Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-05
Correspondence Of tho DubuQpe Daily Timas.
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Pope. on Gsography-PoSi
icsl Compl plicatioas il Europs-e!c., ete.

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and The "Elder'' mixed up! II one should
confound the Wsbash river and Hudson's
Bay, one would make simil,r lnistske. This
was in heavy leader on the Sehleswig Hol.
stein question. nov Great ng 90 much ag u.
iion in parts Of Europe, and among the
Germans Of our own country. The same
article stated that the agitation in Holstern
arose from tho fact that the Kirg of Denmark
refused to extend the Danish constitu ion
over .chleswig- g-HolsteIn--which was as near
the exact reverse OF the truth as could vel!
be hit upon. eo{ s.t@e
Our people cannot but be deeply interested
in tha affairs Of Europe. Perhaps it is not
too much to say that our instincts now lead
Us to hope for ut least serious complications
bstwixt the States Of Europe, If not for a
general war, based upon liberal ideas and he
rights OF nati0na!i:ies on the one side, and t-,a
claims Of ettete kingcraft and sris,ocracy on
the 0ther-the sights Of the people, and the
wrongs Of dynasties. The more se.ioss be.
come the discussions Of tier own qu sions,
the lees probable is the danger Of effective
interference ia ours. Not to dwell further
upon the general reasons cf our interest in
foreign affairs Our sympathy with the liberal
Germans and our love Of their great institu.
ton, lager beer-we iowans in particular
must feel unusual concesn in any question
affecting Denmark, for the reason that orr
excellent cx-Goverae Kirkwnod, is, at least
by right of appointment, N ster resident
near Copenhagen. When he shall have taken
up his residence there, where the fishes are
plenty and the bivalves luscious, and where
spo'less linen is rot indispensable even to a
minister plenipoten,iary, We shall have sor:
Of State pride in the matter. So sbal he
excused for jotting down few notes on The
Schleswg hclstein question.
The prosrs ssivs ideas which have lately
p 0duced most commoii0n in Europe, are
ideas Of nationa!itiss It was for tnrss the
revolutions of 1913 were undertaken
tional unity was The object Of the Italian war
'lialy for tho Italians was the wstchword
then. In like manner, Germ my for the Ger
mans may well CROUCH be said to be the cry
Of the liberals in the Germanic confederation
in their present movements in the way Of
IF citing the separation of Schl l-swig- H lst.in
from Denmark. The ques: or, therefore,
reaches the Lignity of na io:sl question not
| only. but by reason o: old treaties, protocols,
dynast,c interests, the b.l nee of power dog
ma, etc., becomes European question =
the Holsse mans are of tn. rue:on;c race.
They speak pure German. The people Of
S:hle.wig are in part G..man-perhsps
ms jority are Dan sh. But in Schl swig. Hot
stein, taken together, grea, preponderance Of
the people are German. The biographies
will probably say Holstein is duchy Of the
kingdom Of Denmark a. State Of the Ger
taan.c confederation. Right here ia the oint
N dispute. Denmark insists up ext nding
q kha nsl>H Iii r -
stein. This IS resisted by the Germ 8 as an
eocroac',msnt upon their nationality.
In July, 1S46, Christian VIII, then King,
issued letter declaring Schleswig Hol-te n
,ndiss 'luhly connected with Denmark, but
did not live long enough tosettle the troubles
VII ca arose out Of that measure. D,ring
the reign Of his po!yg ,moos successor, Fred
e:ic VII. the provinces revotted, ard assist, d
by Prussia, drove out the Dsnes and invaded
Jutland. Russia and England ,nterfered, and
an aru,ist &C was signed. P,uss;, sent up an
army in 1649, but the people Of he province.
Justly fearing tre.chery, r.li.d upon their own
strength; Prussia withdrew her forces, and
aid, d by Austria, supported the side Of Den.
mark. IL July, 1850, the Schleswig- IIo'stein.
cans WIRE signa'ly defeated and forced to sub
| init to tie nie1itating paxers. The question
Of secessinn. dsternired ono way by the
Danish. another by the German Jaw, was re-
ferted TO Congress of the plenipotentiaries
of the FIVE great powers Of Europe. These,
by the London Protocol Of NAV, 1852, settled
the succession upon Prince Christian (now
Christian TX, King of Denmark,) who, by
reason Of the sa'ic law was not emitted to
tire Succession under the Gernanic Consti.u.
ton. The then Duke Of Auguste, burg.
father Of the present Duke Frederic, Of whom
| re hea' So much, sid his claims. inc.udin.
| the right Of succession to the Da,isA. crown,
fer two mil ion dollsrs, but against the pro.
test of his brother, ard, it is thought, with
+ II knowledge that thu family would not
yield their claims. The Protocol also ackucw.
ledg d the integrity Of Denmark. To this
settlement Of the question, the Danish diet
at length consented, bu. not till sfter has ing
been thrice dissolved by the King. Thus it
wi be seen that, but for the act Of Chr;sti.n
VIII. and the results which followed, iacln
ding the London Protocol Of 1868. Sch.es.ig-
Holstcin would have come under the govern
ment of German prince Of the Aususten-
burg line-the Frederic last above mentioned
Schleswig- -Holstein, rat least Holstein, would
! naturally have fallen into the Gcrlbanic con-
federation. That province. upon the death of
Frederic VII, would hive esche ted to the
Duke Of Augustenb,lrg, just a. Hanover es.
cheated to the Duke Of (umbe,l.nd when
Victoria became queen of England.
Such is b,ief statement ofthe main points
in the Scisleswig- Holste,n question. Both
provinces do not contain a mil ion of ia.
habisants, and but for III. idea of German
nationality would not seem to be worth a
neral war. But other nations have, or
| think they have, an interest in the matter.
Russia naturally sides with Christian TX,
for the reason that she has claims on the
whole Of Denmark, and m ght under certaic
circumstances come into tire possession of that
Kingdom through the rights of the Gottorp
family, to which the csltbra'ed Cstharine II.
belonged. France sympathizcs with Den
! mark, through sort Of heredit .ry gratitude
and good fe. ling, similar 10 the relations
which have long subsisted between Russia
and this country, and which amounts to pro
verbal good viii. The old King # De.msrk
vas ever the most faithful ally Of Naro.eon i,
for which persistent f.ithfulness tho allied
Powers severed Norway from his Kingdom N
| 1914, snd gave it to that shrewd and villain
Gus dsscon Deraadotte. So the emperor Of
Emnee now writes to the duke of Aueusten-
burg letter which is very noa-csnmit,al in
deed: austria would naturally sympa.hize
win Denmark for reasons which NAV well
enough oe csIle., geogral hical. The present
map suits Austria a little better th.n # Den.
mark were azsed somewhat. Prussia nav
oio* not or cc!d-the progressive party sym
patn'z'ns With Holstein, the anti progressive
party with Christian, 81 =
hanover has good reasons for going with
the tieis'einiars. Sweden hes for several
years been IN close all ance with Denmark.
arising from tbs common interests Ct their
eommcn Scandinavian ma 'ionalitv, and she WIN
no DOUBT sympathizs with her s;s,er kingInr,.
The latest news from England is that she
symoathizes with Denmark The ls=dine
'Londcn journals warmly protest that ths Ger: !: