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(On the Dangers which threaten Germany, and the Means of treating them successfully.) By G. SARTORIUS. Dieterichs, Göttingen. 1820. Pp. 493. WE mean at present, under the guidance of Mr. Sartorius, to resume the subject of the political state of Germany, on which, in our number for January, we offered some observations. This gentleman is professor of political economy in the University of Göttingen, and one of the most distinguished teachers of it in the whole of Germany. He translated, in very early life, and before they were otherwise known on the Continent, some of the works of Adam Smith, and he has ever since been a successful cultivator of the favourite science of our distinguished countryman. History is indebted to him for a work of considerable value on the Hanseatic League, and he is the author of some estimable productions on finance and statistics. The opinions of such a man on the present condition of Germany must be regarded as worthy of attention and they are here delivered with great calmness, temperance, and impartiality. Neither an enthusiast nor a mystic, his book wants all that excitement, which, by dealing in plots, conspiracies, and secret societies, forms the charm of so many of the works of his countrymen. We could have wished that some of the remarks had been more fully explained, and that the matter had been comprised in narrower limits. But the book is intended for Germans, and the allusions which we find it difficult to comprehend are by them readily understood. To say too much on a subject, and not always to say the most necessary and pointed things, is too general a fault of German authors to make us censure it severely in Mr. Sartorius. His 2¢ VOL. V. NO. IV. book is, however, of sufficient value to justify us in giving such an abstract of its contents, as may suffice to supply our readers with a more accurate view of the political condition of Germany than we were able to extract from the work of Goërres. The first part of the present work treats of the general causes which have produced the prevalent fermentation of men's minds, and the discontent of a great part of civilized Europe. The second gives a minute description of the state of opinion (chiefly) in the different countries of Germany. In the third the author states what he thinks would be the best means of remedying the evils under which Germany labours. The second part is also, in a great measure, an inquiry, whether there are good grounds for the prediction, often and loudly announced, "That there will be a revolution in Germany." The author has recently visited several parts of his native country, with a view, we believe, of ascertaining the opinions of the inhabitants. He has not, at the same time, been inattentive to the printed sources of information; and he thinks there will not be a violent revolution. admits, however, that there exists a considerable degree of disbcontent, which he refers to general causes operating throughout Europe, and to particular causes in each of the states into which Germany is divided. Relative to the general causes there is much difference of opinion, and we shall only point out those which seem particularly to have influenced Germany. Every species of reform is a mere matter of speculation, on which men do and will differ in their opinions. From this circumstance, and from our being unable to decide what reform would be beneficial to Germany, we shall pass by the latter part of our author's book with a very short notice. He br Germany has participated, though in a less degree than some other countries, in that great and wonderful alteration in the opinion of mankind relative to the beneficial influence of government, which may perhaps be called the distinguishing characteristic of modern Europe. Its neighbourhood to France was of itself sufficient reason why the waves of revolution rolled far into its bosom; and, besides, all the usual bulwarks against the encroachments of novel opinions and violent alterations had previously been destroyed in Germany by two revolutionary mo narchs, Frederick the Great and Joseph the Second. The former trampled under foot both the public law of Europe, and the privileges of his own subjects, when they stood in the way of his arbitrary power. "His talents," says our author, "had obtained him a mastery over the minds of men, and led them to imitate him in things which ought to have been avoided. The manner in which he spoke of his seizure of Silesia |