The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-28 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The First Chamber met on the 24th. Count Du-
Low, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, appointed
commissioner for the German question by the Go-
vernment, rose and laid upon the table a voluminous
collection of documents, correspondence, and
dispatches connected with this important subject, from
its earliest commencement, and through all its phases
down to the present period. Count BuLow then read
from a written paper a long speech explanatory of the
projects, views, and intentions of the Government and
triple alliance. The following is the substance sf hi.
speech :--
" We cannot renounce the advantages gained by our
predecessors. If Germany is disposed to accept the
federal state (Bundestaat) under the presidency ( Vor-
stands) of Prussia, she will find us prepared to act. If
not, the return to a Confederation of States (Staaten-
bund) is inevitable (that is to sly a return to the old
Confederation). The Government will, so far as de-
pends upon it, direct all its efforts towards the unity of
Germany by the path of peace and justice. Up to the
present time the following states have adhered to the
alliance:—Baden, Electoral Hesse, Nassau, baxe Wei-
mar, Anhalt Bernherg, Brunswick, Saxe Altenburg, and
Alecklci.burg Strelitz (in all eight, exclusive of Hanover
and Royal Sixony). The folkwing Governments
have also adhered, with the reserve of ultimate rati-
fications:—Grand Ducal Hesse, Saxe Coburg Gotha,
Schwarzbourg Ruddstadt, Oldenburg (the Oldenburg
Charnht r has rej, cted t!e proposition), and the free
towns of Hatnburgh and Bremen (the first has declited,
the second postponed its adhesion) The Governments
of Luxembourg, Anhalt D:ssau, and Anhalt Kothen-
Waldeck (Pyrmont), Lippe (Detmold), and Hamburg,
have announced their readiness to adhere (that is, if the
Chambers or vestries will assent). Bavaria has re-
serv, d its thcision (which all the world knows will be
negative to the very death). It is now time for the Go-
vernment to exclaim Adetheosor LutuTdes oder—that
is, with us or against us—(the words implied by M.
Camphausen, in a,3 recent speech). It will
call upon the it 5'3 that bave not yet spoken

out, to do sl forthwith. It is its wish to
convoke the State Parliament, and to ascertain the
wishss of other Governments so soon as possible. T;io
Government will then coma to an understanding with
states that shall have adhered, and arrange matters in
accord with them relative to the Parliament (Reichstag).
But many most important considerations have to be
weighed, and I dare not conceal from you that, notwith-
standing the uprightness, endurance, and consistency of
Prussic, it is possible the goal may not he reached un-
lets certain conditions are fulfilled. It is essential above
all things that Government should expressly declare
that they sincerely desire the formation of a federal
state. Should the Government arrive at the con-
viction- that the allied states (this cuts at Hanover
and Saxony) are not disposed to advance upon the
path pointed out by it, then it will become its duty to
ask the question if it is proper for it to waste the strength
of Prussia in en undertaking which becomes every day
more difficult, or whether other more important interests
may not be found nearer at home than a fruitless striv-
ing after an object that seems to recede as we advance.
No one will, in that case, be entitled to expect that you
(the Chambers) should sacrifice Prussia's position and
alliances in order to follow an isolated path, in which
dangers only are to bo encountered—a pall presenting
nothing, perhaps, but deceitful hopes. The Government
will then say that it has done more than men had a right
to expect from it— that it must consider its mission (to
effect unity) as terminated, and it must then, with sor-
row, leave the solution of this important question to
futurity."