New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-24

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kingcraft carried to such perfection
There are there some thirty reigning fami-
lies, to say nothing Of princes and other off
shoots of royal greatness. This has been
going on indefinitely, and to a superficial
view would seem likely to continue. The
| shock Of 1913 disturbed these rulers by he
reditary right divine; but now, thanks to
the ignorance, stupidity and good nature of
the people, they are again seated IN the
saddle, and fancy themselves secure be-
cause their late antagonists either sleep in
bloody graves, or pine in prisons, or quarrel
with each other in exile. But they forget
how profoundly and resstlessly Democracy
is annihilating the remains of that principle
of Authority on which their thrones were
once firmly estabished they forget how
strong is the tendency Of the armies that
have hitherto obeyed them, to sympathize
with the people from among whom they
were recruited. and to whom in 4 lew years
thew will return But when Authority is
extinct, and armies are republican, what
Will remain to sustain these royal and
princely deyourers of the peoples sub
stance? Nothing. They must then dis
appear beyond the possibility of restora
ton.
Meanwhile, the cost of maintaining royal
establishments and paying the interest on
loans they have contracted, weighs heavy
upon the people, who are beginning to I'M
derstand whence the pressure comes, and
why it is they are so eXorbltantly taxed.
The facts are interesting in more than one
point of view, and we subjoin brief sum-
mary of the more important:
The aggregate of the average yearly ex-
pcnditures of the German Governments.
before the revolution of March, 1913, was
! Sl7i,O97 ,90S; since that revolution it has
been S2i6, S62, $40. These expenditures
were rising before the revolution; and,
taking the last three to five years, the in
crease amounts to IL per cent. Since the
revolution the share of Prussia Tin lS5D is
SS7,466,7S3, to population of sixteen mil
hons and that of the German provinces of
Austria, lin lsl9) S70,S0O,O00, to a popula-
ton of twelve millions Thus we sec that
two-thirds of the expenditure falls upon
the two great States and only one-third on
the remaining small States, although the
lattsr contain more than that proportion of
the entire population Of Germany.
The annual cost of the Court establish
ments alone before the revolution, was
Sl0,9l9,974; since then this item has aver
aged $40, $50, l65, showing decrease of 81
per cent. This falling off is to be attributed
to the diminished number of Court festivals
and royal weddings which have distinguished
these three years of agitation. Now that
order is again restored, these neglected
amusements will probably he resumed, and
the people enjoy the privilege of paying for
them as before But still even the reduced
sum the latter have been obliged to furnish
since the revolution is equivalent to the IN
terest on capital of S263, 0O4,li invested
in agriculture. 1t is proper to add that this
item of expendi ture includes only the actual
amount drawn from the people, without tax
inc into account the rent or interest OF cas-
ties, country palaces, parks, and So forth,
occupied and enjoyed by Majesties, Serene
/ Hiehnesses, and other functionaries of that
sort, all of course originally provided at the
public cost
The armies of Germany cost yearly, be-
fore March, 1878, Si2,3.9,S74; since then
this item has been Sl02 ,572,973. The IN
crease of expense in this single department
for the past three TO five years has been IL
per cent In 1850 PruSsia's part Of this ex
penditure was SS9,456,05S. The two great
States thus pay nearly three-quarters ofthe
cost Of the German armies, and the other
States only one-quarter.
The total amount Of the national debts
was, before the revolution, SSi5,li7,752; It
now is Sl,I7l.93S, 9si, and is increasing as
fast as it can be filled up. The increase In
the last three to five years has been SO per
cent The debt of Prussia is now CS5D
sls6.544,s46; that of German Austria (lS50)
s-64.OOO. 900. We can accordingly assume
that at the present day the entire debt OF
Germany is trelre hundred millions Of doI-