New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-13
The Pail Of fbe Bund.

From Tho Saturday Review. Jute %.
There is, If the declarations oil Prussia are to be
believed one less In the world than there was
week back The German KINGDOM gradualg changed
into tho German Confederation and the German Coufedefa-
tion suddenly changed Into something eseas yet we do
knoE uio what lie nn.t be Prophet indeed VINO ean
safely negstiye prediction Whatever
happens the most unlikely hrg Of all TO happen that th
German Confederation sheud be restored ezoety as II stood
before the issuing Of the Pssian manifec We may sae
put the German Confederation among things o. the past IT
has eOne 1t has followed the Holy Roman lmpTe out OF
which it sprane. ladeed. Of The TWO the Empire Is more
itself ether Holy Iouani but 1t is more likely to te
the I'm Of an Empire than the form o. ana II
Grafton Of very different sort from that which Las Just been
From, The Daily News, June 80.
The history Of the Governments OF the fugitive or
coptve Princes Of hoe who reseyed FOR media@ton
affords Illustration Of The folly which IN 10 out
Of 20 beset the defenders OF privileged ana yeed IneIes
Although Of these Princes ike the Grand Duke Of Meek
lcubug governed by the stick aud ober Ike tbs Eec Of
Hesse took the liberty OF administering prsOnai chatse'
their subjects tie public street. many Of them were
kndheaTod rentiouony meD living IN afble Intercourse
they permitted in everything 70 have their owl way
maintenance Of their pTctenfOn in all their rgor Distracted
tie progress o. tie country by lndcrne The development Of
esegnty calico for in the interest Of Germany But they
took position which taey imagined must be safe Dad pr
because their advisers tod them conservative
IDs'ead OF calmly studying the great movements Of The age
ea iSaI 1pereed emssre in their eg Sg snd
foOsy claimed certain sacrcdness for arrangements which
be butressed by prrGiae They far successful 10
be able by union ana concert TO defeat tie popular
made from time TO time 10 give effect 10 the wishes Of
many and having done believed themselves secure They
did not perceive that ell this we they were preparing arms
for Of the first INSCRIPTIONS Government hich should
undertake TO satisfy the wants. Of tho people and the oonse
euence s that these weak Princes have fallen prey TO lo
audacous ambition Of family inferior 10 many then
oept in political insight and physical force.
There why German should greive over their
downfall The political sovereignty for which they sticlled
dates only the reDunciaon Of the Holy Roman Empire
by head tie House OF Austria IN 1900 Before that
date many who month ago rulers q independent States
with hgksounding titles. were only Margraves and Land
graves They owed directly indirectly 20 Napoleon
ereguiy which confirmed by the treaties Of 1915 The
German people who fought noby for their country
IN 1913 and dresed q restoration and an energetic
expression OF the unity which the Empire mad 30 long
represented in Bat their resolutions bad been anti
opated by the selfish Princes and when
peace returned Germany became not as its people had hoped
Federal State, but Confederation OF States which
Independent and sovereign.