Down with Tyranny (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... ity--in obedience--and to drag to prison those who in a free and unfettered country would be considered respectable and lawabiding. Murderers, thieves and other rogues, perhaps having the walls of their rooms decorated with dozens of pictures of the German Emperor, are safer and better protected than the best and noblest men, who perhaps have only dared to think; who has given the right to those tyrants to trample upon them and to squeeze the very last blood-drop out of them? CHAPTEB IV. Every one loves the land where he was born, where he spent the happiest time of his childhood, and is glad if he can see those places of pleasant remembrance again. In Germany, however, such a pleasure is not easy to realize, and is allowed only under certain conditions. A German who loves his country, and places it above his Emperor, is considered an outlaw and a traitor to his native land. A German is obliged to love only his sovereign, and to sacrifice himself in his behalf without a murmur. The fatherland plays no figure whatever. It ranks in the third or in the last line. With God for royalty and fatherland, is the motto of those miserable, contemptible wretches. Even in countries which are far behind the age, it seems ridiculous and almost impossible to understand that a hollow-headed despot should be allowed to arrogate to himself that--Suprema lex voluntas regis--viz: that the will of the ruler is the highest law. They ought to get hold of such a dangerous crank, put him as coal-trimmer on board of a steamer, and make him work till he knows how to hehave himself in the presence of honest and respectable people. Royalty does everything to keep the people in ignorance and stupidity, but in spite of all precaution, and in spite of a censorship and a...