The New York herald., 1849-03-15
The Danish Nation aud the Schlesyvig-
hOlnssNu War.

ROlSseln War.
In former times, tie Danes played distinguished
part In the great d ANA of worldly transactions
They conquered England, and held the throne Of
that couuuy, which wss possessed tor series Of
years b, DANISH knes. Among these was Caurte the
Great, who 10 famous for the rebuke he gave to his
Astierers and cour,Iers on the sea shore. The
Danes also conquered Norway, and held posses
zion 0i that country for many centuries. They
were great bavigntors, and were masters OF the
Baltic Sea and German Ocean, and frequently LAID
waste the shores OF France, Germany, Eogand
and Scotland, whittier their victorious and prsda-
tory fe eets often repaired. Such were the Danes
a geat people. But tor some ages past they have
slumkeTed and rested in what may be called, In
Carolina rarlsDce, ''masterly inactivity" quietly
looking op upon the troubles of the world around
ahem, and wisely taking little part therein. But at
the pre- mt meneDt the Danes waking up, and
are pref aring deem very probable, to place
themseives at the he ad and in front Cf move.
ment likely To kDdle an extensive war on the con.
tinent of Europe, and lead TO revolutions and
pertu,batioDs OF which no political sagacity can
calculate The cons. .quencrs
The follow ing is a buef and familiar statement
of the causes " hch have led to the present state
OF Hfians in Germany, Ia which the Dane, rousing
ilke hon. from long sleep, stands erect an
shakes his shaggy name, and breathes out defiance
and destruction against hls Germ IN nelghbors.
Intic year 1916. a number Of great men, and
ministers and oItomatists, repre- senting in their
persons The en- errors, kings, princes, dukes, and
all The hereditary sovereIgns OF Europe, met to-
,getb~r at Vienna To balance accounts, and settle
and sbaIe the European world amsng themselves,
after recovering from the disturbances NapoleoA
had cnused them. Ii was kind Of clearing
house." like Ina, o Th -esdneedIe street, Lendon,
al which PEI pie, and DatiUns, and Kingdoms, were
passed ir' M hand to hand, and bartered aad ex-
changed among thes. kiugs, In an ineomprehensi.
Die and magic manner. AT this general scramble
dor all and whatever could be got-where proces
and lLte ntates wcfe 10 be teem scrambllng, yht.
dDg, sDd JostDg one another, all In regular dipo.
mstIc ely IL, like Il lot o school-boys among whom
e handful of lehce h1s been thrown for the fun of
seeing tn. m scramble for it-at this scramble
Sweden gtt Norway gwen to her, and Denmark
inste ad OF Norway, got a country ia GERMANY
close To he horde re-, called Scheswg- II Ol,tein
But the Germans Of H"lstein did not Ike this,
because they d,d not like the Danes and the
Danes did not relish It much, becaus they did not
like the Germans; therefore, the old adage runs,
dhere was no love lost Oh either side. Ever since
that tine, Denmark has held possession OF this
German province az an integral part Of Its own
Kingdom and dominion; and In the distribution OF
office and employ meuts throughout the province'
has, ally enough, always favored the Danes,
hilipg the country with Danish officers Of every
grade, 10 the entire exclusion Of the native Ger
mans, who thus Saw themselves sverrun by
Danes, IN all tn lucrative Offices and honors, and
yr paIt
eelves For a long tune, the Germans OF Holstein
murmured, sNb rosa, sgainst this state Of th,uqs
but cav no chance Of remedying It. The Congress
OF vienn had settled it all for them, and all the
powers OF Europe were combined to support the
arrangements made by that Congress. Patient
submission was the only resource. But In the
memorable year Of lS%8-the year Of revolutlons-
people in Europe, iolio wing the example Of the
French, began to think they were people, and had
some rIyhis. The fever spread all over Europe,
and at last retchrd Sehleswis- Holstein, and the
Germans OF ibis German State aud Duchy now de-
termned 10 be Danisb subjects no logger but to be
what they were beJore-a German independent
State
Srch Is tue state cf the question winch now agi.
oates GERMANY, and threatens to lead to generel
war.
Ane Da"es are up IN their fury, and are deter
mihed 70 hold possession of the country, while
nhe Germans, on the other hand, are determined
20 be Germans, aud to be enslaved by the Danes
NO longer. Meantime, the snirnosity has been
gong on incf,asing. Several bloody engage
meDts have already been fought; aud a, length il
has come 10 such pitch that Danes aud German,
are now opposed TO each other, with national
hatred fome thing lihe the bitterness which once
.sxisted between Ogangemen and Uolted Irish
men. The war has been going ON come time, aad
tverJ Dane, IN every pait Of the world takes part
"A iih i.is country against thc Gtrma9s, with sp