, 1859-08-18
Germany Since the Peace.
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Mrs,tu. Jnly Il. $50.
Germany has fallen into stute OF feverish
treaty concluded between the two hostile En-
perors fell upon her astonishcd ears. llcrpeace
Of mind was SO much disturbed by the intclli-
:;ence, that she begins to people the future with
awful political mig TN res, anu half believes
Them 10 be prophetic visions. France is to
share the continent with Austria, cuttin. up
Prussia a,,tl tue Confcteracy with as little re-
Poland in Other days. Tile Rhine is to become
Il French river, and those who were lately so
iond and so fierce III asserting Austria's right 10
tyrannize ovcr Italy, now shudder ut 1(lc barc
thought Of coming under that same yoke them
selves. .Sauce tor tie goose is sauce for the
:,arder," is Il proverb sometimes capable of un-
pleasant application.
But, although these dangers are evidently
chimcricaf, the result Of mere excitement aud
heated apprehension, it is np less evident that
the world is not to settle down again to rcpose
like the stupelied letLary Of The last ten years,
and that Germany is dcst1ned 10 BECOME once
more the tlcatcr Of mighty war Of liberation,
not against foreign, but native deposits. Louis
Napoleon, said the -ilytna<iae Zeitung, not long
since, has iuauguratcd a new era of revolution
!. is true. Wherever discomfort was to be To-
1nented, out Of France, there his agents hare
done the work and the natiuns, that for ten
years have scarcely shown Signs Of life, seem to
word Of that 1nan who has lere more tha,. any
ether Of his time to crush The very thought Of
liberty out Of IL nations heart. The sreat olean
llcgiNs TO lleayc aud swell once more; anu the
royal Cansltes who attempt to 1uell the tide
will ind their word too impotent for tie mighty
task.
Evcn in Germany the signs Of discomfort arc
multiplying on every hnnd. They cannot he
blinded 10 tue fact, that with po:.Mation Of
nearly thirty millions, and all ur1ny numbering
more tl,uu million Of trimmed soldiers, the great
t;crn,anic Confederation was II mere nullity in
The late European crisis sud very naturally
they ask, wl,y was it? Why was it that Louis
Napoleon laughed III our faces when we talked
cfad.anciny on Paris, and, in spite Of our loud
1hlrats OF organizin. III arlny at observation
1n the Rhine, marched the flower Of his army
into Italy, leaving Ills frontiers in an almost de-
fencclcss state. Why is it that our common
enthusiasm, our unity Of feeling, hare brought
firth M better fruit: Whose fault IS II -
Who sowed the seeds of dscori among us when
d common danger threatened our very existence
Us a people: The answer, they say, is too plain
TO BE- missed. The fault lies At The door Of the
princes. who were Jealous oftl'e unity Of their
Subjects" Each petty King aud Grand Duke
was fearful that tile mimic splendor OF als own
particular little Court would be extinSnished i'll
ilc EIazc Of an imperial crown; that his title
would painfully relapse from .'All Highest to
'*1llustrious," or something equally common
place; and every one Of them WAS ready to make
any sacrifice uecessaryto to prevent such dread
fll calamity. They sacrificed German honor
aud the sacrifice will mt be soou forgiven.