The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-17

STUTaARD, June %, l84S
State of Germany Trouble ahead-A Republic
Demanded, &C.
The political and social affairs of the German
States daily growing more gloomy and COM
pcated. 1t is evident that the revolution has not
yet reached its crisis that 1t has not wrought the
change it was intend I'd to bring about and that
vast deal remains yet to be done, ere the work of
reformation in Germany will be completed.
The election of the Parliament at Frankfort has,
for time, stilled the storm the German people
hoped that from ii they would receive the fruits of
the revolution, without suffering Its evils; and the
eyes of the whole nation were anxousy cast toward
the church of st. Paul, expecting from it deliver
ance and salvatIon-but they were mistaken. The
National Assembly does evidently not comprehend
its task or, If 1t does, 1t is playing desplcabe,
hypocrtlcal farce pretending to secure to the peo-
pie their sovereignty, they are drawing the cords
of tyranny faster than ever around their necks !;
and, if unressted, they will eventually suifocate
the whole natl IN. The Parliament was created by
the people, in order to establish universal govern
ment-a general SYSTEM throughout all the confede-
rated States. They were convinced OF the impor-
lance of union, and, with unparalleled unanimity
and spontaneousness, they abstaned from further
violent measures, and sought relief from that body,
which they clothed with their newly declared sove-
reignty. Its task should therefore be, to carry
the will of the nation, of the people, declared by
the revolution it should act as the sovereign peo-
pie themselves would act, without regard to any
existing government, 10 any organized power, save
the people. But 1t has failed 10 do Ii is either
too imbece to comprehend the full extent OF power
too weak to IL in carrying out the will of the
people in opposition to the potentates aud princes,
trembling perhaps, before the gtterng bayonets Of
the military has shsmefully, basey betrayed the
trust confded to it The report Of the committee on
the organization OF provisional central power, has
convinced every true patriot that from that
of fhuc ha hama H.,
reported by overwhelming majority Of the
mittee provides for "Bundes direcforfum Federal
Directory consisting of three men, to be designated
by the several governmental and after being confirm
ed by the vote of the National Assembly without dis
cusson, elected by them II is to exercise its power
by means Of ministers, who responsible to the Ma
tonal Assembly, its duty is to exercise the executive
power in all affairs concerning the welfare and security
Of the German confederation, to take supreme control
the standing army and especially to appoint the
comma nder chief Of all the forces TO the po
sition of Germany one Of the Grand Powers and
appoint am bassadors and c0nus to this effect decla
raj ions of and treaties of peace are
ratified conformity with the National Assembly,
This is the central power intended to be forced upsn
the Germans this is the institution which, in the
op Mon Of the majority of The committee, Is the
preston of the revoIutionSing principle which has ag
taed Europe from end to the other this Is to be
the monitor the guardian of the liberty OF tho people
and the unity ofthc States! Any one acquainted with
the powers and organization OF the former (and still
exisliDg) Bundestog will at perceive that this
whole machinstiop IL a edition of that inst
tution supplied with new name and bound in more
substantial cover Ii the National Assembly adopt
tLis proposition (and II is supposed that the bill viii
pass with few steratons then 1t will have given the
signal for renewed action to the people for it cannot
be supposed that they will submit to the detsted
yoke OF tyranny rendered more Calling to them by the
disappointed hope ofdelvery more pressing and vastly
difficult to resist from the fact that in the pro-
posed sysem the actual virtual of the
affairs Of the general government as well those of
the States separately rests in the hands of the princes
while the puppe-sbow OF giving liberal aud repub-
can form Of government TO the people carried in
the National Assembly, which would be very
nent between the 'mob" and the autocrats
assert Of saty.vslve to let of the surpus steam Of
revolutionary tende ncics while the naohine itclf Is
working beautifully andtubmsiv sly In the hands ofthc