The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-20 00:00:00

GhItMAN Y.

The King of WIRTEMEUEG opened the States on
the 15th. In the Speech from the Throne his MA-
JESTY pronounces an unitarian state of Germany to
be a chimera, and the most dangerous of all chimeras,
both as regards Germany and Europe. All the at-
tempts made to realise so foolish a project must only
lead to the opposite result, by causing the separation
and dissolution pf Germany itself. The real force
and union, his MAJESTY , goes on to say—the true
civilization and liberty of the nation—depend on the
maintenance and development of the individuality
and independence of its principal races. All: at-
tempt at violent fusion of these races—all sub-
ordination of one race t• :another—would be the
beginning of internal dissolution, and the tomb
of national existence. The KING declares one single
form of constitution to be possible, namely, a fede-
rative constitution, which is more capable of conso-
lidation than the one hitherto in existence. It was
because this truth, says his MAJESTY, was first MS-
understood at Frankfort, and afterwards at Berlin,
that the disunion and danger of the present situation
has arisen. History would reveal the objects and
passions which gave rise to the alliance of May 26th.
With such alliance, the greatness and union of the
nation have nothing in common. It was a clever
attempt at a Sonderbund, intended to cause
the political suicide of the confederation,
and this league being placed in the midst
of those of the greatest Continental powers
could not maintain itself in the moment of
danger. To realise such an alliance without open
violation of the federal compact would be impossible,
and would amount to a deliberate infringing upon the
solemn treaties, upon which are based the indepen-
dence of their position, as well as the political equili-
brium of Europe. The Speech then goes on to de-
scribe the character of the negotiation with Bavaria
and Saxony in the following terms :
" In the just appreciation of the dangers, as well at
home as abroad, to which the alliance of the 26th of
May must infallibly lead, in case the interested parties
should maintain it, and also to preserve on my part as
much as possible to the whole nation the most pre-
cious pledge of its grandeur and its future tranquil-
lity (I mean to say, the union of all the races),
I opened negotiations with Bavaria and Saxony, for the
purpose of coming, to an understanding:on the project
of a constitution comprising the common country. These
negotiations have attained the object in view, and the
Government of the Emperor of Austria has declared that
it wil laccept the result. As soon as the projected con•
stitution of the three Royal Governments shall be made
known to the Prussian Cabinet and the other federal
Governments who have taken part in the alliance of the
26th of May, my Ministry will communicate them to
you. lam willing to hope that the trial which
we have made in the interest of political and
material union, and to satisfy your just and
opportune pretensions, will obtain the success
I ardently desire. Bat whatever may be the designs
of Providence with regard to us relative to future
generations in this difficult question, I can testify to
myself that I have always seen in the perfect concord
of Austria and Prussia the true condition of our com-
mon prosperity, and the sole guarantee of our internal
tranquillity, and of our national independence ; and
consequently I have, in the present crisis of our com-
mon country, regulated all my steps and those of my
Government on that basis. The maintenance of the
old right and of the fidelity to historical traditions
which cannot be misunderstood, and which must
always prevail, can alone secure us strength, duration,
and safety in the storms of our time. I and the Go-
vernments, who are my allies in this question wish to
maintain to the nation its natural right to the represen-
tation of the ensemble. We do not wish to raise a new
political edifice on the ruins of our old right—we wish,
on the contrary, to give a new form to the confederation
which shall be in harmony with the spirit of the age;
we wish to accord the just pretensions of Prussia with
the general interests of Germany. But we will sacrifice
our particular interests on the altar of the country, not
to such or such a power in particular, but to the ensemble.
We will be neither Austrians nor Prussians; we will by
and with Wirtemburg be and remain only Germans.
My Ministers will present different measures for your
consideration."