The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-18
GERMAN JIMMY.
Message from the President.

The President, on Tuesday, sent the
following message TO both Houses oi
Congress
To the Senate and House Of Representa-
tues:
The union Of the States Of Germany
into form of government similar in
many respects to that of the American
Union is an event that cannot fail TO
touch deeply the sympathies Of the peo-
pie of the United States.
This union has been brought about by
the long continued, persistent efforts Of
the people, with the deliberate approval
of the governments and people of twen-
| ty-four of the German States. through
their regularly constituted representa-
tives.
In it the American people sec an at
tempt to reproduce IN Europe some OF
the best features of our own Constitu-
ton, with such notifications as tho his
tory and condition of Germany seem to
require. The local governments of the
several members of the union are pre-
served, while the powers conferred upon
the chief impart strength for the pur-
poses of self defence, without authority
to enter upon wars Of conquest and am
bition. ww st-Hee
The cherished aspiration for national
unity, which for ages has inspired tho
many millions of people speaking the
same language, inhabiling a contiguous
aud compact territory, but unnaturAlly
separated and divided by dynastic jea1'
ousies, and the ambition OF short-sighted
rnlers, has been attained, and Germany
now contains populationof about thir-
ty-four millions, united like our own
r,t lee .Ioaf
with other Powers, but retaining in its
several members the right and power OF
control Of their local inter ests, habits and
institutions. w d
The bringing of great masses of
thoughtful and free people under sim
gle government must tend to make gov
ernments what alone they should be, the
representatives, of tho will and the or
ganization of the power of the people.
The adoption in Europe Of the Ameri-
can system Of union under the control
and direction OF n free people, educated
TO self-rtsiraint, cainot fail to extend
popular institutions, and to enlarge the
peaceful influence of American ideas.
The relations of tie United States with
Germany are intimate and cordial. The
commercial intercourse between the two
countries is extensive, and is increasing
from year to year, and the large mum ber
of cit zons ard residents in the United
Stnt.s of German extraction, and the
'.outinuei flow of emigration thence 10
this country, have produced an In.ima-
cy OF personal and political intercourse,
approaching if not equal to that with
the country from which the founders of
our government derived their origin.
The extent of these in terests and the
greatness of the German union seem 10
require that in the classification of the
representatives OF this Government 10
foreign Powers there should no longer
be an apparent under-valuation of the
importaiice Of tile German mission, such
as is made in the difference bet en- tho
compensation allowed by law to the
Minister 10 Germany, and those 10
Great Britain ami France. There would
seem TO be n great proprioty in!placing
the representative OF this government vi
Berlin on the same footing with that OF
its representatives ut Paris and London.
The Union OF the several Statos Of Ger
many under one Government, and the
Increasing commercial"and personal in
terrOurse between the two countries wi l.
also add to the labors and responsible
tics If the Legation.
/, therefore, recommend that The sal
aries If the Minister and Secretary Of
Legation at Berlin BIO respectively in
creased 10 the same amounts as Pro al
lowed to those at London and at Paris.
,;--,.,-- U. s. GRANT.
washington, u. e., Feb. 7, 1871.