Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-04
limited the forty millions

cupaton and power. United, the forty millions
| of Germans would become powerful neuoh'
| and exert political influence commensurate
with their high int liectuai culture, ana vast
resources:
Now this German unity will probably be
brought about by the growth of Prussia, and
the decline of Au-tria, hich has always sup
ported the small dynastlc interests, ana inads
use Of them 10. her own ends Prussl4 will sc
quire the supre macy in Germany, ana gradual!
absorb the small States in the north ana nliddIe
Of Germany. The Parliament OF Frankfort
actually offered TIE late King OF Prussia the
crown OF a new German empire; but ne Refused
from honorable, conscientious scruples, and from
fear of an inevitable collision with Austria
or was Frederick William w. the man for
the crisis Frederick the Great would not have
shrunk from II, aud would have maintained MS
ground He once said i. BE was KING oil
France, he would not allow q cannon 20 De hreo
In Europe withou, MS permission. An emper-
or of Germany united might say the same.
Anoth writer gives the following as the
more evident causes Of the
No single cause can be assigned for the wal
which has just burst upon Europe, but the pre-
text upon which Prussl. ana Austria hight
very simple matter. BY the defeat of Den
mark, whom Eng and encouraged 10 go to war
and then deserted, the TWO great herman row
ers became III 1864 JOINT possessors OF me
Duchies of Schleswis, HolsteIn aud Lauennufs
Less than q year aiter~erd, Austria so.d aeI
rights IN Lauenburg for 2,5OO,OOo tnaiers' ana
b, me JOINT convention OF OAsteln 1t was agreed
that the JOINT occupation should tefm inmate, mat
Austria should take possession of Hoistein, aud
Prussla OF oohleswlg. This was QUE step In
the negotiation BY which PRUSSIA expected u
timately 10 become master OF Doth the Duchles,
but You'd this point Austria refused to 90
and rejected every proposition for the hnal
cessi0n of her rights OF Holsteln-a province
OF little value TO Austria, but of great value TO
Prussia account of Its nearness 10 Ter iron
tiers, and of It's port, hlel.
As The diplomacy Of Prussia gre" more ana
more urgent, Austria, on the hrsi OF June iass,
handed over the question 20 the Federal Diet
of Germany This step Prussia instantly de-
nounces violation Of the Convention OF Gas
;ein, sIc- by that Convention it nsd been
agreed that ali matters relating to me Duchies
should be settled between. Austria and Prussia
Independently of the CO federatlon. Prussia
therefore, declared TIA, convention ri an end'
and laslsted That, as = consequence, her rignt
to the joint ocoupatl3n Of Holsreln was revived
She prepared, therefore, 70 m4rcn oops into
thsl Duchy.
Long before the dispute tad re-ched TINS
point, the meancing tone OF the negota ions
ta.xs- ,b... ,,.o ,,r.-.. PcYs,. had warned
Enro-,. ~, 49,. Ca7,,,,,,,- "a. ~, th- eve OF
~ I'D ,hs ,a.t or ma S,,,e. were not less
;,ar.s.,+ !, ~ On c+ ,,.r than Au,trla
49,, p,,.sia .''so,slllFrsz Tn.r4 arm The irst
- 49,, - Sc. -, 1,arn,s-y forming
with austria ana Prussia ;he GeTmtn.c Con-
federation. II that ContedeT-uon' W. 81
g., 49,. - h.,,,,sn A.. ana Prus-
81. -. oo.71Torrs iriutuce on the whole
I Confederation second, the struggle Of tue
people, including The pe5pis q Aas'fle anU
tus''a d. Ns'i 40 y. az - -
,n,t., "a. ,,ov--r,oe,., ali eiermar,-.D,-. K r. z
I popu.atous. No VIZ could occur Vii, Il should
not nave a. immense lhn1ehce uP.N
+ -.,,r...l-- -, - ~ -,,.;.r;,, ~ ne MI
f nor -,s+ss ami -4s r f.r..I l-f froreseutiuS
population, If 100000, Exclusive Of Aus
tria and Prussia nae oe'iarso 3" iAVof Vi 'Ne
'~iei' III, -,;. 49, ~ e..
oo,lc tradition. OF The ii use e tiapsburg, non
Prussia, which Is Iu.ed BY Bismagk, minister
whose poAcy Is nothing oy tie peop.e, has a.
-. 49,, rl5 C0,,r,'...s ,na l,sso
The popular tee.lug a. one Instrument n ;he.l
struggle .oT supremacy. In point o. .-ct, * Il
thla ~esre for Leadership IL uei447i! e''lol
80 -. ~ - ,,
SITE Of ho.stein. 4. tie H9.>t-iu ul1hcul-
tIes ca4.l Ue r,a-Iy eHouga ar1-use- Wst~