, 1866-09-13
EUROPE.
Disinark's- Speech to the Legts
III r. lature.
Speech by John Bright.
PRUSSIAN. ANNEXATION.

Count D1smnrk Makes Another Ex-
PlnnntIon to The LeEialnturc--KItx
OPtnion Of n Congress- :.
A despatch from Berlin, Of the 9th Of Au-
g9st, says: At the sitting Of the Committee
Ct the Lower Chamber on the Annexation
Hnl, Yesterday, Count Won Bismark made the
loliNwin% remarks upon the the course It YVES
essential SCI M for Prussia to pnrsne:
1assa eonIa o. mo. n f. countries IN question With
Parilanlcnt. i waa still uncertain how many
Meeks S5r o. n9H.11 ce.1 ight eapss pn Passe9
1esd TO the nnl!on that the arrangements were not
& ss o ssys Syses hs i
turn to account. Moreover, the pa:lsamcnt would would
not be competent 10 pass my such resolution,
approval oi lie would sc Or no nsc 10
"a, s5is5 IL lnesFPo!alea 5assis s;oal3 IS
powes a. sad been M ss sass viii sss. IT; II
the previous century. No doubt must DO po:n,it-
able 10 defend lie incorporatioa When uaes otdss. @
| cd and carried out.
yi.hes 6arSePsan SpPs q which Dsn9iy Pr
I'm, Es$ id Id ss@e IL saais = s"y
70. 70. npon conauest, as D.: viIchow snpposes, Gnt
thc point chiefly IN question IL a. 10 t6e right Of
i, thf German I'M nation-tts right to b:calho and 10
Prussia. f'"oN "A'~D % 'o''e' -
Deputy Rohden dcm.raa Tia. the Pras:Ian con-
the Incorporated countries by te ist Of October.
ont hesitation; stu, should il b Supported by
asd not 10 ~ wisssaw Hsoa ths se b tas i T6e Ga
amendments % Ct other dcpuilss arc flr too dlscur-
eaes sh q u 's iee seaaFSi 81 IN ise
e !atSns.sa ssa' t$s $Ssnst9|s:ssa: aosssa
Into tLosc states by decree: also snch laws as re-
fsr to liberty Of trac, bat 1t must be left to tho
as ss ossss es
e:eanixation q Ie changes 10 be cSseted .hs
operations under the Presidency Of a Prnssian
an S II whsh from S"a ~ Pss.s q
ctated. Experts would similarly be summoned
to Eesn M; 70 assist ana snppost the Ministry; >,
is no, advissble to MAKE the law loo stringent at
Eressnt; let Us rather fill to with appetite upon
the desite for unity now aroused AMONG the Ger
man people, and take the dish serTcl up to US
without further ado. Let us lay hold Of what i.
olesed Ms. The fortune man refuses In a sec.
lie % government @ Vii not be startled q, In.
mediate incorporatlon, but immeliat: in.roduc-
1on Of he Constitution, i imposed upon us as a
meet The different currents In those counties At
the outsS9t PERHAPS by imposition Of The state Of
sSf ;sT MaT =, + ,a; sns s!esd Of GsSin9ta
an exceptional state Of aHa:rs. ii has b:en 1,so-
posed TO conyosc tue representatives In the four
countries, but that requires great consideration,
we cannoi know and Gsiim1te what resolutions
these assemblies might pass. In thcsl senaslt.
Staies the great mass always has stron;, attach
ment Tor the convenient and Irresponsible re,a.
ticns Of the past. II Is quite true that there nre
irte1lfl ent people there also. but whether they
questionable. -
Gentlemen, do not makc :hc responsibility OF the
Government too heavy. The Government il liz
Intervening link between tie King ncd The two
Chh1aheIs Of the Dict. Do not SET Up TOO manr
points Of view! for you only thereby impede The
mission Of the Government. The r:I1arl; has heeu
made Thai IL II. press ut case ths Government
was aching otherwise than In the I4aucLbusc a.7ir.
and thereby was to certain extent guilty Of iucor-
Y neEt even now docs not cuasi!er those laud4 as
| "to.cfgn cornt1ies.H Indeed we did not antfci-
PATE that His verbal dispute would b. renewed
upon this OCCASION. We find no other support In
The law Than article IS OF The Constitution !; but
VIC do Lot hesitate. even Ut the risk OF being ac-
cEfed Of Inconsistency, IL take up different posf-
tt0n which seems 10 us suited 10 the present casc
eyen although 1t may not he co1fusm1olc Will, our
course in the laacEhurg matter.
Man ls q creature III progress. and mnsi advance
with The history Of Development, and it Is i sorry
h0ast sill to hold fast 10 the same opinions Us
fifty years ago. III reality We do not commit any
Inconsistency, bat the poverty Of GU: constitution.
q psovlsos colpcls us 10 have rccourse to article
1fty-ise, although perhaps In this case article
one hundred and eighteen would also have snf-
hced, Hut IN agreement Is Ike 1rst thing ncelfal:
therefore. gentlemen. eudcsyor to hzn. one about
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