. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. nner which was givenin honor of him, and to Generals Von Eoon and Yon Moltke, byan enthusiastic assembly, formed of men of all parties. Zealousdemocrats then applauded the great statesman, and whoever waspresent on that occasion would have believed that Bismarck wasalso popular, in the ordinary sense of the word. When the Min-ister-President, in the pithy speech in which he acknowledgedthe toast pledged in his honor, said that the Berlin people, as thiswar had shown, had their hearts, words, and hands in the rightplace, the enthusiasm knew no bou
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. nner which was givenin honor of him, and to Generals Von Eoon and Yon Moltke, byan enthusiastic assembly, formed of men of all parties. Zealousdemocrats then applauded the great statesman, and whoever waspresent on that occasion would have believed that Bismarck wasalso popular, in the ordinary sense of the word. When the Min-ister-President, in the pithy speech in which he acknowledgedthe toast pledged in his honor, said that the Berlin people, as thiswar had shown, had their hearts, words, and hands in the rightplace, the enthusiasm knew no bounds, and the guests rushedfrom all quarters to pledge him again. When the storm had be-come somewhat allayed, the Director, Dr. Bonnell, of the Fried-richs Werder Gymnasium, was seen to step forward. Bismarck seized his early teacher by both hands, and thankedhim heartily for a poetic greeting with which he had presentedhim on his return, merrily regretting that he had not been ableto reply in Alcaic verse. The Chief Burgomaster, sitting oppo-. PEACE. 413 site him, asked whether the Minister-President sent his sons tothe same institution. Certainly, answered Bismarck ; and Imyself was also a scholar of Bonnell! And so introduced hisold teacher in the heartiest manner. After this festival, Bismarcks last strength failed him. Hewent into the country to Patbus, when he fell very ill, and onlygradually recovered after a long time, and then not wholly, butjust enough to admit of his return to business at Berlin in De-cember. CHAPTER IV. MAJOR-GENERAL AND CHANCELLOR OF THE FEDERATION. Conversation with M. de Vilbort.—Appearance as Chancellor.—M. BambergersViews.—Bismarck as an Orator.—The Luxemburg Question.—Fall from hisHorse.—Citizenship of Biilow.—Visit to Holstein.—Speech to a Torchlight Pro-cession. From the Paris journal, Le Siecle, we extract the following re-port of a conversation which Count Bismarck had with a Paris-ian journalist on the 10th of June, 1866:
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