, 1873-11-19
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OenHldlh, lHdG we lie Lner6 is quiet,
peaceful and intelligent; and the people
are sef-respecting and courteous" That
may be true in regard to domestic life,
but certainly, / regret to confirm it, it is
not true in regard to our political life we
have seen that too plainly in latter years,
and especially in the present days. I
shall briefly state how matters are going
their bad way. In the Folkethine, the
second Chamber of the Rigsdag, the Unit
ed Left, a large party, chiefly consisting
of peasants and called the peasants
friends" have succeeded in getting the
majority, a small majority of votes, it is
true, but nevertheless a majority. Now
these half-educated men are trying to be
masters in every respect; they have got
one of their own elected President of the
Chamber, and as they do not like the
present Ministry and declare that they
can not work together with it, they threat
ened in the last very stormy session to
stop the Budget by voting against pass
ing it to the second reading if the King
would not form another Ministry, if pos
sible, with some of their own leaders as
members of it-(although they do not say
SO plainly) The King did not yield to
their wishes and as seventeen Of the pea
SAINTS friends were not willing to vote
against the Budget, the threat was post
poned to the present session, and yester-
day it was carried out. The Diet assem-.
bIed the 9th instant, and some days after
wards the So peasants friends sent III q
declaration to the President, stating that
they would vote against the Budget, if
the Ministry did not resign. The King
being unwilling to grant their wishes,
they voted yesterday against passing to
upon the Folkething was dissolved to-day.
Now, the situation is this. In using the
u!timo ratio in parliamentary opposition
warfare, the United Left will stop the
whole Government machinery, until they
get their wishes fulfilled if they can re-
tain the majority. This is now the great
question. New elections will take place
on the first day of November, and a new
FOlkething will assemble in the last days
of the same month the Right, which is
the s~o-calIed National-Liberal party, will
then, perhaps, gain some votes, but if not,
the situation will be unchanged and then
new Folkethings, will, no doubt, be elect
ed until the Right can get the majority,
or until Government will be forced to car
ny on the State machinery by the aid of
a provisional Budget. There is a doubt
if such a step is lawful or not.
The late King of Denmark, Frederik
VII who, of his own free will, made Dem
mark a Constitutional Monarchy, by giving
up his inherited absolute power, and thus
founded the liberty of the people, and
who took such a great share in defending
Denmark against the attack OF our power
full German neighbours, was in the right
sense of the word the peoples man."
aud, naturally, lives in the thankful MEM
Dry of the people, who try to express
their regard for Frederik VII by erecting
monuments to him in several cities of the
Kingdom. Such a monument, q colossal
equestrian statue, was in every way most
successfully unveiled in Copenhagen the
9th instant, the late Kings birthday, on
the square in front of Christianborg Palace.
The King, the Queen, Prince Valdemar
and Princess Thyra were present and were
warmly greeted, as was also a deputation
from Sleswiek. The late Kings widow,
the Countess Danner, was also present,
and deputation from the Swedish hussars,
If which tho lotto Kim waa on bOnOrory