The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-20

for the diEeotion and result ef ~
determination whether Prussia u 70
joc With Austria (seeing that the anti Ru sian pc-
hey adapted by Austria IL irrevocsble), or 70 JOIN
with Russis and render wider and more inpassAole
the gulf that v ysrnsng between two portions OF
Germany" There Ia immisent danger taas the
rival snbitions Of the houses Of Hspsbut9 and 10
herzollf IN viii make the var IL Russia with Turkey
their hereditary quarrel In Germany. Such Iesuit
can only tend TO divert into another channel pat
Of The danger that now threatens Russia, and de-
pr Is the liberties Of Germany and Europe.
of national independence and free institutions
throughout Europe regard this complication OF me
controversy provoked by Russia They know that
Austria and Pruasia each Of them bring up wards
Of 500 600 soldiers into the field; and they 40 NOT
regard il as matter Of indifference into which scale
either or both Of these enormous forces are 70 Do
thrown. But they look upon Austria % q suspicious
and embarrassing ally. pursuing with nveterate
sel6shness and INSCRIPTIONS dupncity, secret ana
all but an avowed partisan Of Russia On tho other
hand they believe that the national wishes Of Ger
many were consulted, tho larger and more valusnio
part Of both these armies would be found operaung
heartily with the armies Of Turkey, France and Eng
land. The German people know that Russia has
been the great maintainer OF tho major and MINOR
despotisms under which they groan; and the Prus-
sian army, with the exception OF comparatively .
few regiments recruited N Posen Is composec. S 2.
Tyrcl, and We may add Bohemia - long incorporated
into the German empire, are as brave and skiligl
soldiers a. any that march under the black ana yel
low flag.
How comes II, then, that Germany, which consti.
tutes the main epgth Of Prussia and Austria, has
no voice in affairs which vitality concern it Be-
cause Germany Is not, like France or England, an
organized nation; because Germany has not, like
France or England, . national goyernment 10
Germany the authority Of government Is nominal!J
vested in the Diet as Frankfort. The Diet Of Frank.
fort Ia composed of three Heterogeneous elements.
There is fret Austria, which, quite as much as Hol
in the Diet in virtue OF its having hold upon Ger.
tain Ger man territories. OF the thirty-eoven mil
lions over which the House OF Hapsburg reagns,
only soma seven millions are Germans. Auhtfia,
the permanent President Of the Diet, is non Ger
man power, pursuing non German policy. Next
comes Prussia, with an essentially German people,
and an essentially NON German government. Prussia
dom been, q German Sonderbund in ITSELF Both
Austria and Prussia call themselves mem 5ers Of the
Germanic confederation when they have anything
to gain by it, both Austria and Prussia claim to act,
ever Il suits their Interests fSs third element in
the Diet is an aggregate OF minor soveregns over.
awed by the proximity ard superior military
strength of Prussia and Austria, jealous OF each
Of antsgonism to--their own subjects. These three
elements counteract and neutralse each other, and
efectusly prevent at all times any real or effective
action on the part Of tho DIE. And even could
they be brought by some miracle 70 act in harmony
and with energy for once, It would DO merely for
the promotion Of dynassic interests, and not those
Of Germany or the Germans.
It Is this unfortunate condition Of the German
people that renders public opinion in Germany pow
erless to compel its government or governors to
keep in view the promotion Of German interests, the
assertion Of German rights, az public opinion u
sure to do in the long run in England and even In
France. The anarchioal condition Of Germany, its
want Of Conference, Its want Of Q national govern
ment, places it In imminent danger Of being made
the the atre Of war. But even In peaceful and less
critical times the beneficial effects Of this political
anarchy are Duriously felt. It deprives the greater
part Of the German population of even that imper-
feet control over the state expenditure witch their
usory constitutions give them. II the people OF any
German state ask for abatement Of t,xation, they
are told that the customs are main source OF rove
nue., and that no alteration can be made In them
long to the Zollverein. II they ask for liberty OF
the press they are told that It only be conceded
by two hiros Of the sovereigns who constitute he
diet. The formation Of railways the introduction OF
uniform aysem of weights and measures, the adop-
ton of enc common law OF monetary ex changes for
GermaDy--all are impeded by the independence Of
the different eovereigns and tue loose and anomalous
tier which bind them AZ onfe5eration. The Diet
and the ZolveIe.n-the only shadows Of q common
govr rnment for the German territories-are merely
txcul es for letardDg the developemens Of fee in
ct tuti MS and material resources In Germany
German INTERESTS have no change Of nVyf nSg
aafNiSa government. And the general interests Of
Euro e are as much concerned in this contamination
rs those OF Germany itself. For example: De )ple
b. gin to talk OF the resuscitatiou of POLAND as BIZ
r.r against Russian aggression. Bat without a
united and Independent Germany in its rear, how
lOr could the resuscitstsd Poland mairtsn itself
4 Pol nj were left surroupdsd by the three Powers
which formerly psrcelled it out among themselves
the game OF partition would soon be begun again.