The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-01 00:00:00

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oers of thu L,giThiturc (Lan&thinoy,
Folketting), setting firth tkeir views as to the
impending conflict between Denmark and Ger-
many :

"The complications which have hitherto hung heavy in
all our affairs seem to be on the verge of taking a decisive
turn. They may lead to a pacific solution and a suitable
arrangement; but, on the other hand, they may endanger
not only our Constitution and the development of our
liberties—the result of the laborious exertions of the present
generation—but even the old inheritance, bequeathed to us
by our forefathers—the independence and honour of the
Danish realm, Which 6' these alternatives shall prevail
will in the main devr,end upon the attitude of the
Danish Government Paid people. Before the gravity of
the moment domest;,.o dissensions must give way. The
hour of peril has ev: er found Danes united and strong. The
enthusiasm of Vae last war 'sill return with the questions
which at tb' j time were its objects. Patriotism will, in
uniting us, arouse the strength which saved our fatherland
and won for us the esteem of Europe.
" Since 1352 we hare, with forbearance and patience,
la,boured for the extension to every part of the monarchy of
t a constitution calculated to cement the cohesion and vigour
of the, State. Our endeavours might, perhaps, have been
successful but for the interference of foreign meddlers ; a
union of four centuries has left many remembrances,which
may be weakened, but cannot be altogether abolished by
painful events. However, the excited feelings of German
nationality took hold of the question; sundry German
Governments thought fit to direct the general dissatisfac-
tion into this channel, and Prussia especially turned these
complications to her own account. When it was proved
that the constitutional basis laid down for the administra-
tion of the common affairs of the Danish Monarchy frus-
trated the hope of domineering over Denmark through Hol-
stein and Lauenberg, the Genii= Bund seized, in spite of
Denmark's remonstrances, upon the first collision between
the Estates of a province and the monarchical Legislature as
a proper time to break the constitutional ties between the
component parts of the State, and dictated conditions for
their revival to which Denmark could not submit. The
Danish people have always been equally far from pre-
tending to impose their laWs upon Holstein, as unwilling
to suffer that their progress shall be made dependent
upon a foreign will. From the conduct of the German.
Powers towards Denmark—a kindred little State—it may
be inferred that their rule would become a humiliating yoke,
which inevitably would continue to threaten the peace of
Europe. In whatsoever way the Danish Government may
therefore be compelled to frame the administration of pro-
vinces subject to a certain extent to foreign rule, we firmly
tiust that they will never consent to bring the sovereign
Danish realm under the sway of the German Bund.
"The object of the rising of the Danish nation in 1545
against an overwhelming force, and for which it grudged
no sacrifice during a three years' war, was the right of
Denmark to Schleswig, and the rights of the Danish
nationality in Schleswig. Denmark fought alone, but not
in vain. We were victors on the field of battle, and Schles-
wig remained united to the kingdom, while its separation.
from Holstein became a fact. The Danish people there-
fore will not lose the fruit of their former victories, but are
prepared worthily to defend what was won with honour.
The discordant opinions as to the details of the local con-
stitution of Schleswig, as well as about the constitution.
and functions of the common Parliament, are domestic
questions reserved to a peaceable and salatarysolution when
our affairs shall have been extricated from foreign pressure.
But the constitutional union of the kingdom and Schleswig
to one indivisible and independent realm, and an organisa-
tion of Schleswig, guaranteeing the long forgotten claims
of Danish nationality, are the legal state of things, concern•.
ing which any negotiation with foreigners is out of the
question, and which we are prepared to uphold, if need be,
by every means at our disposal.

" Being in our public capacity alive to the right and even
to the obligation of uttering our feelings, we request all
citizens who agree with us in•the above observations, and
who are willing to make their faith practically good—the
faith in the unviolated preservation of our fatherland through
the devoted love of its children jointly with us by their
signatures to point out to Government that, although the
Danish people do not pretend to any supremacy over Hol-
stein and Lauenburg, they will not suffer the relation of the
said Duchies to the rest of the Danish Monarchy to be made
the means of rendering Denmark subservient to the Ger-
manic Diet; and that we are prepared to make any sacrifice
for the maintenance of the constitutional union between
the kingdom and Schleswig, and of the legal and legitimate
claims of Danish nationality in Schleswig.
" Copenhagen, Jan. 16."