The southern press., 1851-04-07

Prussia supports and Austria opposes. The
conferences Of Dresden have not been resumed.
although the day appointed is past all sols-
tons are adjourned, and apparently compro-.
missed. The details of the sitting held at Dfes-
den BY the united plenipotentiaries, are known;
the two ministers Of the Emperor OF Austria
and The King of Prussia, have not ceas6d to IN
derstand each other on the two important points
--tlie necessif1)pof the prompt constitution Of
new central executive government, and the i'm
mediate installation Of that government. The
declarations Of M. de Manteutfel have not been
less formal on this subject, than those OF Prince
do Schwarzenberg If the former requested a
fortnight's delay, which was readily granted by
the latter, this was doubtless in order to have
time to net on the soveregns OF the smaller
States, to remove their scrupIes, and vanquish
their resistance. After the sitting Of February
23, the two ministers quilted Dresden, 10 return
to their sovereigns.
Before separating, NM. de Manteuffel and dc
Schwarzenberg had long conference ut Dres-
den, in which plan OF arrangement for regu-
lating the formation Of the central government
and the difficulties relative to the exercise Of the
presidency of that government was agreed upon
The only thing remaining was to obtain the rati-
tication Of their respective sovereigns. But
while NJ. de- Manteufel was thus serving the
interests of his country and of his king mt Dres-
den, his adversares were not inactive Mt Berlin
On his return to that capital, he found things
very much changed, and the feelings of the king
very different from what they were when he left
him. During the absence of nj. de Manteutic
every circumstance had been laid hold Of called
lated to alarm the susceptibility Of Frederick
William and awaken his ambition and his an
1pathiea>
H.. Ia ha
formed Us to the true intentions of the King of
Prussia, affirm that NJ. de Radowitz has never
been sincerely abandoned; that the triumph Of
H. de Manteutfel was more apparent than real
that the sacrifice OF NJ. dc Radowitz was never
more than momentary concession made through
courtesy to the Emperor of Russia, and that the
King promised himself to withdraw it as soon
as he could do so without Inconvenience. These
same persons affirm that M. do Radowitz has
never ceased to be the real adviser Of the King
and that it is his ideas and his system which it
is wished to make prevail. II Is added that it
was by the advice of M. de Radouitz that Fred
erick William ordered M. Manteuffel to demand
fortnight's postponement of the Dresden con-
ference, in the name Of the independence of the
smaller States. 1t was desired by this means
to return to a system OF protocols, diplomatic
notes, and interminable negotiations, and to un-
settle all that was agreed upon at Warsaw. M.
Manteuifel seconded this intrigue, but uncon-
ciously. 1t may be said that he has been de-
ceived by his loyalty and sincerity.
The last propositions Of Austria have reached
Berlin, in which Prince de Schwarzenberg con-
sents TO allow to the new central power two
votes in addition, which were to be divided col
lectively between the petty States. These pro-
positions have not been accepted by Prussia, the
concession made by Austria not being deemed
sufficient. Prussia has replied, and although
she acts with great mystery, it is known at
Dresden that her conclusions are of two-fold
nature; they refer, at the same time, to the con-
stituton of the central power, and to the div-
sion of that power. On the first point, Prussia
demands that the number of curial votes, which
Austria offers to raise from II to l3, shall be
carried up to II; this would be an increase of
six votes, which would all be divided among the
petty States The two powers are agreed as to
giving greater power to the petty States; but
they differ rs to the extent of that increased
power, which Austria confines within limit that
Prussia exceeds, and perhaps with exaggeration.
On the second point, Prussia demands that Aus
tria should grant her the right of treating con-
Jointly with her, whenever the international
rights of the confederation are in question: Of
taking part with her and like her in the discus
sion of all questions relative to the exercise of
these rights; of signing, n conjunction. with
her. all conventions and all documents relative
thereto. In other words, Prussia demands
real parity in the exercise Of the presidency and
il is in this point that all the difficulty consists.
The struggle between the two powers has
never had but one and the same cause; each
wishes to take from its rival the supremacy, and
appropriate it to itself In presence of these re-
ciproca pretensions, the conference of the pleni-
poteniaries will not yet be resumed at Dresden.
1t has been adjourned to the 10th of March to
decide on the organization of the central power,
and vet the number of votes of which that
power shall consist, and the manner in which
they shall be distributed, remain up to this mo-
ment unsettled. No one can predict the date at
which it will be possible to recommence the sit
tings of this assembly.
In the meantime, the second committee has
made movement which we were far from ex-
pecting. Thi, committee had been charged to
examine the question raised by the King of
Wurtemberg, who proposes that chamber of
representatives of all the German people should
be established by the side of the supreme fed
eral government The report Of the committee
is in favor Of the adoption of the proposition
and it has also submitted the project of its reso-
work of M. de Beust, the Saxon minister Of
Foreign Affairs. This result is doubtless due
to the personal influence of the King of Wur-
tembcrg, whose letter has produced a profound
and general sensation in the political circles of
Berlin and Dresden. 1t is even said that the
King Of Prussia has been so struck with its rea-
sonings, that it is not impossible that he may
separate from Austria on this question, and pro-
nounce in favor of the already known opinion of
the King of Bavaria, Hanover and Saxony, who
make common cause with the King of Wurtem-
berg. 1t is well understood that in any case
Austria will reject the propositions of the COM
mittee. It has already the constitution of March
4, in the portfolio of its minister--that is quite
enough for the present.
At Berlin a certain party warmly adopts the
idea Of German National Parliament, and this
party is not without weight The King is told
that he may gain immensely in moral influence on
the fatherland by supporting such proposition,
that the meeting Of a National Parliament will
excite all the sympathics of the nation, and that
on such question Prussia cannot allow herself
to be outdone by the second rate powers,
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