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The negotiation failed, however, in this particular, out of no disinclination to abide by the terms of the treaty on the part of the Zollverein, but from a belief that it would not fully comport with its dignity to do so.
The great question is—not as to the manner in which it shall be done, but whether it shall be accomplished or not.
I congratulate the country upon so happy a termination of a condition of things which seemed at one time seriously to threaten the public peace.
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