New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-06
- wh,eh. with little modification, they in 1919

IT, Intended a complete exclusion Of Austria
f.o,,,be German Confederation. the estab' ishment
Confederation with new Fundamental
Law and with federal Parliament Under the pro-
lection Of Prussia, and the incorporation OF the
r,o,e INSIGNIFICANT States into the larger ones. All
thiswas 10 he carried out the moment Prussia en-
tered into the ranks Of constitutional monarchy,
established the liberty of the press, assumed
nolicy independent from that oil Russia and Aus
~. and TINS enabled the Constltutlonalsts OF
tho lessar States 10 obtain a real control over
,,o;, connective Governments The inventor of
,b;s scheme was Professor Gervlnus, OF Heldel-
herp Baden Thus the emancipation OF the
p,nssian Boureeoisie was to be the signal Tor
,ba, Of the middle classes of Germany generally,
I'D for an alliance, offensive and defensive, OF
10Th against Russia and Austria; for Austria
was. as we shall see presently, con 'lderef as an
entirely barbarian country, OF which very little
was known. and that little not TO the credit of It's
nonnla,ion Austria, therefore, was not consld-
cred as an essential part of Germany
Astotbe other classes of society, In the small
or States, they followed, more or less rapidly, IN
the wake Of their equals IN Prussia. The shop
keeping class got more and more dissatisfied
with their respective Governments, with the IN
crease of taxation. with the curtainents of those
political sham-priyileges of which they used to
boast when comparing themselves to the Slaves
Of despotism' in Austria and Prussia; but as YET
thew had nothing definite IN their oppposltion
which might stamp them as an independent par
ty. distinct from the Constitutlonalsm OF inc
higher Bourgeoisie. The dissatisfaction among
the peasantry was equally growing, out Il Is
we'll known that this section OF the people
in quiet and peaceful times, will never assert
its interests and assume It's position as an NUE.
pendent class, except IN countries wnere uhi'e'-
sal suffrage is established. The working Classes
in the trades and manufactures OF the towns
commenced TO be infested with the "polsos OF
Socialism and Communism, but there beng lew
towns of any importance out OF Prussia, ana SUI
fewer manufacturing districts, the movement Of
this class owing to the want of centers OF action
and propaganda, was extremely SLOW IN the
smaller States.
Roth in Prussia and IN the smaller States, the
difficulty of giving vent to political opposition
created a sort of religious opposition IN the par
allel movements of German Catholicism ana
Free Congregatonalism. History affords us nu-
merous examples where, in countries which en-
loy the blessings Of State Church, ana "here
political discussion is fettered, the profane ana
dangerous opposition against the worldly power
is hid under the more sanctihed and apparently
more disinterested struggle against spiritual
despotism Many government that VIII not
allow of any of its acts being discussed VIII
hesitate before it creates martyrs and excltes the
religious ianaticism OF the masses mus IN
Germany, in lS45, in every State, eilher 'he
Roman Catholic or the Protestant rehgion' or
both, were considered part and parcel OF the
law of the land. In every State, too, the Clergy
of either Of those denominations, or OF both'
formed an essential part OF the bureaucratic
establishment of the Government. 10 attack
Protestant or Catholic orthodoxy, to attack
Pnestcraf. was, then, to make an under
hand attack upon the Government itself. AS 10
the German Catholics, their very existence was
all attack upon the Catholic Governments OF
Germany particularly Austria and Bavaria
and as such It was taken by those Governments
The Free egationalists, Protestant Dis
senters somewhat resembling the English and
American Untarians, openly protested their
opposition TO the clerical and ngldly orthodox
tendency of the King of Prussia and his favorte
Minister for the Educational and Clerical De-
partment, Mr. Eickhorn. The two new sects,
rapidly extending for a moment, the FIRST IN Ca
tholic, the second in Protestant countries, had
no other distinction but their different origin /;
as 10 their tenets they perfectly agreed upon
this most important polnt-that all definite dog
mas were nugatory. This want OF any defnl-
tion was their very essence they pretended 10
build that great temple under the root OF when
all Germans might unite they thus represent
ed in a religious form, another political idea oil
the day-that of German Unity and yet, they
could never agree among themselves.
The idea of German Unity, which the above
mentioned sects sought to realize at least upon
religious ground by inventing common religion
fer all Germans, manufactured expressly for
their use, habits and taste-!his idea was indeed
very widely spread, particularly III the smaller
States Ever since the dissolution of the Ger
man Empire, by Napoleon, the cry for union
Of all the dislfcta mem6ra of the German BODY
had been the most general expression OF discon'
tent with the established order OF things, ana
most so in the smaller States, where the cos'h-
ness OF court an administration, an army IN
short the lightweight of taxation increased IN
direct ratio with the smallpess and lmpotency o.
the State But what this German Unity was 10
be when carried out, was question upon
which parties disagreed The Bourgeoisie'
which wanted no serious revolutionary cOnvui.
sions, were satisfied with what we have seen they
considered practicable" namely, union OF
all Germany, exclusive of Austria under the su-
premacy Of constitutional government OF Prus-
STA and surely. without conJurlng dangerous
storms, nothing more could. at that time, be
done The shonkeeping class and the peasantry,