Year: 1872

The present situation of the Prus.
sian Government is by no means an
enviabie one. 1t has been in tribu-
lation ever since 1866. The popula-
tion OF the annexed provinces of Han
over and the electorate of Hesse feels in
no mood TO turn frussian> patriotic !;
in many parts of the Empire particu>
larism is still on the rampant the
reannexed imperial provinces of Alsace
and Lorraine cause mucn anxiety; the
the religious commotion which the
Government has wantonly and unnec-
essarilly provoked, are of a more
serious character than was anticipated
and now, to crown all, we have the
rupture between the Government and
and the aristocratic party, by reason
of the proposed change in the govern.
ment OF the districts. From the latest
cable dispatches it is to be
inferred that the Ministry blenches
at . summary course against the
Junkers. II is trae the Crown will
punish the Upper House by
creating a number of aeg Peers still,
it cannot create q majority on its side
in that body, and it seems to be un-
willing to risk thorough re.organi-
zation of the latter Now there is
talk of trimming the bill for the country
Government as to make it acceptable
to the Chamber descend OF Peers. To
to half way measures would be the
most foolish thing that Bismarck could
do The moment he exhibited weak ness
and compliance toward the aris:ocratic
gentlemen of rank, he will without
gaming their confidence, forfeit their
respect along with his popularity
among the people. who had conceived
II predjudice against the House OF
Lords, aud would prefer to see it done
away with. Persons not of rank can
not be blamed for this aversion,
because the fundamental law OF the
House of Lords embodies a recogni-
ton, on the part of the State, of the
old ieudal system, OF The perogatiyes
Of the nobility, and of class distipc-
tions. The least crogching ca the
part of the Government before this
House is viewed with great dispIcasure
among the people. To be satisfactory
to the nobility, the bill for the country
government will have to be so modified
as to bear a feudal character. Blu. in
that case it would almost be better to
leave matters as they are, instead of
promising the people bread and giving
them stone.


The government Of the districts or
" circles" as 1t is exercised now, Is
based upon the pre-eminence of the
possessor of immortal estate over all
the other classes of the tax paying pop
ulation. Every owner of a manor has
what is called .ira stiDa7se in the diet
of the circle--an individual vote which
outweights the collective vote of entire
villages. As general thing the coun-
try communes and cities are, as against
the manorial mobiles, in hopeless mi
norty in the circle diets even when the
voting is upon extra levies of taxes on
the three classes, the mobiles, burgh crs
aud peasants. Hitherto in the country
districts of the old Prussian provinces,
the police also have either been
entirely in the hands or at least under
the control of the Knights of the man.
ors. The object OF the new country
movement was to establish more
democratic and equal representation in
the circle diets of all taxpayers without
distinction of rank, and to place the
police under the representation of the
entire population The
situation in which the Government has
been put by the obstinacy of the
junker party is a very critical one, and
it will be interesting to spectator at
a distance to watch how it will extri-
cate itself from the difficulty
Cincinnati ToKsfeund


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TRUE AND FALSE MoDEsrY.-
Nothing is more amiable than true
modesty, aud nothing more contempt,
ible than that which is false one
guards virtue, the other betrays it.
True modesty is ashamed to do anything
that is repugnant to right reason false
modesty is ashamed to do anything that
is op )osite to the humor of those with
whom the party couverses. True modesty
avoids everything that is criminal;
false modesty everything that is un-
fashionable; the latter is only general
undetermined instinct limited aud cir.
cnmscaibed BY the rules of prudence
Pioneer.


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