The change of Ministry in Denmark is of consequence in
so far as it is understood to evince a disposition in the Danish Govern- ment to resist the dictation of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The tendencies of the Government at Copenhagen have been uni- formly liberal in so far as its Danish subjects are concerned. Fears, not altogether unfounded, of a disruption. of its territory, from the national antagonism of its Danish and German subjects, led it during the disturbances of 1848 to invoke the protection of the despotic Government of Russia. The aid demanded was freely given ; but Denmark now finds that a price is expected to be paid for it, in apostacy from her political principles. It is the old fable over again of the gardener who called in the huntsman and his hounds to rid him of the hare that ate his cabbages. The Danish partisans of Russia have evacuated the Cabinet for the present; but is Denmark strong enough to keep them out ?
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