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London, England, 1851-01-27 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 27.

Int complete triumph and success of the
Austrian. and Russiansin subjugating the more
liberal and independent parts of Germany his been
attended by all thou reactionary, bigot, and vindic-
tive melts which we but too tru.y foreshadowed
sad foretold. Our continued denunciations of this
obsoleted alliance were answered with the assurance
that Austria was as liberal as Prussia; that the statu-
ses of Vienna were highly enlightened, sincerely
hint on establishing a constitution ; that their object
is Germany was to reform the Diet, liberalise and im-
prove it. lo short, the Germans and their princes had '
bet to put their trust in the Emperor NICNOLAi and
Priam StAiwaßZLNlXturt, is order to be dealt with
fairly and wisely.
By this time, however, not merely the people, but
the princes of Germany, have been made aware what
they are to expect from the untainted ascendancy of
Austrian policy ano arms. As far as constitutional go-
vernment is concerned, the court of Vienna his flung Gff
the mask, disavows sod scouts the idea. With educa-
tion surrendered to the Jesuits, the old provincial im-
=seines aid privileges destroyed, the recent decree
faspectieg the organisation of justice has been inch,
that even lictisludese, did not think it consistent
with the little liberalism that was in him to remain
in such a government. He has resigned. The r:viroe
of the Austrian empire has in fact been assimilated to
that of Russia, and by so doing it has retrograded a
°eatery. It is nun an unmitigated military aid re-
ligious despotism.
Notwithstanding this assimilation of Vienna to St.
Petersburg it was still thought that the victorious
Powers wouldinot altogether treat the rest of G. r-
many like Poland. Teat the old Diet would be re-
stored was, indeed, inevitable • but thin it was hoped
that the basis would be widened, that concessions
would be made to the spirit of the age, thst some
guarantee 0/ fairness, s ime hope of improvement, would
be held out. Nothing of the kind. Tne hetman
of a horde of euersetce, who had taken possession of
Frankfurt in a b. I t and sudden caused, could not
have proceeded to reconstitute the German Diet with
more ignorance, more passion, more petty vindictive-
ness, acd more cross stupidity, than the Russian and
Austrian statesmen have dictated at Dresden.
Nut but that the rule of their conduct has been
simple. It is this: Strike out from the powers to be
represented in the council of the Diet all those who
have offended Austria; turn out all the independent
princes, or lump them together so as to reader their
vote sun; and emceeing° all power in the great
powers, or in the four kings. Absorb, reduce, and
deetroy the protestant and the German interest, in
the Me, making the catholic and the non-German
influence predominate.
la the old Diet there were two councils, a smaller
and a larger one. The latter, however, was so cum-
bersome to unite, that all business and political influ-
ence wss,conflned tuithe smaller council, which in fact
was, as at will be, the Diet. This was composed of
17 votes, of which Austria and Prussia bad etch one,'
the four kingdoms of Bavaria, NV erte mburg, Saxony,
and Demmer rich one. So had Baden, Hues Elec-
torate, Hesse lhermstadt, holstein, and Luxemburg.
Bronswiek and NAMIIIII had a vote. Toe decal courts
of Sasony tied their vote, so the Mecklenburg*, Olden-
berg, and Sewartzburg; and the free cities had a
vote. _ . .

The reorganisation of the Diet by SeIIWARZENII6IO
sweeps clean the. whole of western Germany out et
the haat influence in the Diet. Austria and Prussia
with each two votes, and the four kings with one
each, constitute, in fact, the Diet ; bet three vote,
more being allowed, sad these three divided amongst
the lesser powers, in such a way as they cannot
possibly use them. Baden is nearly se large as
Wartemburg ; Baden and the two Hems
see twice as large as Wurtemburg ; but Wur-
tensbarg thee a vote, whilst Baden and the two
Hewes are lomped together to form a vote.
Three three countries constitute the states of the
Osman territory along the lthine and the French
frontier. These princes and populations ought, for
obvious rename, to be chiefly interested in the
strength, dignity, and concord of the new German
confederation. But, lo! they are left out, treated as
of no notice, their princes mediatited, as far as
German politics go, and their people disfranchised, for
the Frankfort Diet, in which they have no voice, can
control or crash their every progress. It
ware not p.wsbie to iavent • 'Tates which
should so completely tern over the better
and western portion of Germany to France
sa thie scheme. As to llolataio, Luxemburg,
and the fres cities of Frankfort and Hamburg,
they are flung clean out of the confederation ; so are
Brunswick and Nassau. The Saxe Coburgs and
Gotha, in the centre of Germecy ere linked to the
Mecklenburg& iu the north—tied, in feet, as faggots
so so to preclude any commas will or motive. AU
these powers have entered their solemn protest.
They see clearly that this political spoliation is to be
followed by • Polonisation—that is, a division of wes-
tern Germany amongst its meters potentates. It
might not be so difficult to get rid of the princes, if the
people were interested in the change, but on the
contrary, the princes are to be proscribed, as in
Poland, merely for the sake of enslaving the people.
When we add to this, that the advantages and
ascendancy allotted to the four kings are given to
them personally, not to their countries, for their
courts are all at variance with their chambers, and
with all classes of their population—and, in truth,
they accepted their power from Russia and from
Austria, solely on the condition of nullifying and
putting down the constitution and the freedom of
their people—we leave any impartial person to de-
cide how fair sad wise, or how likely to be durable is
such a re-organization of Germany ea this.
Never iudeed, save ;the great example of Poland,
do we recollect an instance of brute form being so
nakedly applied in dealing with the affairs of a great
nation. The kings and statesmen of the congress of '
1814 have been considered sufficiently despotic, and
grudgingly constitutional; but ALESANDU and MET-
TIMMS were men of extreme liberality compared
with the Niceousits and the 9.• —IIWAKZENBUItOs ;
the Russians would not have been mad enough then to
treat Germany like Poland, were the Germans base
enough to Suffer it.
Germany, however, so far iLtfers from Poland, that
there is at least one of its great powers that cannot
be made altogether absolutist in its policy, or despotic
is its administration. And this power can alone offer
any effectual resistance to the new Frankfort Diet.
This power is Prussia. It has succumbed, indeed, and
purchased peace, by • complete surrender of every
liberal cause or principle beyond its frontier. Prim
sia, too, will be in a minority in the new Diet,
Austria, with the four kings, having six votes,
constitute the majority. So that the five allies of
Bregens have got all the allies of Erfurt in their
pocket. Bet how Mr is this power to extend and le
be ezeratietp' Is the Diet to overrule the constitution
and administration of otter Matte? Is the Moots,
of Hama not to gnat a otmetitution, or the Ling et