The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-01-26
From the Philadelphia Press.

and Statistical Facts.
From the Philadelphia Press,
The German Empire is nothing new,
and dates far back into medieval history.
1t came into existence with Charlie
magne more than eleven hundred years
ago. By the subsection of the Saxons,
this great Prince consolidated his do
minions. and reigned over territory
extending from the Ebro in Spain, to
the Elbe in the northeast, the Raab in
Hungary to the southeast to, and be-
yond to Poin Italy. After his death,
the great Empire was divided among
his sons Not again was it restored un-
til the time {9l9-936 of the
mighty
SAXON DUKE HENRY
who, by his victorious Danes, Slavi, and
Magyars, again united the country.
Under his sons its influence and bounda
ries were alike extended. From 1856
there was again gradual decline of the
Empire until the dynasty af the Hohen-
stauffens (Swabians) succeeded to the
Throne. The two first monarchs of this
line represent the most glorious period
of German history during tie middle
Ages. Conrad III, the first one of the
dynasty, rcigned from 1888 to 1852 and
under him the empire became a reali-
ty.
FREDERICK L.,
surnamed Barbarosa (der Rothbdrt), the
second of the dynasty, is the ideal en-
peror of the German race associated in
the traditions with all that is grand, and
good and powerful In their nationality.
According to popular legend of the ia
there, he is not dead yet. but only sleeps
in cave under the Kyfhousen Noun
tain, whence he will arise once more in
all his might to restore the empire to its
former glory. In the sterner romance
of our day, the brain of Bismarck has
accomplished the work Of Frederick. After
the decline Of the Hchenstauffens, in the
middle ofthe fourteenth century, anarchy
ruled supreme until 373, when Count
Rudolph of Hapsburg was elected King.
From this time forward
THE POWER OF THE HApsBURG.
family increased, until again in the six
teenth century under Charles v, the
German empire became reality.
This monarch united the crowns Of
Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and
Naples: but even in his rein the seeds
of intregation which were to divide the
German people for more than three
hundred years were sown. The three
bishoprics of Toul, Nets and Verdur
were conquered by France, and other re.
verses followed so fast that Charles re.
signed his crown in disgust. From this
time forward it steadily declined, unit
the French revolution, completely shat
tered its power and divided it for near
ly century In the meantime, the
genius of Frederick l., had established
a Power which was one day to humilat c
the Hapsburg dynasty and to reunite the
empire. In 1906, with the resignation
of the German Crown by the Emperor
Francis of Austria, the Empire was for
mally dissolved, to be reunited no more
until
1870. sf
when the mad ambition of Louis Napo-
leon brought about the very thing ii
it had been the study of the French
statesmen for ages to prevent. The
North German Confederation, the re,
suit Of the war with Austria in 1866. was
of course, at the outset of the war, the
ally of Prussia, being held bound by the
constitution of 1867, and the South
German states also allied themselves
aginst France With the first victory
over the French, the unity feeling-al-
ways strong-gained greatly, and in
creased in strength until it calumniated
in an offer by the Princess of Germany,
to Kmnig Wilhelm Of Prussia, of the IT,
tie Of
KAISER DEUTSCHLAND.
Nothing 10th, the good King accepted.
The offer of the Imperial Crown
made to Frederick William w., the
brother of the present King of Prussia,
by the German people, and refused by
him, is now accepted by William as an
offer from the four monarchs of South
Germany, after they had entered the
new German Confederacy. The initia-
tiAe of the K ny elevation to his new
dignity had to be taken by his confeder-
ate monarchs, or he never would have
accepted it, Although it is not stated
expressly, the imperial crown will be
hereditary in the family Of the nighticst
among the confederate monarchs of
Germany, and thus the work commenced
by the war Of 1866 is now completed
under the walls of Paris, and the crown
of the German empire. taken from the
head of the Hapsburg dynasty, by the
first Napoleon in 1906, will now remain
with the Hohenzollern, probably until
the end of the monarchies in Europe
Thus has terminated the great struggle
commenced by the great Frederick
against Maria Theresa and the suprem-
acy of the Hapsburgs.
THE BASIS OF THE UNION.
The work of the union has progressed
rapidly and satisfactorily from the start.
In the changes to be introduced in the