The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-11-07
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From the Republic"
progress Of Affairs in Germanys-Ap'
: ~ ,,rT,achfnfs Crisis.

ed the approach OF airenewed struggle be- Il
Iween the German powers and their sub
ects, and has tended to produce the convic- {
lIon that that struggle, come whenit may,
willbe protracted and terrible in its charac-
Ter, and probably decisive in its results
There will be no more compromises between
potentates and peoples, as in lS48 and lS49;
but general contest for permanent mastery,
embittered on one side by consciousness
of the value Of the stake at issue, and on the
other by Remembrance OF treachery ana
tyranny consequent upon former forgiveness.
Either the popular voice will be altogether
annulled; and undisguised absolutism be es- |
tablished, or the people will assume ell the |
attributes OF sovereignty, in factas we'll as
in name. Between these points there can
be no halliug place.
This has long been evident so far'as Aus
tria is concerned. With Russia as his pro-
tector, and METTERNIcH as his guide, the
Emperor Of Austria has played towards
his immediate subjects the same per6dious
part that he bad already sustained in his in
tercourse with Hungary. Openly disregard
ing everything like constitutional restraints
and obligations, he has proclaimed his de-
termination to govern solely as his pleasure
NAV dictate, and without reference to the
rights or wishes Of the people. The decla-
ration startled men for the moment BY its
boldnesss and its profigacy; but the surprise
soon gave way 10 belief that 1t had long
been foreshadowed, md that only 1t was
wanting 10 consummate the grounds OF
difference between the parties most affected
The last mail has put Us IN posse sslor ol
private letters from reliable parties rssldent
in Prussia, which leave no room to doubt
that the course Of affairs is precisely the
same in that country Emboldened BY the
advances and epcouragements OF his royal
neigbbors, the King Of Prussia appears to
be fast casting off his childish vascillation,
and assuming the airs and garments Of full
blown absolutsm. Following the exam
pie of Austria, he is gradually, but not less
certainly, abrogating the Constitution SOL
emnly guaranteed to his people, and appear RS
to glory in every opportunity afforded by q
successful reaction Of stentatiously with
drawing his promises, and heaping insults
upon the press and Protestant feeling of the
country. This is especially true of the va
rious speeches delivered by the King on hi:
excursion to receive The oaths of homage O
the newly incorporated princi palities o
Hhoenzolfe rn- Hechingen and Sgmaringen
In an address to the authorities at Cologne
and before large crowd Of persons, biz
majesty used these words: have no
come here TO make compliments, nor t
reward, nor to punish, but to speak out tn,
truth and the whole truth. know tina
you are very sensitive upon the subject o
: your press; but il is necessary that The in
: latuation should cease - an infatuatio
which destroys all confidence and loyalty
: sand causes only discord in the city AM
4 State. Seek to Danish this unfriendy spin
it. See that it be changed. What m
e brother WILLIAM has already said. adhel
o to, and say amen TO it seventy and agai
seventy times. It is time that this shoul
n cease. If it do not. viii myself put
IS stop to it. Ihaoe. the icilL and the poauei
e Look toit. Let it be changed, and tia
D. with little delay. Otherwise we shall NJ
J. remain friends, and assure you there wi
,e be taken the sevcrest measures"
The spirit of the Holy Alliance peryades G
cry line that we have quoted. But this
not wonderful, considering that the speaker
now the open alley of the EMPEROR OF Au
TRIA and Prince METTERNIoH. 1t is report
I'd that on taking leave of the Prince, after
2. visit 10 his chateau, Jonannisberg, the Xii
remarked in loud voice-"I have come n
| only to express to you, Prince. my unchan
10 ed esteem, veneration and friendship, but
'have also come to show you the world tina
es am the same as USED to be-" The wor
we have italicised explain the whole matt
at The KING OF Prussia is as he "used to b.
1d The recent struggles for liberty have borne
fruit, and kingly pledges are worth no mt
than a prejurers promise.
he What gives additional significance to TIN
he things, and throws yet darker shade o'
the future, is the circumstance that any CO.
- ing strife will call into play violent theolo
cal as we'll as political autipathies. 4
Queen of Prussia is already Catholic, and
King is understood also to have abondor
the Protestant Church, and to have secre
enlisted the support of the Pope. Many ia
,te have transpired indicatively of this circu
N. stance. In Westphalia, when the King
eat rived at the station Of Hamm, near Mind
7s; he greeted with the utmost warmth Cat
lie Bishop, while he turned his back ubon
II; Protestant clergyman, next presented, al
= insulting him with few most ungraci
,ns words in the presence of large assembly
ice bystanders. The Pope's representatives,
,ck not backward in their acknowledgements
/; these favors.
les Ore of our correspondents uses this
guage: at is impossible, within the lin
Of single letter, to enumerate the vari
modes in which the uneasiness and alarm
m. the nation manifest themselves. have S
Nm ken with officers Of high rank, with con
The vative senators, with editors, professors,
~ all grades of business men / have conve
with peasants, day laborers, and servar
, and all express the same deep dissatisfied
Il and the same painful sense of insecurity
The statement is fully sustained by otf
and is in accordance with the corresponds
of the best informed Of our contemporaris
Reviewing the entire aspect of the Ger
S" question as It now stands, there are abunl
reasons for concluding that the reaction,
- in progress, strides to its final consummat
ect-, The Germanc Diet at Frankfort, a mere
has strument of absolutism and the Holy Alli
will speedily assume the highest sover
lpower, to be unconditinally obeyed by
n. people and separate States. Every ins
'oi ton, every law, not in harmony with 1T
cree, will fall to the ground. The fundai
tai right of the German nation, will. be {
-. lished. ssIt is all hnt certain" saws on