New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-09

| epcy when we were on our journey y Siberia y
"You accompanied His EIoellency then :" asked
| "Yes," said be; zee were there in 90" Seifert
sjustly proud Of having shared for thirty forty
years the fortunes Of his master. There was ring
and servant came in 10 announce visitor. "Ah,
the Prince Ypsilanti," said he: don't let him in /;
don't let single sOul IN; must 60 and dress His
| ExceIeDcy. SI, excuse me-yOars, most re-
| specially" and Herewith he bowed himself out
! As / descended 10 the street, / passed Prince
| " SLANT On the stairs. D. T..
THE DIVINE RIGHT OF THE HOHEN-
ZOLLERNS.
At The present moment there is only one great
question ahoat in Europe-thst Of Neufcha' eel.
Such, at least is the tenor Of the Prussian news
pspers. The Principally Of Neufcbatel it is true,
together with the eOuDty of Vslengin, may be
matbsmaticaly circumscrbed by the some Whist
diminutive figure Of seventeen miles square. But,
say the royalist philosophers of Berlin, i. is not
quantity, but quality that generally invests things
with grandeur or pettibess, and stamps them as
sublime or ridiculous. To them the Neufchatel
question is the eternal question between revolution
and right diviDe-an antagonism as little affected
by geographical dimensions as the law of grasits-
ton by the difference between the sun and tennis
ball
Let us try TO get at al understanding of what
the HoheI zollern dynasty call their divine right.
In the case low before US they appeal TO protocol
dated London, May "a, 1852, by which the Pleni
potentiaIies Of France Great Britain and Russia
ecognized the rights which belong TO the King Of
Prussia over the Principally of Neufchatel and
the County of ValengD, according to the tenor Of
ARTS. 90 and 76 of the Treaty of Vienna, and
(Which have cOe1isted from 1915 to lS4S with
those which Art. 70 of the .ame treaty conferred
"on Switzerland" BY this I'd plomatic interven-
ton the right divine of the King Of Prussia over
Neufcbatel is acknowledged only 80 far as estab
lished by the Treaty Of Vienna. The Treaty of
Vienna in its turn, refers us TO the title which
Prussia acquired in the year 17U7. Blu. how did
the Gaze stand in l707
The principally Of Neufcbate and County
ValeDgin, appertsiniDg in medieval times to the
kingdom of Burgundy, became, after the defeat of
Charles the Bold, an ally Of the Swiss c. nfedera-
ton, and such it remained, under the immediate
protection of Berne, during all the subsequent
changes Of it's su.trdinS, till The Treaty OF Wen
na transformed the ally into member of that Con-
federation. The suztrdiHdt Oger Neufcha'el wss
transferred first to the house Of Chalons Orange,
next by the Intervention of Sutherland to the
house OF Longuevil e, and finally, after the e1trpa
ton of the sgbates of that fanny, to the sister OF
the last prince, the DOwager-duchess OF Nemours.
When the latter acceded to these domnions,
William ILL.,, King of England and Duke Of Nassau.
Orange, issued protest all made over his claims
Oh Neufc batel and V.engn 10 bis cousin tredeylck
/ OF Prussia settlement which, hO gever, pro-
duced no effect during the lifetime Of William Ill.
On the death of Mary, Duchess of Nemours Fred
erck l. stepped forward with bis pretensions, but
fourteen other Cand dates appearing in the field he
wisely abandoned the decision over the rival claims
to The supreme Judgment of the Estates Of Neaf-
cbdttl and ValengiD, having made sure before their
sentence by briblpg the judges. BY dint Of bribery,
then, the X pg Of Prussia became Prince of Neuf-
cbatel and Count Of VsleDgiD. As such he was
upmsde by the French Revolution, remade by the
Treaty of Vienna and uDmade again by the Revo-
luton of le4e. Against the revolutionary right of
the people be appeals to The night divine Of the
Hohepzolerps, which would seem in the last analy
sis TO lose Itself in the divine night of bribery.
Lttleness is Characteristic feature of all feudal
conflicts; yet there is large line Of distinction to
be drawn The numberless small fights, intrigues
snd tIeasons by which the Kings Of France sue
ceeded in supplantlng their yasssls are sure to
remain fayorite theme with the historian, because
they trace the origin of great nation. On the
Other hand, the story how a yassal contryed to
cave cut of the German Empire more or less ex-
tepsiye slice Of sovereignty for his private use
theme altogether barren and dull, unless enllvened
by a concurrence of extraordinary circumstances
such as distinguish the history Of Austria. There
We observe one and the same prince as the cleo Ave
head of an empire and the Hereditary vassal Of a
province of that empire conspiriOg against the EN-
pire in the interest of bis province; proving success
full IN that piracy because his encroachnents on
the south appear to the traditoBary conflicts
be, wetn the German Empire aud Italy, and his en-
crOscbments on the east 10 continue the deadly
struggle between the German and Slayonlc races
and the resistance of Christian Europe against the
MsbometaD Orient; lastly, exaltDg by dint OF artful
family ccmbiI atoms his domestic power 10 such a
pitch that al one moment il threatened not only TO
absorb the empire lille shedding fictitious lus'er
upon it, bu: TO bury the world in the tomb Of uni
ver,al monarchy. Than su:h colossal outlines
pothirg can be stranger TO the annals Of the Mar
grsyis,e of Brsndepburg. Where the history of It's
rival reads Ike q diabOlical epic, its own reads
like an immoral family romance TOere exists
striking difference, even where one might