The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-10-28


pires are often the most agitated an,
oppressed. Have not Palestine aud Athen
done more for the advancement Of civil
EatiOa than the Satrspal Empires or Mace
doaiss lu Germany, itself. wha, a centr
Of Intellectual life has been the micro
scopie Duehy Of WeimAr, what an mex
hAas,ible fountain Of science have beer
GO,tingen. Heidelberg. Tubengen. thes,
great Universities Of small States!
To WELD great influence, is the pre-
tension Of the strong in imposing theil
viii upon the weak, and leads to a system
Of Intervention IS injurious to the op-
pressed The petty States having no
political ambition, externally, are the hap
piesi. because they have nothing to do
but 10 take care Of their own internal in
teoeSts. On the whole surface Of our mis-
cradle planet, all soaked with blood and
tears, are there any other countries 50
prosperous, so fortunate, as Belgium or
Switzerl.nd-sulall Gases Of freedom and
peSee-where the exiles from the great
States fni shelter and protection.
The second reason which makes the
Germans wish for Unity is of very diff
fereat nature, and is an excellent one.
They have become tined Of fighting against
each other for the benefit Of their Sove-
reignS, Or OF foreign potentates. While
in England, Spain. France, and almost
everywhere in Europe, the bloody strife of
pEovluce agaiOst province, caused by the
high ysssals, were coming to a peaceful
end, IN the latter part OF the 10th century.
and st which time modern royalty was
firmly established, civil war has continued
in Germany to the present tine, from Do
hticsl or religious motives, and from the
want Of central power strong enough to
enforce its commanding will.
The neighbOsing countries-S Sweden.
France aud Russia-hAve been called. sue
eesSively, by the German princes to inter
fere in the internal dissensious of their
because it Is natural that a
Sovereign should prefer the foreigner who
protects him to his eountryman who threat
ems him Man is so made that. even on the
throne. he Is a selfish being, and be will
rather sacrifice the principle Of nationality
;hAn the interests Of his crown. 1t is for
this reason that the Germans wish to de-
fend the tEenty-uiue sovereignties re-
nainins against dangerous temptations By
federal State. strong enough
to deprive each Of its power to attack the
others Although they do not often see
anything worthy Of praise in France, yet
hey can not help Perceivlng that it is an
improvement in its government that the
Prefect Of the Gironde does not make
var on the Prefeet Of the Lower Alps
he one delivering Bordeaux to the Eng
ish, and the other, Nice to the Italians
4 order to obtain assistance from them.
hey do not wish to be obliged to kill each /
ther in the plains Of Sa1ouy or Franco
Is, and their desire is but natural The 1
lere idea that the days of the Thirty
! ears War, or the war of the Rhine Con-
7deratiOn, might be seen again, transports
ven the most placid With wrath 1t is,
aerefore, with a feeling Of enthusiasm
bat the Constitution of the North-Ger-
l@n Confederation. IS imperfect ss it nav
G, has been hailed As the first guarantee
internal peace and external security.
As an illustration Of these sentiments.
e viii quote a paragraph from letter
rittsn BY Mr. Schulze-DeIitzch, the pa
nc founder Of the pop1lzr banks we.
said he, are the most peaeea-
e Of sl civilized nations. Internal dis
'1zions have lately armed Us against each
her, and not against any neighboring
reign Stste, which We do not want TO
st1rb- The rational feeling has arrived
such an intensity Of force that We will
longer bear any foreign Intervention. /
he isnentsble history Of several centuries
eonvulsions, weakness and agitations is
fore us ss warning. From the terrible ,
ligiOus vars Of the 18th and l7th centu-
: to the bloody campaigns Of the first (
npire, almost all the great European &
ntezts have been fought on our soil, and !
We made Cur eOantry wilderness To
event the return Of these ealamities, We
'old all rse as one man A political
rty that would show the slightest sign
hesitation On this point would be for :
er lost il
Bat the objection may Be raised that if t
srusny kzs thus remained divided into Z
Zreat number Of States, It is apparently
ez1se the character Of the nation is not
Apied to constitute one united Empire.
e Germans have brought into the mod I
! word the principle Of individual inde- a
i called Esdisid,ozlis1s-l ?
opposition to the principle Of authority .
ming from Rome. They are q Particu- Ii
izts.- IS they term #, and they have ei
hi0ned Germany in accordance with a,
n instincts- It l., therefore. By force :,
y that they can be united under the b
ne sway; and even force Can not pre- y
q IL -n-ns-.- A-.-..l- H.. ILL. II