The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-12 00:00:00

THE SUB, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIAG, SEPTEMBER 12, 1865.

telegram bore the words, " All cordially unite with
you from our inmost hearts in the wish that whit is
now severed may speedily be united." Such demon-
strations can hardly be very acceptable at Berlin,
and if Prussian statesmen had not too much effron-
tery to feel abashed by open evidence of their in-
sincerity, they might be mortified by such plain de-
clarations how little the Schleswigers appreciate the
result of their amiable and disinterested interference.
In striking contrast to the proceedings at Klampen-
borg, though nearly simultaneous in date, is the
memorial drawn up by the members of the Holstein
Estates and addressed to the Federal Diet. The
Holsteiners are awakening to their mistake but a little
too late. They refused the political liberty which
the Danes offered to them, the regulation of their
own internal affairs and a voice in the general
administration of the kingdom. They were dazzled
by the ambition of becoming a separate and inde-
pendent State, and probably thought in their igno-
rant conceit that the Duke of SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
would be one of the foremost princes in Germany.
They have now learned too late that in place of
rising in dignity and importance they are to become
a mere Prussian province, their identity to be
merged in that agglomeration of discordant ma-
terials in which individual tendencies and charac-
teristics, whether Polish, Austrian, or Danish, are
likely to meet with very little consideration. Per-
haps, too, the Holsteiners reflect too late that
political liberty and civil rights do not attain their
highest and most prosperous development at Berlin,
and that some very uncomfortable disputes have
occurred between rulers and ruled, in which the
strong hand of power has been used unsparingly.
A free press, one of the blessings which Holstein
might have possessed under the sovereignty of the
Danish Crown, is a luxury too to obtain under the
paternal sway of BISMARCK and his master ; and
the existence of a Prussian fleet is not suf-
ciently interesting to the people of Hol-
stein to make them willing to sacrifice
their independence to that end. Under these
circumstances, then, the only resource they can
think of is a very hopeless one—to appeal to the
Federal Diet, which has been as much the dupe of
Prussia as themselves. The Diet has gained very
little in honour or in material advantage, and the
only thing that now remains to its members is to
put a good face upon the matter, for certainly very
little is to be hoped from their remonstrance or in-
tervention with Prussia. Prussia has the " nine
points of the law" in her favour. She has superior
strength, and a cunning and audacity which have
proved more than a match for Austria, as well as
for the humble though prosy little body of the
smaller States. She knows she has little to fear
from the combined action of those whom petty
jealousies and local rivalry will always keep apart.
If the Diet were hearty in the cause of the Duchies
there would not be much to hope from its action on
their behalf ; but the Holsteiners, at any rate, prefer
to make public their appeal and their protest to giv-
ing a tacit consent by silence. After a preliminary
flourish about their joy at the overthrow of the
Danish tyranny, the memorialists declare their hopes
to have been bitterly deceived. " Many a year"
they say, " has passed since the Vienna peace, but
the Duchies are still without their legitimate sove-
reign, and without a representation of the country
summoned to co-operate in shaping their pre-
sent and their future." The first indica-
tions that a sense of the injustice which
they have done to Denmark is beginning to dawn
upon the leaders of the national party is given in
this memorial. Even under Danish rule, they say,
the Estates were regularly assembled, but the 'law
has nct been heard since it passed into German
hands. " Its boundaries have been altered, different
Governments have been given it in rapid succession,
violent attacks have been made upon its administra-
ion, and the hitherto existing order of its institu-
Its financial means have been disposed of ;
but it has not been considered necessary to take the
sense of its representatives." To all these subjects
of complaint the Holsteiners declare they have sub-
mitted with patience, believing them to be only
temporary, but they have now a fresh and more
important grievance—the separation of the Duchies.
The Gastein Convention has shown them very
plainly that they have exchanged King LOG for
King STORK, and unluckily for them JOVE has no
mind to listen to the new complaint and depose a
second king. The members of the Estates can no
longer conceal their apprehension that the two
great German Powers intend to act very much as
they like without consulting the Duchies, whose
self-importance led them to suppose that the various
German Powers, great and small, were willing to
take any trouble in their interests. But it is now
somewhat late in the day to discover their error, or
errors, which they are likely to repent more and more.
It is not often that we see such signal justice ad-
ministered so swiftly. Prussia herself is hurrying
on the road to her punishment, which, when it
conies, may be as great as her deserts. England
too, has sinned grievously in this matter, and it
may be that before long she may have good cause
to lament the evils produced by the bad faith and
selfish pusillanimity which dictated her Danish
licy.

ions.

A Cry from One of the Fallen.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Exactly as it has just now reached our hands, we print
in ipissima rerba, the following communication in reference
to the dreadful subject of infanticide :
MR. EDITOR, Happening to see your paragraph in
Thursday evening's paper about the mothers of illegiti-
mate children, I hope you will excuse the liberty I take in
thanking you for the sympathy you point out towards that
most unfortunate class of fellow-beings. Your statement,
Sir, so exactly corresponds to the writer's feelings. She
was once a kind, loving mother, in a married state ; death
deprived her of her partner. Since then she has become
the mother of an illegitimate child, and is not ashamed to
own that trouble alone has steeled her heart against
her illegitimate offspring, and she would freely
give it away to any one who wanted it. Is it then to be
wondered at when she has herself and two little ones to
provide for, and the cruel seducer not to yield to her
entreaties by rendering her the least assistance. Yes, sir,
I repeat, your statement is perfectly correct, and would to
God there was more pity shown to this unfortunate class;
then infanticide would become more on the decrease
instead of increasing. The agony and derision she is sub-
ject to is not only sufficient to cause her to make away
with her child, but even enough to commit suicide herself.
Again thanking you for your humanity—l am, dear Sir,
your humble servant, and ONE OF THE NUMBER.

HYDROPHOBIA•

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The Times has alluded to this subject recently, in
consequence of a letter from one of its numerous corre-
spondents, and it appears that, according to the dictum of
our leading journal, in the case of an attack by one of the
many unmuzzled dogs which are allowed to prowl about
the streets of London and of other towns, the unfortunate
victim must remain in a state of doubt for an indefinite
thee, respecting the extent of the injury which he may
have received from his canine adversary; but he may
console himself with the statistical knowledge that, in the
majority of dog-biting cases, no evil result will ensue.
It is not probable that the leading journal would insert a
letter from myself, with respect to " the astrological non-
sense ;" and, therefore, I desire to trespass upon your space
so far as to state that, in my " Curiosities of Occult Litera-
ture," noticed by you two years since, while recording the
disastrous history of the Glamorgan. Coal Company, I
' alluded to a case of dog-biting. in the following language
(see page 68):—" At this time (May,
that
by means of
the astrological science,. it appeared
liabmleantowiasdr.e-
lieyed from the painful idea that he was
Now, sir, as this is a fact capable of proof,
bond public°
phobia, having been bitten by a dog supposedand ttoobbeeimyaid
veri-
fied by a letter in my possession, I ask you, pubthfull-
to publish it in your journal.—l am yours al y,
KE
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