New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-02
Revolution and Counter Revolution.
XVIII.

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Revolution and Counter Re- olutiou.
XVIII.
In our last we showed that the struggle
between the German Governments on the one side
and the Frankfort Parliament on the other, bad
ultimately az quiied such degree Of violence that
in the first days Of Maya great portion OF Ger
nspy broke out in open insunection first Ores
den, then the Bavsrian Palatinate, parts Of Rhen-
ish Prussia, and at last Baden.
In all casts, the real fighting body Of the insur'
cents, that body which fret took up arms and
gave battle to the troops, consisted Of the york
ing classes ofthe townS. A portion Of the poorer
country population, laborers and petty farmers
generally Joined them after the actual outbreak OF
the conf ct. The greater number Of the young
men of all cl, SEES below the capitalist class was
to be found for time at Il asst, in the ranks Of the
nsurgent armies, but this rather indiscrimnate
aggregate Of Dung men very soon thlnned as soon
40 the aspect Of affairs took a some what serious
turn. The students particularly, those "repre-
sentatives Of intellect" as they liked to call
themselves, were the first to quit their standards,
unless they were retained by the bestowal of off,
seld, m a'y qualification.
The working class entered upon this insunec-
ton as they would have done upon any other which
promised either to remove some obstacles in their
progress toward political dominion and social
revolution, or at least to tie the more influential
but less courageous classes OF society TO a
more decided and revolutionary course than
they had followed hitherto. The working class
took up arms with full knowledge that this was.
in the direct bearings OF tie case, no quarrel Of
| its own; but il followed up its only true policy
| to allow no class that has risen on its shoulders
las the BouTgeosle had done in 1879 to forty its
ciass-g government, without opening at least, a
| lar fed to the working casses for the struggle
| for Its oHn inttretts and, IN any case, 10 bring
| meters to crisis, 10y which either the nation
was iaiIly and irresistbly launched in the revolu.
| tiolsTy career, or else the Sfdtu quo before the
| revolution restore as possible. and there
| by new revolution rendered unavoidable. In
| both cases the working classes represented the
| real and VT understood interest Of the nation at
large in hast. ming as much as possible that
lutI1naiy course which, for the old societies OF
cviliZto Europe, has now become a historical ne
ces sity, before any OF them sgain aspire to
mOie quiet and regular development OF its re-
sources.
As TO county people that joined the insurre:-
ton, they weIe principally thrown into the arms
OF the revolutionary patty by the relatively enor-
nous load of taxation, and partly OF feudal bur-
dens pressing upon them. Without any initiative
Of their OVID they formed the tail OF the other
classes Engaged in the insuirectisn wavering be-
tween the woIkiDgmen Oh one side, and the petty
trading class the other. Their own private so
cal position, in almost every case, decided which
way they turned the agricultural laborer gener-
ally suppOIttd the city san, the small farmer
was apt TO 60 hand in hand with tie small shop
keeper.
1his class of petty trademen, the great import
srce and influence of " hich we have already .eve-
| Ial times advtrted to- may be considered as the
| leading class OF the instruction of NAV, 1919.
There beng, this time none OF the large towns Of
| Germany among the center of the movement,
! the petty uadiug class. which in middling and
| lesser towns always predomnates, found the
mesps OF getting the dHtctOn OF the movement
! into its hands. We have, moreover seen, that in
| this stIusg'e for the Imperial Constitution and
| fer the nights OF the German Parliament there
were the interests OF this peculiar class at stake.
! The Pro, isional Governments formed in all the
| insuIgeDt districts represented in the majorty Of
ea,h of the III, this section Of the people, and the
length they went to may therefore be fairly taken
! as the measure OF what the German petty bour-
| geoi'ie is capable of-cspahle as We shall see Of
nothing but running any movement that entrusts
| itself 10 II s hands
The petty bourge oise, grea. in Boosting, is
very impotent for action aud yeiy shy in risking
al, ihDg. The mesQRia character Of its CON-
mercIal tIapsaciloEs and its credit operations is
eminenty apt to stamp It's character with want
Of enemy and enterprise; il is, then, to be ex-
pected n At similar qualities will mark it's poiti.
cal career. Accordit ely, the petty bOurgeoisis
encouisged instruction by big words and great
boasiiIg as TO what il was gong 10 90; it was
! esgtr 10 seize upon power soon as the ipsur-
reetion, much sganst its will had broken out it
USED this power to no other purpose but to de-
stToy the Effects Of the Instruction. Wherever
on armed conflict had brought matters TO seri-
Gus crisis there the shcpset peTs stood aghasf at
the taI g'TSus tituaucn created for then; aghast
/ at The p, ope Nho had taken their Boosting sp-
! psss To aims in earnest sghaSt at the power
tlu> thrust INTO their own hands aghast above
all ct the tors, Qusnces for tbeIns, I've for their
! soc al posit.'ns, tOI their fortunes OF the policy
/ in which they were forced 10 tpgsge themselves.
Wee they Lot expected 70 risk al, and proper.
ty, as they used o say, for the cause VI the IN
suneeti u Were they not forced to take OIL
cia pf stiors in the nsurec;ion, whereby. in case
ot d. at they fisked the loss Of their cspital!-
And in case Il victory, we're they not sure 10 be
Immediately TUNED cut Of office ard seeing their
th'ne po'ey subye'ted by the victorious prolita-
iisns who iormed the man bOdy Of their 6ghting
amy thus placed between opposing dangers
~h'en sumo htcd them on every side, the pstty
o.u's'eis'e Knew not TO turn its power 10 any
o,neI account 'hsn ~ let everything take It's
| Sssne whereby, o. course, there was lost what
AMI ,bns ~ success th.re might hsyc been.
noI;c, 70 rum The ilsurrec tion atose.her. lts
the ,,m. .ra.l want OF policy everywhere was
$50 sha TIER. love, the insurrect;srs of NJ
the sane pattern. NC OIL cut out u
omsseo, tne struggle WA Ian, nj.
epsm sne streets of the TOM. Tn. L ~, ious
"a 80. D.eh, ,ne communal guard ~