The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-11

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.

ian intelligent Virginian travelling In
Europe, whose tour through Germany was
interrupted by the war, writes us q very
interesting letter, the most of which, re-
lating to the progress Of the war, has been
anticipated. The following, however, VIII
regard to the sentiments and national de-
votion of the Germans, will DC iouho
worthy Of pcrusal.l
PARIS, July 20, 1866.
The German mind has for the last thirty
vcars hcen moulded by its eachers ana
writer's into the great and grand idea OF
,hc one fsthcrland. You must not con-
fon,d This with the idea of Capitalization ;
that il more particularly French, and not
Ccrmanic. Germany wants her regularly
established parliament-her recognized
and respcctcd constitution. She does not
wish 10 become Prussian but if she can
oct this established constitution only by
becoming one with Prussia, or, in other
words, by having Berlin the capital OF
Germany, then she will consent to that
preemincnce being given to Berlin. The
weight that this great idea, this actual
NGATUlUK III luS SNSlt hsoit hoS S''>H
to the arms of Prussia can never be over
estimated, me jndice. The Kingdoms and
duchies OF the Bund had men enough 10
have taken possession Of the whole OF the
Rheingan, aud to have marched right on
Berlin, il they had been united by one SEN
timent hostile TO Prussia but the soldiers
of the Bund are more than halt PrusSian
already; and when the Prussian troops
marched into Frankfort they were re-
ceivcd with enthusiasm by the populace.
Men of money feared for their property;
and those who held Austrian bonds feared
most Of all. But let King William guar:
antce the full protection to property, n
he will have, mcthinks, the whole OF n"r'h-
crn Germany welcoming him with open
arms. No sooner was Frankfort taken ana
the Rump Diet removed to Augsburg, III
Bavaria, than pamphlets and piacaruS hi'ca
the lana ia favor at a German fafiiaiicn'
in Berlin, with the Prusslan hlns preSi-
ding over it. Here, l think, is King VIII
liam's strength much more than IN MS
needle-gun.
The rcedle-gun has been equalled, if not
surpassed, in the Federal army OF Ame-
rica, and the odds against the South were
incumpurahiy greater than any that Aus
tria has to contend with, either IN men or
arms. But the Austrian army, III Il great
measure, were fighting for an etfetc cause,
and were, in truth, nearly as much AFRAID
ofthc increased power al the Kaiser as tfry
wc,, of the Prussian arms. 1t Is true the
Uungarians hate the Germans, but at the
same time they know there IS no ialth IN
Kaiser Francis Joseph. They have already
had aupIc proof of that. The Saxon and
other German allies in heart preferred
Pru>sian progress TO Saxon or Austrian
slo,i. King John of Saxony is personally
loved but when everything is monopo-
lied in Dresden, and ii looks more like a
CITY q; the dead than of the living when
the wealth of the city lies buried IN It's
green vaults, and the poor, dcfnimed beg
cars obstruct the passage constantly III tie
street, the love OF the people TO the King
receives many rude shocks, and one must
not wonder that a strong contrast IS drawn
be, ween that dead Dresden lying on the
banks OF the Elbc, surrounded with as
beautiful envirous as ever graced a city,
and possessing in her galleries and vaults
gems of art to attract strangers from every
portion of the civilized world, between, !
say, such a city and Berlin, only six hours
of, with its clean, broad, well paved and
lighted streets, and rich commerce tllrong-
ing its t~horougniares although outside It's
walls there is scarcely auglt save an al
most iutcrminablc waste of sand. The
PruSSian King may add to his victories and
tauut his banners in the very face of
Vienna, but he has, | think, seen the ex-
tent of his cnnquests. Like the tabled
giant of old, Austria has often lost pro-
II. ,.. ..,;,.--l,. Strappth sptlmp1
TO have become exhausted but as soon as
the fate of the House OF Hapsburg was
confined to Vienna, and that house OF
many vicissitudes touched its mother earth,
it has risen again on its eagle wings to soar
higher than any other European Power.
The fate of Ferdinand during the thirty
wears war may be that of Francis Joseph.
If the double headed eagle does again
rise, its flight, | think, will be confined Dy
Bohemia to the north, and Austria VIII
never again exercise over Germanla TIE
same powerful sway as in days OF yoIc'
When Prussia first passed her frontiers, sne
demanded solely the command OF TUE
northern army of the Germanic Conieae1a-
ton, and offered that of the south 10 D"-
varia. Bavaria refused, with the resi- VI
the Bund, this demand, aud armed IN sup
port of the Bund. The victories Oh rus
STA have compelled her to ithar =:
forces within her own borders, ana IL Is
said that Munich is in even more uanse'
than Vienna. Whether so or not' IL Inat-
tiers little, for the capture OF Muhi:h
would add little to the power oi Prussia;
/, is, however, scarcely to be cxpecteo
that Prussia will now share the power III
Germany with Bavaria. When the v,C.o-
ries of Prussia first began to spread hcr
wings. il was frequently asked whether
EnrIand and France especially the latter)
Void allow such ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to SO am
h;t;ons a peighbor ; and those who be-
i;nved in the intallible wisdom OF Napo-
leon. consoled themselves with the thought
of the heavy debt OF solid gold when
Prussia was incurring, and which had TO
be repaid 10 France by the cession OF the
left bank of the Rhine and the sardonic
smile of Imperial France was supposed TO
have fully weighed the value OF the Prus.
sian arm. Whether it had been weighed
or not before the victory of k0niggratz, II
Is now too late. And however King Will
liam may have promised to yield part OF
Germany to France, the German people
are resolved never 10 give up one foot OF
Germany to any foreigner; and some even
contemplate demanding the restitution OF
Alsace. OF course it is not likely that
such a restitution will be yet demanded.
But for the present Germany north OF the
Maine and the Bohemia mountains must
be considered as one people, and a people
whose voice will be heard among the ma