New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-09


| Germ an. we NAV further be allowed TO say, thai
no, for all tire snowy victories and glorious bat
ties of the Hungarian campaign would we e1-
change that spontaneous, single-handed nsing
and heroic resistance OF the people OF Vienna,
onr countrymen, which gave Hungary the time
10 organize the army that could DO such great
things.
The second ally OF Vienna was the German
people But they were everywhere engaged In
the same struggle as the Viennese. Frankfort
Baden, Cologne, had Just been defeated and dis
armed In Berlin and Breslau the people were
at daggers-drawn with the army, and daily ex
pected to come to blows. Thus It was In every
local center OF action. Everywhere questions
were pending that could only be settled by the
force of arms and now it was that Tor the MIST
time were severely felt the disastrous conse-.
ouences of the continuation of the old diSmem-
be,ment and decentralization of Germany. Inc
different questions in every State, every pro-
vince. every town were fundamentally the same;
but they were brought forward everywhere I'M
! der different shapes and pretexts, and had every
where attained different degrees of maturity
Thus il happened, that while in every LOCALITY
the decisive gravity OF the events az vienna was
felt. yet nowhere could an Important oio" De
struck with any hope of bringing the 'lennese
snccor or making a diversion in their favor: and
there remained nothing to ard them but the Par
lament and Central Power Of Frankfort; they
wefe appealed to on all hands, but what did they
do
The Frankfort Parliament and the bastard
l. i ob4 Iloh NV inpp
course with the old German Diet, the so-called
Central Power pro6ted by the Viennese move
ment to show forth their utter nulhty. This
contemplate assembly, as we have seen, had
long since sacrificed its virginity, and young as
it was, it was already turning gray-headed and
experienced in all the articles of prating and
pseudo-diplomatic prostitution. OF the dreams
and illusions of power, Of German regeneration
and unity, that in the beginning had pervaded it,
nothing remained but set of Teutonic clap-trap
phraseology that was repeated on every occasion,
and firm belief of each individual member In
his own importance, as well as in the credullty
Of the public. The original nalvete was dis
cardod the representatives of the German
people had turned practical men, that Is to say,
they had made it out that the less they did, and
the more they prated, the safer would be their
position as tie umpires Of the fate OF Germany.
Not that they considered their proceedings super
fuous; quite the contrary, but they had found
out that all really great questions, being to them
forbidden ground, had better be let alone, and
there, like set of Byzantine doctors of the Lower
Empire, they discussed, with an importance and
assiduity worthy Of the fate that at last overlook
them, theoretical dogmas long ago settled In
every part 81 the civilized world, or MICROSCOPE
cal practical questions which never led to any
practical result Thus, the Assembly being
sor, of Lancastran School for the mutual in
.nuction of members, and being, therefore, very
important TO themselves, they were persuaded 1t
wa. doing even more than the German people had
right to expect, and looked upon every one as a
traitor to the country who had the impudence 10
ask them TO come to any result.
When the Viennese instruction broke out,
there was a host of interpretations, debates, mo-
! fions and amendments upon it, which Of course
led 10 nothing The Central Power was 10 in
trrrerc. 1t sent two Commissioners, Messrs.
Welcker, the ex. liberal, and Mcsle, to Vienna.
The travels Of Don Quixotte and Sancho Panza
form matter for an Odyssey in comparison to the
heroic feats and wonderful adventures Of these
two knight. Grants of German Unity Not daring
TO Yro TO Vienna they were bullied by Win
dischgratz, wondered at by the idiot Emperor,
and mpudently hoaxed by the Minister Stadon.
Their dispatches and reports are perhaps the only
portion OF the Frankfort transactions that VIII
retain place in German literature; they are
perfect satirical romance, ready cut and dried,
and an eternal monument of disgrace for the
| Frankfort Assembly and its government.
The left side of the Assembly had also sent
two Commissioners TO Vienna, in order to up
hold It's authority there-Messrs. FrGbel and
Robert Blum. Blum, when danger drew near,
Judged rightly that here the great battle OF the
German Revolution was to be fought, and unhes-
ita,ingly resolved TO stake his head on the issue
| Frobel, on the contrary, was OF opinion that 1t
was his duty 10 preserve himself for the import
ant duties of his post at Frankfort Blum was
considered one of the most eloquent men OF the
Frankfort Assembly he certainly was the most
popular. His eloquence would not have stood
the ties, of any experienced Parliamentary As
! senby; he was too fond OF the shallow decia
nations of German dissenting preacher, and
his arguments wanted both philosophical acu.
men ard acquaintance with practical matter OF
fact In politics, he belonged TO moderate
Democracy" rather indefinite sort Of thing,
cherished on account Of this very want of def
ni,eness in its principles But with all this,
Robert Blum was by nature thorough, though
somewhat polished plebeian, and in decisive
MON en,s his plebeian instinct and plebeian en-
Al Il loE. II 81.
fore indecisive political persuasion and know
ledge In such moments he raised himself
far above the usua. standard of his capacities.