Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-04-24
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THE XOLLNERElN.

articles of ae",l spets. sibes customs confederation
(foH It'll II ons1om, aud esrsu ahun confederate on
aud applies h an agrceurnI which has OF l,,c ,ears
btn outef.d nto by he governments o various German
.attstoeAaea hnllorYae u duly upon imported uoDds
aud IL ves the mana cement aud collection oi dues
GENITAL establishment. An explanation aud short ac-
count ol this union may DO usea. 10 some aud interest
log 10 most ui our readers,
Every tourist 10 Germany usd Ia complain with very
good reason oi the iucony snien, frequency with which
he WAS made 10 stop the road To pe his passport
amined. In The heart Of Germany which 10 made up Of
cluster Of petty states could scarcely travel Stage
without having hlnselI aud hIs passport scrupuoosly
examined by police man her, as inahy oi The duca ter
ories mol larger than gooJ sised Engsh estate,
their itoners e pretty clusely together. IT, then. the
mto pleasure ouris, had 10 complain of this state VI
things, how much reason had The merchants Of the
country be dissatisfied hen they could send the
smaleat paeset ~ goods 3 few hundred miles without
having II Subjected To some half dozen cusou-huuse
smnaans, and having 10 pay upon II the same number
ci tate, Of duly' each little territory having taf ol
s oan II, the time thoruiure, small parcel reached
It's destination amount oi iales and duties had been
accumulate ed upon which perhaps exceeded It's value
Moreover II took very good anlhmei,can 10 calculate
the amount of the suutttal ul duties which II had liz.
CURED; freScry state had not only separate ia OUT
distinct eulnaSo and monetary system, all oi which ia
to be asslmial,d the bill o pareels by he merehant
10 whom The parcel was consigned Hence. IN Germany
clmmefeen hlch II IL necessary encourage by ever,
possible facility Of trauslNas complicated husls
ucss a well be- imagined.
Sueh enormous hlndmnces 10 trade could not In the
nature d hngs, hc con'lnued without somo eiiris To-
wards amendnpHi and Prussia ben. The largest aud
powerful oi thu German states. therefore best
able sei rtunn Loot, Nhieh sho did immediately ais
ter the buile ii Waterloo had duseJ the dressings ul
peace though Europe. Brire. huwtvor btglnnlng
to correct he fiscal laulia OF her neghhurs s'e cum.
meneeJ amending her uwn. law VAS promulgated
On the 26th VI Mag 1918 by Which lhe old cumutela
tesrllons which excluded certain ln'egn Articles lf1m
the Paslan natbel altogether, aefe itoyrd ard for-
cgn productions, whether mutual o fabricated, VIE al
lowed Ia be ltetly impaired, consumed AMI conveyed
Throughout the Whole breadth an9 length o the nonaf
chy wills, all home produce whoIher raw or mauuac
lufed, Was 10 be exported with equal freedom. Bound
ed, however, AS Prussia ~ 10 great extent by uthef
territories, The law would hive born dead lehf
regarded The laudcarrage o gaads 10 and from uler
countries, without the c0uCurencso neghblrlng rurn.
artuss other ut whose boundaries MERCHANDISE
destined o Prussia would have 10 piss, aud 10 he sub.
ieccd Ia Heu customs laws The RUSSIAN guvernnen
uere1rp sought 10 induce Them Ia IN 10 TINS echeue,
bui many u43oces suprYentd, by eunpl, xiiy Ut IN
forests and jealousy OF rghls, HAT II int m allu
several years p mcrbsani negne,utnn thai the olyeoi
culd be accomplished. Threats. ehlfrntes, aud
si0as, however, prevailed, aud al length the Plussla
gptcfnmeld was Jdued - It's commercial scheme by
he princes of Schw hal 2bJpf. sandershsustn, anu
ScHaiz snfg i{udolslad the ofand Dane oi SAKE el
mar. the DUKE oi Auhat-hrtn1nufg, lhe oand Duke
Nockenbouia SchMurln. aud The DUKE oi Anhal DIS
sau. Though none ii Their pfinelpultts are by an,
means extensive, yet ,be Government VI Prussia hau
mure Trouble aud difficulty Ia ne.ucbtng and huggllng
with these pity Iuiets, ihan "th all M more npOI
TAM states whtch Afterwards 1llurd II union.
Prussia, aud the snail ,rnIlnfes Whel hang on her
skirts, lalmed lhen nucleus INN Which spread III,
dlsefem lpnher over the Gerhnn continent. In,
Pus,lan government prfsey cred and by 10 u, had IN
clude N the uniun ali huse which extend u,
io notlh. elsi. aud N's ifn Airnel the northern
mos seaport oi Prussia, Ia Ala la Iharelo IN Neslpha
la; aud thnse from u"fh Ia suatli. which he br@e,n
Silalsund x the Austria frontier behhd Mlunch In ia
vasa. The bpnndasu the confederation are AS luIloa;
On the EAST i,ossa and Poland; The s,uth, Austria
aud Switzerland; the tance HE north. west
n"lgi1n aud lloIandi and finally, On the noh Ham,
yer and tile other slalcs which have hitherto Declined 10
JOIN THIS aSu and Vdsi Commercial union, At pftseat,
It takes IN about e3JZ square uu,e upou whIc, reside
population eqda u inat ui Great Britain and Ireland,
pehg about twenty "veh millions. by the year 1881,
The operations II lha lea auc wcre fully developed
Tue saJIng eliec, u the Zdsrfeln was Ia render
that pprllln o Germany which save dica ted sbovr,
a. one country Throughout lis entire extent nnlIon
rate vi dny Is charged ~ (hapfly iof clks aud bunk
keepers, sum al elthrr oi the boundaries have
m'htloned alter which the goods thus taxed may be
seni ron one end ol the united 10 apOlber
from Alx.a Chapellr IL list aud lron Stsun aud
Dani2e Ia The frontiers Of Switzerland aud Boheua,
Without let hndrinre. The ahaie ut The dues are
collected aud sent 10 common aud GENITAL treasury.
The sum ih1s collected IS periodically dvldrd amongst
the various governments winch ,fm the u llverem.
In the cary progress IT the uhlon. the difficulty Of
making The DIVISION ,qntaby and iary opposed great
obstacle 10 Inc ininenl ui the schenr. Aef much
debeatlon, The following plan resulted 10, aud APP
PaTs 10 "orh 10 the satisfaction oil all pifles:-A basis
u TIE calculation ht appnupnng the gruss amount ol
dues Is tonnrd by the amount OF The population Ut each
territory, III proportion 10 the amount VI winch tie Ieve
nues are III the MAN, allotted eac state; Inns cal
cuallon Is @lstly CHECK ed by The eiserllye
Kept III the Hue OF cusum hnuses established up0n The
frontiers within which the confederation exists. These
calculations aud payments made once IN every Ibree
years. With each government sends 10 tecentre OF man
sgemcnl IN Berlin an envoy deputy 10 The
Seieeh o' HE accounts, ard 10 prop'se such muJliea
lons or alterations ~ commercial mxaon time q
cnatseoi circumstances may have rendered necessary
his particular district
II is INV necessary say word on the nature and
amount OF The levied by the Zolvereln In the
FIST place, Instead OF publishing and
yenen lls Of the acafcely Vulnerable subjects Of
nefee the trainers OF the PussIan larf wen on more
comprehensive principles: they DIVIDED all arl les al
ade INTO i've grand sections ranging each such things
aS had similar u'ign Tie first division inclules
bfeign haietals wii cannot be pruduced within the
countries oi The LlVrcIui the second, iueign produce,
"hieh IS produced Wllhln The nnuu; the hlrd, articles
necessary 10 Industry aud manufacturers; the tufih,
manufactured eoods aud the fun, small wares. pom
me articles included IN each IF these uniform
doy Is ieVle hut every three ais huse rates are al
ttftd-i possible, diminished. The iautf NV in iorce
having been settled tae lst January 1913. expires
with The present year TIE list of prohibited articles OF
lm"H, "hirh, previous To the nnun, very great is
now rednced 10 'woea and playing cards.
The liberal commercial principles which guided and