The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-05

ondary importance We do not know even u the
views expressed BY the Hessian Commissioner meet
with the approval Of his government ~
Bund President Count Bismarck am not able,
any more than my colleague the ~ sss aouss 70
act ON the motion which this moment WAS c0mmu-
nicated TO me. "A 70 the expressions OF the gentle
70 state that this v the opinion Of single member OF
the Council, that no declaration can be gwen
'Se ass sSs motion
p'lsnG haoae opposed TO that OF my hessian
Gosagps; Unssss q tne ~, na, oGs ~ taxaton
In any one state endangers trafac In such manner
injure the interests OF the Customs Union that
Hessan Bund Commisssry II any doubt should have
existed whether In my previous remarks gave my
ought to remove it By saying that spoke In be-
half OF the HessiaD government. could not nave
spoken IN the name OF the Bund Council as tne
question had never been before It, do believe
that, changes being agreed TO IN the Customs Union
the consequences OF them must be left with the State
Count Bismarck-A contradiction between the
Hessian government and the Customs Uni0p ID not
In point but the right TO occupy ourselves Win the
Deputy Probst (wurtemberg,-A single member
may present petitions, and they might be discussed
We Southerners protest. not because we hate Prus.
sia but because we do not wish to drag the pontca
" nS Of
1t IL not our wish to set the avalanche IN InouOn
which threatens upon the mountain top, and to en-
Count Bismarck-You will bear me witness, gem
temen, that l. as the representative OF my govern
fully avoided everything that could expose to the
suspicion OF being DESTROYS OF extending the COM
petence OF the zol Parliament the previous
speaker said that he and his frlends wouid
oppose such action. We say to those gentlemen,
Ego on with your programme as you please we 40
ask express the slightest wish that you should
give 1t up; That shall depend solely upon your
selves" This policy OF ours you find emphatically
expressed In the circular despatch dated septen6cr
Of tha Nnrfh Garfna an
even you should utter such wlshes--you Gail them
wishes, but we don't-yOu would have first to show
a favorable consideration. You take us TO be much
more interested than We really are ana nave
Until YOU have voluntarily and independently come
to the conviction that such union Is advantageous
to the autonomy OF your States and corresponds with
the Views OF the majority OF the people IL Is no use 70
talk about 1t. TO the last gentleman's remark l
would reply that an appeal to fear finds no ecAo In
German peart5.
The next speaker is Deputy I,asker (the big gun
OF the national liber4 and representing The ducby
OF sake Meiningen),S who, after roughly handling
the opponents or the notion denies that any
one wishes to extend the power or the
Zoll Parliament into that OF political council.
Where IS the executive power OF such united StateY
Can you talk OF a state without an cXeCutvey We
do not ASK any TO join us. We can wait until ne.
cessity teaches these States that alone dtS!olnted
from the whole, they are nothing, absolutely nothing.
We have gained so mucn 40 last that Ile curseu
Uberst1s veto has ceased-that single State cannot
anuui the decision uf the rest. i Old Blindestag.l
IL seems that the Hessian Bund Commssary has not
read the motion at all, or else he would not have
spoken like one who knows nothing whatever about
international treaties. (umut.l Who can dispute
our rights as u parliamentary D0uy Are We entitled
W impose burdens without authority 10 reieve ulose
who are overburdeneds This would be precisely the
ruin Of the smaller States; and II they came here
complaining that they are no longer able to support
such burdens are we to answer them iiiat We are III
competent IN the natterg DO not try to deract rom
the Significance OF this Parliament rather protect t,
in order THAT if At some future day may nave To de-
eide upon both the material and national Interests or
one united Germany its substance may not lack the
form. lApplause
Deputy Bebel (Saxony)-The pedagogic style OF
Depaty LasKer Is not suitable. We are here IN the
ZoIi Parliament, not in the German Parliament
Deputy IOWecalbe (Prussian)--lt is the historical
destiny OF the Zoi Parliament to keep growing in
importance motion ike the one beIore
the House does not extend beyond its sphere.
We must ever consider the mutual Interests
that connect us, though our sacrifice Is greater than
yours. While you continue 10 protect we have 10
bear the expense.
Deputy Windthorst (Iianoveri-The desire of pesce
il evidence of fear. an not afraid; particularly
not when have General Moltke AT my SAFE: tGreat
merriment, because 1t was General ntelnetz whom
the shurt-sghted member had taken tor Moltke.j
Well ii Is a general anyhow. fou-pointing TO The
national liberals)-wili not promote union 10y your
exciting speeches, but sever It, tNoise.) YES,
sever IL.
l,eputy Dr. waldeck, the venerable democrat, and
privy Councillor Wagner tue incarnatc feudalist,
speak, both Tor the LOli0u.
Deputy Kissing Qaden)-To-day we South Ger
mans seem 10 be altogether the scapegoats. Count
Bismarck recently SAID in the North German
Ee,rhstao mat the Southerocrs win the execution
ol the Baden Minister, were thirty years behind IN
political education IA the North For us Canadians
It will be best 10 step out and first mend our defects.
Deputy Iolk (Bavaria) winds mp the debate by a
pacific eifusion "We nave come tOgether' he says,
like honest to discuss the affairs ri the German
nation: In no other way can explain the wonder
fu harmony which to my surprise exists between
my own views aud those expressed 10y Deputy way
ner. always t now have considered hun an en-
envy To the German union We ought betimes 10 Sc
cure berth Tor us In the great Confederation ana
not wait until ;hc last moment Though our power
Is bu, sinau the North will acknowledge amt adopt
u
trines. NUu AL know that Austria could not nave
been spared painful operation me Gerrnan ele-
ment OF The empire has not lost but gained by IL.
We may sympatuiIe with the feeling Of every oleu
but not forget the common cause " We attach oar
selves TO the powerful We gam: IT. however the pow
erful is constantly Yexed by the weak he day
will profit by an opportunity 10 swallow him UP.
I'm working for q union We cannot 90 hey oDd our
sphere. Let me cite the words of u talented mem.
Der or this House THE spring season has arrived
In Germany: some yet continue ~ throw snowbalts
at one anOther 1t cannot last longihe increasing
temperature rs depriving them OF the mategial.'r
/ This closed the exciting debate, which, II not
closely KEEP uDder the thumb nv President stfnsoi-
better az for that position than Mr. schuyler ,olfx
would have kndIed all the wrath pent up since
LanQensaza and Konigspratz, and probably have
assumed the shape OF the Donelly-Washbrne OF
similar Observation-Disclosures
me treaty was then passed by large majority.
the North coming or trilmphanty, and the bridges,
half thrown across the Mane, being quickly broken
up. Concerning the exchange OF the naturalization
treaty. which, a. reported To YOU TOOK place on the
Bancroft, did not mention that, according 10 the
tenor OF " into force on the day OF its being
exchanged-a circumstance which may ne ~ interest
to adopted citizens Mr.. Bancroft has not yet
turned from his tour to Munich and the Southern
German States,
In trial for high treason against twenty-five
Hanoverians, accused Of the Intention to join the
legion OF exGeorge, the verdict against twentyone
Of them was Imprisonment for one year-only one
railroad guard, being found not guilty.
Corporal punishment In warehouses; has been
always considered rs something Indispensable.
About year ago II was proposed temporarily TO
suspend whipping female prisoners with a view OF
testing such Innovation. Several district govern
ments refused 10 try tho experiment. The report
now received from the others shows that the discp-
line has not suffered In consequence; circular lust
emanstng from the Minister Of the Interior prohibits
In future the castigatiou OF females in RUSSIAN
houses Of detention.
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