Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-08
The United States and Germany.

IT, the Senate and House Of Representatives.
The union ofothe States Of Germany into
form of government similar in many respects Il
that of the American Union is an event tina
| cannot fail to touch deeply the SympathieS o
he people of the United States
This union has been brought about by thu
long continued, persistent efforts of the people
| with the deliberate approval OF the Govern
mentS and people of twenty-four Of the Ger
man States: through their regularly constituted
| authorities.
In it the American people see an attempt tc
reproduce in Europe some OF the best feature:
of our own Constitution, with such modlica
| tions as the history and condition of German!
the several members Of the Union are preserv
ed while the powers conferred upon the chic
impart strength for the purposes of self-de
| fence, without authority to enter upon wars OF
conquest and ambition.
The cherished asi pration for national unity
which for ages has inspired the many millions
of people speaking the same language, lnhabit:
ing contiguous and compact territory. but un
naturally separated and divided by dynastic
iealousies and the ambition Of short-sig hted
rulers, has been attained, and Germany now
contains population Of about thirty four mil
lions, united like our own under one Govern,
ment for it's relation with other Powers, but
retaining it it's several members the right and
power of control of their local interests. habits
and Institutions
The bringing of great masses of thought
full and free people under single Govern
ment must tend to make Governments what
alone they should be, the representatives OF
the will and the organization of the power
of the people.
The adoption in Europe of the American
system of union, under the control and dlrec-
ton of free people educated to selt-restraint,
cannot fail to extend popular institutions and to
enlarge the peaceful influence of American
ideas.
The relations of the L. S. with Germany are
intimate and cordial The commercial inter-
course between the countries is extensive and
number Of Citizens and residents re in the re s Of
German extraction, and the continued flow of
emigration thence to this country have produced
an intimacy OF personal and political inter
course, approaching if not equal to that with
the country from which the founders of our
Government derived their origin.
The extent of these interests and the great
ness of the German Union seem to require that
in the classification of the representatives of
this Government to Foreign Powers there
should no longer be an apparent undcryalua-
ton Of the Importance of the German mission.
such as is made in the. difference between the
compensation allowed by law to the Minister to
Germany and those toGreat Britain and France.
There would seem to be great propricty in
placing the representative of this Government
at Berlin on the same footing with that of its
representatives of London and Paris The
union of the several States of Germany under
one Government, and the increasing CONNER
cial and personal intercourse between the two
countries, will also add to the abors and re-
sponsibities of the Legation
| therefore recommend that the salaries of
the Minister and Of the Secretary of Legation
at Berlin be respectively increased to the same
amounts as are allowed to those at London and
at Paris. l.. s. GRAFT.
Washington, 7th February. 1871