Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

TIE union Of Northern Germany has been
quietly completed. The treaty with Bavaria
comrletes the work, and brings all of Ger
many. properly =, called, with tie exception
of German Austria, into one government
under the headship Of Prussia. Il has been
a long task. but the war had 80 consolidated
German interests and German feeling that
the result was inevitable. North Germany
has become nation Of nearly forty million
souls. covering territory Of upwards Of
200. 600 square miles. and exceeding both in
population and in lands every other Euro
peau nation excepting Russia. The North
German parliament met on Thursday. The
King Of Prussia not beng able TO be present,
his speech was read. il is a war speech.
and shows there is no hope that peace will
soon be restored between Germany and
France, unless the latter shouid surrender
Internationally lis most significant pas
sage was The following;
conviction tbs, their present power, since the &c
stiuction Of their armies which were sent into
the field against u, Is not capable Of resisting
the united military forces Of Germany. We
might. Therefore, regard peace as cerisln had
our unfortunate neighb0rs a government, the
members Of which would have seized every op-
por;uniry to enable the nation. at the head Of
which it had placed ,Jself by its own act, to elect
national assembly 10 deliberate uTon the pres
ent and future state Of their country. But the
documents which viii be submitted 90 you will
prove that these wEo now hold the power IL
France prefer 10 sacrifice the strength o. noble
nation in a helpless struggle, the ncalculaole eX-
haustion and waste Of which Will result almost
alone 10 France The continuance OF the war
under present circumstances so lessons the power
Of the country that restoration viii he slower
than in the ordinary course Of var The gov
erument If. however compc.ltd with regret 10
express the conviction that peace between tlese
two great peighhoring peoples-uPoa tie COR
tinuance OF which they calculated SIX months
sgo-will nc imperiled by the remembraIces
which this wsr will leave in France, when by
the recovery If her own Strengthen by the al
lsnces with other p0WeTs-she shall feel herself
strong enough TO renew the struggle. The con-
ditions upon which the allied governments would
conclude peace have been publicly discussed. 1t
is necessary they should be comT eusuraie with
the greatness ofthe sacrifice laid upon our coun-
try by this war, which, though undertaken with
out ANY reason whatever, gas approved by the
whole French nation It Is, above all things,
necessary that they should establish a safe From
tier for Germany, against the continuance by
future rulers Of France Of desire for conquest
The confederate governments feel that they can
rely upon the North German Parliament not to
refuse the means still required for the stain
ment Of these objects. They are convinced that
now, when it is question of rendering secure
the policy Of conquest which has been pursued
for 81 many hundred years, and that this from
tier should be settled so as uartlv TO redress
the results Of the unfortunate wsrs which Ger
many, at period Of internal dissensions, was
forced to wage by France, it is at the same time
necessary that our South German brethren should
be freed from the threatening position which
France acquired by former wars.