New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-04
THE GERMAN EMPIRE.
An Attempt 10 throw some Light on the ter
man Political Chaos.

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,,i,t cha, wiser heads than mine would DC app 10
.,l ,,,r ..ch a task Let me endeayor to ia'leh al
Ariadne thread 20 the chief points OF the D'"ac'nz
mae and if uossible Cad way % the lisht
Tho main scat Of the confusion Il the former ph"o
.o,t,.f .y.,er,atic Germany where no one seems ~
An 70 know what he wants. Instead Of occupyn
Themselves with her home policy and the ofsAhl@
and c.tablshncn. Of the edice Of state as every ho"
Is formed power should do, the men IN f!ahAof SUI"
couiulete passion for foreign politics, ana make 'e
o.t singular and adventurous essays IN regard u It
The Old Germany Is not yet firmly and harmon!ou'y
built ID and they are already talking on al sides oil en-
largemcnts and conqucsts. Inc Government IL poS~s
IT, nose among the Of all It's neignoofs ana draws
upon itself thereby the most dissgfeeaoie eh'ahse
mcn,s But the especial greatness Of the German poi
tcisns les IN the principle with which they are striving
10 beautfy their policy OF conquest Ihey o'sH'
chleswig beoaase this duchy through its oofeHa"
reyocsbv bound g HOl.teiD and HOlsteln through
another covenant, belongs 70 Germany out al the
same time they wish 10 incorporate Posen INTO
the German Empire. not precisely because X De-
longs 20 Germany through any particular covenant guy
since sone hundred thousand Germans have settled
there and thus the Polish P0scn has become German
slpporng themselves on the principle Of Nationality,
thew desire that inburg shall be German and On the
principle Of Covenant, they want to make German
Provinces Of Lombardy and Venice. DO you cOmpre.
mend this policy and the consequences to which II
must tendi Let us accept the principle upon the
ground Of which Germany asks for POsen because,
there in the original Polish soil 10000 Germans have
settled and now form part OF the entire population
But suppose il should occur to the German Parliament
in it, adventurous policy TO remember that IN tire
United states Of North America more than two mil
lions Of Germans have settled and 1t should ask for the
incorporation OF Ohio Indiana Illinois, Michigan, Wis
cousin Iowa and Missouri into the German Empire '-
In fact am not certain that il would not be capable Of
stretching it, claim b. embrace all North Amer.
lea Alsstia and Lorraine were formerly reclaimed
from the genuine TcutOns German possessions aod
as regards the ultra Germans they would not hesitate
to demand Burgundy the Franche Come, and even all
France. because Charlcmagne, AS German Emperor,
held sway over that kingdom-or, as others say be
cause Napoleon the Protector of the German Conicd-
GRAFTON of the Rhine also accidentally Emperor Of
France
WHITTIER this adventurous ultra 1euton policy must
lead was easily iOreseen-and what was ioreseen, hap
pened accordingly Prussia who would no longer suf
fer her harbors In the North Sea to be blockaded
her vessels be captured declares that she must have
unlimited authority 10 conclude an srmistce otherwise
che will conclude without IT, The authority was
given her from FrankiOrt-but Denmark would only
negotiate with Prussia, and not with German Central
power which has as yet been recognized by nobody
Prussia therefore negotiated concluded (perhaps upon
snpulatons toeraby uniavorable for Germany but no
others were be obtaned) and sent the armis,ce
Frankfurt Here a terrible tumut was Immediately
made a cry of treachery 10 Germany was raised, and
on the 9TH Parliament determined that the cOnsumma-
ton of the armistce that is the Withdrawing OF the
troops OF the Diet from the DOtchies, should be post
poued for the present. and that the armisuce iiseli
should subjected strict examination as 10 whether
il should be ratified.
denmark has in the meantime fulfilled all the stipu.
atiens of the armstice. raised the blockade of the
German harbors and given back the captured ships
Prussia thus found herself in the most unpleasant posi-
ton she herself disavowed, and degraded IN the
ewes of all Europe. The Ministry of the Empire them
selves who felt in spite of their ultra national preudi-
ces that thus stationed between Germany and Prussia
they could honOraby remain at their posts gave IN
their resignation. Dahmann. who had placed himself
NJ the head of those who attacked the armstce was
intrs,ed with the formation of cabinet nevertheless
he could succeed in bringing one together, which
would take upon itself the responsibility OF not ratiying
the srmistce After running about Tor Tour days, he
declared his inability and the Regent was obliged t.
commission the Prince Won Lclnngen, the chief OF the
resigned Cabinet TO form new one, which, II not in
the persons yet in the programme should be the same
A. the old The armisce will therefore stand or fall
with this circumstance and speculaons 100 to 20
that the Rrmstice will be ratified
Nevertheless even with this dsayowment of disa
vowal the difficulties by means avoided for the
speeches OF the ullraGerman party and the vote OF
the 9Th September, have encouraged the Germans IN
Schcswig and 0lstein TO opposition Contrary TO the
designs OF the armstice, the Assembly of the Schles
wig IOsten Representatives. met together on the an
and declared tset permanent session Constitution
was AT once discussed and accepted, and II was de
clsrcd that the aimstice would not be carried into
effect should the Duchies be left in the lurch by
the German Parliament the radical party will make
itself master of the movement and proclaim Republic
| in kiel and Renasburg-and the case were possible
that the Prusssn and Danish troops should cooperate
in bringing the Duchies again into order and smoothness
hut this not all should the President and thereby
the Central Power, ratity the armstce II will have 40
dcated in the act and Prussia will be the future head
| OF Germany Against this the South OF Germany will
revolt and a civil war between the North and south 1.
! unavoidable. Should the Parliament and the Contra
! Power raty the armistice Prussia will separate
| from Germany and recognize the Central authority
no longer then the latter will attempt TO bring her by
force 10 obedience and unity and civil war is again
unavoidable How Germany Is TO escape sn Internal
! conflict | cannot comprehend Probably II msy sue
coed through civil and conNusion, IN reaching
new revolution and thence 10 Republic. Now add I,
/ this that the German Central Power has only beer
recognized as yet by North America Belgium aud ssr
dinis that here the Ambassador, Herr Won Raumer
stands AS little chance of reception as Herr Won IN
dryac In ondon, and that the Emperor OF Russia hs
forbidden in advance the sending OF any German Cen
trial Ambasssdor-and finally, that Austria, passing 81
eutly the prorersd mediation OF the German Cen
trial Power has accepfeG fh6 combined mediation Of Eng
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land and Franc No let us not deceive ourselves soou
the new German Empire az Ws pTcScN form II Is non
entity an Illusion and radical revolution IS rcqui
site in order that URy may be reached through Equal
IT, AS was the case in France ~ -snd As Is the cast
in North America from the Declaration OF Independent,
/ 10 the present day. We will therefore hope.
As regards the French English Mediation. we know
that this was At declined but that the Governnen
here did not suffer itself 70 be frightened from Il there
by On the S1d Of August the Minister Wessenoers
gave his hrst negative on the 9th It reached
/ IL lt "a 4
and on the Ssih the ultmatgm sent 70 Vienna, ~hicf
again proposed mediation upon the basis Of the Iaae
Deadesi ef L0pb4rdy, gave - hours time Tor decdins
on Its acceptance rejection and declared that al ths
expiration of this grscc France would At once act On
the morning of the 81 this utimsium reached Nienns
md was immediately given by Deacour, Bearer OF DIS
patches 10 Wesscnberg, At the same time intelligence
of the conclusion OF the srmistce At Mamo reached VI
emma The important consequences OF this step were
understood II that under these circumstance
Germany could longer be relied on and Al 10 eocs
the morning OF the Sd the Austrian Cabinet accepted
/ the mediation the proposed basis
Little, however, is decided by this acceptance, toi
Austria may sun bring forward stipulstons which can
not be agreed but she has 81 least bound her hands
by the acceptance Of the mediation, and can no more
| strike with her fists. Ii France remains on her
original oasisths c0npssfs resi0rGtt0a II iay-Ausia
VII hnAly aeoede, for her finances in shattered
CONDITION, her domestic embsrrsssments increase from
day % DAY and she Is in no condition TO wsge war.