The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-13 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.

The Archduke JOHN has issued the following pro-
clamation :

" The German National Assembly at Frankfort has
elected me to the post of Administrator of the Empire,
and called upon me by a deputation to respond without
delay to this honourable call.
"Austrians! You know my unchangeable feeling for
our common German Fatherland; you know my ardent
wishes for its weal, its might, and its honour.
" Those wishes I know harmonize with your own
sentiments, and I therefore reg4rd it as a sacred duty to
accept the office which your representatives at Frank-
fort, and with them all your German brothers, have con-
fided to me.

"The same, supported by the National Assembly, and
consolidated by the whole German people, will realise
the idea of the unity of Germany: it will offer additional
pledges for the liberty and the rights of the German
people, obedience to the laws, and preservation of order
throughout the whole German territory.
" I therefore do not think that I am infringing upon
the duties of Regent entrusted to me by our Emperor
during his absence; on the contrary, I think rather to
fulfil them with more hopeful success by accepting of
both offices, equally important, and so intimately con•
nected with each other.

" I shall leave for Frankfort in company with the de-
putation sent to me, to enter into the high functions of
Administrator of the Empire, and shall then return to
you, solemnly to open, as representative of the Emperor,
the Chambers at Vienna on the 11th instant.
" Vienna, July 6, 1848. " JOHN."
The -Wiener Zeitwsg, the official organ of the Aus-
trian Government, has the following on the accept-
ance by the Archduke JouN of the office of Adminis-
trator of the Empire.—

" Two great and important events offer each other the
hand at the present moment, and seem to cross each
other's path. Archduke John is the representative of
the Emperor, with unlimited power in Austria. Arch-
duke John is Administrator and supreme head of the
German Empire. His Imperial Highness has accepted
both functions; he will undertake them both; there is
nothing contradictory in the two. Both aim at the
establishment of the unity and power of Germany, and
the consolidation of Austria in its constitutional frame
and in its own conformation, as one of the greatest,
noblest, and most beautiful component portions of Ger-
many. Time, which presses, offers alone difficulties, and
demands concessions.

" Gemany stands in much and great need of its Ad-
ministrator ; Austria cannot dispense with the Prince
who is to throw open the doors ofits National Assembly,
that peace and prosperity may arise from its debates.
It is evident that some means must be concerted ; and
the difficulty is not great, for every sacrifice which one
party makes is for the welfare of the whole body, and it
is not here a question of compromising party interests.
" The Archduke has resolved, with that decision
for which he is so remarkable, to respond to the wish
of the Deputies of the National Assembly, and to
leave Vienna on the Bth instant, for a short time,
to enter on his honourable functions at Frankfort, to
which the voice of a great people has called
him. But his Imperial Highness will and can only
remain so long in Frankfort as is indispensable for the
first duties of his new dignity. On the 18th the Arch-
duke will have returned to Vienna, on which day he
will solemly open the Diet, should it then, as it is to
be hoped, be fully constituted. Thus no interruption,
no hurtful delay, will take place. Austria and Ger-
many, for ever amalgamated together (Pest verschmolzen)
will prove, by the first resolutions passed, wnat an easy
thing unity is where all are actuated by equal senti-
ments and the same love of union. Die Archduke,
who is certain of the permission of the Emperor, will
commence his journey on the Bth, and, during his ab-
sence, the Ministry will be in close connexion with his
Imperial Highness, and require his sanction to their de-
liberations. The much-esteemed Minister Wessenberg,
so well versed in the affairs of Germany, will aecom.pany
.
the Archduke, and his post will lae filled ad interim to
avoid any delay in the councils of his Ministry.
"The Diet and the Ministry will provide that every-
thing shall be prepared that may lead to its speedy and
happy development___