We regret to notice the death of Dr. Lasker, for
many years the head of the Progressives in the Prussian and German Chambers. He was a determined constitutionalist, and fought Prince Bismarck steadily, with occasional success. True suc- cess he could not achieve, for he could neither attain office nor induce German Liberals to compel Prince Bismarck to retire. In his later years, it is said he suffered greatly from brain dis- ease, arising from disappointment at the decline of his party, the submission of all Germans to the Government, and the out-
break of fury against his race, the Jewish. He died suddenly in New York on the 5th inst., a disappointed man, like every politician who in this generation has tried to introduce popular government in Germany. The immoveable and it may be well- founded belief of the people that they are in danger from the great military States east and west of them has baffled every effort. It is difficult, too, to foresee a change, unless indeed a revolution in Russia dissolved the military system in that country, and rendered a sudden invasion of Germany impossible-
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