Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-04
IFrop, the London Times. July 2ol
GernAah' 1RecOnstructiOn on Bis
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jot Ne suUppopular as the Prussians Gre,'
and dious as the name of Bismarck was but
Very lately TO German republicans, there
are few, We s6spect,i Who would hot prefer
| Incorporation with Prussia under Count
Bismarcklsl aseendaIicy 10 the old state, OF
things.J Wemayl admire, on the one hand,
| the patriotismQ Qwhichnis ready to- sacrifice
even freedom to national greatness,b or de-
plore, on the other, the combination of serTi
witty with rapacity which brooks thelinso7
Ileneei of ID military monarchy and aristOcri
racy for the sakeof, territorial aggrandize=
ment. As observers of events, howeYef.
we must admit thatni0 moral l0impedimeht
| has Obstructed the march of the PrhAsian
| armies, and that to all appearances the unGi
/ fnilftafy,and cialinhabitants OfNorth
lGGermany are perfectly content to see the
Diet iOverthrownt and to become, either
,nominally or virtually, Prussian subjects.
How far this may be due tO:the inability of
Austria TO protect themg we cannot of
course Judge till peace is restored and the
wishes of the people consulted by the con-
vehtiOn ola German Parliament or other-
wiseg Weican hardly believe that how
/ ever deficient in political courage, they will
accept the development of Prussian insti-
| tutiOns asithey are without struggle, but
| it seems highly probable that with increas-
ed dominion Prussia herself win shake, off
lmany of her old traditions. grilgbuI.I sf
4 lg Asfn America, so in Ge1mduy, the ''recOn-j
str1tctton Of tte South VCiLl be the most difficult
| blena, after the GUdr Is 0uer. The ignoblei
part of Bavaria in thedgreat drama now
1 being enacted goes tarto show that she is
! incapable of heading new Southern con-
| federation. 1t isa part which more than
enceoin history Bavaria has played, with
equal vaeillation, with equal dishOnor.and
W ith equal i'll success. When Louis XIV
| was making war upon Germany at ithe be-
ginning of the last century, the Elector of
| Bavaria sided with France, was beaten
with France at Benheim, and soon after
wards experiencedthe retribution which he
richly deserved ~ The policy of Bavaria
was the same during the1ong conflict be-
tween Napoleon and Germany she was
the faithful ally of France during the CAM
paigns which ended at AusterlitZ, jena and
| Wagram, and received her reward in large
accessions of 5 territory. Nor waste till
! victory had finally declared against NapO-
| leonlat Leipsic that she repented of her err
! ror, and strove to atone for it with charac-
teristie baseness. A Bavarian army was
| then sent tocut off the retreatof the French
at Hanau, and the defeat which it sustained
| is one Of the few trltiInphs which 1t is i'm
possible for student of history to grudge
NapOle0n. AnOJnef CriSlS mas arisen In
| Germany, and Bavaria is again found TAX
| ing what she believed to,be the stronger
side, and discovering mistake too late.
No one can blame her for casting in her lot
with Austria and declining the overtufes
made by Prussia; but, having done so, she
ought at least to have rendered promptand
loyal assistance to her confederate in the
hour of peril. Had an effective diversion
| been made by Bavaria, the Hanoverian ar
my, which had already beaten the Prnssian
force opposed to it, might have escaped.
Hadjtheir rear been threatened, and their
Communications endangered by the march
| of the ,Bavarian army towards Saxony, the
| Prussians would 9ahaVe advanced more
cautiously into Bohemia. Bavaria, hoWey-
keT, stood on the, defensive, and has paid the
penalty, for it by losing sbattle on her own
| soil at Kissingen. She has, since obtained
I truce for herself alone, and we are pre-
pared to hear that she has concluded sep
arate treaty of peace with the coRquerer.
| Whatever its terms may be Bavaria will
| ,Jiad no Sympathy. She has incurred the en-
nifty of Prussia without earning the grati-
tude of Austria and when the time comes,
| III it ever does come, for a rectifcation of
JfrbnttetS 6et,oeen France and Gerndny she may
| perhaps learn an dtTdngetent has been made
erRitteatly Sdttsfact0ryt0 all parties but herself.