The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-25

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tai, and the relative strength Of the motive power
which sets each u work, must decide between
them. To Obviate the possibility OF such catas-
trophe, 1t is IN contemplation to make one body
formally subordinate to the other. M. Raveaux,
the member for Cologne, proposes that delegate
returned for both assemblies should be declared
capable OF sitting in both at once. But, as the
omnipotence of even German Parliament does
not extend to comforting upon u deputy the power
OF being corporeally present at the same moment
at Frankfort and Berlin, 1t isprobable that the for
tunate individuals upon whom their constituents
have bestowed this mark of confidence will absent
themselves from the local. for the sake of playing
"a part In the central Legislature. Another propo-
sltlon aims at pronouncing the resolutions, come to
at the local centre OF legislation, null and void, so
tar as they may be at variance with the DEGREES
promulgated at Frankfort
When of the two assemblies is the most sig
nally unfit for the duties it has undertaken il might
be difficult to say. The members of the German
Parliament are probably superior, II body, in
| education and intelligence, to the motley crowd
who filled last Monday week the White Hall of
the palace of Berlin; but they have harder task
to accomplish. AT the same time that they frame
a constitution, they must create a nation. The
ground on which they stand threatens every mo-
nent to give way under their feet. The eagerly
expressed desire for union aud consolidation which
was developed, if not produced, by the sudden ex-
element generated by the French revelation,
forms at once the unsteady platform on which they
are mounted, and the foundation whereon they
have to build structure so vast and ponderOus
| national constitution for Germany. Symptoms
OF instability have already made themselves appa-
rent. Dahmann's splendid scheme has found lit
tie support In public opinion and Is vanishing into
thin air; and although, In changeable an
atmosphere, we may probably see its bright
colours and symmetrical proportions reproduced
once and again, there seems tttle prospect as yet
OF Its attaining permanent existence It's recep-
tlon affords test of the strength of the feeling
which Its trainers Intended II To satisfy The
theoretical anal gamationists, who have allowed
the glltterng day-dream Of great German En-
pre- TO take possession of their minds, and the
ultra-L berals, whose aim il has been TO melt down
and annihllate every vestlge OF the old, monarch
ical and territorial system in great centralized
commonwealth, are like to find the obstacles
which nature, habit, and tradition oppose to their
designs too difficult for them to surmount. The
vision which has been conlured up has proved less
attractive, the universal solvent less potent than
the projectors had imagined. The German Par
lament, II II succeeds in retaining any portion of
the respect which the nation in general are willing
to pay, and the influence which they are ready to
concede to tiff, spite of the Heterogeneous nature
ofis materials escapes the contempt due to down
right lncapaclty-wlll probably find 1t prudent to
attempt nothing higher than such development of
the federal principle will satisfy the require
ments OF individual States, remedy existing grew
ances, unfetter internal traffic, lemovc veXatlous
restrictions on migration and lnter-communica-
ton, improve the military organization Of the con-
tederacy, and supply some SIMPLE mechanism for
regulating its foreign policy. If it fails in these
objects, we should not be surprised to see the
chaos In which Germany Is plunged, shaping itself
into changes of a more questionable character
perhaps giving birth to two three considerations
instead of one. The democratic spirit which has
taken root IN Baden and Hesse, has not yet had its
OF Central and Southern Germany will hardly
spend itself within their narrow boundaries and
the Rhenlsh provinces of Prussia sit too loosely to
the old domnions of the house of Hohenzollern
not to justify an apprehension that any serious
vusion, affecting the districts in their neighbour
hood, might snap the tle and throw them into
open, perhaps successful rebellion.
No such hazards as these appear to surround the
path on which the Prusslan Diet Is entering. Its
course seems tolerably simple. constitution on
model almost as democratic can be made COM
patlble with the outward form OF a monarchy, is
about to be proposed to it, and WILL in all proba-
biity, be adopted, in substance, without much he
station. The feeling out OF doors, though strongly
IN favor OF order and government, has not as
yet taken any shape tending to the formation
of an independent political party. The intellectual
and literary activity OF the country Is all on the
side OF the present adm ustraton, whose members
batted through the last session at the head of an
opposition, numbering N It's ranks the principal
speakers, writers, and thinkers of Northern Ger
many. Even the personal attachment which is
still entertained towards Frederick William IN
Berlin, and in the hereditary States of Branden-
5urgh, Is enlisted in the same cause the king
has spoken out in favor of the constitution, with
warmth which has astonshed his most familiar
friends, and the people believe him to be in earnest
The ministry, though accused (not altogether I'M
JUSTIFY OF weakness and inactivity in the exercise
OF their admin strave functions, still popular;
and their position In the Legislature is greatly
strengthened by the disposition which prevails
among all classes OF society, except the lowest to
stand by those who are IN possession OF the helm.
So tar as regards the parliamentary campaign,
there seems little reason to anticipate stormy or
obstructive session. The dangers which threaten
pressing description. The fear of <neutes and
street riots has not yet subsidized, and the number
OF unemployed operatives augments daily, render
ing the probability OF a rising more and more
appalling The citizens of Berlin are highly cxas-
perated, and no wonder. Put musket into the
is nobody but himself to protect his family and his
goods from the I'LL looking rufan at the corner of
the street, who threatens 10 plumber his till and
burn his house over his head keep him pacing be-
tore his door for two or three weeks in hourly
dread of an attack-and you will make him full as
dangerous to the public peace as the assailant OF
whom he stands in fear.
Such, II We can realize it, is the present aspect
OF quiet, domestic, loyal, orderly old-fashioned.
yet withal intellectual, Prussia, turned on a sudden
into an arena for the strife of political parties, if
not for the far terrible struggle between po-
verify and wealth. Sharp and painful indeed is
the sudden development of those political energies
which the king hattered himself that his own
hand could train to timely ripeness, through long
years of tranquil and equablc growth and sharper
that development may yet encounter, before 1t
shall have expanded into full-blown maturity.
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