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that they may bear less upon the poor and ct tn.
same tune secure economy. r"fT"

that they hey may bear less upon mo poor and st the
MILITARY DUTY. kt "a
General liability TO army duty Is valuable boon
shown the superiority OF . people In arms to one
consoripts and Sirsnss We 'c can therefore b In.
tent only on preserving tins boon. For this reason
able Of bearing arms, and in order to make thls
possible gradual decrease q the time OF Service
which 81 Itself 10 financial and
regulate the military establishment oy means OF the
TSess are the main features, as we consider, OF
the consultation Of Germany. Tney present the
especial points In which We demand alterations or
~ Is for the particular condition OF North Ger
many, Il cannot possibly In its present FORM sufce
Norm German Reichstag, which has prolonged its
session during the war, though legally It has ex
Germany. New elections are absolutely necessary
NEw ELECTIONS. ~
A newly elected North German Reichstag accord.
ing 70 sectiOn ~ OF the Constitution, is TO be sure
entitled to admit the South German States into the
Northern confederation. n this procedure should
SuSy "nest'on saa not OBJECT 20 II but consider
The o. Southern ssssss into sse
newly elected North German Reichstag, with its
SunI Council on the one hand and the difrerent
sou aa, German Chambcrs with their governments
W ueioerase on every special alteration on the
other hand, would LEAD to endless discusstons A
Work Oi sucn magnitude as the constitution OF
germany must be resolved upon In free delboratlon
OF the representatives OF all the German peopIes
we therefore demand that law should be passed
both In Northern and Southern Germany convenlng
General German Parliament. 10 avoid however
many dmculties connected with The Legislative in
s.Itlons 10 Germany we would agree that the
sag In conjunction with the present representatives
OF me southern German States should constitute
The people, as well as the governments OF DER
many are greatly Interested in the prompt iorma-
Ion OF Iiils constitu tion IN order that any
european danger may ind united and urmly
established. Nothing Will give more confidence 10
the nation, more real strength and security abroad
and justice In the interior THIS Il the most reiiaba
guarantees oi the peace Of Europe aud the progress
slvc morality OF mankind. 1851
DEMANDS or BAVARIA.
&c may be left 10 the reader to make hs own 70.
nections on the document above. We would only
tell MIN that II ne supp0SeS the uni1caton OF Ger.
many rs q Jait 0cco,npn or chiId's play he Is In
great error. In proof Of this we would point TO
retain privileges Tor that state OF such an extraor-
binary nature as would exclude, or necessity, q
united Fatnerand. Bavaria demands veto OF her
own IN the question Of peace or war, u sepa-
rate diplomatic representation IN Vienna, Rome and
Paris. the North German constitution empowers the
government 10 build railways in every State for the
defence or the country; Bavaria demands the right
oil verOing tS. The Northern constitution provides
for UNIFORM post and telegraph system; Bavaria is
opposed TO it-she VIII not even submit to uniform
military organization The aforesaid propositions
emphatically reserying the right she King OF Ba-
vara, In times 0i peace to drill dress, equip and do
win his army what he deems best She will not sub
init To the erection Of fornncations her territory;
Will not allow her troops to JOIN III the oath OF Obe-
dence to the commander-In-chief OF the German
armies Indeed she claims that even a rwo-thrds
vote 81 the Bund Council repecIing changes Of the
constitution shall not be valid IN case Bavaria
should lind herself IN the minority, which
means that whatever amendment to the constitution
might be resolved upon by the rest OF Germany Ba-
varia would nave the right OF frustrating by her
veto.
We do not say that this semi-official document.
at ulal0 mn ha
ultimately discaimed by the Bayaran governments.
which, undoubtedly, has originated IL; but shows
sary 1t Is that the liberalSnOt the national liberals
who look tar more to the form than the quality OF
unl0n-Should timely agree upon platform.
BISMARCK'S ORGAN,
the Norddeutscfe ALgeDetne, promises In It's issue
OF to-day to thoroughly review the foregoing
with Kid gloves, and by way OF preparing its readers
Tor that review 1t sneeringy says:-"Afrald OF
coming too late the F0rlschritt party produces ct
this moment, 50 unsuitable for political discussions
long windel programme, In which, though natural
70 sne crt.er oat very nnnatnral IN view Of the
other things reduction OF the time OF military SER
vice. army budget right individual liberty, &C.,
Tnat the programme OF Count Bismarck with re-
specL to The German question can have no aninity
whatever 10 The platform Of the Forschrtt party
The War SoL Ended--Constitution of Germany
BERLIN, Sept 49, 1870. :
The meagre news from headquarters which reached
here last night dspeed all doubts respecting an ar
misce so fondly hoped for result of the interview
between Bismarck and Favre. The effect on ,Change
which holds It's meetings privately on Sunday was
rather depressing. The Pessimlsts argued that til,
situation had now become difficult as ever, ant
chat the German forces were face to face with thu
dilemma OF occupying the whole French territory
from Dunkerque TO Marseilies.
AS to information from the different scenes OF one
rations It Is not saying too much that your readers
are lar better supplied than wo here at the capital
who read only the accounts OF correspondents for.
may accredited, and seeing everything through on
cal glasses We're It not that fortnight must pass
before American papers can reach here the
German Germ press would likely CLEAN from them
readers to copiOus TRANSACTIONS from the English
journals. Whenever plain and Ineligible dcscr,p-
ton OF battle or an expression from Bis
by the good Berliners they have to look 10
these sources. AS to the writer, who has been
favored with news In previous times by government
onicers ne y now completely LETT In the urch, for
nearly all OF them have gone to the seat OF war ana
the few who remain solemny assert that everything
centres in headquarters, aud that the whole ma
chinery OF the Foreign Department, as far as re.
CARDS Its working here has come to q standstilI
Herr Delbr0ck, the right hand man or Count Bis
marck. and several privy counselors, are now at
work to agree with the South German governments
upon the best nnodns o0etandt OF their entrance
into the North German Confederation. It Is under
stood that the Prusstan government expects these
States TO apply for admission, and that tins ben0
assented to by the next Relchstag, 1t may be suli
Gent 70 agree upon lew alterations OF the North
German Constitution.
DENMARK.
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