The Founding of the German Empire By William I volume 3
The Founding of the German Empire By William I volume 3
Heinrich Von Sybel
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It was soon to be seen that they were following mere pictures of their imagination, which had no foundation in prosaic reality. The agitation tlius carried on in common by the Lesser States and the people in general was certainly not without important results. But tliese were in exactly the opposite direction from what the originators of the scheme intended. We saw the Cabinet of Vienna at first opposing the chastisement, but after- wards, in order to hinder the Lesser States from the occupatio...n of the country in behalf of Augustenburg, eagerly supporting Prussia's proposal. Precisely the 226 THE CHASTISEMENT IN HOLSTEIN. Same thing now happened in regard to Sehleswig. Hitherto, Austria had thought only of further negotia- tions in regard to the complaints of that province. But no^y that tlie Lesser States and the popular agitation were rivalling each other in urging the conquest of the country for its Hereditary Prince, the opinion began to prevail in Vienna that in order to draw the bolt upon this criminal folly of the Lesser States, as the Russians called it, Austria and Prussia must forestall the Augus- tenburgs by occupying Sehleswig, and must take into their own hands the decision of the dangerous question, with the object of assuring, for Sehleswig also, the integrity of the Danish monarchy.
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