The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-01-24
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sixty jurors, from whom special iaries are taken
are all named by the president Of police. The
public sentiment, however, is too STRONG 10 be
disregarded, and the juries all over the country
are now vieing with each other in their acquittals
of political offenders. That of Wsldeck was a
moral defeat for the Government, aud that Of
Jacoby political one. BY the latter verdict the
jury sanctioned the legality of the acts of the
Frankfort Assembly after its removal to Stutt-
gardt
SPEAK NOT EVIL OF THE KING; NO, NOT IN THY
SECRET CHAMBER
This prudential direction is a good one for
Prussians. Indeed, not only the King but the
members Of the royal family are all protected by
,=.- 4 poor co8ee-seller said something, few
months since, in little circle Of friends, against
the Prince Of Prussia. Ie was not singular in
this, for the Prince has few friends here, and
there is much to be said about him. However,
the speaker was overheard by some sinking Gov
eminent spy, and reported The trial was had
last Friday and the culprit condemned to six
weeks imprisonment. The section of the law
quoted by the prosecuting attorney was as fol-
1 lows:
Whoever, by word, writing, print, sign, pic
lures, or in any other way, shall insult the heir
apparent, or any other member of the royal
family, or the Regent Of the Prussisn Govern
ment, shall be punished with Imprisonment Of
not less than one month nor more than three
years.
The severity of this law cannot prevent the
princes being made responsible to public opinion
Their acts are freely commented on in all classes
Of society Every Berliner can repeat by the
hour anecdotes of Prince Charles, or Prince
All}svr .S ~-tns the Prince of Prsssia Tho ladies'
Of the royal family do not escape. Many of the
stories are so scandalous as not to be proper for
repetition in your columns That the private
life of the Princes is perfectly understood in its
details by the people, was evident in the March
Revolution A fact of that period made noise
in the papers. The palace of the Prince of Prus-
STA had been saved from the mob by the words Of
Property Of the Nation placed on it, On the
next day, well-known member of the opera
troupe was passing down the principal street,
when somebody silly pinned the same words to
the cape Of her cloak. The allusion was under
stood by all the citizens, the unconscious bearer
passed along among them.
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The affairs of these Duches are not yet settled.
Seven different Danish diplomatists have been in
Berlin to take part in the negotiations. The
Secretary of the Danish embassy says very freely
that war Il inevitable Some other diplomatists
here are Of the same opinion. 1t Is probable that
the King Of Prussia Is anxious to close up the az.
fair ss quick as possible. Austria on the contrary
seems to be working in order to prolong IT, Sew
eral pamphlets have recently been published,
without date, on the Sohleswg Holstein difficulty,
and have been traced to a conservative press in
Vienna Austria may suppose that il the affair
comes to blows, Prussia will be so discredited in
Germany, as to be obliged to abandon her project
Of Federal State. But this is a dangerous play
ing with guppowder. II hostiiities break out in
the Duchies, Prussia may not aid the inhabitants
. for Russia has minated that, In such case she
would take the side of Denmark The Duche.
> would Of course be trodden under foot, and al
Germany excited to the highest point against
} Prussia for abandoning allies 10 distress But
this excitement may overflow. The deep sympa
thy Of the Germans for their fellow countrymeI
! in the Duchies may cause popular movement
the consequences of which may be terrible to both
Austria and Prussia.
, IL is generally believed here that there will BIZ
fight, and that both parties are preparing for it
On the other hand it is almost certain that the
armistice beewten Denmark and Prussia has been
continued three months longer, commencing with
January LIST.
CENTRAL COMMISSION.
The difficulties lying in the way of the entry Of
this commission on its functions have been ar.
ranged by settling nothing The Arch-Dase
John IL TO lay down his power informally, and the
mode of his resignation is not to be used as % pre-
! cedent for anything The two Austrian com.
missioners and the two Prussian are now a,
Frankfort The ceremony of installation is set
for the Goth instant. This is an event of really
little Importance as they can do nothing without
the approval of their respective Governments As
an Independent Government, they are not to be
considered, but rather as commission for the con.
yenience of negotiations between Austria and
Prussia on the German question.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
, The whole clergy Is here lowered to a branch OF
the administration Several cases Of removal have
, recently occurred. At Landshut, the minister
was forbidden TO ofiiciate When he demanded
the reason, he was told to behave himself like n
Christian and make no fuss, for that the Govern
ment had resolved be should preach no more.
Loan 10 Labeek--Tbe history Of the infrigues Of
Prussia to gain the accession Of the Hanseatic
towns to its federal league would bea curious
Hamburg has been really forced into measures by
forced occupation of the city by Prussian troops
Lubbock has gained moneyed advantages, Prussia
lending her q Of 1900 900 rix dollars out Of
an already embarrassed treasury.
MHuayy Conremions- Prussia has entered into
, arrangements with Baden, Brunswick, Anhalt, and
/, Mecklinburg- Schwerin, by which Prussan troops
are TO protect the interns tranquility Of those
Duchies This Is step in advance for when
Prussia can substitute her own armies to those of
her weak neighbors, the time Of her territorial
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is not far off She has pursued
hopelessly for century this plan of gradual
growth by accretiop.
a Pyussion Poland Yesterday, the Ministry laid
proposition before the Chambers for assimilating
the Poles to the other inhabitants Of Prussia.
This will probably become a law. The Poles
protest and appeal to the treaties Of 1915 and to
the PROMISE Il the King in ls4s. Alas! for the
unfortunate Poesi Treaties and promises are
q only observed 70 long ms IL is convenient The
resurrection Of Poland long talked Of is grow
ing more improbable. IL may come from the side
Of the Gar but never from the West. Poland
fell because Of her deep corruption and tyranny.
Q Her mobiles have not since been able 10 maintain
, an insnrrection for independence, because they
were opposed by their former serfs, now either
freemen or not so ground down as before. 10 Is
true that the mobiles have become aboitionisis Of
0 the most decided stamp since the unfortunate In
surrection Of 1891 but we can hardly blame the
peasants for not listening to the offers Of their for
ner masters Under the old system the great
majority Of the inhabitants Of Poland were slaves;
o under the new, IL is much better. Whatever po-
a etry says about " the shrieking Of Freedom when
!, Kosciusko fell" IL Is unlikely that Freedom
would have gained anything by the success Of the
aristocratic party among the Polish emigrants,
prior TO 1898 The spirit Of the Polish emigrapts
is much better, as they are, with few exceptions,
at the present time stout advocates for the aboi-
= ton OF serfsge, and Of equality.
H.. -T'odav Ia the appiy ersary Of the birth