The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-20
Correspondence of the Boston Chronotyne
Demncrafic Mnuer,narn.s e. 49,

BERLIN, Oct. 10, 1848-The whole citv is erci.
ted with the revolution in Vienna. the news of
winch arrived here yesterday Il is hardly possible
not be followed here. If the king and his minister
dare to attempt the slightest encroachment on the
hbernes OF the people, revolution will break out
| on the instant, and in a day the republic will be
proclaimed IN Prussia. The democratic party is sI-
preme IN Berlin, Cologne, Bresau, and most of the
large towns and at the same time the agricultural
| population which few months since was obstinate
| ly devoted to the monarchy, have very greatly
changed. They begin to see that the establishment
oil political equality and the abolition of all the
teudal burdens which have weighed upon them so
heavily, must produce vast Improvement in their
condition; the democratic associations have done
much 70 enllghten them; they have caught some
thihg Of inc spirit which since March has begun to
perVade the country; and now, instead Of being
blnd supporters of the old ORDER they are becoming
the intelligent adherents Of the new This dimin-
lshes very considerably the power of the reaction
and ensures firm basis to the republican movement
Tow soon ms movement will enter upon final mea
sures depends upon the reaction It's leaders wish
Tor no Immediate revolution. They desire first 10
prepare the people for all the freedom of republican
institutions, to make them more capable of govern
ing themselves. But still they do not shrink from
any emergency that may be forced upon them
they will not yield inch, for to Weld as much As
mat would be 10 yield everything. They only wait
1or the reaction to commence the struggle Thew
prefer to be left TO peaceful discussion of their ideas
force alone. But ifthis is too much for the old party
TO grant, If urged on by despair and folly the king
attempts coup detQt against them thew will resist
manfuly, and in the struggle the Prussian monarchy
will certainly come to an end
The chief reliance of the king has been the army.
the idea that it could 90 over to the side of the peo
pie ne has not entertained for moment. This re-
lance Is daily becoming more and more delnsion
The Officers, chosen from the nobility and opposed
by birth and education to all changes which III.
urlpi :
TONS zealously devoted TO the monarch, and readys
to do anything to restore the absolute power which
has been taken from him. In their eyes, the people
are only the mob to be put down. But the soldiers
are of the people themselves and are easily infected
with popular ideas. The regiments stationed in
Berlin are full of democrats at the democratic
clubs you see soldiers on every bench and NAV
often hear soldiers in the tribune. The democrats
have managed this part of their propaganda with |
great skill. They have circulated among the army
thousands of copies of proclamation, calling on |
the soldiers to fraterniZe with the people, and pro-
missing or limiting at democratic reorganization Of
the army, by which the officers shall be made cleo
i've. This has had great effect, and if things |
continue quiet, the whole armed force will in two
months, be gained over to the popular side
From these facts it is not unlikely that the court
party may make final effort to put down all the
agitation In fact, for that party, it is question OF
life and death, and Of this the king and his friends
cannot but be aware, II the democrats are allowed
TO go on, the monarchy is lost even that shadow
OF It which now remains cannot long exist against
the pressure which they will exercise upon it, Even
those who out of the nobility and the open reac-
tlon are IN favor of constitutional king, regard the
arrangement as simply temporary and transitional /
only the best road to the republic. With this view /
Of the matter the king must be less content than
are the thorough republicans who believe that more
would be lost than keeping up the throne, though /
only for four five years. Indeed, on the 25th of
September it was not his fault that the question was
not brought to violent issue. Everything was
prepared on both sides seventy thousand troops
were at hand, and the people laid in provisions
enough for several days. in the suppostiOn that all
communication with the country would be cut off
during the fight which they expected. Only the
firmness and good sense of the minister, Pfuel
saved the monarchy he resisted the entreaties and
commands Of the king, and adopted the measure
which the democrats insisted on. Had he not have
done so, ell would have come to head at once
The liberty of speech here is unlimited and the
press is as free as in America. In the clubs the
ministry, the king, the nobility, and the republic
are discussed as plainly as Presidential candidate
in the caucuses of the opposing parties. The con-
trast between Berlin and Paris is in this respect
striking as can be imagined; there, in republic,
there is no liberty; here in monarchy there is no
The civil war may be considered as fairly begun,
by the events of Vienna. The truce between the
republicans and the absoIutionists there is finally
broken off The army will be brought against the
city to reduce it TO subsection Jellachich, Radet-
zky, and Windischgratz, viii march their hordes
against it The central authority at Frankfort will
order the troops OF the different States to join them
in the against the republic.