Nebraska advertiser., 1864-03-10

are there called Liberties. Great sym
nathy is got up in Germany under the
idea that their Holstein b~reathren are, as
thew assume, to be deprived Of some Of
their liberties! Il is exactly the same
sort of liberty which The Barons Of Eng
land contracted for with King JOhn-the
liberty Of the aristocracy to hold the lands
castles and emolumenss of The country,
while the poor Saxon labOrer was har-
messed in wlth oxen TO- plow the land for
Norman knights, It'll the same sort OF
liberty which they want in the SOnth.-
lis certain however that il is the priVl-
leges of-lhe Holstem noblesse, which
were guaranteed by the Germanlc Con,
federation. But what makes the political
controversy? Is not Holsteln a part OF
Denmark certainly. No part OF Den
mark is more a part Of il, or oweslts al
l~epiance to the King more than Holstelna
| Holstein has beena part Of Denmark
$50 years the Kings of Denmark being
dukes of HoIstefn, Toa simple minded
Amercian this is enough. What right
has ANYBODY to interfere? What claim can
Lthey seteupa Why bysd process of poll
teal legerdemain, which exists nowhere
out of Germany, Il is simply this:
Though HoIsteiC is absolutely a part OF
/ Denmark, vet Holstein is also a member
of the Germanic Observation-Disclosures
was a German province, as such IS a
member of the German Diet, and the
King of Denmark actually votes In the
German Diet as Duke Of Holstein. The
! German DIET In its federal relations 10
composed of seventeen 1classes+each
having one vote. The ten classes is
Holstein, voting by The King Of Denmark.
In the General Conncil there are sixty
nine votes, of which three are cast by
Holstein though she King, of Denmark,
Hense in this view OF the case tits en-
tirely reasonable that the German Con-
federation should hold the. King of Den
mark responsible for his federal obliga-
tons in regard to Holstsin, if there
has been any violation of them. Bu,
how does that consist with his sovereignty
over Holsteln as an absolute party of his
dominions! Ii does hot consist at all. The
actual collision has occurred thus: The
| King of Denmark has attempted 10 give
a new constitution, or new laws Of seine
sort, the details of which we do not know
to ais donations, Holstein included. Il
is said that these are ia conflict with
privileges guaranteed by the German
Diet, therefore, calls upon the King Of
Denmark TO Withdraw bis obnoxious in
stitulions; the King of Denmark won't
do il. The German Diet says you shall
the King saws, we shall see about thai.
The Diet fumes and frets-calis out
its contingent, and marches Saxons,
| Mecklenburghers aad Hsssians on the
Eibe, In the meantime the great Pow
ers see there is Likely to be a large fire
there. Austria is PIesiden, and PTus-
STA Vice-President of the Confederation,
So they step forward and say, Get out,
puppies, we great dogs will settle this
question How will they settle it,
Holstein is an amphibious animal. Will
they draw it into the water or on 20 the
land? They dare not take HolStein from
Denmark for thu would be a fatal pro-
cedsnt against the monarchs. Besides
this, England would not be likely to al
low Prussia TO go north Of the Elbe.-
! Then, again. there il Sweden and Rus
STA. But what can they do with this
ranting German Die? Prussia will
control the Diet, while England, as the
ally of both Prussia and Denmark, will
cook up some sort Of a compromise.
which viii amuse the Germans and
mean nothing in fact. A compromise IS
The lass resort ofmen who have neither
principal nor courage. 49,.