The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-05-14
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
POLITICS IN GERMANY.


The grant ofa constitution by the king o
Prussia TO his people is step of some i'm
portancc, though il is but the mere shadow
Of constitution. To allow any class ofcit
izcns the right of public debate, concerning
any measure Of the government, is some.
thing in Prussia. The King has yielded Sc
far as to concede somo of the forms Of a free
government, and the forms may in time be
followed by the substance. The provisions
Of this constitution arstthus summed up by
the Schnelpost Of this city:
"The States Of the Kingdom--the United
Diet, as tho thing is called--can be convok-
ed only as often as the government; deems
good that is, as often as it wants money
tho class Of peers outnumbers by several
votes that ofthe commons, and may be in
creased by tho king; the States can only ad-
wise, and their advice is not binding; the as.
sembly cannot even elect its president, but
he must be named by the king, and the Ut
tormost privilege Of the opposition extends
no further than TO declare tselfincompetent,
which draws, after il, the dissolution OF the
assembly"
This is little enough, certainly, and after all
the hourishcs which have been made about
the intention Of the king of Prussia to give
his people liberal institutions, it can excite
no other feeling than extreme disgust. The
intelligent Paris correspondent of the
Schnelpost, however says Of it,:
CAT first sight it is small affair, but regar-
ded as a concession wrung from the king by
the force circumstances aud the power OF
the times, it is much. You see that what
wrote to you some months since, concerning
the straightensd finances of Prussia and the
necessity i, imposed on the king 10 give his
kingdom parliamentary constitution, is ful-
ly confirmed. The king has called the States
of the kingdom together only that they may
confirm a loan or vote new taxes--other
rights he has not granted them. Yet we may
we'll suppose that SIX hundred and fifty rop-
resentatives Of the different parts composing
a great monarchy, cannot be brought togeth-
er without development Of the political ell
cment. The States General of France,
when Louis XVI, callod them together, had
not SO many rights; yet they were the authors
that revolution which convulsed all Europe
and opened new era. Be assured that this
quasi constitution of Prussia is but first
step, and the development will certainly fol-
low. The third OfFebruary, aud the lllh Of
April will bo important historical dates for
Prussia--for all Germany"
"In Germany the Royal gift meets no very
crate full recognition; tho press speaks Gift in
a very lukswurm and cautious manner, and
the middle class, which had impaiiontly awai
ted the moment when j, should hold the
helm, already says: "What the king has not
given we must take" You will have read
the expressions of opinion in the German
journals. Consider when you vead them,
,hatt hey are written under a suspicious and
censorship of the press. lsay moth
ing more at present Of the Prussian consitu-
lion. The king, whether voluntarily; or by
has crossed the Rubicon The can
not go back, he can only go forwards, and
thus, already, much is gained"
The late political events in Bavaria are al.
30 of considerable importance. The king
has rid himself Of his ministry and called 10
the cabinet set Of men of very different
views. The writer from whom we have al
ready quoted, speaks Of this change in the
following terms:
"What all the efforts Of the opposition,
what the force of public opinion, what the
whole European press was not able TO effect
in Bavaria, has been brought about by Dem'-
party Of the priests is overtbrown,
the minister Abel has been dismissed, the
other ministers have gone out Oh leave of ab-
sence, and the king is at this moment form
ing a citizen and Protestant ministry. How
The selfwiled, obstinate Louis of Bavaria
has been brought TO this, forms curious
chapter in history. You have perhaps heard
Of the Spanish female dancer Lola Tor Do
ores) Monies. Lola Monies, who succeed
I'd nowhere as dancer. but everywhere as
, handsome woman, and who numbered
lmong her admirers Prince Pask witsch, aud