New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-14

Ulbh@is, VIC hd'c Eicnt prttf D1t ~ pAhCtsS@4
men, political organizers and reiorzer. ssserters
Of ideas except in the safe ca,egorie. Of seven
times pOsertialzed metaphysics, no respect what
ever. They conceive excellent designs bat when
il comes TO action they accomplish htsie Or nothing
This is not Their fault taken a. individuals Men
do not make themselves they are made By inst
tutions
The Revolution Of ~ exploded Germany q,
course. and II was high time. Never were t-,y
millions Of wen-cducated and weB;o-do people 80
sb-urdiy saddled and bridlcd. ridden upon, FED
upon made fools sud slaves q, rs the Germans
The roya octragss which set England on Ere and
brought u the block the head Of Charles Stuart,
would not weigh hair il comparison with the ori
versa oppressiOs under which the Germans lived
On smoking the pipe Of content drinking the beer
d Indifference. and earing trouble than they
hated wrong.
Bat 1t could no, iast alwsy. Humanity must
assert Itself In March, l54a the Germans had
Their revolution. There vas spirit shown then, bat
il was not the spirit Of learned Professors or com
Portable Tradcsmen Il was tie WorkIneu, thai
race interrupted by learning wealth, and stu
impelled by the native instincts Of manhood who
| did that work.
We say did H. Dat It was not done therein ~
the difficulty Could u hsve been Thoroughly &C
/ complished much might have been saved me ~
/ ture Had the KINGS been treated az they De
served and as common sense and the Old Ieutonc
tradition dictates they voud have been sent Oh
s,ever But lor that, Germany had neither WIS
dom enougl nor courage enough. The Wmkmen
who won the battle could not DO il the Middle
! Class who brought 1t on dared nf
Before saving more let us here touch the very
secret Of the whole European failure. The re'o
| luton of a. and - came to the end 1t did because
! the Middle Class feared the isbwers and fear
ed the radical IDEAS Of which that class is the natl
raj representative. Let the revolution 60 beyond
a certain point aud there was imminent danger
certainty almost that the privileges OF wealth must
disappear with those Of princes and nob'es Let
the people once get control Of things md trey
would no doubt strike at that great right Of living
others labor Of enjoyment without usefulness
which il now guaranteed BY every social com
pact Tie fear OF this was the death Of the rc'I
luton in Germany "a well as elsewhere The ni
die class had b. choose between the rev ideas and
their own interests Of course. they chose tho
latter
Prussia is the largest aud most powerful State
of Germany. Before the March outbreak. It WIS
one OF the worst, if not tn very worst govern.
ed During that affair the King was IN thc
power Of the people The latter had fought the
troop, he had sent against them, and had gained
the day They had gained il with their blood
The dead bodies Of their brethren lay m the streets
Of Berlin. That King responsible Tor Their
death il there We're any responsibility for it Bot
instead Of holding him - account ior the crime, the
people, hayn1 him in Their power iorgave him on
the performance Oi 4 theatrical ceremony, suJh ~
taking of his hat TO those STARK murdered bodies
and singing psalm
He promised them representative constitution.
liberty OF speech Of printing, Of association, tr1sl
by Jury, universal suffrage, every thing IN short
they asked Never were promises more free and
comprehensive. His hands were red with their
blood, but they believed him.
The Election took place, and the Assembly came
together to frame the promised Constitution. Che
sen by Universal Suffrage. il represented the mi
ycrssl sentiment. Radicalism from the People.
Liberalism from the Middle Glass were strong IN
il those two classes had not yet become divided
the Red Republic not having spread its ,errors be
fore timid eyes Bu; during the summer !, rose
into prominence and dst,nc;ness Meanwhile the
prussisn Assembly worked lis way through misty
discussions OF abstract human r.hts and quite H.
uinous resolutions diminishing the royal preroea
tyes till late ~ the Autumn II was not body
~ inspire reverence, that Assembly We say
tlns n all irankness, and with great regard To-
many ~ lis individual members 1t did not know
what 1t wanted it had no closrness OF purpose
But the Kline knew well what h, wanted. Not
for ali instant had he been troubled on that point -
He played his game shrewdiy In the qualities Of
,scticau he was superior to that whole assemhl,
He pitted himself against them veuturins the most
tyrauica entertainments. AT last, aiter badgerlnf
them from one hall IN Berlin 10 another. he hnaiN
made them do in apet whstil done sts they should
have done deliberately Ions before They refused tie
taxes aud called It passive resistance That was
thought great thing all quiet citizens were loud
| IN its praise Ii was resistance without resisting,
conseque ntly without trouble and thus emineltiy
suited 10 people loving Their comforts The kmg
liked It too no doubt 1t helped hIm put down
the Democrats whom IN genuine earnest contC st
uS NNNtd ts'A =" NoSiss lNt INV t'"' -''
cricd the Middle Class Passive Resistance vi
save US Save them it did, bu, II saved the Kiuc
aso and lost German liberty, and kept the people
in the old subsection All this let II be remember
ed indicates no love Of the King. /, only indicates
fear OF the People and the Red Repabhc.
The King thus got nj Of the hrst Assembly, snd
by their own ac, Next he publlsheds Constitution
whose hberalisy took everybody by surprise What
progressive monarch shouted his admirers how
sincere in keeping his promises, Notwithstanding
the bsd and ungrsteiul behavior Of yea demagogses
and destructives
The Assembly chosen under tins royal grant
me, IN February last Its first business to re-
wise the Constitution IN order to Its hns and per
msnent establishment Il lsbored at thus without
Inconvenience n the end OF March when tlst
other noudescript incohereni and merely phenome.
nal body the Frankfort Imperial Assembly CON
pleted a Constitution for the Empire. and chose
this same Kieg OF Prussia Emperor as 1t the tme
sor Emperor making had not YET gone by But the
King smelling difficulty under the imperial purple
| ,-ul.atl.. 3egbned n thnngh H.. had lafora done