. Abraham Lincoln and constitutional government. ating party down the Rhine, when the sunhas gone down, and left his gentler sister moon to till his place, over-shadowing beauteous hill and vale in shades of magic softness, withthe gentle waves silvered over, dancing about us, with the blue heavenshigh above, studded with myriads of stars, and the dark mountains,throwing their long, gloomy-looking shadows over the murmuringwaters beneath, formed a delight, and a scene of enchantment, notto be confined within the narrow compass of words and sentences. We reached Coblenz, from which tity we had
. Abraham Lincoln and constitutional government. ating party down the Rhine, when the sunhas gone down, and left his gentler sister moon to till his place, over-shadowing beauteous hill and vale in shades of magic softness, withthe gentle waves silvered over, dancing about us, with the blue heavenshigh above, studded with myriads of stars, and the dark mountains,throwing their long, gloomy-looking shadows over the murmuringwaters beneath, formed a delight, and a scene of enchantment, notto be confined within the narrow compass of words and sentences. We reached Coblenz, from which tity we had Started in the morn-ing, at about ^ oclock in the i vening, and giving our boat over to theboatmen, picked our way. over the roughly paved streets, to our i i tive homes, Sixty years later the United States has contributed to the over-throw of the German Empire and the establishment of a democracy in its stead. Ilie German Empire is now overthrown, and the victorious sol-diers of the United States <.i America guard the Rhine, and the Star 98. BARTOW A. ULRICH, li WILLIAM II. Spangled Banner, emblem of liberty, floats over the castle of Stolzen-fels, Coblenz, the fortifications of Ehrenbreitstein and other forts onthe Rhine. A republic is now formed in Germany and in other statesof old Europe. AUTOCRATIC RULERS OF GERMANY PROVEN MOST INHUMAN ANDTYRANNICAL ENEMIES. (Published in Chicago Post, 1917) William II, king of Prussia, and the constitutional president of theGerman Empire, with the nominal title of emperor, proved at first tobe an advocate of peace, and was a popular ruler up to the commence-ment of the war precipitated with savage haste, after long premedita-tion and preparation. His entire peace pretentions were deceptive andhypocritical. He and the autocratic rulers of the twenty-five states ofGermany, meeting secretly in the bundesrath, behind locked doors,deliberately planned the hellish scheme of deluging Europe in blood,fire and desolation. They have surpassed th
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