The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-26
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Iron the London Chronicle July lO.l
We were sanguins enough to hope that long this
We might have had the eradication Of snnouucug
readers the final cessation of hostitics between
Denmark and Germany, and the conclusion Of . de-
hnitivc arrangement, upon reasonable and equitable
terms Both parties had had rude experience of the
hardshps Of maritime warfare. The list Of bank
ruptces, nom time to time published in columns,
amply testified that the disastrous of the
stoppage Of the Baltic trade had been felt at Cope
gen, as well as ut Stettn and Srasundlsts which in
these da,t when the fine threads of merca credit
the siob- snd single dishonored bill occasions the
ruin OF half dozen hourishing houses In distant
parts Of the world, unfold tale of distress the
tenn OF which they furnish clue The Germans had
learned, In more than zone elfought battle, to
spect the courage and discipline of their
wnich they were at first disposed to underrate-their
own domestic emil arrassments had multiplied ten
foid-the popularity Of the war had declined
and the convenient safety-valvs, which it seemed
ments by which the local governments saw
themselves surrounded, had been choked with
realities Of war offered no allurements to the trou-
blescme gentry who, it was hoped might aock to the
scene Of strife like flies round honey-pot and the
synpathsing amateurs who had struggled northwards
from Berlin and Cologne, finding nothing to be got but
lard knocks and short commons struggled back agan
to serve the Of freedom by bullying the autnor
ties at home and to nurse their martial Enthusiasm on
metaphysics and beer. The people Of the duchies
showed themselves cold backward and indifferent =
Lauenburg refused point blank to against her
reign. Brunswick began to lag and Mecklenburg to
falier The vigorous attitude assumed by the Northern
war Countenanced by Russia and actively supported
by Sweden Denmark might yet held her against
any force which Prussia and the neighboripg States
could, with safety to thems elves send into the hed
Negotia lions known to be in progress and there
seemed to be every probability that the good Offices
that the beigerents might be induced to consent to
compromise consistent with the honor Of the one and
not ranty with the just rights of the
other. In spite Of probabilities however, and in spite
aho Of reason, justice and common the fame is
still aght During the latter part Of the last week. and
Int rdau vin bad
Us led us TO believe that the been thrown away
and the sword resumed, and that imme date
al Of hcstilties was in contemplation Prussia
tnued to pour addition al troops into Scheswg whilst
the Danes their side less in
Swedes six thousand strong, remained qusrtered in
the isle Of FuBen. 1t appears that on the 18th
ult the invading army resumed the offensive by ge-
neral movement IN advance. Later intelligence, how
ever, showed that affairs had taken rn and We
had on day afternoon the pleasure of that
truce for three months had been actually
The terms provide for the complete evacuation of
Scheswig, the withdrawal Of the Swedish auxiliares
the raising Of the blockade and the restitution of the
captured shipping now awaiting condemnation by the
Danish prize courts We sincerely trust that HOSTILE
ties once suspended, may be resumed, and that
no further difficulties will be allowed to reard the per-
manent restoration of that first Of blessings peace
We do not think it worth while to enter into the dis
pute whether in the correspondence which has hither
to passed between the contending parties and their
arbitrator the Government of Prussia that Of Dem
mark has been most conspicuous for its pacific DISPOSE
ton, and which Of the two is most to blame for the
prolopgaton Of the In such it is of course
Tor each party to find fault with the other and enlarge
upon his own peaceable and accommodating teuper
But Prussia has the advantage Of being in
this country by distinguished person, who displays
as much zeal and ability in making out case for her
10 the public as in transactng her business with
government to which he is accredited and who kind
~ emerses, every now and them from tho covered
ways OF diplomacy to give u.s. from the house tops his
version Of what is going within. From statement
published by NJ Bunsen, it appears that represent
tations OF the two governments laid before Lord
Palmerston on the 18th May-that his lords..p, with
characteristic dispatch, gave Judgment the
following day: setting aside both the propositions
rejected by Denmark-and that the latter, when
applied to ON a subsequent occasion, con-
tented herself with repeating her original pro
posals. We agree with NJ. Bunscn, that the
adoption of such on the the part Of Denmark
indicates, if not great conide in her chances of
success, at least firm reliance the justice of her
cause; but we can as little concur in the inference
taunt which, towards the close of his letter. he has
thought proper to throw against the Swedish ma
tion Whether the Danish government was right or
wrong in declining to accede to Lord Palmerston's
suggestions, depends, after all the reasona
Of The suggestio themselves If they fair and
just 1t was wrong to reject them; if the contrary
cannot say that they ought to have been accepted
More over when called upon to admire the moderation
shown II Prussia in closing with proposal with the
| import Of which are not acquainted, we cannot
lose sight of the difference between the relative posi-
ton Of the parties; the one an invader, the other
standing her defence; the latter unjustfaby assa
ed the former persisting in armed interference be-
tween foreign prince and his subjects, on pretcxt
u
rantalle aggression The question at issue between
the King Of Denmark and his subjects in Schlcswie
stands as we have before observed entirely diff
ferent footing. We do not undertake the ad vocacy
of the Danish Government against the recamatons,
in some respects well founded of the German nhab:-
tants OF the duchy; far from justying in every
particular the course which has been pursued towards
them, and should regard with little satisfaction the
re-estabshment of the authority Of Denmark oy r
Schleswg- If upaccompaned by an adequate guaran-
ty for the protection Of the local privileges and lber
ties Of the latter against the arbitrary pees of the
narfv mn INIT of Tn,a phoD.
denim is the attempt which has been made by Prussia
and defended by her minister in England to fasten
ttnce that Holstein (which s Germau whilst Schef-
wig 10 no) ia entitled to remain associated with the
of property her-the endeavor to brand both
duchies as German property and to Dust the sovereign
b ., tns s Ds Denmark by tying up both into
force co compress into o solid block.
Italy.
The Piednoniese Gazette Of the 7th announces po-
sitively that the fusion Of Venice with Piedmont was
publicly proclaimed in Venice the 81 by the Flee
live Assembly. The Austrians were still 6lockading
the town.
The Costtutionale Subalpiao, Of Turin of the It'll
has advices from Bologna Of the 1st confirming the
report Of the passage of the Adge at Ponton by
Pednontese. 1t also appears that the Duke of Savoy
attacked the Ausrians in the plain Of the Focacce,
between the Julian and Rhsetian Alps but there is
official Of the encounter. There are 10000
Ausrians at Verona II 900 at Vicenza 1000 at Man
tua 1900 at Legnago and garrisons at Trevso Ro,i-
go, and Padua Advices from Venice announce that
pubhc opinion there was generally in favor Of the
nexation to Piedmont.
The .arenire dHsia of Milan of the 9Th, announces
from P.soheIa t3oth ult } that Charles Albert has
changed his plan of operations, and given the idea
of attacking Verona His present plan appears to be-
to leave body Of % 0G0 the line of the
Mincio while the main body would pass the Pc at Bor
goortc, traverse part of the Modcnese pass the Pc
again at Bresceo or Ferrara and deliver tho Venetian
provinces from the presence Of the Austrans After
these operations Verona would be blockaded. The
present inacton is relieved now and then by skir-
mil hes with the advanced posts On the 1st inst the
Duke Ct Genoa repulsed the Austrians at Bivo
Austria.
The deputation Of the National Assembly of Frank
fort. charged to communicate to Archduke John Of
Austria the vote by which he has been appointed
tenant General or Governor of the German Empire,
had an aude nee Of the Archduke at Vienna the 5th
His Imperial Highness thanked the Assembly for the
high mark Of confidence bestowed upon him. md said
that he would endeavor to respond to it by zeal and
devotedDess to the interests of Germany but that he
could not say at what precise period he could