New-York tribune., 1869-05-06

last instance proceed not from the Presidency OF the
Confederation but from HIS Mes Eg ns eans G os Se
Presidency am 10 divide, In the senseO1 tlls mOHO
bet ween certain Ministers, the grOund-whch readily
odmif-tbat do not understand everything for which
"a not ali alike come more or less in the same cate
CORY especially the representives who must form ug
ment upon the affairs Of all the Ministries ana he ehro
Prnssian ADMINISTRATORS l do not believe there isa
single Minister in great state who is in condition to
read the half or the quarter Of that which he Is
sign. would regard colleague as one TO he ehFleu Wiz VIII
had little other business distract his attention. VINO
could read quarter of that which he rs 10 slgn col
would not make my business lighter by giving me COZ
league, and You have in Chancellor VINO WGiV WGiV 7
CCpt colleague. rest upon my cOnsuJuut - est,h
have accepted the Office Of Chancellor as IL va" such
lished; a colleague tho same day that ne G DevnG then
would become my successor. count 70 ni1,s aud de-
spoke at some length OF honesty Of ms ANS anu d
fended himself against the charge Of Parcnlals anu
said: AS the first striking eHammhJi mhicb IN kcens mace
the organization Of State "hiTm ore h''p pp IeSs
will not say Federal but least IN It's nat1TG on
in manner conceaed in the shade Of the villages ana
counties so that it is not py % ti
lines But England decentrallze9 lanu, wlc az s
Tesncct we in Prussia earnestly endeayong
Look at the great the op9ent ara rardnd az
can free States, where the uhilea Ssae Is IegaIuGt S
tIe palladium OF liberty the basis OF s0nnd OrgaulZ
Look at Switzerland with her cantons Look at the
picture which in the North German Confederation mas
The greatest analogy, II am not mistaken IN t9e olu
Constitution of the United Netherlands the states Gene
raj where the Provinces enjoyed very hgn drgtTJ ~
individual sovereignty. am not sufficiently acquainted
with the matter to know whether the Chancellor there
or Grand Pensonary had responsible Ministers oeso %
him. or whether only the C0mmander-tncmef OF the
and Stakeholder OF tno House OF elVuu
him with the military power | think ~ WOuld DO
full of instruction to every one here VINO Interests MN
self in such matters and who nave more une Iha ~
go further with TINS comparison ana eoheet ne ~ ae pc
ful political deeds which history relates OF te hepupG
ofthe United NeIherlahds Mlth inc ulKn ~ ths
freedom which hourshed under the proleetiSSn oi tS
regime Capitalization Is more or less an act oI Nlolee
We can neither ignore the history OF the P1s1 d @ ru
the future and IL error against Whch WOuu wan
you TO imagine that we can nasten Ihe cOuso VI
time by putting forward our watches My Influence on
the events that have borne me along mas inuceu UUT
overesumated but none have gone SO far as 70 pesuO
made history that, gentlemen, could not 90 even ~
common with You, combination SO stIVhH tnaV % MU t
defy world in We cannot make history, DuI uust
wait until IL IS accomplished We cannot nesleh the
rpening of the fruit by holding lamp under IT, anu
we strike at unripe fruit VIC only prevent ts natunh
mend more patience to leave 70 me INC t
Germany that precisely the fruit that You srye O
to-day would fall ripe in your lap, DO not nope QT te
affairs OF the country would become worse; as
as soon ASSOCIATION OF ministers should supply I9
think that this machine which we SIT
has work for two years, as wen as niign' %
You tee the desire TO take the watch apart draw out
wheel and If il cannot be made TO 80 sun DetteI
now to receive from e an that every personal
rrtabity on account this motion against ITS sup
pressed myself against some of its pecuiarities with
certain acrimony 1t is more bad habit have than an
account or the tendency OF
proposition am conscious that with most perhaps an
OF its Importers am united IN the end TO os We
we cann which it is strongest and most umled ana III
which its welfare is best promoted
When the question On the adoption OF tho resou-
ton was put to vote Ill voted for and 100 againstt it,
shall at this time only make a single remark on
this speech, which should be taken IN connection
with that part referring to the advantages enjoyed
by the United Provinces under their system OF State
Government For about four months of last year l
entertained myself in examining the Dutch secret
archives for period shortly before the fall of that
republic; and l learned how in way that is impcr-
tba ct fhat
upon the seven provinces individually enabled the
/ French Minister at the Hague to entirely obstruct
the course of government and force the country into
| war by his influence on some of the merchants of
! Amsterdam and one or two other cities; and am
convinced that nothing contributed so much to the
destruction of the republic as the extensive powers
granted to the several Provinces.