. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. russia will notcede an inch of German soil; we can not do so without raisingthe whole of Germany against us, and, if it be necessary, let itrise against France rather than ourselves. This step of the Cab-inet of the Tuileries, especially impolitic and unskillful at such amoment, served M. de Bismarck, on the other hand, in all hisGerman undertakings. He found in it an irresistible argumentto prove the necessity of great armaments against France, while,at the same time, his refusal to give up the smallest portion ofGerman territory elevated the di
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. russia will notcede an inch of German soil; we can not do so without raisingthe whole of Germany against us, and, if it be necessary, let itrise against France rather than ourselves. This step of the Cab-inet of the Tuileries, especially impolitic and unskillful at such amoment, served M. de Bismarck, on the other hand, in all hisGerman undertakings. He found in it an irresistible argumentto prove the necessity of great armaments against France, while,at the same time, his refusal to give up the smallest portion ofGerman territory elevated the dignity of Prussia in the eyes ofall patriots; nor did it benefit the Minister less, who thus upheldthe national standard high and firmly in the sight of the foreign-er. Thus it happened that, after half a century, the ISTapoleon-istic policy for the second time divided two great nations, who,by their intellectual, moral, and material development, by alltheir interests and aspirations, are destined to form a fraternal 410 BISMARCK AND alliance, and thus insure the freedom and peace of Europe on aninfrangible basis. On the 20th of September, 1866, Bismarck, after a short rest,was able to assume the place of honor which was his due in thememorable triumphant entry of the troops to Berlin, as Major-General and Chief of the Seventh Heavy Landwehr Regiment ofHorse, to which his grateful Sovereign had appointed him. Im-mediately before the King there rode, in one rank, Count Bis-marck, the War Minister General von Roon, General von Moltke,the Chief of the General Staff, General von Voigts-Rheet2 asChief of the General Staff of the First Army, and General vonBlumenthal as Chief of the General Staff of the Second; whilethe King was immediately followed by the Royal Princes andother commanders. There was a great and intelligent recogni-tion in this Royal order of arrangement. REJOICINGS IN BERLIN. 411 As may be understood, the loud rejoicings on the occasion ofthis magnificent
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