The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-18


together with twenty of the principal Greeks.
All is quiet along the frontier of Dalmatia. The,
inhabitants of Dunno and Gliubuski have sent fif-
teen of their chief citizens to the seraskier, in or
der to declare to him their submission to the
Porte. The chiefs arrested hitherto by Oner
Pasha have been sent under strong escort to
Belgrade.
letter from KEEL, of the 18th ult, gives the
following as the principal points of the bill about
to be communicated by the King of Denmark to
the assembly OF notables which he is going to con-
woke:
The Monarchy Of Denmark is composed of Den.
mark, schlsswig and Holstein, and Lsusn burg.
Lauepburg is to be united to Holstsin The politi-
cal position Of holstein Lsusnburg with respect to
Germany shal be fixed In the manner as the de-
finite relations Of Austria with the Germanio osnsede
ration For the three countries, the order Of
8 The whole kingdom Of Denmark forms consti-
tuonai monarchicsl unity under the scsptre of the
a. Each country has for its private affairs special
Ministers. and an assembly Of It's own, meeting
spectively as Copenhagen, Flsnsburg and Kis. Each
country has its particular constitution dsbera-
ted on with the King. The kingdom of Denmark "
Cepephsgen voting the nnsnoial laws and taxes. It
will bs composed Of deputies chosen in the proDor-
ton Of the population Of each country, viz, 50 per
cent for Denmark II per cent for Schleswig and "a
per cent. for Holstein. Lsuenburg.
The King convokes. prorogues. and dissoves the
assemblies OF the kingdom and OF the provinces. He
has an absolute right Of veto in all the assemblies
The Right or Asylum In Switzerland.
From the London Leader, March l.
Reaction Is making the tour of Europe. All bends
or breaks before it. Ii has taken the last bull
ywark b. storm. The turn has come for Switzer-
land.
Little or nothing Is known of the designs Of the
German powers. great or small against the Swise
confederacy. There were hundreds of thousands
gathering on the frontiers of Baden and Bavaria.
The bullying, at any rate, has been prodgious.
Switzerland, we grieve to say, knows neither how
to resist with spirit nor how to yield with dignity
With the internal affairs of the country, with the
various experiments that are being applied, both to
the central government and 10 the constitutions OF
the several cantons, Nicholas of Russia himself
would not venture to interfere. Swiss democracy
is even more venerable by age than Russian auto
cracy Il is woven into the great web OF European
policy. 1t lives by sheer force of conservatism.
Nor is the question of Neufchatel of greater mo-
meLt. Prussia has enough to do to keep the
breath in her own body. She has gambled away
her great destiny her own name and that OF
Germany by-word among nations. Were she
ever go strongly backed by insidious Austria-were
she ever so tempted by the faction Of purse. proud
watch and trnket makers in the old principalty
itself, she could not seriously dream Of a revnd-
cation Of her unmeaning titles over that petty terri
tory. 1t would be here the case to repeat the
words Of Louis XIV, when the Genoesc came to
negotiate for the cession of their country to the
French crown, Vons rots donree moi, ct NOR
je v0us doNne du didbe"
No, no; the real point at issue is simply this Il
Switzerland to continue ia the enjoyment of unli.
mlted right OF asylum! Are the " mischief
makers OF all nations to establish their head
quarters amongst the mountain Businesses of the
central European chain, hence to organize expedi-
tons end perpetuate civil warsl Austria and Ger
many, occasionally also France and Sardinia, con-
tend that il should not be suffered. The Swiss
Diet itself shifts and shufHes, stands up for her
rights TO- day, and gives in the morrow.
The question, be 1t observed, is neither new nor
accidental. Responsiveness, threats, actual vo-
lence, have equally been resorted to against Swift
zerand in the paimy days of Guizot and Meter.
Mich The Diet had TO parry the thrusts OF conser-
valve diplomacy as u best could, by shifts and
lodges, by anything bat a manly and yaightfor.
ward coui The refugee that was nomnally
bsnished from Geneva, was allowed TO play hide
and seek at Lausanne. The printin g-press thar
was broken up at Lugano, came on! with redoubled
activity al Caposgo. Between the tme-serving
Diet and It's clustering ne hbors, there kind
OF drawn game, certainly neither fair nor digni6ed
Nor is S~izerlsnd, seemingly, now in condi-
ton 10 look her difficulties full in the face. She
seeks TO evade, not to define and determine, the
law of nations She knows not how TO choo be-
tween her interest ana her honor. She forgets
that refugees ale her guests, not her prsoners;
that she has no right TO conne the IN To peculiar
district, 10 prevent them from choosing their own
residence, pursuing their own course, forwarding
their own objects, subject to no restraint only
the laws OF the country. Switzerland should not
leeislaie for the beLef Of Bavaria or ustriA So
far as individual liberty and freedom Of the press
are concerned, the stranger within her doors mist
be put on par with her own citizens.
IL 10 not just that il should be other wse-it 10
not expedlent-it IS not practicable. Does il not
exceed all limits If absurdlty to hear France.
Austria, and all Europs dunnlng the Ssiss Diet
about The safe refuge Nj zzihiis allowed To find at
Geneva, when the same agitator had in his power
10 travel unmolested from Rome to Geneva, and
hence again to London. gain and again, we say,
tludin2 ell pursuits, battling the thousand tram
mels OF passport and police regulations There
was hunt after hun in 1888, which lasted more
than three years. Prescribed from canton to can
ton, sure OF the hospitality Of all honest men, he
tanied in the country 20 long as il answered HE
purpose; quilted IL; returned to ii whenever his
business required. He has lately been subjected
10 the same seDsel-ss persecution; he has baf1l-d
n, given in 10 u, with his wonted dexterity He 10
IN Lcndon al the present day, or rather, should
cay, he was,for ere the ink on tins paper be dry
he may. tor aUght We know TO the contrary, be
peacefully sailing on the placid waters OF the Lee
man again.
But, supposing even Switzerland 10 have IL i'm
her power TO exercise over the refuqee a control
which France and Germany evidently have not we
ask Is u far TO demand OF her this baefai surve-
lance over the unfortunate which the great wreck
ef dtcrepu states daily throws on her hospitality
Are the neighborlg governments, are the COM
plalnanls Themselves, Austria and Germany espe-
cially, at all scrupulous in the fufmpnt OF their
own part OF this international compsctl Are royal
refugees and plotting atstoeratic vagabonds turned
out OF vienna or Venice; or are they even pre-
vented from holding leVees at Wiestsdenf The
law Of nations, strictly int. rpreted buds Switzer
land 10 oppose an armament az iinst friendly powers
Even this Is not found practicable at all ,imes ae
the Suasburgh ana Boogne hero, now 80 suueam-
ish on such matters, should best know For one
harumscarum expt dion that ever set ont from Ge-
neya IN 1881, how many adventurous madcans have
given the hundred.eyed coalition Of the goat des-
potc powers the slpl
We understand sue matters clearly enough here
10 England and with the exception of the very
shaooy uick once played AZ the General Post