Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-01-20

Recently. however, on occasion oil
visit made by The Countess to Jutiand, she
was received with public festivities by mag
israies and people, just as IT she had oeeh
the Queen. and since then it has been
whispered abroad that he intends to raise
her to that dignity. Hereupon arises tenn
pest in the public mind, and newspapers
and pamphlets grow heated IN the discuss
ion. Thirty-two OF the latter have already
appeared at Copenhagen, and the cry is
still they come. These publications are
of every kind, from the gravest legal argu
nents down to the grossest attacks upon
the character of the lady, and the most pl-
quaint revelations as to her history. And
yet so much liberty of the press exists in
Denmark at present, that the police have
suppressed only one, poem entitled Rds-
mussine, which describes the lif. of the
Countess from her childhood among the
lowest classes Of people, through her career
as theatrical supernumerary, and MILL
ner at Paris and Copenhagen, up to her
marriage, in a perfectly merciless strain of
truth or fiction, and more probably of both.
The more serious pamphlets relate to the
legal aspects of the matter. and where law.
yers differ on such point, the controversy
is of course interesting. The pivot of the
whole dispute is the fact that morganatic
marriage, though legally recognized in
Germany, is not known to the Danish law +;
thus on the one hand it is contented that
the union is absolutely the same as any other
marriage, and the Countess entitled to all
the rights and privileges Of the Kings wife
Just as though there had been no special
compact or understanding between them.
The opposite party maintain that there is
no legal marriage in the case, and that
wedding where The husband gives the wife
his left instead of his right hand is no we'd
ding at ali. To this the reply is that nel'
Their the civil nor the ecclesiastical law pre-.
scribes ,ich hand shall be given, and that
one is as good as the other. A marriage even
where no hand was given would, they con-
tend, be sacl amenlal aud binding, and there
fore the left hand confers the same rights
aud the same obligations as the right. II
is almost needless to say that the clergy g
with this party against those who maintain
that there has been no marriage in the case
Still more warmth is given to the quarre
by the desire of the King to proclaim the
Countess as his Queen, and, indeed, the
suspicion that such was his intention ha
been entertained. His next friends say lha
he may do SO, since Denmark, recently al
absolute monarchy, has no law restraining
The Sovereign's pleasure in that respect -
Some of them, however, dissuade him from
the step.
What is singular is, that the people dis
like the Countess as much as the arlstoc
racy, while many among the middle classe
support her cause tor the simple reaso
that she is Of the humblest birth But S
great is the popular opposition to her, thu
she cannol appear in he street witho It bei'
'nsul'ed. the other day lady, who Wa
mistaken for her, had her carriage stoppe
by mob, and was desperately frightened
TIL the mistake was explained and she wa
allowed to go. The Countess. however
lives in great re irement and avoids all put
lie display. She is said to be both patriot
and charitable, and it is possible that, in time
she may ouIlve the hatred of her antago
nlsls aud see herself peacefully acknowl
edged at any rate, few of the adventurn,i
characters OF the day have passed th'oug
stranger vicissitude of circumstances
Meanwhile, the questions as to whether sh
lis legally married or not, may continue t
afford subject for the wrang'ing of DAMS
LAWYERS - Tribune.