The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-21
TIE KING OF PRusSlA'S SPEECH.
From tho London Post, August 0. /,

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II Is rarely that II falls % the lot VI sovereign 20
meet his Parliament under circumstances auspcious
as those under hch the King OF Prussia yesterday
vened the Chambers at Berlin. Flushed with victory
returning from battlefield rich In fruits thc yalae Of
which even he cannot as yet realize, he is enabled 10
congratulate his people on having secured position in
Europe which bnt few weeks since would have been
pronounced unatainabie by the majority OF think ing
men Even Frederick the Great, at the close
OF his life Of warfare, did not effect such changes
In the kingdom which he received from his father
those which William has brought about In
that which but few years since devolycd on hun on
the death Of his brother From being kgfota Prussia
has o,n the proe, gear bern conreytd into as empir
From being single State she has become the cen.e OF
confederation which, except In name, will bo
pe,cly aud exclusively Prussan. From being purely
military Power she has become, II not naval one, at
least Power with all the and all her opporiun es
fer securing po-i.ioa ne prporh nde impsys
She has by her pro~css realized what has hitherto been
an apparently Idle dream, namely, a united Germany
unjted Gcrmany identical WIN n"r.eT sse has has
her territories largely extended, her influence in
creased and what ~ perhaps, more gratifying than all,
the pride aud greatness of her only rival humbed In
tho dust All this has been ee ted within the past few
months and 70 certain extent In spite OF herself and Of
her people Tho which, " He adr,ce Of HE Jinis-
ter, the Prussian King plunged not ppuldr .ch he
nafon but u has been successful and people
slow look with favor from which they gain
great advantages. The military ardor OF the Irusssn
nation became excited as the rvt shot red
and the people forgo their private differences With their
Sovereign In tho presence OF a foreign enemy. And
hence happens that notw outstanding the diseouragIng
circumstances under which the Kng has parted with bis
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reception The victories Of the past month have caused
nil the differences between the Crown and The subject
be entirely forgotten
. great portion OF the speech from the
throne consists In appeal 10 the Chambers 10 let by
cones be bygoneA The finances Of the country In
satisfactory CONDITION notwithstanding the pressure oc
casioned by the war large having been paid out
Of the State revenues and existing balances, without
imposing the country other burden than that of
furnishing tho supplies in kind for porposes is
bound TO provide BY Law. The further granting of
these supplies until the army again reduced within the
limits of peace establishment is confidently antri-
pated BY the King As for the budget be h,pes that
some arrangements may bs come 70 between his
Mnistcrs and the Chambers with the view of provid
Ing for the expenses Of tbs state In the manner
no such arrangement navfnz been To- tho govern
"was comp eiied 10 thc budget this
legal basis this dn "baving become ons OF those In
eyitabls necessities which, IN the interests Of tbs
try, government cannot and must hesitate to
adopt" This 10 ccrt,inly very mild way Of saying
thai a oar~nrseHf has IN dGenrs Qf ~, con hut a,
tox-d the pc pie rslod Gs oors1a " Inraanen' In
order 70 clear tho way for That satisfactory financial
arrsngcmen, which he nnticipatos the KING pro
poses 10 the Chambers TO pass act Of In
70 reconcile them TO this course, he reminds
them that there viii ba the less chance ln future of
q conflict between the government snd the Parliament,
~ the political position Of the FatherlsDd will admit
OF extension OF the frpners of the State and the
iabishmont of untei federal army under the leader
proportions by all the members OF the confederation
IL remains 10 be whether the liberal parry Prus
sia Will be content 10 ahsoyo Count Bismarck and his
colleagues. bat " thgr- any reasonable anticipation
that hcncefofth the Kng would he content WITH the r6k
Of a constitutional mouarch think thai IL would be
could have addressed lhs rqgest 70 BIZ Parliament
at q mon Opportuue tine