The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-22
Possibility or Civil War In GERMANY.

Possibility or a Civil War In GERMANY
FROM the foreign papers it appears that the
coholtion OF affairs throughout the great Ger.
manic Confederation, is, in many respects. SINH.
lar to that which existed here previous 10 the
first act Of Secession by Southern State. The
confederation, which has common Diet or As.
semoiy, has heretofore consisted of the greater
aeutonic fowers-Austria, Prussia, Bavaria
Saxony, Baden Baden, and some tbirty.two in.
1erior Dukedoms and Electoratcs-all, of course
. Monao'cs. IN .nelr FORM of government and
therefore, diHerlng materially from the Ameri.
can States, but all represented in the Cent,
Legislature, and all in some degree constitution.
al since ls49, and far more independent than
the members Of this Conlederacy-each and all
Deing free TO make peace or war, within certain
limits, uncontrolled by the sister States
:, This Band or League did not include other
than tfe German possessions of Austria and
hence 1t was that in her struggles with the HIM.
garian and Italian rebelions. the latter powo,
has stood alone. The frantic efforts made Inv
tne Viennese Cabinet TO involve Prussia and ali
Iermany in an alliance with her against Nano.
icon ana Victor Emanuel during the recent me.
morabie conflict in Northern Italy, must st;ll
uweii IN the recollection of every reader. Now
russia ana the group of States near to her
nave lately been distinguished from Austr;a md
her Allies in Southern Germany hv nron nnI
sive views ard rapid improvements in conso.
nance with the spirit of the age This advance
mas awakened the jealous opprehensions of all
reactionary cabinets adhering to the old so.cai.
led 'Wurzburg" Alliance and adroitly and 60.
cretiy winning Saxony over to her yews Ans.
ira has put forward that power in the nerson
OF her Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Won
nuest, as catspaw to propose the yeconstruc.
eon OF the Confederation in such shane as 70
ADMIT au OF the Austrian Empire into Il. This
proposition had already been rpeped and an.
proved by the Wurzburg Confederates. before
Prussia was informed of it, Then s,daanIr
ho'es identical in meaning were sent in to her
Dy Austria and all her accomplices proposing
the new form, and inviting Prussia to ioin them
J. e., treating her as though she and her ndhe'
rents, Baden, SAKE, Coburg, and few o.be,
smaller States were out of the Confederation
or had seeded from it. To yield would have
oeen to recognize the supremacy of Austria
wnicn Will have majority in the new Djet--to
remsin out is to invite the hostility of the coali
tion: Hence the crisis Prussia, with dign,v
decilhes the recognition of this new Wurzbnro
scneme, and Is now menaced on all sides nv the
adherents of Austria. The National Versn nm
Of the people extending through.
put uermany, calls upon the Prussian King to
throw himself into the arms of the progressive
party, who have gained substantial victories in
lhe elections and in tho Prussian Chamber ~
deputies As it was, civil war impends but If
PRUSSIA goes with the Veren the next steamer
ray bring US news of a Revolution --INew
fork Sun.