The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-14 00:00:00

Von Root). the most contemned, if rot the n3°
obnoxious, of the rnkisterial faction, thought pr
per to imirate ;;.nu re,,vat hie COlirmlle
Bistnarl;.'s insolence towards one of the
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eminent as well moderate ineMberS of A.
Chamber, M. Von Sv bel. The Prtsiueel
this time did his duty, called the Minister to ord
ti
and an altercation ensued—for it is the cue
Prussian Minister to insult the national representtives, and at last the President put on his hat, ut
suspended the sitting. This firmness which stioar
have been exercised in the case of M. de
has come better late than never. Ministers dee
to attend the sitting when wasresumed. In trlui
the house was too hot for them. Parliament 'via
hear longer with them, nor they with Parliantli
They must, therefore, definitively adjourn or anrot
dissolve without fixing any period of re-ele°
vet
another breach of the constitution. This is the
thing the Prussian Liberals desire—a cemPlete-n5;
open breach between the Government and theorthg
liament. The Chamber claims to have done 81'
was possible in a liberal sense. It had lately Pre
oi°
tested against the Russian alliance for the opPre,s tt
of Poland, and its Commission had condemne.u.,,,
of fugittid,
Cartel Convention for the giving up
under the name of deserters. The last flagratrii
fiance of its authority has only cut short a 81'
debate upon the four projects of military reorgs
sation ; for although Ministers had the imPuden d ,
to feel their way towards a grant of funds
the
the pretext of developing the Prussian navy,
were not listened to. They hoped that such O;
peal to North German antipathy towards Denr,Tott
would filch some millions of florins from the Cho
ber. In vain. Denmark may be odious, hut
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mark is more odious still. Better let the Dane! ha
their way than succumb to the Prussian Pol'gbo
The real dispute is not, however, between the
vernment and the Chamber. The whole CO i
sees that the difference is irreconcilable, and!
neither Crown nor Parliament can terminal:so
unless the nation itself intervene. neW„,fes
intervention is to take place or to 170,6"; 0
itself does not very clearly appear. pli"„t1
the necessity every one is convinced. The trii,
is, that it is no longer the King that is °IIA
trial. His feeble obstinacy is known, °°„" 0
moral inability to understand the saving virlrthi
concession. It is the constitutional party, all'heit
upper middle class composing it, that are on t th,
trial, now for the second time in Prussia withlll,„o.
last fifteen years. Toey are accused by the
crats of having spoilt and thrown away all
opportunities opened to them by the revolution it
1848. They then lost Germany. They are nlig
the same way, it is alleged, losing Prussia- tiD
Gotha party undertook to unite Germany
ttlt
order to unit' Germany by rallying it round ri;llT;st
they should have first kept Prussia consti(nt'clei
They have failed ; and it is manifest that Fros-01
failure has flung the rest of Germany away' Piety
elections in Bavaria, which have just taken Pietydisplay the Great German party, that is, the P:lty
of union with Austria, completely in the Ina.(°"tas
and the ascendant. urtemberg is following,,„‘
same course. And even the Northern States 6"0
more aversion than ever to a "Narrow Union" sc-ott
Prussia, and turn to France for political suPP•OO
and commercial alliance. The Prussian constitlitind
has been shivered, Prussian ascendancy 1os(0 ea,
the Prussian lead in the path of progress diselo
So that King William) is only too consistent Woe
he avows that a close alliance with and dePerideßty•
upon Russia is the only thing left for the dynes
which he has almost denationalized. Unfortunaroto
whilst the Moderates and the Constitutioellafor
blame the Monarch and his ill-chosen advisers
oily
the irretrievable retrogression of Prussia, ne,,°,loe,
in its internal progress, but in its German iE.O---,„a
the more advanced parties blame the Moderates for
the Constitutionalists for displaying a total NOP, 0i
both skill and courage. It was the deep Inurliihrl- 00
this thorough liberal and patriotic party which
heard throughout the land when the Chamber ace,
its President submitted to Bismarck's ins°lllloo
And whether the spirit which Mr. Bockunv°o
has shown in putting down Von Roen will red ye
his character and that of the Chamber reinsins„,lo
seen. We should be glad to hear that the Ctl°7 ILO
had reinstated itself in public opinion, and o°l to
shades of its liberalism presented a united frntlial
the reactionists. It must not be disguised, 11°W;est
that the infatuation of the King is every day °",;io
ing and strengthening a popular ultra-deno,
sentiment in the nation, and especially in th,..4097,1030
An eloquent demagogue has appeared who oolltrit" of
to address crowds and to preach doctrines that —jf
well appal King William and the feudal parti'4l4
the King had eyes to see and ears to bear,how;
perceive that the Constitutionalists alone can the
him if there be yet time. And they are for 1114,,, ti)
only and true Conservatives. But this is lit&
the Prussian Stuart may come to recognise too A