Mr. Wright to Mr. Seward.
Sir: The Prussian Chambers are not yet fully organized. The lower house, called the Abgeordent, (or sent out house from the people,) have not elected their presiding officer. There is a decided majority against the Crown, upon all the constitutional questions heretofore raised and discussed. The concessions made in the King’s speech are making friends to the government, in the hands of the present cabinet. Doubtless measures of finance, and all others deemed necessary to carry forth the triumph attained by the; Prussian [Page 40] army, will be sustained almost unanimously. It is not improbable we shall have a new organization of parties. They will not be formed until the whole policy of the Crown and cabinet are clearly defined under the new order of things.
Count Schwerin (heretofore minister of the interior in the first liberal cabinet formed by the King in the commencement of his reign) will most probably be elected the presiding officer of the popular house. He now belongs to what is denominated the central party; if elected, it will be brought about by the uniting of one of the two extreme parties, with the fragment of others.
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I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.