The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-09-09
t'UEEIGN.
FROM LATE ENGLISH PAPERS.
GERMAN ACT OF CONF EDEkA-
'IlON

SEkN1hN An L tJE AONC rAOEkh-
'rlON.
Art. /. The Sovereign Princes and fire.
cities of Germany, including their Males
ties the Emperor of Austria aud the Kings
of Prussia, Denmark and the Netherlands,
namely the Emperor of Austria and the
King OF Prussia, for those Of their possess ous
which formerly belonged to the German En-
pre, the King OF Denmark for Hostein, the
King of the Netherlands for the Graud Duchy
OF Luxembourg, unite themselves into per
petual league, which shall be called the Ger
man Confederation.
II. The object thereofis the maintenance IF
the Internal & external security of Germany,
aud of the independence and inyioiaoility of
the dine rent German States.
III. The Members Of the Confederation
have as such, equal rights they bad theul.
selves, all equally to maintain the Act OF
Confederation.
Nv. The affairs OF the Confederation shall
be managed by a & neral assembly, in which
all the Members OF the Confederation snail
be represented by their Flenipotentiar.es,
who shall each have one vote, either sever
ally, or as representing more than one mem-
Der, rs follows.
Austria /, Prussia /, Bavaria 1, Saxony L,
Hanover !, Wurtenburg l, Baden, /, Electo-
rate of Hesse /, Crane Duchy Of Hesse !, Den
mark for Holsten l, the Netherlands, tor
Luxembourg 1, the Grand Oucal & Ducal sax
ON Houses l, Brunswick and Nassau /, Neck
lenbureh Schwerin and Nlecklenburg Sire
litz /, hols1ein, Oldenburg, AUSTEN, Reuss,
Schaurabpgg, Lippe, Lippe and W aldesk l.
the free cities of Gd5eci1, Frankfort, Slene;i
& Hamburg total, II votes
V. Austria has the presidency in the Diet
of the Confederation every member OF the
league is empowered 10 make propositions,
and bring them under disCusson--and the
presiding men,ber IS bound 10 submit sucn
proposition tor delioeratiOn within fixed pc
Rod.
VI When these propositions relate to the
abolition or alteration Of the fundamental
laws Of The Confederation. or toregnatons re-
lating 10 the act OF Confederation itself, then
the ID ct forms itself INTO a full committee,
when the different component members shall
have the following votes propOrtoned 10 the
s.Xtent Of their territories
Austria, Prussia, 5aXony, Bavaria, Hano-
yer, and Wurtembnrg four votes esch--Ba-
den, Electorate OF liesse, Grand Duchy OF
Hesse, Holsteln, and I4ttS&eInbnrg, votes
each-Bruns wcs; Meek lenDurg, Schwern
and Nassau . votes each--SaXe Welmar, &
great Number Of MINOR German Princes,
with the tree towns, vote each--total 69
votes.
VII. Questions in the diet shall be decided
by simple majority of the votes on the ordi-
nary occasions, the President to have the
casting vote-but when III full Committee, the
question must be decided by majority of at
least three fcurths
VIII. The Diet of the Confederation has
its sitting at Frankfort on the Maine its
cbenlng Is fixed for the first of September,
1918.
TX. The first business Of the Diet, after its
opening, viii be the formation OF the organic
regulations o. the Confederation, in regard
to us external, military, and internal rcla-
tions.
X. Every member ofthe Confederation en-
cages to assist in projecting no, oply ali Ger
many, but every separate state OF TIE League
against any attack, ana rccitrocaily TO
guarantee to each other the whole OF tiielr
possessions, included within the confedera-
ton.
After war has been once declared by the
confederation, no member can enter into sepa-
rate egociatons with the enemy, nor con
Clude separate armistlce or peace.
Although the members possess the right OF
Alliance ofeVeI kind, yet they bind them
selves To enter into no treaties hostile to the
security ofthe confederation, or that OF any
confederate state.
The members of the Leagdc also bind
themselves not to make war on each other
under any pretext, nor n decide their differ
euces by force, but TO bring them under the
consideration and decision Of the Diet.
Besides the preceding articles. there are a
variety Of others relating to the internal regu-
lation of Germany, Of which the following are
the most interesting
XIII. In all the states Of the Confederation
a constitutional assembly of the States Cen
eral shall be established.
XVI. Diversity Of Christian religious faitf
IN 10 80 81
on, can occasion no difference in respec
70 the enjoyment ofcivil and political right:
I he Diet viii take into consideration j
what way the civil amelioration Of the pre-
testers OF the Jewish religion may best be ei