Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-08-05
PRINCE BISMARK
Is DEAD.
Europe has Lost her
Greatest Statesman
Since Downfall of
Napoleon |.


downfall of Napoleon |. Nor is there
any doubt that Bismark will fill a much
larger place in history thrn The P~;me
Ministry OF Vic,or E.n manuel, .cr the
reason that the..Gcrman Empire is, nc
tually and prospecti,ely, FAR might er
political entity than the kirgdom of IT.
ally.
Rismark was one of the most striking
example ; in modern times of the breadth
and solidity of the work tnat may he
native abilities uuass.sted by advantag-
es of station or by any remarkable in
tellectual training The son OF conn
try squire. possessed of an inconsidrra
BILE estate, he was related To none of
the great Prussian families to which is
conceded "A sort nf he.ed.ia > light To
high military aud civil iJnci.nns Not
only did he fail To distinguish h:mscl:
at the university. but throughout his
life he gave bat little me to booLs
Not mnch all he nroft by the lessons
of the past. He he'd M u. found o.
compr' h"hs'vc acouj ntlnce " ;,h Il 4
Tory. ana his Knowledge of puhii, -;
economy was aNow"olr + 'Sht. Ou.sidc
o. the iiclr of foI eian aTa..s, evel lis
insight seemed 60 de,e~t h.m He WAS
unable >" gage cor.' ely .he powc' OF
rei.sio S or soc aIist,c i teas. But eoI
he wou'd not have actcd tue Falll laws
against the Catholics, nor wodld he have
{ led to stiile sOc.al:sm by repl,ss "
leg slat ON. The time came hen hc
himself had To rn.reat The PsL-sian
Leg stature TO * 'ir5iish aihost the
last stig OF IN" an Catholic meas
ures which he lad cr.ied ~ 'ouaa and
he lived to see tlc Soc list vote g - nand
from some th'ec hundred ;hc Isand to
over two millions.
1t was in the d"c, in of so'c.gn pol
itics that BI max insight and 'c,e-
sight were EXHIBIT &" anu t,pt lis tr
umphs were acrieVe ed. The ,eirmnhs
seem the MOI eA raord nary waen we
bear IN mind that t1ey eli eel W hun
the tenn of i've y-e,Sht ye7 s vc.ch
spans has minis e 81 careeI. MosU of
them, indeed, were ache :eu in n SEN
tennial period. He wds forty-se, n
years old whel 1869. W oh the ap.
po'ntment Of Prime Ministe- of uss,a
his opportunity came. lie had The e.
pe..ence wEit a. EFed him 10 plav AN
impor ant pa. in me aatIcnal rol' =,
| for during the preceding ele 'en yea 4
he had been ersaae. IN d'rlo II tic
work, FIST aS i.nssia's rel "esentative
at the F--apk ro-t D'et aud .hcn as her
Ambassador &c the Erssi: and l. .enc
c)urt' Ne an bile s;ghai change h, q
ken pace ia lis conc, option Of trt
p zee which his conht.y oueh' 20 f.!
il Germany and IN Edo Beeir. &c
as the most stiit t-Lecl. ed of Ieact cnaI G,
he had REGARDED The revolution sis O
| 1913 rs .ools and madmen aud bad ap
plauded his soveI e gn .e:psal of Il
headsh , &C Germany, tende~, d by th'
L .eDBf TT ParlianenU as the Spokesman
of tie &c m"n people Both then aao
as late rs IN 1851. when he was sent 1,
the r, coDst -rcsed Diet, he seemed con
tent i'h the position of almost ser, IL,
lsubordination whic', Prussia 6cCup e,
toward Aus q Even hen he becam
convinced tin L uss;an p, edoxiina
could be scared by AL ashit conf ia
ton Of 'atecraft nd force, he sill no
that his sovcI Gig" ought 30 owe the i'm
peri i crow i, not to th voices of &
peo b. but o the consent of tn p ce
a consent excite Up the d.sD;.y o
oyerwi elmirg mil ary strer3tb 4
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