ono of those who,
while kccniy alive TO the historical difficulty,
dogma IL would leave US" he says. with a
sense Of inconplotcncss Of inadoquacy. IL we
Christianity into the world was without some
signal manifestation of Gods power. This is
more true today day than !, eyer was because we
Christianity to the world ms 1t was never under
stood before, while. at the same time, Christian
Christ. Wo arc. therefore, intellectually pro-
disposed to accept an account OF the beRinning
ordinary chain of events"
The authors view Of the relation of tho super
natural element to religion may he summed up
the substance Of the faith. Christian faith was
supernatural. Christ Himself. however. made
filth to moan either trust in God or belief in
"a}%aS' to Ms." TES@ aid Dc ns ss'd prim nS!lSy im ,n lNs Sc.
LIEF in the supernatural facts OF His life; aud
when He did include those facts, rs in the last
tthh emn only OF as Johns an e SIospS,it a afG in'' ,.isG
which was to he. far more than an
Intellectual belief In His divinity. Tho
substance. then, OF the Christian faith is
the acccptatlon. OF Christ as the rcveln-
ton of God. and 1t Is only, ,secondarily. when wc
reflect upon tho faith. that tho supernatural
enters into 1t MS an element. That the story of
tho Resurrection makes It easier for MS to
believe is certain. ST. Paul gives expression to
q genuine Christian experience when lie says:
II, in this lifc only, w have hope in Christ,
we are, of all men, most miserable Thus it IL,
according to our author. that the spiritual
trust in Christ and the belief In the super
natural have always gone together, and always
will go together in inseparablo union"
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In a large octave volume Of nearly six hundred
pages. Mr.. RIcHARDM MEADE BAcHE has produced
n Life or Gen. George Gordon Meade Henry T.
Coates s. Coz. This book is really not only a biog.
raphy of Gen. Meade. but n history Of the Army
OF the Potomac, with which he was so long asso-
cintcd. 1t is a painstaking work. and the carefully
winnowed information presented in the text is
supplemented by sketches drawn on n reduced
scale from tho excellent battle maps Of the Gov.
eminent. We cannot, of course, undertake to
follow the author through his narrative, but we
would draw the readers attention to his defence
OF Gen. Patterson against tho charge of incom
petence in connection with the battle OF Bull
Run; to an carly chapter dealing with certain
popular errors concerning the war; and to a
final chapter In which Gen. Meade's personal.
ity is depleted.
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HI.

stake. as an Instance" he says. " the account
OF tho healing OF the paralytic, In the second
chapter of Marks Gospel. Either to explain
away the miracle or to contend that the story 10
q pure invention. or TO disentangle the miracu-
lous, and reject 1t as a later addition; any of
these theories encounters serious psychological
obstacles. II tho attempt be extended to all the
miraculous accounts in the Gospel, these diff.
culties become insuperablo. The miracles.
therefore, remain an Integral part of the Gospel
narrative" Not that Mr.. Schwab attempts to
prove the miracles. That, he admits, is i'm,
possible. and the faith that rests upon the
miraculous in the story OF Christ will
prove n failure. All he would maintain is that
the evidence In favor OF the miraculous
10 reasonable, and that it Is difficult to explain
away. The conclusive reasons. however, which
induce us to accept that evidence as suf1cicnt
are religious, not historical. This ID true even
Mr.. Schwab acknowledges that the historic evil
aence for tho tesu rcction OF Christ. though TO
MS mind IL Is OF the strongest, cannot be dc.
scFloeo as convincing, since, many nave refused
70 accept 1t. He deems II, however. quite sufii-
clent for the historic basis or supernatural
Christ is supported by evidence which the can:
ala student must recognize as strong, and
that II is difficult TO account for tho mar
ratiye upon any theory other Than the
truth, Of the fact. IL is interesting to
f hmp .ha thS MT; sfhwao regards iIs as S spnnG@h nr d AZ
Christian creed; the yirgin-birth., IT must be
frankly acknowledged" he says that the ,Vir-
gin'birth stands upon no such historic basis as
the Resurrection. II 10 not necessary ". enter
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] ..

We observe that, on page %. and again on
page 26. the author puts tho population Of Eng
land In Elizabeth's time at 100000. Prof.
Thorold Rogers, who made some interesting
computations on q subject, which. in the alb
sencc of censuses, must always remain obscure,
was Inclined to think that. In the early part of
the reign of Edward H., England contained
about 5000. 600 Inhabitants. about onc-half
Of whom persisted through the Black Death. 1t
WAS also Rogers's opinion that the loss had
barely been repaired in tho ago of Elizabeth.
This lower estimate Of her population
makes 1t still more wonderful that Eng.
land should have come forth triumphant
from u struggle in which. as Mr.. Fiske
reminds us. she was pittcd against the grentost
military power that had existed in Europe
since the days Of Constantine tho Great.
We observe, also. that, on page 267 and else
where, the author speaks OF lord Bacon.
Would 1t not be as reasonable to speak OF
Lord Coplcy' and Lord Bethel" instead OF
lord Lyndhurst' and Lord Westbury r. We
may speak OF the author of the "Essays' and OF
"The Advancement of Learning" as Sir Francis
Bacon, or as Lord High Chancellor Bacon; but,
U We are going to ennoble him, must We not
call him by tho name OF one or other of the
pecrages SUCCESSFULLY conferred on himi He
was, IT. lie well known, created Baron OF Verulam
and Viscount St. Adams
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ao1rr xEK


Ityfs we'll known that Mr.. JOHN FIsKE has
been engaged for Bomo years in writing q series
Of books on American history, which, when COM
piotod, will constitute n continuous nara
tive TO the beginning OF tho Revolutionary
War. There is, indeed. none OF his readers
who does not hope that II may DO carried
further. The first book In the series was en-
titled 'Tho Discovery OF America" Tho two
volumes now before us. Old PirGfnfa and Her
Nefphbors Houghton, Mlflin &c Coz. take up
tho thread Of description where the concluding
chapter OF 9TH Discovery Of America" dropped
II, and recount tho Rtory OF virgins up to
Tho year 1883, when the operations preceding
tho so-cnllcd French and Indian war hogan.
Tho author has already related a part OF tho
story OF North Virginia In tho book called The
Beginnings OF Now England which ends with
the accession of william and Mary. othcrnum-
bcrs Of the series will deal with tho Dutch and
Quaker colonies In America, and will bring tho
story of Now England to tho outbreak OF tho
War for Independence. This book, like Its
predecessors. is distinguished not only for OK
tensive and careful research and for the singular
lucidity and charm OF the authors style. but also
for the freshness and originality OF it's viows-
views, moreover. which. to most readers, will
seem not only fresh, but right. In this brlof
notice we shall glance at somo OF tho now and
striking ideas with which tho narrative Is
thickly sown.
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Not until toward the close of tho last century
was biblical criticism undertaken in an organ
lied and persistent way. since then 1t has gone
through many phases. Ono theory after another
has been propounded. enthusiastically received.
and renowned. Such was the fate of the early
rationalistic attempt to eliminate tho super
natural and profcssedly TO vindicate the charac-
ter of Jesus as II great teacher. Then came tho
celebrated myth theory OF Strauss. who was sup
posed by many persons to have pronounced the
final judgment upon Christianity. 1t will be
remembered that his "Lifo of Jesus" was
translated into English by George Eliot. Time.
however. and u closer examination of the records
proved his view OF Christ to DO untenable, and 1t
was succeeded by the theory. worked out by
Bauer and later representatives OF the Tnbingen
School. that Christianity was the compromise
j, between two "tendencies." the GENTLE and the
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lII.

The attempts to diScredit tho story Of John
Smiths rescue at the hands OF Pocahontas by
Mr.. Charles Deane, Mr.. Henry Adams and
Others have led the author OF this book to
dwell at some length upon tho question of
Smiths veracity. After giving reasons for tho
omission of any reference to tho incident In
the printed text OF a letter sent by Smith in
1908 to a friend In England. he proceeds TO
defend the consistency and probability OF tho
story told by Smith at a later date. So far as we
know, Mr.. Fiskc is the first TO bring to bear upon
tho controversy an adequate knowledge OF tho
manners aud customs OF the American Indians.
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oayairf During tho Ci n War. Tho author OF
this book points out that the cavalry Of Europe
and Amurica cannot be llkoned to each other,
because. some OF their spheres OF action beinE
different, a difference in their organization has
become Imperative. Tho ordinary battle
fields OF Europe are unlike most Of tho fields ON
which the battles of our Civil War were fought.
Tho cavalry Of Europe, which wcro collectively
described in Sheridan,s account rs cavalry only.
do, in fact, consist of light and heavy cavalry,
whercns the American consisted OF light cavalry
alone, serving generally as Dragons; that is to
say, American troopers were armed with the
carbino as well Ms the sabre. Whether light or
heavy, the action OF cavalry II different on tho
two continents. because of the general differ.
ence OF tho character of tho respective buttlo.
fields, those Of Europe being generally ON
open ground. The American cavalry served
efficiently in scouting parties, In guarding tho
front and TANKS of armies on the march or in
making raids. soinetimes OF tho proportions of
inyasions. into the eneiny's country. When,
owover. asks MIR. Bacho, could our cavalry
have acted as Blncher's did at Waterloo. or MS
did tho cavalry on both sides at Nionvillc in tho
Franco-P russian War, where, moving In great
masses, the French and Germans alternately
made furious charges on infantry, and, but for
the modern repeating firearms. would have
swept II of the field.
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The man who inspired. founded. and made pos.
sible this marvellous development was William,
Count Of Nassau. titular Prince Of Orange. sur.
named the Silent, who was born In the heredi-
tary castle Of Dillenburg. In Nassau. on April
25. 1888. and died, assassinated by Balcha,
Ear Gerard, in Delft, on July 10. 1854. He
died in one of tho darkest hours of the long
struggle that Cor twenty years no had waged
against the power Of Spain. The consummato
genius OF Alexander Farnese. Prince OF Parma,
both in policy and war. handling his splendid
veterans and making lavish use OF promises and
gold, was steadily winning back the Catholic
and southern provinces of tho Netherlands.
Before the murder OF tho Prince OF Orange
nearly all Of them were lost to the union of the
seventeen provinces formed in 1870. and Elan
ders and Brabant were on The verge Of surrender.
Bruges and Client soon gave way; Brussels and
antwerp and the other cities Of hrabant.
fate Of tho Catholic and Flemish provinces was
finally determined. There is, in Mr.. Harrison's
opinion. no reason TO believe that the genius
and tenacity Of william the silent could have
quent history. Tor three centuries down 10 our
1 UNION dG RS' n remains ms t. Prove and Ih Rc,E p%rm4 aren't
llainault, and Namur will neither ally them,
s %ari,iM with NOR TS sH6mi! r to " cIiyinist sonTrsSois
provinces are tho strongholds in northern Eu-
rope OF ultTamontune ,Cathol!cism and con-
"N'' .ohi, Asi, SO hb VII ilhIllson can
see, could al. the resources Of William OF
Orange and all the heroIsm of Holland have
long preserved them from submitting in
the end to their historic church and their an
cestrnl laws. Was, then. the whole OF Williams
a struggle after the mpracticahlc, AN attempt
to construct an Imposing editicc on sand Tho
authors answer Is, Not so. The tolls and agonies
Of me effort 70 save Belgium from stain during
the Princes lifetime, and all those which fol.
lowed for long years after his death, served q
substantial and important end, though that end
was not the permanent union OF the seventeen
provinces. 1t gave to the seven Protestant
provinces OF the North strength. self confidence.
and time to consolidate their, UNION, and il ulti:
matcly enabled the ten Catholic PROVINCES OF
the South to obtain such n modified scheme OF
rule rs that which the Spanish despot conceded
AZ last. Tho long struggle not only created the
Dutch nation. but saved the Catholic Neither.
land from being crushed into a mere outlying
fragment of Spain.
The question has been sometimes put whether
William the Silent. by any ingenuity of com |
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,,- nr.ryIand no taxes oould b. either
$500 =. coIiectedbyany Britain Goyernment.
F,ns,,y. The lord proprletofuhip was vested in
Cocj,ins calvert and his heirs and, in point
os foct was exercised by them, with some
Interruptions, for hvo generations; 30 that tho
Government Of colonial Maryland was really a
hereditary constitutional monarchy" Even
In odmjnistratiyc machinery there was o
strong resemblance between Maryland and
n,rhor Tho Governor OF Maryland wns
Iora paitimore's chief minister. and, as no also
prcs,dod over its Court OF Chancery. he re-
s.n,b,ed In this double capacity, tho Durham
chancellor of tcmporalities. Being the head of
"A community planted in n hostile Wilderness, he
added tn these functions those OF the Lord Lisu-
tenant and Commsnder-in-Chtof OF tho militia.
Ho possesscd tho power OF votoipg an act OF tho
Assembly, but he could not assent to an net re-
healing any law to which the lord proprietor had
assentod. The parsonage next In Importance
IN tho Governor was tho Secretary, who
M recoiyer and disbursor of revenues re-
sembled the Rcceivcr.Gcner of Durham;
hut 10 these functions no added those
OF Recorder and Judge Of Probate, and
sometimes also those OF Acknowledgement.
Next came the Surveyor-Gcneral, whose func-
tions In determining metes and bounds and in
supervising immortal affairs wero like those of
tho Durham seneschal. Then there was n
Lloutenant-Co Commander Of Militia, known as
Master.Gencral OF tho Muster. In oach county.
too, there was q Sheriff, who, in addition to such
functions as wo are familiar with, collected all
taxes. held oil elections, and made tho returns.
These four officers. the Secretary, Surveyor
General, Muster M~aster-Goneral, and Sheriff,
wcre paid by fees, the amount OF which was de-
termined by the Assembly, which thus exercised
some control over them; but the Governor
received salary from the Lord Proprietor, and
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Jewish. HAucr's conception for . long time
fascinated Christian thinkers. and sven yeeits
influence 1hs not altogether died on. Aba
theory, however, It has been given up ~
has not stood tho test Of criticism. Harnack'
Tor instance, nvors. as we learn troIn I"
iootnote, That Jewish Christianity ma NO sig
nihcanco whatever for tho formation Oh inc
Catholic Church, and that Gohtilo Christianity'
or Peulinism, had only an indirect signincahco
therefor. Minute Investigations into tho text
and history OF the Gospels have moved tho uh'es
OF their composition 80 much further paeR that
tho theory of n prolonged conflict between W
Tendencies" within tho Church, anteccdeht
to the writing Of our present Gospels. has had
to be abandoned,
In It's turn, the Tnbingen School, with Its
tendency" theory. has boon succeeded by the
present critical school. 1t is to the students VINO
are now subjccting the Christian documents TO
an impartial scrutiny that Mr.. Schwao would
ascribe the reconstruction of the historic lie OF
jesus. Underlying such books as tho two latest
biographies of Christ, by Weiss and BeyschlnE.
there Is. our author tells us. a mass OF pains
taking, minute, accurate scholarship. 1t is such
work rs this which is teaching us to know
Jesus. not as the stereotype shadow of
q man existing in an impossible spec
tre.world. but MS he lived. thought. spoke
Ao "a pAStuAS
great artist differs from tho conventional
outlines Of a heraldic figure, SO the lifo of
Christ, as wo now know 1t, differs from tho con.
ventional conceptions of tradition. We have
had to give up many things. and some things
which, perhaps, were dear to Christian hearts.
Some points are still undecided. We may rest
assured, however, that the main features Of tho
unique picture drawn in our Gospels are true.
All that we require for our faith stands firm.
Tho historic Jesus hns borne the test Of the most
searching criticism" The Dutch School, which
has gone so far as to deny the existence of Jesus
as a historic character. has failed to establish a
claim to attention on tho part Of serious
students. we need have no fear lest
we have built our religion upon an unrcality.
The scholars who have devoted their energies to
IN examination of the Biblical records claim
our gratitude. The battle has been fought, and.
although tho smoke has not quito cleared away,
the thoughtful Christian to-day stands flrmer in
his faith because the issue has been faced In
q footnote, the author adds: Theological bit
terness and that weakness of faith which would
put a stop to investigation have. unfortunately.
not yet received the stigma Of sin which. in the
sight Of God. must attach to them"
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In the chapter which treats Of popular errors
concerning the war, the author expresses the
opinion that none OF these moro prejudiccd the
conduct of military affairs In tho North than
the notion that n military education necessarily
produces a great commander. 1t is pointed out
that the ideal soldier, the great captain, is as
truly born. not made. as is the poet. A military
education can but give tho training which
draws forth to the best advantage natural pow
crs. There are. and always have been. but two
military schools, that of actual war and that
OF the academy. But neither OF these can
create a soldier of any grade intrinsi-
cally much beyond that OF the rank and
file. The reason of this is sufficiently
patent. If due heed be given to two funda.
mental facts: First. that genius, or talent for
war. like any other special manifestation of
mind, cannot be evolved or superseded by any
amount of technical requirements; secondly.
u great commander, lies character, without
which his mental gifts are unavailable. BY
v WHICH. amid 4" tho au ut%os m,e mmtn Xii sot Of O. eir t !
stance. maintains its equipoise. Who can doubt,
he asks, that. even If Napoleon had received no
military education whatever, he would have
been, with the possible exception OF Masscna.
the first strategist OF his time in France. The
the Northern States sccms to have risen
far beyond ordinary limitations pcrvhding the
sphere even of men possessed of military train.
N"'N
consonant with a just estimate Of their powers,
while others greatly exaggerated their own nbil-
ity. or came TO think. as was but natural, hat
they must have the talents attributed to them
by others. A little later Mr.. BaChc rcmRrks:
'''Thc notion current nj the beginning of the Civll
War as to what constitutes the best common sol
der was nearly as erroneous as the. popular
idea of what constitutes the general. Drill and
discipline were COMPOUNDED in tho public mind.
This country had inherited from the Prlssians
OF Frederick the Greats time the stnrchcd war
on account Of his ight:atting, collar and
hands held stitfiy at his side; and the differ
enoe betWeen dress parade and caIipaigning
was hardly appreciated in q long period OF
piping peace. France Was the first nation In
modern times which let soldiers march as ma
tnre prompts. with q swinging gait and with a
disengaged arm, to help swift propulsion. The
experience of war, however, soon old away
with all martinez tendencies, 30 that men OF
the East, West and South Mt last marched ike
Veterans; the pOmp and circumstance OF war, as
well as the stiffness OF the dress parade, being
left, with other impedimcHtd, far behind
In the same chapter Mr., Bachc resrels, that
IN this country military men have sometimes.
through pride in the particular arm OF the ser,
vice IN which I ey eXcelled, unGuly exalted
its value as compared with the same arm
abroad. The most notable instance that he can
recall 10 the letter written by, Gen. sheridan
when a guest at the Prussian headquarters in
1870. tA"hich q comparison was Instituted De-