The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-27

Away from our country. - foreign oppressorsI
Your last hour Is Htrking-away, then, awsyl
The War in Germany.
We copy the following interesting letter from
the New York Times of Thurday:
.. FRANKFORT T-oE-THE-MAIN, May 26.
The Rhenish Provinces and especially the Pro-
vinces Of Prussia, arc just now moro excited than
any other parts Of Germany. During short run
through these provinces have been enabled to
estimate more correctly tho nature and tho gra-
witty OF the embarrassments under which they
labor than had been before. and also of the
general sentiment of tho people on the great
questions which now divide Germany.
In all the Prussian Provinces not a friend OF
Bismark did fnd or hear OF. For this there are
many reasons. The first and most important is
purely commercial one. Business of all kinds has
nearly arrived at a standatill. Our party travelled
alone on the decks of the Rhine steamers; there
was even an absence Of the traditional Englsh-
man; and in the pleasant month of May, when the
Rhine is clothed in its first and most brilliant
verdure, If ono does not encounter some of those
well-known family groups Of English tourists
something must have gone radically wrong. The
hotels are as vacant as the steamboats,, and the
landlords pass the day ir swearing at Bismark.
At Wiesbaden and Hamburg but half tho gaming
tables are occupied; the croupiers, who looked
languid and Indifferent, swore also terribly at Bis
scarce double Fredericks that strayed here and
there over the table were in no danger of being
confounded, and went into the Golfers of the
'bank" with melancholy ring which took all the
heart out of the comrades they left behind in their
masters pockets. The few people we saw drink
ing Of the detestable waters OF the mineral
springs did not turn up their noses at the "nasty
stuf,' our English friends call it, and were,
therefore, yertable health seekers, whom the In.
trigTtessh shara of NJ le Bismark did not disturb
OF ira yeeii.eafs, and thst was on the railroads.
Long trains Of cars filed with soldiers are met at
short intervals all day long, some going up and
some down, some on one side of the river and
some on the other, some wearing the uniform Of
Prussia, others of Austria, and others OF the
different States of the Confederation. The move
ment of soldiers was, indeed, immense and the
German question itself could not be more mixed
than was their uniforms. Nor could anything
have been more curious than to see trains Of Aus
trians passing one way and Prussans the other
on the same road, and even to see, as we see here
at Frankfort, squads of Austrians, Prussians and
Bayarians, friends to-day and enemies tomorrow,
going through their exercises at the same mo-
ment on the same parade ground.
One OF the reasons for the extraordinary move
ment Of soldiers, and for the dissatisfaction Of
Vi1nces rGoyarnment is taking out Of these pro-
~ Snem BY stfEs Tho reside hero, and is
etory sts ys Ea 4eerfSs up to thirty ft years rs Of
age, regafdless Of his social position, tearing
away from helpless families, and driving them to
tho front on the Saxon frontier, whore they will
have to stand the first shook Of arms. The rea-
son for this transportation OF soldiers, and this
thorough levy is that the people OF the Rhenish
to the war, and would resist feebly either Austria
or France in that direction. But as they do not
think it possible there will be any war in these
Provinces the act of the Government in sending
them to do the heavy work against the enemy
while Northern Prussians, who are in favor of the
war, take their safe places is justly stigmatized
by them as unfair and cruel, and it is not likely
that they will take very deep interest in the sue
cess Of the war.
The fact is, at Cologne, at Coblentz, and
throughout these Prussian rhine provinces, the
people talk of making revolution against their
own Government, or rather against Bsmark. for
it is he who appears to be the objective Of all
they reply that they have guns, that the great
body of ths soldiers are with them, and that when
those soldiers who are for the war shall have
grown little tired Of campaigning, they too, will
Join the national movement against Bismark and
absolutism, and in favor of free and united Ger
many. But mark well that do not tell you OK.
terms OF a free and united GERMANY are yery GEN
eral ones, about which no two Germans would
probably agree. II is certain, nevertheless, that
seriously hostile to the war; while in the other por
tions there is no positive enthusiasm for it.
In the German Confederation also, M. de Bis
go far not only wishes for his defeat by Austria,
but predicts that he will be defeated. It is indeed
difficult to comprehend how the Prussan Prime
Minister can be SO far mistaken on the sentiment
Of the German people in regard to his poIioy.
Even the Queen of Prussia is violently opposed to
him and his policy. She has an abhorrence OF
to place great confidence in Napoleons diplomacy
for preventing war at the last hour. The French
people do not believe that Napoleon desires to
prevent the war; but at the other Courts Of Eu-
rope it is 30 much the habit to talk about Napo-
Icons desire to make himself the worlds media
tor, and perhaps to make a little sport over IT,
that now, when they have need Of somebodv's
mediation, it is to Napoleon and his hohhv Of q
Congress that they naturally look for that door of
escape they no longer expect to find for them
selves.
Prussian soldiers we meet and every town "a
now orammed with them, present in general q soft
appearance, as compared with either the Trench
or Austrian soldiers. We visited the famous for
tress Of Ehrenbreitstein, opposite Coblentz and
saw there several regiments under inspection and
ready to march to the Saxon frontier. They were
composed Of as good material as any country In
Europe perhaps could turn out, and thew were
well equipped. Prussian uniforms and Prnssian
firearms are, In fact not 10 be criticised: but the
men did not look soldierly; they stared abont and
were gawky and militia. like; their accoutrements
lacked compactness, and when they marched thev
showed fault which is the despair of ali old
Generals-they supported their knapsacks on
their backs with the hand The Austrians we
saw, on the contrary, looked hardy and machine
like; when they passed they stared neither to the
right nor the left they walked upright and lith.
like the French, bnt they looked expressionless
30 imporsonal, 80 unlike the ordinary individuals
one daily asaocaties with, that the only impress
sion left on the mind WAS that OF remorseless
machine, made to execute orders without knowing
why AS to the physique Of the men, the Aus
trians are the talest, but this appears not to be
an advantage in war, since we recollect having
seen the little piou.piots Of the French army put
the tall Austrians to flight at Soferino. : ..
1.-The soldiers Of the other Germanic States, so
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