Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-09-23
FROM LONDON PAPERS.

London, August Z.
The chamber Of deputies OF Baden was,
it appears, dissolved on the 18th nltlmo,
, the day threatened 10y Inc Grand Duke,
without any determine ion having been
come 10 respecting the fRancia questions.
The deputies have been thus effectuaily
prevented for the present from pursuing
their course of economy, an they are not
to b. convoked again till February OF
March next but however lons The period,
the deputies elected TO the next chamber
viii no doubt bear in mind the Obstruc-
tions thrown in the way OF their predeces
srrs, in their endeavors TO obtain all eco
nomical expenditure OF the public money,
AMI they will be the more determined 10
carry so 'audable an object into effect.
The session Of the chambers in Bavaria
was also terminated on the 25th uIi. hy
Duke William of Bavaria, in the name oi
the King and lecture from his majesty
was read to the chamber of deputies, warn
them against attempting to encroach upon
the prerogatives OF the GROVE. The head
and front Of their offending was, as we
have already stated, their love Of economy,
which Lecame very unpala!able to the go
vernment, when it touched the military
expenditure.
From Berlin it i. mentioned, that the
Count de Vallejo, the Spanish, minister
there, had set out for Carlsbad.
An article from Rastadt, OF the e5th ult.
mentions, that the Prince de Me,ternlch
had arrived at Carlsbad, where his chan
Gerry had preceded him; this looks some
thing like heightened negotiation. The
Russian envoy a, Berlin, and the Count
Munster had also arrived there and NJ. de
Bernstorf, the Prusslan Minister for TO-
reign affairs, was expected.
The dissolution of the legislature of Ba-
deh, in consequence o! the spirited deter
mnation Of the Chamber of deputies to re-
duce the army estimates from I,7UU,O to
I,III, 052 horins, and the virtual abrogation
veieign, affords much matter for reflection.
Ii shows US that The individuals elected as
representatives 10y the people OF Germany,
are determined al all hazards to discharge
their duty towards their constituents with
iirmness and honesty. 1t shows US also in
what manner we are to expect the exlInc-
ton of that military mania, the existence
of which ON the continent was SO feelingly
deplored by Lord Castlereagh h. Here we
see The people uniiormly exerting them
selves to reduce military establishments,
and the governments as regularly exerlng
themselves TO retain them intact. We have
reason to infer from this, that if all Germa-
ny had constitutional governments, he
consequence would be a general reduction
of military establishments, and that till the
governments become constitutional, no
such reduction is to be expected
Lord Castlereagb congratulated himself
on the re-erection of the military monar-
chies Of Austria and Prussia, as bulwark
against France. But what dependence can
be placed on an absolute government p
Who can calculate on the course which
su h a government, under any circumstsn-
ces, will pursue? The bribery Of a favo-
rite mistress, may decide the sovereign TO
measures the most runsus TO the state over
which he is placed. The thirty states OF
Germany, so long as the governments are
independent Of the people, will always be
the theatre of cabal and intrigue, and the
security of Europe may at any time be en-
dangered by the vice, the wickedness, or
the folly of corrupt ministers and mis-
tresses, and imbecile soyereigns.
But were constitutions established, and
the different courts obliged to account to
the people Tor all their acts, then we might
consider Europe in state of complete Sc
curity on the side OF Germany. One ndi-
vidual may act inconsistency or wickedly,
but the body of the people would be true
to their own interests ; and consequently
we could always know in what manner they
would act II could never be their Interest
that their common country should be saori
feed to the petty ambition or vanity o
their ruler; and hence they would resis
all measures which might have the efec'
of opening their country 10 any invader -
Hence we might rely with the most Der