Volume 1

Travels in the North of Germany, describing the present state of the social and political institutions ... particularly in the Kingdom of Hannover / By Thomas Hodgskin.

  • Hodgskin, Thomas, 1787-1869.
Date:
1820
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Travels in the North of Germany, describing the present state of the social and political institutions ... particularly in the Kingdom of Hannover / By Thomas Hodgskin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    public opinion; and, even in their worst measures, they profess a deference for its authority. These extensive and rapid changes, which are, in all probability, the precursors of other changes still more im- portant, confer an interest on every sub- ject connected with Germany, and anxious- ly fix the attention of political philoso- phers on its progress and future destiny. The author has adverted to some de- fects in the system of government which exists in Germany; he has endeavoured to acquire an accurate notion of the compo- sition of the ancient parliaments or states, of the nature of the new constitutions de- manded, and of that which has actually been given to Hannover. Details of this kind, however, are inadequate to explain the irritation which now exists in different parts of Germany. Promises made and broken; hopes of improvement excited only to be beat down as sedition when their fulfilment was demanded; growing prosperity nipped in the bud by a change of masters and of measures ; nations num- bered, and transferred like cattle from one political dealer to another; are, indeed,