, 1870-09-03

ppWerx, ~Prp7iBion il made for tho enufe
paAsing aw1Ttof other thrones AZ soon - the
present dIp&sti4s die out, as u Saxony fof. r
ample, Ind b. The meansimo Sthey are 90
Ersncdf to psiudpalit,es. Thu unaer nohnsty
duoed ii snsctto ..,o rank OF priTata citizans-
He who, fo1 example, IL pxaDea ~ Aesk-
lenlprg cannot b. one in tho North 'Gettnan
Confederation, else there would, With thtAo-
sorption Of tie little princedom, be 90 many
Princes that none would have nny sigulhcaaee.
Much moro would this be the case with the
lower order. Of the nobility. Hence thc OPP
position usIe BY the mobility to the extension
Of the North German Confederation, sud The
cooiue.s With which thug enter into this var.
For they have raisel all Germany against
them by their nnpatriotic conduct When the
people are called on to contribute funds fo1
The prosecution ot the Wat, aud the support
OF the families Of soldiers. sust a3niug Of hos
pitals, dc.. tie nobility, who are worth their
millions, aud from Wlom the people expected
thousands, content themselves with very con-
temptitle onefinsa-barelr enough to escape
public infsgnaHon-whi the private cor
pora.io1,-. rich banke1s, &C., show shasn=a!ses
quite liberal. We hayc many reports. TOO,
war, stigmatizing 1t a. visitation from God,
the French belng sent "a castigators OF tho
Germans on Account Of tkeir Gins, dc. Thus
ia easily explained On tho same ground Not
few palin}les are sltogetAsr under .ths cou-
trol Of tho nobility, {in .he- different land es-
tates and villages chiefly. and unief the pro-
lection Of favorite Princess; the ministry b.
CONC their mouth. piece. Tha question Of tho
connection uf Church and State seems to
promise distant solution, in the uMty OF
Germany, Il IL eriJcht tLat With Protestant
ltuss il md Catholic bavaria there Cannot te
QUE State religion. The government fonud It
difficult enough to unite the Luthe1at, and the
Reformed Church intp such fellowship Al to
admit Of satisfactory disposition Of State
farors m regard to religion. It may hs large
ly on account Of the probable withdrawal OF
State patronage from the Church, that the
ministry are not SO generally friends
Of the confederation or OF the var. II all
events everything il hopeful IT Germany is
united and hence, as Ansericane, we wish,
not unnatur1lly, that the victory IN Ibis war
fall to the Germans rather than tho Ften.h
We should haze no objectioustp SEEING Del-
GUM Aid Luxemboutg-the whole French
speaking population. III short-uuite under
ono government !: 20 tha:, when Francs be-
cGu,es tsput'ie, ttiny w1ll also IuAt as with
the proc1aiMlnY Of the republic III the North-
GERMAN Confeder7.ina-wnich u certain to
culue iu tcT decades-uH Germany will b.
come republic. There is no need ,of mora
r4tious than there are languages. there belne;
enough nf these to divide Europe The world
IL looking With no little interest to this war fox
shp solution Of this, the aFeateet psoh'cn Of
the natsons-ths uniting OF tho States OF
Europe,
,TLe Iberal party, in both countries, ara yer,
hopeful that, in spite Of both autho1ties that
ars xaging The var, thexe will ba aueh re.uits
as will undermine their thrones !; and they are
looking for tho triumph OF modern iaeas viii
more interest. perhaps than to tlss victory al
either Ituasla or France