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Show Tin: nii'i.r.uit tu liiinuw. lN l-nutti Arimtil - Jnll an ) lUtelylu the history of the nalloiia tins n rluce suocteiltd tu the throne under nirh a tecu1Ur eiivlroiiniiot aa that which characterized the Ii-jjIii-ulugof the reign of llie voting l.ui-lieror l.ui-lieror of (leruiany, Wllllaui tho rteoonj. Throughout all the )rars of his life, he had witnessed tllo sjwctaclo of a country radically giiverneal by n mlnlsur exrrclilng tspial, If not grcalur, taiwers thaiiatiy other since tho Un J sol lltchi lieu. He hsd seen the Iron will of that unster-mlnd overriding over-riding the, -e rh30, vacillating nir-luaesofhla nir-luaesofhla grnuiitallicf, and shailng ihedeitlulia of that tlernuuy ulilch ho lial couaolldatf'l from a irrlia of atly and discordant Hutes InPi a mlgnly Empire, without let or hindrance hin-drance from the genial old man whom liehnJ found King of Prussia nn.l inailo l.uiieror of an all wcr'iil, iloiiilnallug Nation. llm ulue. ly ela'a rclgu of Ms fsther, bowidanJ aullerlng with the dUcaMi which wna yuaivlug at Ills vital, and hastening Mm to the grave, had made no strums Inroal upin the owir of tho gnat minister nor changed tho slrlt of arrogante and dtlltnco of monarchical aulliorllj w hlcli tho Utter had long dlilavcil towaM l.uiH.ror and leglilatlvv aiilhorlly alike. He hadactu, also, Uermany atlxitoptev llgu and power which sue had never II m luil liefure Ulldir the able, If iles-tlr, iles-tlr, will of this great I rime nilulster, aul lie could not fall to realize how (.real was thu olillgsll ,n ot tbe tier-iiriu tier-iiriu tionln towari lilm, nor the debt whlcf, llm Ilouw of Hnheusollerii owiitlulheinauwlioliallhuarrowiit'd ltullhu luwtr and dominion which It could never have attained without with-out the aid thua rendered. Ho lad. In fact, lieeii reared In a school which praitleallyrccognlxod lll.mwk oa lndlsti.rablu 111 llm admlnlstra-tlon admlnlstra-tlon ot the government. Afttr, and without lilm, "the deluge," or such other iHilltlcul cataitroi he aa hlaillui. jiearance from the public stage mlsht engender, would have to be met, but was never to tw courted or hastened by the extrclsu of kingly rerogatlve. Ile had learned this nut only by the lesson of events that hsd transpired during the Is rlod of Ills icdolescelice, but knew alio, that lila grandfathi r had declared, liiaiouversatlou with 1'rlnco Anton voll Hoheuzolleru, that lie 'muil aui-lottlllimank, aui-lottlllimank, with all tils Intolerable lualllln, becaure lie la necessary for tlieprt-atlgeuf the Herman l.mplre." W Ith all tills know ledge of events and this recognition of the great ministers' min-isters' towtr, tiefurc Mill, the Sac-taclo Sac-taclo of the summary dlimlualolthal mlulittr, theiUlek Uepilvatlon of his autlioiltyand hUcomploUi tllmlnatlon asafActorlu thealimiiMratlou of affairs af-fairs li the young 1. nil ror ou aaceud-InSto aaceud-InSto power, was an act that fairly aitoulshid the world by lu uudacll), and was commonly characterized as a piece of)OUth(ul folly, sure to be atoned fur later on. AH these fore Imdlnga have been raj Idly dlsi!ialed. llm voungrulirhaaiUlly grown Into larger and mure cotmnaudlng Intuit-aue Intuit-aue lu the estlmatl in of the world at large; thu wheela of thla crovernmi lit liavurolledoiiiiiiliitcrruteUI)uiibtrorc: noaerouadliturtaiicea haveoccutred In any directum, except the Impotent ravings of tlfu dethroned mluli.lt r,who has dt ge nc rated Into a common scold nt Vaixlnaud made of Mini.eU a subject sub-ject of illy. If not of contempt, to a world which once nckuowledgcd hi in as the mightiest individual (otter of the centtir). The l.mieror has, meanwhile, mean-while, rlac li steadily In ttiwernnd In dividual!!), until tie Hands tudaj, per-hai, per-hai, aa tlm moat eoni Icuoui figure of lila time uud tho ono must likely to extrclsu a dominating Inlluenoo In Kuropenu allalra that gives promise of rare and lniiorUnl loiulls to all the world. Wu may cavil and preach of the sin of Ingratitude toward the creator of thu Lull lie over which he rules; but thu riaiilta so far accomplished accomplish-ed certainly inoro than lustlf) his notion, while, at tho aauiu time, they fomniuti 1 the restiect. If not the Admiration, Ad-miration, of mauklud. Plainly, Jit. marck had g ruw u Intolerably arrogaut in nlllri'. He Imt mnrkid out a llnu of surcreslun for hlmielf, thruugli thu jn'rauii of Ida rude and bullying son, llerlrt who, by an act of unparalleled ncjiotliiu he ha I nudo Hucretury ol BUlo which. If It had louger bet u tolerated, would have left tho llmpcror hardly more than a elihir In I'libllo niralrs, and attached the house of lllsmarrk periartually to that of thelloheuzollerni, aa vltat tu lis exlile m-oaa tho heart to the life of man. A young man who vuuld rlso u rutdlly to tho occasion, who could cut the knot that had u loughampt red the acta of his Immodtatu prcve.rcors, who could bear hlmtell aa William tlm Hccoti I lias duuo thui far during till reign, we may well tielleve la destined, If his life Ui sotrctJ, tu occupy a commanding lace In tho history of his time, initial, injhais, ta that of tho great l'rede rick, from whom ho claims Tils duiceut. We may will doubt aul irltlclsu Ihu wisdom wis-dom of imuy of hli nets aud declarations declara-tions since became lutu laiwir, but we tannot liiwi slghlof thu fact that he Is dally growing Into more tommaudliig iiropottliini, and his relgu.lf hit) rum-isesmeiii rum-isesmeiii anything at all, will hilng an eraof iacenud troipeilty to the Fathirlaud sue has ft has nuver en Jojut bofdla, It begins with ail ut-lemtit ut-lemtit at the elevalbu of the masses t y tirotwlloii of wometi's aud chlllren's Ubor, aud, In spite of au Implicit tullef In "the divinity which doth hedge a king," su far displays a kindred kin-dred i)iiithy with the masses beneath be-neath him Hint augurs well for his and their continued elevation In the future. |