The New York herald., 1866-09-18

for. nothing 10 fear, from without She has only to
shape her policy, TO follow her own course all she
wants "a 70 know her own mind-an extremely difficult
tn ng a. seems for Germany. Unity II all In all
to her She thinks union may answer all her puposes
become in her turn the invader But alasi times have
changed strangely since that famous sYear thirteen"
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which brought her so much misery under her old en-
pirs were hardly to be cured by the llconrivsd Bund
where at the mercy Of local despota her national
ernmsnt was prey 70 hopeless anarchy. German
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bs The Fatherand was not 90 constantly exposed 70
the nroad Of foreign nations, but these t any rate
reckoped that spheir expansive force" checked In
every other direction had always an open outlet across
the Rhine Under such circumstances the want Of unity,
or NJ least of closer un0n began to be felt IN GERMANY
Bus there were great vsgueneas and nhrmity sres ct
OF unanmity Of purpose The man was waptpS'- man
|, q not only should well know his own pp.od bnt who
coSld bring bis counrymen 70 hAyn mind Of their
own.
Hero worship will not probably be set down against us
as our common fing and we have not on variety Of
occasions he.aed N s copS"c 81 Ec
civil and military authorities BNt y impossible 70
deny that II either unity or closer m wss necessary
Prussia and Count Bismarck have supplies In ORDER
10 create Germany was necessary 10 drive ne AUS
tra to bre,k up the Bund TO bring all the minor Snse
Had Austria or the Bund, or any Of the
minor princes bad their own way Fance seoM b. nsis
Happily for all Germany Prussia too prompt too
strong too fully successful q allow dme foreign IN
tTce The idea that Prussias strength s the strength
Of Germany cdnnt fail daily 10 grin 0rowRd All that
Prussia gets at the expense Of Hanover, Hesse and
other states must be allowed TO have been for ne
commas security and fndependence qf ne Fathrlsrd
There is indeed good u regret that some the
oldest and most lustrous dynases in Europe should
thus be brought to sudden and violent extinction Az
Count Bismarck himself avowed not few of the people
belonging TO the minor German States especially in tho
capitals disposed look upon the intended charge
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interests; but the great mnss OF the nation he added
look upon tho matter with moro enlarged views and
the present opponents will be brought TO the
Same manner OF thinking.
whatever clemency and forbearancc Count Bismarck
might have shown to the conquered, there hardly
doubt that P1t'sian supremacy nssnry for re ,ces
fare II Germany. and could not be established without
Offering all The minor States the alternative between
tncton and media,ization- Hanover, Hessc and the
Others upon which the former LOT has fallen think theirs
has been the harsher treatment and would fain com.
mound With loss or the substance II thew could only
preserve tho bare sembance or sovereignty. On tho
other hand saxonv In whose behalf France and Austria
inteceed and Darms'adt for whose sake also powerful
agencies work shrink from The subordinate posi-
tisn which Prussia has made out for them, and
would aeem to prefer the absolute Ioss Of their
crown rather than tho dmlnron Of its lns'ra. In
her selfdefence, and for the safety Of Ger
many, however, Prussia cannot depart from tho
principle she has laid down for herself She must have
absolute control over The military and diplomatic affairs
Of tho Northern Contederacy. She hardly hone tc
hold her the Elbe and on the Main unless she
such position Ia saxony and in Darmstadt
will take from the restored soseregns or those States
any possible chance OF doing mischief
However hard these conditions may prove t. the
regus themselves there doubt Of tho acqocscence
of their subjects in tho order OF things and also Of
their TO do awny altogether With the past and
proceed to the immediate yatlon OF the whole
try 10 Prussia Evidence OF s'miar state Of mind In
various districts or Saxony in Baden in Bavaria ITSELF
be gathered from all the correspondence that reaches
al sdes Tbe Lower House Mt Municb white giving
10 ratification TO the treaty Of peace. recommended
the closest union of their country with tho Northern
Confederacy for all military purposes Yet Bavaria had
been haltsred BY Count Bismarck himself with The
prospect OF the leadership OF Southern Bnnd TO DO
united 10 Prussia cy compact Of alliance Even at the
bead OF Wurtemberg, Baden, and part Of Darnstad,
however, Bavaria feels hoysef too 10 hoe for any
advantage In separate existence. Afor all this merely
political revolution has beon long since Swallowed forth
by the negotiations 40 often carried by tho different
States OF Germany for the conssution Of their Consr
ca Leagua Austria end the South in ai instances
offered long resistance to the cverpowering Inference
Of Prussia and the Eorh long yet invariably unaya
Inc resistance Austria always epdod hv being excluded
from tho Zollverein. Tho South failed TO be
dragged along and absorbed by tho North. Ia the
direction material interests political combinations
must necessarily follow.