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| "Il,r union of thc States of Gernla
| mo Il form of government Siuiiui
! many RESPECTS to that OF the AnieiI,,
; onion is an event that cannot iail !,
touch deeply thu syinpatilcs oi til.
lpeuple of the Unitcu States. Tin:
Union has been brought about by tht
lnng continued and persistent efforts %
he people with the deliberate applor:s
ui. the governments of the l.cnpic u
iwrnty-tour of the German Stale:
'hrol,gl, their regularly constituted ait
lhorilies. In it the American people
sec an attempt to reproduce i'll Euiop.
| some of tie Lcst features To our "Id CON
StitutiOn, with such notifications aS The
history and condition of Germany seem
10 require. The local governments "I
! ;he several members of the Union are
! preserved, while the powers conferred
,il,0n the chief inlart strength for The
purposes oi s,If-dcicncc without author.
| it's to enter upon wars OF conquest and
ambition. The cherished aspiration i"'
slatlonal unity, which for ayes has ln'
spirc, the many millions Of people
Speaking the same lan%uageand inhabit'
ing a contiguous and COMPACT territory
nut unnaturally separated and divided
by tlynpstic jealousirs and the ambition
of shoGt-s-ltrd rHlcrs, has been attain
ed. and Germany now contains 4 p"pu-
.ation of about 34;EW, united by our own
,;ndcr one government in its relations
with other powers. but retaining in lis
evcral mci,lhcrs the right and power ol
i,.onirol OF their lCcal interests, habits,
and institutions. Tie bringing OF great
MASSES OF thoughtful and free people uii-
der 4 single governmcnt must tend to
make governments what alone they
hould be, representatives OF the Will
and the organization of the power OF
the people. The adoption in Europe OF
ne American system OF union, under
ihc control and direction of Il free peo-
sic, educated to self restraint. canuot
all to extend popular institutions, and
% enlarge the peaceful Influence OF
american ideas.
'.rhe relation Of the United Sta! es
Mith Germany are Intimate and cordial.
The commercial intercourse between the
,wo countries is cXtcnsivcund is ilcfcaS-
ing from year to Year, and the large
numbrr of citizens and residents in the
United States of German extraction,
tad he continued How of emigration
thence into this country, have prodticrd
IN intimacy OF personal and political III
crc0urse approaching, il not equal TO
hat with the country from Which thc
.uundcrs of our government derived
:lcir origin. The extent OF these intrr-
,'Sts and the greatness of the German
onion seem to require that Oh the c.a|i-
lication of the. representatives OF tins
government to foreign p~wers, there
5h0uld no longer be an apparent under
valuation mlaGe in the difference be-
wccn the compensation allowed 10y law
the minister to Germany and those to
treat Britain and France. There would
een to bc II great rr0pricty in placing
the REPRESENTATIVES of lhi, government al
berlin on the same footing with that OF
its representative ut London and Paris.
The union Of the several states of Ger
many under one glirrrllnlcnr, and the
nc:easiny commercial ANIL personal in
crcourSr between the Two countries,
will also add to the labor> and rc>l "l,>i-
,ili.irS Of the legation. therefore rc-
commend that the salaries of the minis
er end o: tie secretary OF legation ut
.;crlin be respectively increased to the
anne amounts as arc allowed to those 4;
london and Paris.
(SigncdD L. 5. Grant.