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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 180G. VOLUME XIV. NO. 13.
JEFFERSON DAVIS IN ^RttON.
Mr. Craven has done the cause of humanity
a service, Mid afforded the world a
satisfaction in his narrative of President
Davis> prison life. We make a few extracts
from this book?relating more to
tho sayings of Mr. DaVia thfch his sufiorings?for
the entertainment of our readers.
They will be found deeply interesting and
replete with practical good sense, philanthropy
and wisdom. First, we lay before
'our reader:
^4B. &AVI8* REMARKS ABOUT RICHMOND
tola 8&STIMBST8 TOWAROB CITIZENS.
September 11.?Called on Mr. Davis.
Told him, as he was well, I was about
starting that Jay for Richmond, to be gone
about a wcok, ami would he happy to carry
any social uioasages he might wi??h to
send any friends in that city. Mr. Davis
asked me to call upon his former pastor,
the Rev. Dr. Minuigerode, rector of St.
Paul's; also, upon other friends, giving me
their nanieB, who would be glad to receive
rne. He requested me to make his afflictions
in prison appear as light as possible,
for they had Biiflicieut troubles of their own
without borrowing more from his misfortunes.
lie also said Richmoad had been n
very beautiful city in the days gone by,
but what with years of military operations
and the fire, he feared its appearance must
.1 i. . * ?l
do greatly auereo. v^n, me anxious momenta
I have spent iu that city !'' exclaimed
Mr. Davis. "Cares that none can un
dcrstand who have not been called to fill
the ficet positions of responsibility io revo- j
luLionary times. What hopes and fears,
tried by ouemies without and murrmirors
or mutineers within, though of the latter
there were comparatively few. Taking all
they suffered in view, my dear people
tooJ Grm and upheld ray hands with a devotion
and unanimity for which I can nev
er bo too grateful. God bless them, one
and all, and grant them the sustaining influence
of Hie grace."
Mr. Davis epoko the last sentence with
great fervor, his thin hands clapped and
toars brimming up in his eyes, though not
allowed to run over. It wan in such
moments that his face, though not handsome,
judged by any artistic standard,
became very striking and nobis in the
delicate expression of its intellectual power
and fervor.
Septembfr 22.?Called on Mr. Davis
ljr the first time since returning from
Richmond.
Mr. Davis inquired about friends in
Richmond, askintr. with a smile, was hn
still remembered there or whether it had
been found convenient to erase his name
from the tablets of memory? Assured
him that his friendB appeared most Bolicitoua
for his welfare, especially the Indie?,
who had overwhelmed my wife with attention
during our brief visit, as the only
means of expressing their gratitude for
any alleviation of his Bituatioo which my
duty as his medical attendant had imposed.
Told him the destruction from the fire had
been groat, but in less Iban two years the
city would have retrieved a prosperity not
only equalling, but surpassing any it bad
y?t known. Overlooking Richmond from
tbe top of Gamble's Hill, the clamor of
trowels and hammers everywhere resounded
beneath me, and it seemed like an
enormous bee-hive, so incessant was the
industry. Mentioned that General Terry,
my old oommander, had kindly plaoed the
carriage of Mr. Davis at my disposal during
the visit, and that I bad visited, with
much interest, and not without sympathy,
the beautiful ground of Hollywood Ceme
tery, where General J. E. B. Stuart and so
many other distinguished officers of the
Southern army -now lie in graves, not
nameless indeed, but as yet with no induriqg
monuments.
Mr. Davis laughed about his carriage,
and said that since some "Yankee" had
to ride in it, he would prefer ray doing
so to another. During the war they had
no time to build monuments to the lllastrious
dead?scarcely time enough or
means enough to take care for the wounded
living. If their cause bad been nioecasful,
the gratitude of a new nation
would have built splendid mausoleums and
tronhuM ?i? L.J i?. ?
. khu uhu tost meir nve? ?n
founding it; but with the failure of the
cause this doty of piety and gr&titode must
bow devolve on private associations of patriotic
gratitude. Q?n. Jackson (^Stone"vrall")
appeared to have some lively preeentiment
of death ahortly before its occurrence,
and had asked tint hit only monument
might be a. battle-flag hoiated over
hie grave until such times as the cause for
whioh he fought was crowned with victory
and secure from^ggreaaion.
Speaking of a message of condolence and
cbeor the Rev. Dr. Minnigerodo had sent J
him, Mr. Davis ejvda; in warm terms of
the learning, zeal, eloquence, fidelity and
'Christian cournge of that gentleman.
General liee had occupied a pew in tho
same church, aud, unless when absent unavoidably
in the public service, was one of
the most regular and devout attendants.
Qeneral Leo was undoubtedly one of tho
greatest soldiers of tho age, if not tho very
greatest of this or any other country ;
but had ho drawn his eword on tho Federal
aide, must have been remitted to ob-.
scurity under their system, in iho Grst 6ix j
I .1 . < .1
muiiuia 01 me war. rooming, uowevor,
shook tho confidence of military men competent
to form n just opinion in his Fupc- j
rior qualifications for high command, ami j
his career had nobly vindicated the calm
estimate of professional judgment.
Sei'tembkii 23.?Recurring to my Rich-^
mond visit, Mr. Davis mado many minute j
inquiries relative to former friends ; tho ap- J
paron'. condition of the tradea-peoplo in re- j
gard to prosperity ; the social relatious, if!
any were allowed, between the occupying'
army and tho inhabitants. He Raid his:
people, having done all their duty in the
war had now tho two duties of forgetting
tho past and preparing to accept the future.
woo oi lueir great troubles in agricultural
districts must bo the difficulty of getting
animals?horses, mules and oxen having
been so nearly swept away by tho war.
With nothing to report in the past but its
failure it-i consequences should be acoepted
in good faith and without a murmur.
The future is always under tho control of
resolute men ; and with influx of Northern
and European capital?which must
soon bo tempted by the pro-abundant natuial
resources in tho South?thoro could
bo no reason why naturnl prosperity should
not bo fully re established within halt'ado/.en
years; that is, if tho Federal Govern
ment pursued a wise and generous course*
allaying irritation nnd diverting the minds
of the people from their unsuccessful sacrifico9,
by pointing out and encouraging ihe
splendid reward* of industry.
The following extract is alike remarkable
for its truth and beauty :
FF.MAI.K LECTURICKS? AND TUR TUCK MISSION
or WOMAN*.
Mr. David referred to some remark o( i
Miss Anna Dickinson, hostile himself,
which he had seen in the papers; also re- 1
calling what he had heard of the lady's
honoring Fortres Muuroe with her prnscnce
some six weeks before?he supposed to dc? 1
rive ner inspiration from an actual view of 1
his casemate, or possibly to catch a secret 1
view of him though the admiring favor of *
Gen. Miles, or some smitten officer. lie
lia I noticed that Miss Dickinson had Gg- '
ured largely upon the lecturing stage, and
had undeniable talent, but the talent rather
of a MicnaJ or Pythoness than moat of
the mild virgins who worshiped Vesta and 1
kept the fires of faith and charity forever 1
burning on her pure altars. Woman's ap- I
pearance in the political arena was a de- 1
parturo irom the golden path which nature
had marked out for her. The male animal
was endowed with more than sufficient
belligerency for all purposes of healthy
agitation ; and woman's part in the social
economy as she has been made beautiful
and gentle, should be to soothe asperities
rather than deepen and make more rough
the cross tracks ploughed in the road of
life by the diverging passions and opinions
of men. It was a revolutionary age:
transportations and novelties ware the fancies
of the day, and woman on the political
rostrum was only an outcropping of the '
disorganized and disorganizing ideas now 1
in control of the popular mijid. The clam- <
or of certain classes of woman for admis- '
sion to the professions and employments 1
heretofore engrossed by men wbb another 1
phase of the same malady. They deman- 1
ded to be made self supporting, forgetful 1
that their most tender charm and safest ar- '
raor lay in holplessness. Woman's office j
embraoed the sweetest and holiest duties of 1
suffering humanity. Her true altar is the 1
happy fireside, not the forum with its foul '
breath and distract Lag calm ore. Pbysi- ?
callv unable to defend themselves from in- 1
jury or insult, their weakness is ft claim 1
whirl) thn man ntn.i ? ?1 - '
??muov uc uiiusriy utoc wno *
disregards. The highest test of oiriliza- (
tion is the deference paid to women. They 1
are like the beautiful tinea of the (Booth, *
winding aroiwd the ragged forest and '
clothing them with beauty; hat let them 4
attempt living apart bom thia suppoft? and 1
they rtill eooa trail along the ground, in *
muddy and trampled impurity. While
woman depends >? man for everything, :
man's love aooepts, and"hi* generosity can _J
* -x
never <lo enough (o discharge the delicious
and aacred obligations; but let woman enter
into the ruder employments of life &9
man's rival, and she pusses herself as a
slave under those inexorable laws of trade
which are without sex or sentiment. Perhaps
in one brunch of medicine there might
appear a fitness in her claim to matriculation
: but evon in that branch eirtiitmqinn
ces of suddon difficulty and danger were of
every day occurrence, requiring the steadier
nerves, cooler judgment, and quicker action
of a medical man to deal with. If
naked for his aubliruest ideal of what women
should he in time of war, he would
point to the de.ir women of his people as
lie had soon tliein during the recent struggle.
The Spartan mother sent forth her (
hoy, bidding him return with honor, cither
tarrying his shield or on it. The women
of the South sent forth their son9, directing
ihem to return with victory ; to return
with wounds disabling them from further
servicc, or never to return at all. All thev
J
bad was flung into the contest?beauty,
grace, passion, ornament; the excellent
frivolitios so dear to tho sex wero cast aside;
their songs, if they had any to *ing, were
patriotic; their trinkets were flung :nto
tho public crucib le ; tho carpet from their
floors were portioned out as blankets to the
suffering soldiers of their cause; women
bred to every refinement of luxury wore
homespuns made by their hands; when
materials for an army balloon were wanted,
their chest silk dresses were sent in, and
thero was only competition to secure their
acoeptance. As nurses of the sick, as en?
oouragers and providers for tbe combatants,
as angels of charity and mercy adopting
as meir own an cmiuren made orphans in
defence of their borne?, as pationt and
benutiful household deities, accepting every
sacrifice with unconcern, and lightening
the burdens of war by every art, blandishment,
and labor to their sphere, tho dear
women of his peoplo deserved t.o take
rank with Uio highest heroines of the grandest
days of the greatest countries. Talking
furlher upon woman, Mr. Davis stated
bis belief (hat when women proved unfailhful
to their marriage vow9 it will in
almost every instance be found the husband's
fuult. Men throw tbeir wives, or
allow them to bo thrown, into the companionship
of male associates whom tboy
know to be dissolute; neglect them while
the illicit lover pays every attention, and
then grow angry at the result of their own
fcvll.. T. .1-:- - -
vouamnl luiljr. *b la dllUCr 11115, OT IU31 1110
man haschosuu, without sufljcient inquiry,
f) woman whose unfitness for the relations
of wife might have been readily asoertainail.
No woman will err i( treated properly
by a husband worthy of the naine;
b-iL she is the weaker vessel, and must be
protected.
THE POMCT OF CONCILIATION,
In the better days of the liomau eralire,
when its possessions inoreased, and
conquered countries came in a few years to
>e integral and even zealous members of
he imperial system, it was the policy of
conciliation, following that of military
conquest, which achieved the desired remits.
Certain laws and restrictions of the
[ipperinl Government were imposed?so
much annual tribute, so many legion* to
>ur military levies, and obedience to all
mch laws of the central government at
may be issued for vour o.nnirnl n??
vithin these lines, and with these points
conceded, the empire strove in all minor
?nd domestic matters to conform in 10 far
is might be possible to the former habits,
:u?toms, and laws of the people absorbed,
ind the independent governments supersailed.
Eren their peculiarities of morals,
rnannera, and religious views were studied
ind respected when not conflicting with
the necessities of the empire; their leading
men were justly treated, and no efforts
were spared to make the new order of
.hinge bit lightly at first, and even pleatsnty
in a few years, on the neoks of the cubogated
provinces. Generosity is the true
policy* both of nations and individuals.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet
iath nothing; there is, that maketh him10U
poor, yet bath great rich el." White
ny people are held as conquered subjects,
.hey must be to you a continued source of
expense and danger^?a country penned together
with bayonets. Let the past be exponged,
K you please; we have nothing
/o blush for in it, and qothing to regret
iqt jauqr0. oeoewitiet of tb? North>rn
Trewurj sod public debt, Mr. DtvU
hoqgbt, "would before Ipag, compel a? to
lo justice to tbie ?eotioq.''
TOpBWAIX JAOftlOK.
:Qf Stonewall Jncktoo. Mr. Devi* ipoln
with the utmost t?q,^erp?t| eorpo totjofi
? S ' > ' "
' f ' ,o*- . . jt-rv. 'L' ?l
of reverential feeling, bearing witness to
bis earnest and pathetic piety, his singleness
of aim, hia immense energy as an ere
cutive officer, and the loyalty of his nature,
funking obedience the first of nil duties.
"He rose every morning at three,"
said Mr. Davis, "performed his devotions
for half an hour, and then went booming
along at the head of hi* command, which
came to be called '.'Jackson's foot cavalrv."
from the Telocity ol their movement?.
He had the faculty, or rather gift, of excitiug
and holding the love confidence of hi*
men to an unbounded degree, even though
the charaoter of hid campaigning imposed
on them more hardships than nny other
troops in tho service. Good soldiers care
not for their individual sacrifices when ado
quale results can bo shown; and these
General Jackson never lacked. Hard
fighting, hard inarching, hard fare, the
strictest discipline?all these men will
bear if visibly approaching the goal of
their hopo9. They want to got douo with
the war, back to thoir homes and families ;
and their instiuct soon teaches thern which
commander is pursuing the right means to
accomplish these results. Jackson was a
singularly ungainly man nn horsoback,
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mm uau iiiuuy jieciuinruieB or temper,
amounting to violent idiosyncrasies; but
everything in his nature, though here and
there uncouth, was noble. Even in the
heart o| action, when most exposed, he
might be seen throwing up hia hands in
prayer. lfor glory he lived long enough,"
continued Mr. Davis with much emotion,
"and if this result had to come, it was the
Divine mercy that removed him. He fell
like the eagle, his own feather on the shaft
that was dripping with bis life-blood. In
his death the Coafsderacy lost an eye and
an arm, our only consolation being that
| the final summons could have reached no
soldier more prepared to accept it joyfully.
Jackftoq wa? not of A sanguine turn, always
privately anticipating the worst, that
the butter might bo moro welcomo.
MB. DAVIS OW FENIAS'HM?niQULY IMPORTANT?IJI9
VIEW3 OP RECONSTRUCTION1.
The present Fenian movements for Ireland
was a farce to make angels weep. The
last attempt wasinl823. when the population
of Ireland was more than a million
larger?the movement originating at home,
and all Europe in a convulsive and volcanic
condition. I|istory gavo no example of
an oppressed raee that had accepted exilo
returuine with success to lihflr*t? Mi?Ir n*.
live land. Tbe aristocrati j refugees of the
French Revolution indeed got back to their
country, but only tinder the swords of a
combination in which England, Austria,
Russia, Prussia, and the German States
were enlisted, with their whole military re>
source. It wa? a more catoh-penny clamor
of designing demagogues in its cis-At
lantic aspect; nor could he see that in Ireland
there was an organization of even a
vigorous purpose to accomplish the object
proposed. England's control of the seas
was absolute, at least so near home, against
any less combination than the navies of
France and America. To land men in any
sufficient quantity in IreUnd would require
some desperate s8a-fights by nary with naanJ
. C
w j j QUU 9 ?i^i|opv(a wuouijjj iur reawip
and tbeir equipmsnts not less than tome
hand read miU'ons. The men engaged in
tbia must be either fool* or rogues. He
bad no special cause to love England, nor
dislike; but suoh impracticable and pigmy
threatening* of ber empire would be ludi*
crous if not too sad. Against the rocks
of her coast tbe storm clouds of a thousand
fold the Fenian power had dashed with
clamor of wa?es and mist of spray, bnt
next morning the sun shona bright again,
tho air was oalm, and only in a shore
ftlMirh Vl()i mronUa U*
~ww<mvwmm ? ofW^vvvum ?va\*OUW UQ 1UUUU
of any past oomraotion.
Asking Mr. Davit what were his views
in regard to the reconstruction of tho
Union, he spoke pretty nearly verbatim as
follows; this report not being condensed as
with other conversations, but taken down
in foil from memory, immediately on return
to my quarters t
"We could not otherwise define reconstruction
than m a renewal to and by all
the States, of all the rights, privilege*,
duties, i m munities, and obligations prescribed
and recognized by the Constitrt
Uon or original compact of Union. There
were sereral possible alternatives to this
plan, of reconstruction :'
"1st. Consolidation?the swallowing np
all State goysrnment by the General
Qoretfpqent, making the whole oouairy one
StaM, Qt?l/ dlfided Into prorinc*# far easier i
^?qipiftf?t?oot Ip^oeaatotede* one entity
ipWriifWII'
o
"2d. Territorialisin?tlio control of tho
Southern States by a Congress and Executive
representing only tho Northern States
?that is, colonial vassalage and government
by authority of greater force.
"3d. By open subversion and usurpation
to establish a a despotism over North and
South, whilo yet preserving a cortnin republican
form.
"In replying to one who served through
tho war for no other numrwn n<i
- i?i?vt """'i
than to defend an J maintain the Union as
defined by tho Constitution," continued
Mr. Davis, "thero oan bo no necoasiiy for
considering any other policy than that of
re-establishment of tho relations of all tho
States and their citizens to erteli other and
the United States Government.
"Evoiy man's experience muit teach
him that quarrels between friends are bo&t
healed whem they Rre healed mi st promptly.
The alienation which was at first a
pain bocomos by ticno habitual, and the
mantlo of charity being withdrawn, the
laulUof each become more and moro distinct
to the other, and ,tbua tho bittciost
hates naturally spring from the ashes of
the cloaent friendship.
"It is therefore probably to be regretted
that so much delay has occurred in tho
work of reconstruction, because of tlie enhancement
thereby of the difficulties in the
way of speedy and cordial reconciliation.
This opinion is qualified as "probable," because
of ray want of recent intercourse
with the people. A short time before tho
close of the war tho id?? was infusod into
my people, a9 you are well aware, that if
they would cease resistance the Union
would be restored, and all thoir rights of
person and property respected, ?ave the
property held in slaves, which would bo a
' question for the courts. I have do doubt
that a majority?a very large majority?
of the Southern people accepted ihia proposed
settlement with singleness of pur-*
pose, and woulJ, if confidingly and goner*
ouely treated, have been now industriously
engaged in reparing their wrecked fortunes
without any thought of again resisting or
obKtructing the General Goverdment in its
ordinary functions.
"ELow far the public wealth wound by
this course have been increaseJ, the public
expenditures lessened, may be measured
by many hunJred millions of dollars. If
it be true that much has been lost, moral*
ly and materially, by delay, it would seem
that true policy indicates the promptest action
in what is termed reconduction. The
North says we have done evil, and when
bidding U9 "cease to do evil" should not
preven us "learning to do woll." This can
only be done by removing all impedimenta
to the execise of States functions and tho
re-enjoyment of euch civil and political
rights as are loft us in the Uniou.
"Each house of Congress is judge of the
election aud qualification of its own members.
The Constitution has settled the
question of representation. A constituency
may lose its rights for a ti me by setecing
ineligible persons to bo its representative*;
but the right of representation is not impaired
thereby, and the mistake or abuse
may be remedied by a new ejection. Teat
oaths are evil continually, and only evil.
They restrain those honorable men who require
no fetters, while men of & different
class will either take them perjurously or
with * 'mental reservation.* All history
has proved them ineffectual and something
worse.
"Our forefathers emigrated to a wilderness,
and waged the war uf the Revolution
to have and to hold a governmont founded
on the consent of the governed. They
consulted and compromised with each other
to establish a voluntary Union, If that
idea is to be followed, oonfidenco, generosity,
fraternity, and not test oaths, disabilities,
and armies quartered in the interior,
must be relied upon to restore the Union
and make it re-effective for the ends for
which it was formed.
"Reconstruction," continued Mr. Davis,
'cannot properly involve or be made to
depend on those social problems which
have arisen from the sudden disruptions of
the relations existing between the white
and black raoes in tbe Southern States.
These problem* belong to tbe several
States, and must have treatment according
to Uw different cirourastances of each. No
g4aera!'ru160an properly be made applies*
ble to air, and it will prove unfortunate if
tb? subject is controlled bj qtataqt and but
poorly-informed, if not prejudiced, authority.
The self-inUrest of individuals and;
commnaittee, together with the demand
lor tabor to far exceediog the supply, m*y
aafely be tat to protect the laborer.
"The public, action* of the Southern
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State conventions furnish couelusive evidence
of the Southern people to resume
their position in the Union ; and it must
striko all observers with surprise that while
those who etrovo so desperately to leave
tho Union are now so earnestly endeavoring
to resume their places in it, it is tho
vory men who sent fire and sword to destroy
them, or compel them to return, who
now bar ilia door and deny them re-admission
to that very condition to which it was
throughout the war proclaimed to bo their
first and last duty to return. Solitary reflection,"
concluded Mr. Davia, "has g:ve?
me no key to the mysterious origin of this
chango in Northern opinion, which I find
evidenced in every newspaper that reacliea
rr.o; and peihnps my own sad state baa
tinged with its gloom tho vista of the future,
if tbu3 alienated, disjointed, and
adrift, tbo country should bo visited witU
Mich trial* of foreign war, oither with
Franco or England, or both, as are now so
often BUggerted in tho public journals of
America, and their extracts from tho Euro
pean presa."
MR. DAVIS ON* BUCUAJTAN AMD OTUKRS.
Mr. Davis remarked that Mr. Buchanan
more fulfilled the European ideal of a chief
of State in his social relations than any
American since "Washington. He was
dignified, polished, reticent, and suave;
fond of lady gossip and the atmosphere of
intrigue; a stickler for the ceremony of
power. If is misfortune was, as regardod
his reputation North, that he oould not forget
in a month, and at the dictation of a
1 party only representing tho majority of one
I Beotion. all thosa nrino.inlno toViiaIi
w L ,? Hivii unu vgcu
imbibed in bis youth and formed the guiding-slurs
of bis career through over fifty
years of public service,. Of Mr. Cushing,
of Massachusetts, Mr. Davis spoke in
terms of praise, eulogizing his general talents,
and more especially his soundness as
an exponent of constitutional lair. He also
referred to Mr. Georgo M. Dallas as bia
model for the externals of a diplomatic
representative, quoting something he had
once known Mr. Cobden, of England, to
say or write; in substance, that Dallas reminded
him of some stately courtier-por
trait in an old picture gallery, suddenly
clothing itself with flesh and stepping
down from the wall to again paoo with
living men, while preserving all the passionless
immobility of its pictorial expert
ence.
- Thb
Crisis in Europe.?War between
Austria and Prussia has virtually begun,
although a formal declaration of war haa
not yet been made. The Prussians having
entered the Duchy of Ilolstuin, invited tha
Austrian commanding general to re-establish
a joint Government for both Duohies.
When this was declined by Austria, th?
Prussians rapidly advanced, in nrdnr ?n
I * ' 9 " " "w wv
oupy the whole Duchy. The Austrian
General, being instructed not to fire the
first shot under any cir.ouinstaoce9, withdrew
th- whole of his command into Hanoyer.
On the 12th of JuDe, the Prussians
were in peaceful possession of the whole
Duchy. On the 11th, they had forcibly
dispersed the Holstein Estates, which, ia
acoordance with the invitation of the Austrian
General, had assembled at Itzehoe,
Prussia at once established a zommoa
Government for Sobleswig and Holstein, at
V.O. 1 J ~r ?- '- **
Wg uonu w? Huiun ib a leading momDer or
the nobility of the Duchies, and promised
to convoke, without delay, their oommoa
estates.
Austria still shrinks from declaring war,
and lias made a new effort to prevail upoi>
the Federal Diet to assume the responsibility
for ao momentous an act. She (pad*
a formal motion for the mobilization of thy
whole Federal army, with a view to coerc*
ing Prussia into compliance with the decrees
of the Diet. In reply to thia motion,
Prussia, in a note to the Governments ot'
the German States, declared that ahe would
request the adoption of the motion .of
Austria aa the ^dissolution cf the German
Confederation. The Austrian motion wjui
to be decided upon by the Diet on Thursday,
the 14th of Jqne,
Prussia, in the meantime, baa published
the plan .ot Foderil reform, which Mana.'
mi the exolution from Gurmany of the
AutUritn Frovinoea. AuiUit, in her turn,
in order to conciliate the LegUlatorei of
the minor States, which unanimously demand
the establishment of a Central E?- ' cntWeacdthe
convocation of * Gsrmao
Parliament, ha? abandoned her former
plan of Federal reform, aad substantially
adopted the demand* of the minor States.
Her present plan eftbracesthe convocation
of a Parliament, to b? ?fc?wn by a direct
ote of the German people, and the estate-.
lisbment of a Directory, consisting of three'
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