New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-30

Inc immediate starting point OF this lase Crisis
in Germany is the determined efor, Of t., EAs
star Chambers to maintain the cons.itusa8sftbs,
country against the open attacks of the ugsorioa,
Hassenpaug Austria and the party of " NOR.
bund Diet at Frankfort, took part for ia last
Prussia apparently for the Peoples Rjsm.-R,.
dowltz the jesuit General and MirAs,e, of
Foreign Affairs, being the Prussian foslen.p
Their amicable propositions and ming Yi with
most warlike preparations it almost see1.ld as E
all the prophets bad spoken wrongly in every IL.
stance as if the monarchical demon wtSld take
an issue directly opposite the one which, myself
ard all other Democrats expected Bdtiol with
terror he behei the oross.sigu of Freefon and
trembled backward from the threshold
The contest OF the Electoral HessiF,s with
their Government offers striking ilast alton Of
the political ripeness of this little band + 100000
people. The Elector, scion of thu. nxae rae.
which sold the services of the chid,2n of tho
land to fight against the Independents of the
United States in order with the proceeqzs Of .h;.
human barter, to preserve the foulest shame aud
keep the country under the rale of roy.s harlo,,
had appointed a Ministry whose Pre&lier wa.
covered with the contempt of Germany end who
had defed and scorned the sympathes Of the PEG.
pie in all things and particularly in tha genera,
German question, by cnging to the re.stabisb,
meut of the old German Diet. This EIinis,ry.
after having again and again dissolved tie Cham.
bers, had the audacty to ask from neg Legsla-
ture the execution of its unpopular ansS rejected
policy; and more than this to demand the levy
OF the taxes without producing any ycschers for
either past or future expenditures The chambers
refused to levy the taxes under such exhibitions
Hassenpaug in consequence determine on VIC
ent measures. Then with unanimity trSly impo
sing, the whole people, from the day abo5ers to tho
presidents of the highest Courts, ARTISAN wealthy
citizens, commouers, officers of the Stsie and Of
Justice, OF all grades and kinds of authcsty-yes.
even the army with its officers of every rink rose
with overwhelming force upon the side of the
Constitution and the Legislature The tole ma.
chinery of the State was stopped, all tbs springs,
without exception refusing to work T,,a Prince
and his Ministers fled, in order to find if 8. the rest
of Germany, there are any Princes whc1Eaye vet
faithful subjects. Without doubt the electoral.
Hessians have shown themselves politically the
most mature branch of the German faml;3. Such
unanimity is unparalleled in history. The, have
claim upon the highest consideration an; sympa.
thy Of all civilized nations. am indeed no friend
Of what is known as passive resistatae least
OF all for our wide-reaching Germany But it
cannot be denied that were Electoral Jesse an
independent State, an island surrounded by
sheltering waves, the crown ofthe Elector would
without blow, now lie irredeemaby in the dust
before the sovereignty OF the people And were
the rest of Germany just now politically as ripe
this little part, we should reach to you over the
ocean the free hand OF q beautiful, great and
noble sister Republic.
The idea Of freedom which exists in the EIec.
torate can only be lost by the unripeness of the
rest of Germany. 1t will, however, be lost by
that, and it will wait for resurrection untl an act
i've and universal German effort has destroyed all
those strongholds from which the hosts have al.
ready gone forth for the Suppression of the brave
Hessans. However, through the already partly
executed, partly still preparing dismissal and per.
secution Of numerous officials and officers the De.
mocracy will gain valuable reinforcement of
men of character and intelligence. This is the
immediate, the great moral advantage which
Freedom gains from this Hessan catastrophe.
For the rest as have long been of the opinion,
nothing more is to be expected from those Legs
latures in the small States which are yet true to
the people, than theoretic preservation oil points
of right after the actual loss Of this greater battle
AS long as Vienna and Berlin slumber, Cassel,
Darmstadt and Stuttgart can send US no help. In
the two last-named capitals the Legislatures have
also refused to their rulers by graceof.God the
means Of continuing their abominabe courses but
the people have not stood by them as the Electoral
Hessians stood by their Chambers. The same
rulers have therefore repeatedly dissolved these
Legislatures violently collected the taxes, put
forth Of their own pleasure and authority, severe
restrictions upon the press and the right Of cti.
zens to hold public meetings, and announce, new
laws for the regulation Of the suffrage, 1t lis well
that even the last refugees of halfway freedom
should perish in Sonth- w estern Germs9W 80 that
at the next catastrophe, no prince shg be better
off than the Others and so that no q may say
My house is inhabitable, shall sta Eat home
Thus, through the unity Of AbsoutsAs we ahsl
arrive at universal emancipation, ana upon the
ground of this at reasonable form of federal
union.
The question in Electoral Hesse has gained
great additional Importance from the fact that
the contest between the Prussan Union and the
revivfed Diet or to give the affair its true dy.
nastic name, between the houses of Hphenzoliern
and Hapsburg, has matured with surprising ra
pidty. Which should come to the aid of the
Elector, pressed by his rebellious subjects, the
Union whose right to exist is denied by Austria,
or the Diet on which Prussia has affixed its most
energetic sentence of damnation? Already seT'
enteen months of undisturbed leisure had been
wasted by the gentleman of both dynassies with
out laying the slightest foundation for Federal
Constitution which should be everywhere recos.
nized and supported. But now the flames naa
L-ol.or ON. in Electnral Hease and their extlnc.