New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-18
GERMANY.
From Our Own Correspondents

From Our Own Correspondent
FRANKFORT. AMMAN, Sept p.
On the preliminary meeting Of the German
men," which took place on the 18th Of September,
the opposite views of the Northern and Southern
Upionsts were, SIS stated in former letter, freely
talked over the principal points Of the controversy
being Austras relations to the future Of Germany,
and Prussiss so called mission {" der PrcnSssche
"BruG). The Frankfort Democrats dared some
moderate structures the present state of Prussia
and lis usuIping claims raised IN the Eisenach
programme They contrasted the Eisenach
claims, and the airs assumed by the timer
ant mission of PrussiaD street preachers, with
the official declarations of the Berlin Gov
ernment-with the answer, for instance, which
the Count of SchweIin, in the name of the Prince
Regent had, few days ago, gwen to al unlollst
address presented by deputatlon from Stettln.
On the other hand the most fevent defenders OF
Prussa's historical mission were 70 De found
among the Hanoyerisn advocates The latter
gentlemen, well known for their bias for feeding
on the vltals OF the pessantry, and forced 70 De
deeply veIsed in all the small tricks of chlcsnery,
since the law they live upon is strangely con-
founded compound sf Roman lsg, common German
law, and Haneverlan statute law-those learned
Hanover gentlemen very naturally seized upon the
Golha movement, with the double aim Of using
il is a weapon in their party warfare sg,nst
the court ard the nobility of Hanover,
and of extending the fame Of their tslents and
their rhetorical powers beyond the rather dlnlinu
tive area of their official " country. The attack
90 the King of Hanover, 10 the name and under the
silent prote ctlon of the Prussian Government was
an opportunity for displaying tr'buninal courage
and catching popular applause, too safe not 10 De
rod h. uf mi u nah,
by the prudence of their patriotism and the acri
mony Of their rancor. A certain Planche, Got
tiDgen advocate made, consequently, grand
speech, OF st least long speech, and an elaborate
speech, and 3 speech of rhetorical pretensious; IN
which speech be tended 10 persuade he audience
that hat they must look 70 We're the actual deeds
ofthe Prussian Government, but the historical mis-
SION of the Pfussan State. mission 10 be fulfilled
only BY the exclusion from Germany Of Austria He
was replied 70 by Won Holder, Stuttgart notsbli-
~. He declared that he felt no personal antipatny
sgsinst the Prussian leadership, but be should ask
wtere were the guarantees offered By Prussia lie
should decline acknowledging the hegemony Of
PRUSSIA, except on the condition OF the Pfusslan
Government rlskng its very existence on the solu-
ton Of the German question. Had Prussia shown
any symptoms of Willingness 10 set up u this stand
ard 1t was not so cheaply that the common
tatherland could yield up the fine Germsn Pro-
vinces of Austria; and the less So since Austria
was now starting upon new hopeful" course.
The question of central power so dikcult Of solu-
ton with the antagonist claims Of the two great
German powers, be thought best 10 shelye for the
moment. For the present, they should limit them
selves TO the effort Of establishing German
unity within the boundaries of ecOnomi cal
legislation. The lstter hint, which menaced
10 lead the discussion to field not very
promising for mere rhetoTica! flourish, was ., once