New-York tribune., 1872-04-25
CENTRAL GERMANY.


OLD CATHOLIC MOVEMENT.
rFRoM An OCCASIONAL CoRRRSP OSDEET OF THE TRIBUNE
FRANKFORT-ON- THE MAIN, March 1o.-Ims
IA no longer the free city," 10 the humlha-
tion but profit OF its people. Girding II are
the same beautiful cultivated grounds dlvldihg
it the same splendid Zel-strasse; ornamentng
it The same statues haOwing II the same monuineh7'
architectural and otherwise that tell so much Ol ou
German ways and times; hanking it the same swift
river spanned by the historic bridge, with the
same stern old statue turning the cold shoulder TO the
same horrd Of Sachsenhausen and looking Win Ihe
same set look toward where " Die Wdohf an hhcth Is
kept no longer lately kept so we'll But iar ouV
where were quiet fields and farmer folK
eight wears ago are streets OF splen-
did villas with all that is brightest and
richest OF German life and all the city are the evil
dences of marvellous growth in size wealth. business of
every sort and especially the successful development OF
the sort of business that makes Frankfort the greatest
financial city Of Europe after London. " Ale guieh
Dinge sind dre the German paraphrase Of the school
mems Onae irintn pcrfectun est; and for three Bs-
banks beer. and Bethmanns Museums this city
famed The rst enrich It the second feeds and cheers
IL; the last with its one statue-the loveLest OF
Ariadne pride and JOY forever speak trehch
and you are simply scOwled at; abuse Prussia
and you are liked the better but nsnuaie to genuine
Frankfor; burgher the possibility OF any other city nav
inc any such statue and you are done for hopeessy
"et no such man be trusted s ms thought. one may
and many do abuse Prussia Prussan though the city Is
Not ON account of her war with France, anything in
the conduct settlement Of that war; for as " those
issues there Prussiait is Germany, one only anA
always that went to Paris with powder and p't'HPe-
ntchei and came back with money and medals ana
glory II is only Prussia in her rcal or imag
nei and the rest Of Germany that's
the prolific theme on which lavished the most pro-
found Of crtIques and the hearest OF obiurgations
Yet this feeling passing away, and the present Frank
fort boys VII be proud of being Prnssian men,
There has been an historic and ideal German unity
that cannot realize teif political unity vet more
complete than that OF even today. And the whole old
German pOy with It's autonomy ior every rev square
miles was TOO artificial absurd and involved or
per1ntted too many real disadvantages be possible,
much less in times ike the recent ones. Sovereign
ties miles square have long been anacrouisms ana
nuIsances. they are sheer tDpossibites
and FrlnkfOrters far too wise in their
generation not to IT and soon rejoice IN
that TO which they merely yield graceful submission
If Prussia means punderng (but II does noD, II
also means power and good administration Of laws, far
better than the old. Il IL puts every man ID camp, IL
also puts every child n the schOolhouse II 1t dsposes
summariy Of petty prnceng,. i also shuts up every
ganbinChe. For Heaven be praised, this Is the last
year Of their operation. Badcn-Baden Wiesbaden and
Homburg-vhat charming places for Summer resort
will be nd Of the aminsabes and the strange medley
u infatuated fools scouudr.ls, AMI s.rumpets ,hat
round them.
Last week too the speedy co.-a'lon of the State lot
teres was procured hy Ac Ministry, and thus another
stain will be washed tuc not quite spotess robes of
NcwGcrmany. In the tax thereon 10 the Prussan Par
lament a fact was brought ont that well be pom
dered over both by those who invest n lotteries. and
those who oppose Ciyl Service reform in the United
states. and praise socaAcd American way OF man
aging public These State Lotteries for 1871 cost
Tor salaries and all other expenses 2fO0 halers, and
Welded net proht OF 100000 tbalers. The
very statement eloquent Gould we man
age decent public business honestly and
economically as'ths eete monarchy" does It's lottery
systemi And what be the of blanks 10 prizes
where such profit Is possiblei Weinformed Journals
say that the preminares arranged for the speedy
incorporation OF the Duchy Lauenberg into the King
dom OF PrussatwhIch Will increase the latters pOpua
ton by about 81 900 But this nearly important
an item as from Western Austria. In that coun-
Try whole communes have given their adhesion 10 the
old Catholic movement. dcclared themselves inde-
pendent Of the regularly recognized clergy But for
certain very important purposes, the clergyman is a
civil officer in every country OF Europe, and the Austrian
Government decides that the acts Of priests who
recacitrant ar the dogma Of nfalhDility Of
public validity The manifesto of Prussia
more shrewdness and II SAYS it Will have
nothing do with dOgmatc disputes and recognizes
priests OF both parties real Catholics and hence their
acts and records valid. The Judengasse here IN
Frankfort recently the scene Of terrible calamity
that viii hasten the work Of demolition or lie most ine-
resting but squalid and dangerous houses Possibly
little more ancient and wormeaten than its neighbOrs,
one house fell 70 pieces and caused the fan also OF the
right and eft hand houses and OF the ruins Of the
three taken "A dead bodies ana more than
wounded. A few words enough for the fact-nOne
can express all the and anguish OF It, To-day
found the houses in the near vicinity propped and
chained supposed security but the long projected
new street will be cut through, and Of the
sights OF the city Will DE gone. j.