Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-30
FruEn the Liverpool Mercury.
The Constitutional Struggle In

known, 40 u u such az 70 augnr well for the fu /
tDre of a people which rightfully claims 10 take
the cad 70 Germany. The prospects OF cons,i-
tutiOnal freedom and national unity througho 4
the Confederation are inseparnby buund up in 4
the political progress Of the great y irlh German
St-'e 'hst ~e recpd with especial satisfaction the
trlums'h which literal principles have won in the
recent contest AL lhe arts Of c-joery and IN
unidston have been tried. aud triei IN vain, by 4
reactiOniry court and an insoeut minister; and
u = nov certain that the new Chsmber will be /
even more resolute and united than it, predeces
sor ia asserting the funda mental doctrines ct
constitutional government against prefocative I
The electors have not been led astray, we ven I
tured 10 predict that they would not bY the i'm
puient pre- ence that he independence and dig
nty' OF Prussia w,re concerned 20 upholding the
Bi-muk Cabinet IL does not appear that
the is-ue OF single election has been IN the
slightest degree Influenced by that absurd
Jealousy of Austrian ascendency to which the
King appealed IN the msnifesto which accom-
panied the decree OF dissolution. The attempt to
make political capital of the Fl nkiort Con
gress OF Princes aud the unpopular project which
Ausiria hat persuade "a as emily to adopt has
signally tailed Pru~S,sns have the sense To
know that 10 Is not Bism irk NJ ,ni~try that will
help them to take their natural position at the
heid of Germany. and that III ons ~ a Liberal
and Constitutional Power that their country need
ever hope TO be the nucleus of a united German
nation Equally abortive has been the pressure un-
sparingly applied 10 the army of Government
fuuctonTries which forms 50 important part
ct every Prussitn constituency Ia some in
stances. We are told, official persons did not
venture Openly to oppose the Ministry which
threatened To deprive them of their bread the
penalty of Az independent vote: but they have -
class, wholly refused % pay the mandate which
claimed their active electioneering services for
II. ~ ~ a N
most bure suocratic md iunctionsry ri ilen coun
try in Europe. this Is a fact which speaks vol
umes as To the fore and the nuaumtv of popu
lar feeling. Even the well drilled aud h,bituiilv
docile servants OF the Safe have resented and re-
sisted the lictation which sought To degrade them
into Ministerial partisan and have done their
duty 10 their country 1t the risk OF painful aud
cruel mirty rdom a numbers of English pock
ct boroughs in the memorable struggle OF 1881
mustered 10 courage TO return reform members
he rank aud tile OF the Prus~iln bure tucricy
has tor once shared the popular impulse and re
fused 10 do the bid ling of Court and Cabinet
We could not desire more decisive proof of the
depth and strength of liberal feeling throughou
Prussia than the f,ct th official class has in
the late contest made common cause with the
constitutional opposition.
There appears To be no doubt whatever that the
new Chamber will bee many degrees more hostile
To the Court aud Ministry than the last The
liberal party has gained considerable nusnbers
and il has camel very much more M strength of
purpose Not only have Mnsierialists III sever
al instances given place 20 Liberals bat moderate
or timid Liberals have had 10 make rn0m Tor p0l
iticians OF more decided cast; and where the
same men have been returned again they have
been returned under influences that will mike
them more difficult to deal with than before On
the whole NJ Won Bl~mark ami his unfortunate
ROYAL master have lost immensely by this rash
and foolish appeal To- the constituencies 1t j.
calculated that the real and thorough going SUI
porters at the Cove nment in the Chambers Just
elected will scarcely exceed a score; that waver-
erS, dOubluS aud nOndescripis will not number
very III ny more; md hat there will remain "a com
ptct, reSOlu'e and angry DEPOSITION majority Of
lille less than three hundre, members This il
what the King has got by three drssolutious in
Two wears. he has converted he most lOyal, pa
tent long suffering easily pleased and timiilv
cautious OF Parliaments into an indignant House
of Commons, perfectly conscious OF its rights,
and sternly resolved to assert them Consttu-
journalism in Prussia has much reason To be thank
ful Tor the stupid violence OF It's enemies Ii has
taken an immense amount of ROYAL blundering
aud ministerial insoleuce to work up the national
temper To the requisite pitch: perhaps only BIS
marx would have been equal to the task hut
there really seems reason 10 believe that the thing
has Leen done at last IL appears exceedingly
improbable that the Chamber about To meet will
separate-unless iorcbly disposed oi by n comp
detat-without taking some decided step to-
ward placing the relation of crown, Parliament
AMI people on an e-senti lily new footing Hence
forth It = difficult to see that any alternative re
mains Tor the King (shott of abdcation) except
to submit unreserveIly to the restraints of Par
lamentary government TO break with Parlia-
ments altogether.
IL ~ well for the cause Of constitutional free
dom in Prussia that there appears tn he little
for any of those cunninglv devised compromises
by which crafty monsrchs and plausible ministers
sometimes succeed in cheating a Parchment out
of It's privileges and people our of il liherjie-
King William ~ not n crafty monarch. and
Won Bi-mark \ the very reverse Ola plausible
minister an.i what is even more u the purpose,
neither Parliament nor people are in the humor 10
be cheated A further security against The sue
cess ot any possible attempt 10 confuse the nOpu
lar MUD to crjole divide the Liberal ma-
iority in the Chsmber il furnished by the extreme
simplicity of the questions now Mt issue between
the Cours aui the country The Il ,grsntiv
constitutional u>urpation of the Executive in the
matter OF the Budget. and the Illegal Az tyraunl-
chi edict against lie press. are matters on VIII ch
compromise Is scarcely conceivable The
questions thus raised questions which
only admit of Yes or M answer Above
AL. there i personal issue. which subStan
tween King and people and which car only lie
disposed of IN one of two possible ways Prero-
CARVE ami divine right are Tor the npment i'm
person tel and summed up in NJ Won Rsmuk
ar! NJ won Bsmark must either be retained or
d>mused To retain hlm an the face OF dis
tlnrt vote of cenSure-lnd Il the new Chamber Is
good for anyh ming. this wlll be rs very first piece
ol hu-iDeSs-wou.d be 20 declare oi,en upon
the constitution. To dismiss him after all thit
has been said aud done. wound be a dIstnct act OF
submission TO the nttonal will ~ declared bv the
nations representatives.. IL i 4 great thing 10
have q constitutional controversy 'hus abridged,
condensed and simplifed This i the function
which Srafprds Polignacs, and Bismarks per
form in the order Ot Providence. Let us hone
that history is not going this time repeat itself
with literal accuracy. bur that well me tuing
Monarch nav Tor once refuse To tie lei To his
ruiH %, an arrogant aud tyrtnnica servant
Epgli>hmen will watch with anxious. yei hope
full interest the further progress OF Struggle
which PRESENTS many anai"gies u the most
even,iu Crisis OF heir own constitutional hiSto-
~ We have every reason To believe aud none
rho beat for The cause of freedom in Prussia ] he
Liberal party has hitherto made very few ms
takes: il j. apparently as firm and united in pur-
pose a. IL s overwhelmingly strong in numbers:
AMI il has thus far Ouy gained increased force
and determination under each fresh difficulty
with which it has had To graphic: Should the
nasceut libert es Of Prussia be destined - Tempo
rary eclipse under militlry coup detGt-which