The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-02-09


e hsgu n the estimation % his sab
eefs. The common or roar people
aa8 become yeTy mueh attached -
aim. for they regarded him - ore
ready an willin' 10 DO chem justice.
They felt sure that be bad placed
slmgelf between them an ne wealthy
1DprcssoYs who had practically cot
troIIed for many years. Business 6e-
gan 20 pick up. ar the people aeon
felt relieved after . long an sTyIn'
period ov war an business atagna-
ton But while the people we're feel
In 50 guide on that score. hit wuz
known 10 a feg that the finances o. .
the government were IN . terrible
tumble The soldiers had noe been
paid anythln' an they needed cash.
To remedy this state os affairs. dele
gates from the different States we're
invited 10 meet an discuss the sltua-
ton. Durin' this meeting Frederick
decided 10 reduce the poser oy the
mobiles an 10 increase hiz own power
on the ruins ov that or the nobility,
a dangerous thing TO dc unless he
could keep very cool under awl cir
cumgtances. The Queen approved
this plan, an az she wuZ an excellent
woman an quite smart, she proved TO
be an able assistant From 1860 TO
1870 the King spent most ov htz
time puIIin' the country out ov the
financial hole into which hit had GALL
en-. But hit kept him real busy. AT
hiz death he wuZ succeeded by Chris
tian, hiZ oldest son. The new King
spent nearly awl ov hiz life in war
with Sweden, that country havin' be-
come dissatisfied again. At hiZ death
Frederick ". became the ruler. He
had blood in hiz eye. Az the then
ruler ov Sweden wuZ quite a young
man, Frederick ". concluded that
hit wuz a guide time to stir up anoth-
er war AZ everythin' wuZ runnin'
erlong quietly at the time he wuz
compelled to trump up some excuse
for a row. After lookn' Ground for
trouble for some time he decided to
renew certain claims to Holstein, a
district which hez produced a very
good breed ov cows. The duke who
rule Holstein had married a sister
ov Charles XII. an wuZ same az one
ov the family. Frederick invaded
Holstein. Charles soon went to the
assistance oy hiz relative. He sent
5000 men to Holstein an then placed
himself at the head ov 10000 men
an landed them in Zealand an laid
seige to Copenhagen. The inhabitants
oy that city sent deputies to Charles
an asked that he should not lombard
the city. He replied that he would
not if they pay him eighty thousand
pounds in cash at once, a sum equa
to about 100000 in American dol
lars. Hit liz not certain that the
money wuz ever paid. But peac'
wuz concluded early afterward AMI
the duke ov Holstein continued tt
hold down hiz job.
Durin' the reign ov Christian ~
Denmark enjoyed a period ov pro
found peace. Christian did much t.
increase the value ov the country il
every way. He died in TAG afte
5 putting the country on sound finan
cial basis.
Christian VIII, awlso made goot
ruler. The thing he did wuz to is
sue an edict that emancipated aw
Z the poor people from condition
worse than slavery an restored then
> to regular citizenship. Later negoti
ations were resumed with Russia re
i garding Holstein an that government
r finally agreed to surrender awl claim
Y to Holstein in exchange for Olden
r burg an Delmenhorst, two district
D ov some Importance, which wuz sal
z isfactory to both sides.
After this Denmark an the othe
: countries had some warm time!
High officials were detected in cor
duct that wuZ not just right. Blu
they continued peaceful But in $50
Denmark wuz about to be affected b
the continental policy introduced il
to that portion ov the world by tn
= late Napoleon Bonaparte. Frenc
e army stood on the border ov Del
mark to see that there wuz no dods
l. in. About this time England col
y cluded to take a hand an sent twel
n ty-three warships with an invitatio
1t to Denmark to throw her reliane
upon England by surrenderin' be
n warships. Denmark refused an En-,
/. land landed $4,000 soldiers command
Le ed by Lord Cathcart. Denmark r.
It fused to yield an Copenhagen WI
" bombarded for portion ov thrt
t. days. Four hundred buildings wei
E. destroyed an more than 1900 poop
u were killed Copenhagen then su
il rendered an the government deli
" cred practically awl ov her nav
<, outfit to England, which include
If eighteen pretty good warships an Fl
IL teen smaller war vessels. Englar
ID carried off the ships an the sailo
o. who manned them were awlso take