Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-19
hould have missed that of a hero"

5uOuld nave IllSS6u that VI d ueIO-
Of politics he said: Now the word
Cpoltics) has only been found out in
favor of soyereigns, because We can
not quite so decently be called rogues
aid rascals, but. be that as it may, this
is what ! think as to politics. I under
stand, then, by this word, dear nephew
that we are ever to try 20 cheat others.
" 9 Now this principle being once set
tied, never be ashamed of making al =.
liaaces, and of being yourself the
only party that draws advantage from
thcm. Do not commit that stupid fault
Of rot abandoning them whenever it is
your interest so to do; and especially
maintain vigorously this maxim, that
stripping your neighbors is only to
take away from the means of doing
you a mischief" The Germans of to-
day have officially stated that a treaty
is a mere scrap of paper. He statea
further: 81 will now give up to you
a knowledge of man. though at his ex-
pense. Believe me, he is always deliv~
cred up to his passions; vanity is at
the bottom of all his thirst after
glory and his virtues are all founded
on his self-interest and ambition. Have
you a mind to pass for a hero? Make
boldly your approaches to crimes.
Would you like to be thought virtuous !?
Learn to appear artfully what you are
not"
In speaking of politics of the state,
he said: Alliances are never to be
made but for ones own advantage
AS I had then rendered my power
twice as great as it was before, it
was natural for me not to be contented
with only preserving what I had, so
that I was quickly determined to avail
myself of the first opportunity that
shauld offer Wheu my troops had
| thus acquired an advantage over all
others, | had nothing to do but to ex-
anime what pretensions it was possible
! for me to form upon different prov
inces. l fixed, however, on 81
lesia. 4 l will not here enter on Z
demonstration to you of the validity
Of my pretensions of Silesia. I took
care to have it established by my ora :
tors. The empress-queen opposed hers
to them, and the cause was pleaded
and decided by great guns, small arms
and sabres." He said further: From
all this it results that it is good policy
to be always attempting something
and to be perfectly persuaded that we
have right to everything that suits
us. You must only take care not to
make, with too much vanity, too open
proclamation of such pretensions
and especially to maintain at your
court two or three persons of elo,
quence, and leave it in charge of them
to Justify you. = To form alliance
for ones advantage is a great maxim
of state, and there are no powers thai
can answer to themselves a neglect
&c it. Thence by clear inference, il
follows, that you should break an al
lance as soon as ever it becomes pre-
judicial to you"
4 In speaking of the military and the
conduct of soldiers: 81 overlooked
some of the little tricks which they
played upon their hosts. l ap-
peared to inspire them with a way Of
thinking to suit the circumstances
They were Arabs who crushed the
, country, but won the battles. The
same spirit animated, more or less
the general officers; I closed my eye,
to all the expressions which the!
committed they worked for me il
working for themselves. Every
one told me that Major Keller the
commandant at Leipzig, was featherins
his nest knew it we'll but other
people did not know that he was worth
millions year to me-"
Readers who recall how the present
war wa beoun how Rel oiIn was over.