New-York tribune., 1867-03-08
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The detailed accounts which we receive by
steamer of the elections for the North German
Parliament do not confirm the Cable dispatches
which announced that the Liberals had swept
Berlin, Prussia and Northern Germanyn general
Tn the City of Berlin the victory of the advanced
Liberals was. complete, and Count Bismarck
and Gems. Moltke and Falkenstem were over
wbelminely defeated by Waldeck, Schulze-
Deltzcb. and other leaders of the radical wing OF
the Progressive party. But In the old hingaom
of Prussia at large the expectation OF Count Dis
marck that universal and direct suffrage wou'e
secure the election Of more Conservatives thah :
the three class system has been fully Justiiied-
One half of all the Prusslan members arp
stanch supporters of the Government, whiie
the opponents are divided into number 0t .
fractions. Count Bismarck has been elected la
two districts fnot, as the Cable announced, In
ten,: the same is the case with Gen. Moltke.
Nearly all the celebrated generals OF the late
war are members of the Parliament, inclnsiyc
of Prince Frederick Charles, who has accepted
the mandate. Most of the leading men OF the
Conservative party have been successful, whiie
quite number Of Liberal leaders, as Loewe'
Twesten, Forokenbeck, the President OF the
Second Prussian Chamber, have been defeated.
The Catholic party has been very unsuccessful,
having only elected eight candidates.
The election in the newly annexed Prov
inces are on the whole likewise satisfactory
10 the Prussian Government. All the deputies
from Nassau and Hesse-Cassel are In favor OF
the permanent union OF these States with
Prussia; and so are fully one-half of the dele
gates from Hanover. Frankfort has elected.
by AN almost unanimous vote, one OF the
|. Rotbschilds, with. whose election the PrIs-
sian Government declares itself well pleased.
Only in Schleswig Holstein all the can
didates Of the Government have been de-
feated the two Duchiss ,sendag'to Parliament
| seven partisans of the Prince OF AugustenDurg'
and two Danes. The 90 delegates from tho
minor States are mostly Liberals Oh home
onestions and strong adherents OF the frus-
alan scheme of confederation on the national
question. Only the Kingdom OF Saxony has
among its delegation more partisans Oh par
ticularismr (Stato rights than OF the present
| scheme of confederation.
II ia expected that the whole scheme OF con-
federation, as it has been agreed upon be-
tween Prussia and other State Governments,
will be adopted by large majority. On few
questions of administration the Liberals will
have a majority over the Government, but
their majority will, in each case, be small, and
Count Bismarck will find it much easier to
come to an understanding with the Parliament
than with the second Prussian Chamber. Beside
the two Danes, there are eleven Poles who will
plead the separation of the districts they repre-
sent from Germany. The Danes hate some hui
the Poles hardly have any chances of success
The task of this Parliament is OF the utmost
Importance, and ON its successful accomplish
ment the reconstruction of Central Europe will,
to large extent, depend. The men chosen 20
this end by the people are intellectually welt
qualified for the task, for the great majority OF
them have long been recognized as the fore
most Representatives of the various departments
Of public life The proceedings OF such a body
cannot fail to be watched with intense interest