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next presented. after Insulting him with few
most ungracious words in the presence of
large assembly of bystanders. The Pope's
representatives are not backward in their ac-
acknowledgements Of these favors. On the oc-
casion of the oath of homage at Hechingen,
Catholic clergyman addressed to his majesty
the following words: The King is a repre-
sentative of God. He is by Gods grace
1t is true the revolution has attempted TO eff
face this lesson from the hearts of the people,
hut n stands indelibly written in the Holy
Scripture, and zee shall Try to restore it. The
Church and the State, both in their origin Di-
vine, shall walk hand in hand, heavenly
sister pair, securing the spiritual and tempo
raj welfare of the people. We flatter our
selves with the joyful confidence that Prussia
upon 'ohich the eye Of The head Of our Church
reposes lcuh such great satisfaction. and where
religion possesses such high protector, will
be an example for the rest of the German
States" Another Catholic clergyman, preach
ing from the text, :" Fear God and honor the
King" addressed to the assembled authorities
these words g You do not swear the oath of
allegiance 10 a high potentate of this earth
not to a Extraordinarily to the representa-
tive of God" Those who are acquainted
with the religious character and tendencies of
the German people will appreciate the infu-
ence which doctrines of this nature cannot fail
TO exercise. They will add immensely TO the
bitterness of the conflict, and will assuredly as
slst in determining the result.
One of our correspondents uses this Ian
guage: g 1t is impossible, within the limits Of
a single letter. to enumerate the various modes
in which the uneasiness and alarm of the ma
ton manifest themselves. | have spoken
with officers of high rank, with conservative
senators, with editors, professors, and all
grades of business men; have conversed with
peasants, day -laborers, and servants and all
express the same deep dissatisfaction and the
same painful sense of insecurity" The state
ment is fully sustained by others, and is in ac
cordance with the correspondence of the best
informed of our contemporaries.
Reviewing the entire aspect of the German
question as it now stands, there are abundant
reasons for concluding that the reaction, long
in progress, strides to its final contamination.
The Germanic Diet at Frankfort, mere instru-
ment of absoutism and the Holy Alliance, will
speedily assume the highest sovereign power,
to be Internationally obeyed by the people and
separate States. Every institution, every law,
not in harmony with it's decree, will fall to the
ground The fundamental rights of the Ger
man nation will be abolished. sit is all but
certain" says one of our private letters, 'that
the publication of the proceedings of the Diet
will be prohibited; journals and pamphlets
suspected of any tendency to democracy will
be Suppressed; and foreign newspapers, includ-
ing the American and the English, will very
probably be excluded from the German post
office"
The idea of German unity seems likely at
last to be realized, but in sense Numerically
opposite to that originally implied. There will
be one press-law, one army, one despotsm for all
Germany The popular military organization
of Prussia is to be remodelled, the Landwehr
suppressed, and a permanent standing army--a
European Pretorian guard-will be maintained
by Prussia, Austria, and Russia, to efface the
last footsteps Of democracy, and TO overawe aud
crush revolution by the bayonet This expert
ment is now in actual progress. It's immediate
results, the obstacles it will encounter and the
ultimate consequences Of its success or It's fail
ure, are points which the historian and the
statesman will have an opportunity Of studying
in our own day, for the present state of affairs
cannot be permanent.