The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-09-16
BISMARCK.
continued from last week.
THE CHARACTER.


srarch-llghis on all the events of the /
time. lie has frankly acknowledged that
he lied and deceived. and diplomacy was
In such a condition that when he wished |
10 deceive he often told the phlin truth
what he Intended TO do, knowing that no
one would believe him.
Bismark's intellect WIS immense. his
brain force far greater than that Of any
other statesman OF the century. IL Is not
ideas merely that prevail In negotiating
or in the policy Of states. 1t Is ideas In
carnatcd IN some person who can produce
tho sense OF his irrcsisiiblity In those
he deals with. aud this from hisboy hood
liisn ark was able 10 maintain. The pres
cnt emperor knew that he could not pre-
vail that he would be reduced TO n nulli'y.
lie had power enough for the one act
In his position. AS another monarch said
Of his queen. Il put her away that she
might not rule over me- The most din
cult problem In Bismark's career is that
he believed himself to be true Christian.
There is no question upon this point.
Whether he was Christian or not. he
believed that he was: believed that he
was doing the will OF God; and that what
ever was necessary 10 make his great
scheme tor the unihcntion OF Germany
successful was right. In this respect and
In many others he rrscmblcd Oliver Crom-
we'll. We direct the attention OF those
| al ~.
mark and with that OF Cromwell to sew
eral important rescmblanccs. Cromwell
fought royalty. bat he was prrvaded
from head to foot with imperiousncss
than the Protector, and he smote his en-
cmies hip aud thigh in the name OF the
Lord. Many things great things and
= little things 20 10 show that Bismark
believed himself u Christian. Once he
ronrcc out In the Reichstag. "You may
insult me as u man and as Christian
and will pocket the insult. but as long
AS stand here AS the representative OF
the empire | will insult the insuter and
strike the striker On Que OF the two
occasions when the attempt WAS made tn
: take his life, his devoted wife said, III |
were In heaven, and saw the villain stand-
ing on the top of 4 ladder leading down
to he'll. would have no hesitation in Civ.
ing him push" Said Bismark, Hush,
my dear, you would not be in heaven
yourself, with such thoughts as those. y
Bismark was imbued with the spirit OF
the Middle Ages.
The spirit OF the Middle Ages was built
up religiously, as respects war and the
carrying out OF Gods plans on the prin
ciples OF the Hebrew theocracy as inter
pre'rd by its representatives.
All the atrocities perpetuatcd by the Ro.
man Catholic Church were n its judgm, nj
. vindicated by the dealings OF the lsreal.
!. ties with their enemies, and with the Sc.
dlllous among themselves.
In the early periods of the Reformation
the same principles were applied. and
whether or not right use was made OF
the alleged parallels, the existence OF tn,
spirit down TO "A comparatively recent pc
Rod is unqucstionab.c In 1871 Bismarh
wrote TO friend;
II | were not Christian | would moi
serve the state another hour. Why shoue
| worry and Kill myself with this iuces
SAINT toll, anxiety, and drudgcry. II II wcr,
not that have tnat in Gods name. an,
must do my duty. don't know whcr
should get my sense OF duty IL il wer
not from God.
Orders and titles have no attraction
= for me. II is the definite belief IN a III
after death that makes me IL royalist. VIII
am by nature republican, go Ii wer
not thorough going believer. you woul
never have seen me a chancellor. Wer
II not for my relation to God, | woul
pack up tomorrow aud be of to grow oa'
At Varzin. BY the term republican b
did not moan nything like social a
~ mocpcy.)
= LAST DAYS OF GLADSTONE AN
=. BlSMARK
We cannot be blind Ia the contrast b
tween his closing years and those of G la
s,onc. Serenity. hopetulncss. peace wi,
all mankind brooded over Glads,nns
chamber aud softcncd every heart tn
n came within It's influence In all his "a
iiictions and sicissitudes OF hope no que
J ulous word came from him. He look
~, o. backward without feeling that he h,
s ,s1 wantonly ruined human being. l
~ looked around him. ana beheld only
sF~.ct and hove. He looked forward vi
delight, not because the world and It's
FAIRS had grown wearIsome u him. but
the elimination Of his lifelong hopes OF
glorious immortality.
Bismark Was gloomy much of the lin
nor did he. 50 lar as can b. ascertains
at any Time speak oi the future Ia 50
itual or hopeful strain. He carried wi
him. too. II deep sense Of injuries. VIII
sc. Gladstone appeared To have iorgo,i
.. them But we must not forget that h
- mark constitution for number of yel