The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-11
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In this Diet there are on ordinary affairs seventeen
votes Of which the German kingdoms and larger duchics
have one each amounting eleven and the other Elk
votes are divided amsnSst the minor States and free
towns In clusters When, however, the Diet liz formed
into General Assembly, for making altering lie fun
dament. laws and other eraver matters, the votes
increased to Co. Of which the Kingdoms possess foar esch
the lsger cuchs three three of the smaller duchies Two
each and the other confecersed Powers vote each
By article g. the States Of the Confederation engaged
deferd not only Germany its entirety, but also each
individual State Of the Union, in Of attack ard
cprocay guaranteed to each other the States tnen
priced In the Union.
II will be at once observed that the system of voting
laid down necessarily and una7otably gave tue Smaller
States undue snd hcttoss importance the Federal
Diet, and led TO tie cultivation OF separate Interests
amongst the minor coufederaes by the two great
CHIEF Of Austria and Prussia between which well deaoeI
rivslries and jeaousies existed
THE ARMY OF TIE CONSIDERATION.
Tie Confederation keeps large saud,ng army, amount
ing 10 sec 7ss TIE army comprised OF ten corps
d'd.7nse furnished by the several Sares, follows
Austria furnishes three corps Prussia three Bavaria,
one the Northern States, between them one the South
eastern one and the esterr, oue. The military
Com sscr Of The Federal Army is composed OF Field
Marshal Joseph de Schmerling, President, and Colonel
Leopold Baron Rzikowsky de Dobrachtz, Second Penpo
tertiary representing Austria Major General Dahnbauer
Fs. Plenipo,ent.ary and Major General Frederick dc
Thwardowsd, Second Pleuipotentiary, the part OF
Prussia; Major General Charles de Lei, Colonel Fred
Bayer d'Ehrcrbcfg, o, tho wur.emburg servica Major
General Septer de Loetzen service Of Baden Colonel
Charles Frey, service Of the Grand Duchy Of Hesse;
Colonel Gusave W. de Spiezel service OF Saxony Major
General G. z Aug &C Psnhuys, service OF Luxembourg
Colonel Charles Fred Schultz, service of Hanover ard
Colonel Soheer service OF Heclenburg Schwerin. The
Commander inCbief Field Marshal Cbeyaler Joseph dc
schnerlipg, and the Commandment OF Frankfor. the
Prusesn Lieutenant Colonel Coun, de Goz.
The organ and represe NATIVE Of the Confederation is the
Diet Of Plenipotentiaes, which is permanent
bles in the free city Of the Maine. Toe Diet
is constituted in two forms:l. AS general assembly
(plnum), in which every member has at least vote
the great Powers have several, Austria the five
tnedoms have each four votes; Baden Hesse Cassel,
Hesse Darmstadt Holsten and Luxembourg, each three
Brunseick, Getklenburg Sch~ern and Nassau To
the other Stats each one making, altogether seventy
In the making altering fundamental laws in the aims
sion OF members into the confederacy AID In re,
gious matters unanmy ia required To all other ases
two thirds Of the votes Of tie general assembly neces
cary for the adoption Of any measure that in pont OF
fact, unRpnity required in almost all important cases
excep, in the declaration OF war; conclusion of peace
The other form Of the Diet ia the ordinary assembly in
which the thirty rne members Of the general assem oly
have out seventeen votes. Austria Prussia Bavaria
Ssxony, Narrower, wurtemberg, Baden, Heese CasseI,
Eesse Darsaot solsten and Iuxenburg have each one
vote Q) The OTHER votes collective The twelfth IS
given by the grand duch7 duches o. Saxony rnes
he hy
the fourteenth by Meokienburg schweru and seltz the
fifteenth by 0depburg the three bousea of Anbalt and
The two Schwsrzburg bouses the sixteenth by Hohenzo
lern, Lcttensten Lippe. and Scbaumburg Lppe Reuss
and wsdeck and the seventeenth by the four free cities
This assembly brrgs forward and discusses propositions
which must be decided in the rIeaun, general
bly, Gin which there dscussiou It also ex ,cu,es
the DEGREES Of the Diet and in general manages the af
fairs Of the Confederation. decides by simple nao-
ry Of nine voes Austria presides both Diets aud bag
The cseipg vote in he smaller assembly. The deputies
have tie character Of penipotentaes Responsible 10
their respective governments only aud are, therefore,
governed by the instructions Of their courts not by their
convictions The sessions of the Diet are partly CON
fdenta Gin which the preliminary conferences take place
and Of which 70 journal is kept and partly formal Lis
putes between the members the CoDfede the Diet
frst endeavors 70 compose by committee If this does
TO- succeed legal process commenced and the gu
prerne court Of Of the States OF the Confederation
chosen by the parties TO setle the Dispute in regular
judicial way The chief objects Of the German confedsr
ton the foowirg-1 The independence and integrity
Of the States with this lie connected the right exan
Ing the disputes between members OF the Confederation
and foreign States, ard OF obging the former yield
they are Judged to be wrong. e The mutual protection
OF the States against each other the of the
NonedtTacy The internal tranquility of the separate
~s len TO the care Of the respective governmental
Nee OF the resstance OF the subjects 10 their 10
'' 'ne Collaboration may assist the latter The
may even interfere, without beog called
~ Ne government, If the commotons are OF dan
80 'hVs, or several States are Threatened bv
s'us oohtptaeies. central coro,,se,oc n. ,o,,,,
~. a'ons s instituted at nen,z which nc nos, az
gagged ior number Of years in the roa,,aa,,. %
Ionary piots a. The etabshmen, NJ
nu''onS IN a the States belonging to the Conreso,.,o
o. Inc essabnshment Of three degrees ~ i,..,...
Legal equality Of all Christian denor,,.,,s o.
tabshment OF a common civil law IN ce,r,.... -.
~ OF emigration, and the right @, Tho ~. 0'
State TO bold real property in every Other s,,
federation. 8. The regulation Of the legal
medntized princes Of the old empire rbes.
were first settled by the furoamepta, act o, ba s
BE, and confirmed, according TO decree Of the
efVennA. ~ the constitution Of the Con edersop Jrn.e
1870. .