New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-24
GERMANY.
Political Review.
From the London Morning Chronicls


of chess. The pieces are scattered at random sboi.
the board the players seem to see no further than
the next move. and the combinations tha. are in
progress here and there, disclose no unity Of plu
and fixity of purpose. Tie truth is, perhig
that the want is not so much OF statesmanlke ~
gacity to devise, as Of physical and moral power
to execute. The commissions Of the last two ye.r
have enieebled the strength, without matersy
altering the general policy, OF the principal Ger.
man States and the debility under which thew
labor stamps upon all their proceedings an impress
of vscillGtion and uncertainty, and perpetuAtes
disorgsnizaton which might be terminated At opcs
! by the vigorous action of any one great Power
Present appearances, indeed, would tend to Der.
suade US that the crisis which has been 40 long i'm.
pending is now really imminent yet the prospect
is still too uncertain to quicken much the lnguii
interest of the same. Austria is encountered BY
financial embarrassments, which render il inpo
sibe for her 10 sustain any sudden aud violent ex
ertiOn, except at the cost Of drain upon her re-
sources which would exhaus. the stamina Of Der
Industrial prosperity and endanger the stability Of
her political fabric Prussia, without osaGiencs
in position ON which she has been landed lenby
policy and forethought than by series Of accidcun,
feels the ground she stands on continually trembling
beneath her feet The conditions Of the problem
are not yet ascertained can we ilatter ourselves
that it is approaching satisfactory solutioni
At The present moment everything is at sizes
and sevens. The Federal Commission, appointed
in May, ls49, TO receive and carry on the authority
which formerly resided in the Diet and which.
upon the breaking up Of that body, became hregu.
larry vested in the Archduke John, has outIIvei ito
term. Federal Diet there is none. The German
Confederation has no organ Of its authority 10
visible symbol OF its existence. The Erurt As
sembly is indefinitely prorogued, and that oldiasb
ioned little town has relapsed into its woned qa
etude. Even the Convention Of 26th May which
formed the groundwork Of the Pr1ssan UniOn will
determine by lapse Of time within three weeks
and the formal ties which still link together the
Governments which acceded TO il, and out OF which
the Union has been developed will be ipso taoo
dissolved. One year, and no more, is allotted, BY
the Sd section of that Convention, for the exercise
OF the supreme directing power thereby vestedln
the Crown OF Prussia, for carrying out its specified
objects. Should the constitution Of the nsw Fed
erai state, is added, come into existencs before
the expiration of the year. its stipulatons will be
absolutely binding Should, however, the consti-
tutionol organization Of Germany not be seestab
hshed before the end OF a year, the prolobgalon Of
these arrangements will be held Ia reserve" Te
hegemony OF Prussia, therefore, according 10 tho
terms OF the Convention falls to the ground, unIes
the Constitution adopted at Erfurt be completed
and ratified by the LIST Of June Completed n
deed, 1t Is, so TAR as the labors Of the Edat AZ
sembly could avail but ratified it Is not and thers
is little probability Of its receiving ratification
at oil, until long after the twelvemontb has expired
To consider the expediency Of accepting NJ
stands, is the nominal object of the Congress Of
Princes which yesterday assembled at Berlin and
should their deliberations issue h1 any other result
than an unconditional assent, the Assembly mus
OF course be re conyoked, and the whole qes.uo'
debated over again. The popular body has ben
sent about its business while the fruit Of 10 soon
IS being canvassed and overloaded by a co'cs''
Of royal, serene, and luxurious perGnssesG ne
Prussian capital. Prussia holds the yfrings o. ne
machinery. She has stopped il by one leh .nu
may set it in motion sfIesh by another. bnhs
tool Of her policy around whichshe has been ~
bic TO throw either dignity or authority, ana sn's
she evidently knows not bow TO handle Wnsn
allegiance II hampers more than IL srengfnens ns,
independent action when in notion il 'eyO''
her power to control
The Austrian Government, me awhile, nas aA sj
step which presents sembance at least o. Oo-
ness ard decision. Prince Schwartzenbetg hA
suscltated, by stroke Of his pen, the osaln1'
Diet OF the German Confederation, and has
voked the seventeen delegates Of tho Powers ~
posing Il 10 meet at Frankfort to-monow'
are summoned 10 concert noeasuses ior ths m
eanization of the Fedssal Union, and 10 prom
for its interim management. There 10 soueHt
startling. At 6rst siztt, In thus abruptly sesJ
out of the book Of History the chequered page II
which ali that has passed in Germany since
eomulqneement OF tn3t WeHlOfdDiS cunL1ei 80
recorded-in rednitin5 chsin Of which % On.
links are missing-and in calling upon the "
many OF. 1850 to compress itssf again into ne -
row vessel from whence issued the shsdoV III
gigantic empire to which the whole conPsnlst
States did pSecipitsts homage in lsis Nssa
less, the course adopted is perhaps the NOS,
enable, as well a. the most Saskatchewan a.
Of bringing matters % an issue. Either =.
man Consideration exists, or IL has cessea III
ist II it be still sabsisting, Austria ns .s.s5I,g
10 recall IL into life and action by r.. liz
strictly in accordance with the Pro,sss -, no
down by the Federal Act OF 1918 sna - * ind
cancelled. BY virtue Of that act aoa 1890 10
act Of 1890 organic changes can be h.s.fias
% the Federal Constitution only oy Gs,erJ
tie Plenuza or General Assembly oaI VIC ,.sssars
Assembly itself can only proceed upoa net 10
previously prepared for il by the Ordinary hines
no. permitted TO discuss or 10 dehoefs. .,. subns
10 vote, and 10 vote only, on propcs,S ~ lsst
ted TO Il BY the Diet The latter - As,Es
the Union, IL permanent body Of x nm; III
enjoys tho perpetual presidency. 49, uOs sss'
the syerts Of The last two years hsss he Co
bilated the federal tie any memoF %, he Ds
federation il now entitled To demand - go
- III -, g., aisoafoh Of Badness ana Wv"