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Hanovek, April 2, 180q. 1 N Mv Letter Of...
crass , the hatred so apparent , that one cannot help adopting the prevalent belief that a secret understanding exists between Joissia and Frances We are utterly dumbfounded at the audacious disregard of contemporary history and public opinion , when we find these brazen Vcribes asserting tlmt England is going about the world begging a coalition-against France , For the purpose of exciting discord among- the continental nations , and establishing her own supremacy upon their ruin . These assertions are made day after day , with a persistency which evidences the set task of spurring on the French to an aggressive policy . The Germans are represented . by these organs as " the dupes of England , iii spite of the universal groan of the German press and people at the supposed indifference of England to the plans of the French Empeeojb . I have already given your readers proofs enough of the real sentiments of the people of this country , as expressed in " declarations" petitions ; but in the face of these Russian manoeuvres , the following is more especially worthy of attention . In the Legislative Assembly ot Frankfort , on the 27 th ult ., Dr . Beaunfels moved this resolution : " That the Legislative Assembly request the Senate to urge through their representative in the Federal Diet / the immediate establishment of a central authority and a national parliament . lhe reasons advanced in support of the motion were , that since the beginning of last year , Germany has been constantly oppressed witn the fear of a threatening . danger . The powerful nation on her western border has been transformed into a focus of war ; and , blindly obedient to the will of one man , accepts the splendour ot military fame as a substitute for ,. their-lost civil liberty . The doc' trine of natural boundaries , at first expressed in whispers , will soon j be loudly and clearly outspoken in a country where every word is . a j toleration , or emanation , from the Supreme Government ^ And this j ' doctrine will be expounded this way or that way , according to the ¦ , will and desires Of the ruler . To-day it is a mountain , fastness , to- j morrow it will be a river . We already hear the old song , so often 1 sun" - by French historians and politicians about the indefeasible j claims of France to territories , of which , by the fortune of war , she j happened to hold possession for hardly ten years ; while . the same j have formed part aiid parcel of Germany these ten centuries . - -With . ! : such doctrines there is an end to treaties and the peace of the world , j so Ion" - as the resources of the French nation / are at the disposal of j an irresponsible ruler . Now that Switzerland is fully aware" tb . at ; \ treaties are considered subordinate to the force of circumstances ; : . ; now that even England is alive to the deceitfulness of her ally , it is j the duty ofGermany , whose very existence is at stake , to show that she is ready and able to perform her part in the defence of treaties , and just fights of the surrounding nations . But , with the deepest j shame and grief , the German patriot is forced to confess that , during the armed peace of the last thirty years , nothing has been done to form the divided States of Germany into a compact nation , notwithstanding the ardent wishes of the entire people . Germany , that seeks for no conquests abroad , is still wanting the first conditions of even self-defence , union , organization , and a chief . The disunion > ofGermany has ever been the best ally of her mortal ft > e , and while threatened with the , recurrence of the days of Uhn and Jena it isa poor consolation , and perhaps a deceitful hope , to look forward to a future Leipsic and a Wateilop ; At this moment , when we see the French pointing to the Rhine ; when we see journals established in Altiatia < for the express purpose of preaching the blessings of the French rule to- 'the'inhabitant 3 of the Rhine ; when we know that a haughty foe is making all secure in his flank and reur , preparatory to his grand move ; when we discover him purchasing the plans of German fortres > scs from traitors , at such a time we hear German princes and statesmen , proclaiming their right to maintain the present state of disunion ; that , in iiu ^ t , the shame and misery " we endured at the hands of tho First ItfAPQinEON is to be the fate of pur country again . But the German people think otherwise , and what is more , they are determined to have it . otherwise . Iho ¦ President , in putting the motion , said he felt convinced he was but acting in accordance with the Hehtimen . ts of the Assembly , when he called upon all to me as one rii-an , in token of their unanimous assent . T »« whole Assembly rose . The rumours of a " revendication" of the fortress of Lamlmi are beginning to find credit . At all event ® , the rumours which for aomo time past have been i , n circulation respecting tho French claim to this stronghold have hot taken their origin from the people . We hear of French emissaries travelling as eommeniial agents , who leave curds of German firms in German towns on the Rhine , with the object , as it \ vcre , of soliciting business , , but it is believed really to faiuilhui « e the people with too French claim . Lord John Russeli / s speech , and the change in tho tone of the English jouvnuls towards France , have been hnilod with delight by the press mid people of this country 5 mid the alliance between . England and Prusaja , is considered a settled affair . Englishmen , however , have good ronson tp watch with a degree of dotibt an alliance bptweo . i England and Prussia or any German power , Pr indeed a united Germany , at this moment ; for although tho people are enthusinsticully patriotic , and prepared to submit to any Hncrinco to defend their country from a French invasion , there is lipt one man in whoso military talents people or spldior * caw bo sitid to have confidence . In fact , although loudly desiring war nfcmimt this French , they have fully made up their mUYds to lose the first two or three battles . This state of mind ia not encouraging to an ally , and therefore one cannot help viewing an alliance between England and Germany but with the utmost misgiving ' . Should it , however , come to pass , may it be a . n alliance of men , not subsidies . Wo may then have a repetition of Blenheim , of Bamiltea , of Oudonardo , and of M » tlplaquet > instead-of'AuaterHtz , of Wag-nun , ot Jena , & o .
| | This may appear to Germans an English prejudice , but I think it will be found to be a striking historical fact that an army composed . Of English and Germans has never yet been defeated by the French . The inassacre of Fonteriay can hardly be considered an exception . I am travelling out of my sphere :, but all our conversation here is of wars , invasions , and military prowess , and one cannot avoid the general infection . * The state of affairs is , indeed , serious enough ; trade is at a stand-still ; political reforms , literature , everything civilizing and progressive is forgotten in the universal expectation , of war ; ° complaints from all quarters of the country of low wages and dear provisions . „ „ ¦ ¦ , ¦' .-, ,- ^ <• 4 . 1 . Next to the question of Savoy and the military reform , the Prussian press is occupied with the bill for the organization of the electoral circles in the eastern provinces of the kingdom . The tendency of this bill is to diminish the feudal privileges of the landed proprietors , who are to be placed oh the same footing as the landholders in the western provinces , where these remnants of the middle ages have long since been abolished . It is not expected . that this bill will pass the Upper Chamber , for the greater part of its members would be affected by it . The Upper Chamber continues inflexible in its opposition to all liberal measures of the Crovernment but without in the least disturbing the existence of . Cabinet . It is all quite a matter of course . The Pkince Eeoest and his Ministers were expected to be progressive , and the Upper Chamber obstructive , so the contending powers are maintained in the state of equilibrium desired by all parties except the nation . The Regent is said to be very dissatisfied with the Feudalists , but , the Feudalists appear to know * better , or not to care about his anger . The President of this Chamber , on presenting lately a congratulatory address to the Regent , besought his Highness to * believe that the ' opposition offered by the Chamber to the . measures of the Govern- . ment was induced solely by a sincere desire to maintain the rights of the Sovereign , and to promote the welfare of the country . The Committee of the Association of Bremen Shipowners , formed with the view to agitate for the abolition of the eustom of capturing private property at sea during war , lately addressed ¦ . a letter to Mr . CoBDEN , at Cannes , requesting his aid in the attairmient ot their ohiGct . Mr . Cgbden has replied , as I hear , to the effect that he was about to return to England , and would use Ins best exertions to promote the aims of the association . Some of the ideas were new to him , fie said , that may be , 'but they are not new to thpse - who have read Dutch , French , and Danish dissertations upon ^ the same subject . The association finds , however , opponents 111 this country . " A pamphlet has just been published by . a Mr . Sen webe-MBfYiSH in which lie endeavours to show that the abolition of the viHit to capture private vessels of the enemy , supposing always it were possible to coerce the will and curb the power ot the nation that disregarded the abolition , would render the alliance of England of little value to a purely military nation like Prussia . 1 Ins attempted 1 agitation is only important as witnessing how deeply seated is the conviction of the 1 near approach of a naval war . _ The decision in the Federal Diet upon the . question ^ of the Hessian ' constitution has tnrned as was anticipated . 1 he 1 rnssian proposals have been rejected . The French and Russian . journals . represent this result as dangerous to the internal peace o ( Germany , iuntin « - at the probability of a civil war . The wish is father to the thought . Tlie Hessians , in my bumble opinion , would have been but little benefited by a contrary decision . They have waited patiently for the restitution of thoir just rights so long ; they can wait a little longer , in the firm faith that the restitution will . very soon more complete and more stable . According , to letters from Copenhagen , French diplomacy has been very active there of late . A treaty is said to exist , or is being negotiated , for certain eventualities . This would account lor tie very bold measure adopted by the Danish Government agnmst the members pf the Schleswig-assembly ,
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MCORT ) OF THE WEEK . ¦ ¦ ; , HOME AXD COLONIAL . On Sunday , April 1 , a "re occurred on tho premises of a marine store denier , situate at No . 2 , Percivul-pliice . Tottenlmm , ami spread to four houses adjoining , tho residents of which were burnt . out , pi nearly so , in the course of a few minutes . . _ Writing to the Times on Monday , Louis Plane denies the statement macTq by Sir R , bert Peel , that " tho policy pf agyrandiseniont and territorial aggression" pursued by Louis Buonaparte is tnp revolutionary polioy which was adopted in 1818 , by M . do Lnmartmfl and M . Louia Blanc" « Wnr , " says tho latter writer , cutting from their proclaniatipn , " was not the principle of tlio i < rei ) cu The University beat race , ^ yluch camo oft ' pn Saturday , March 31 , was won by Cainbrid ^ o , The Union Steam Navigation Company ' s mail paekot JSoiman , from the Oapo of Good Hope , arrived ttt Plymouth on ^"'^ V Aprjl 1 , Her dnv £ <> , valued at ^ 12 , 000 , includes 289 bales ot ^ vool , ^ 100 casks pf wine , and ostrich feathers worth ^ 2 , 000 .. ^ Much squabbling exists a , montf the projeotora of tho Cnpo lown and Wellington Railway , and lijttlo progress has been made . The Cape Pnvliamont was further prorog-uocl until March 21 . ^
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Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1860, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07041860/page/20/
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