The American annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . f the year 1866) is marked inblack ; the States annexed in 1866 are markedby small horizontal lines; the States formingwith Prussia the North German Confederationare indicated by a dotted surface. The con-ventions concluded by Prussia with the minorStates for the purpose of establishing this con-federation, give to Prussia the chief commandof the whole federal army, and the sole rightof diplomatic representation abroad. The an-nexed States and the minor States of the NorthGerman Confederation will increase the Pru
The American annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . f the year 1866) is marked inblack ; the States annexed in 1866 are markedby small horizontal lines; the States formingwith Prussia the North German Confederationare indicated by a dotted surface. The con-ventions concluded by Prussia with the minorStates for the purpose of establishing this con-federation, give to Prussia the chief commandof the whole federal army, and the sole rightof diplomatic representation abroad. The an-nexed States and the minor States of the NorthGerman Confederation will increase the Prus-sian army in time of peace to about 300,000,and in time of war to 1,000,000. As in caseof war, also the armies of Bavaria, Wiirtemberg,Badeu, and Hesse-Darmstadt, will be undercommand of the king of Prussia; the Prussianarmy, on a war footing, will consist of upwardof 1,300,000. In December plenipotentiariesfrom all the States met at Berlin, in order toprepare a draft of the Federal Constitution, tobe revised by the first Federal Parliament. PEUSSIA. 629 z tn o n 33 > -I. 630 PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. Message of the Presi-dent of the United States to the two Sousesat the commencement of the second session ofthe Thirty-ninth Congress, December 3, 1866. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : After a brief interval the Congress of the UnitedStates resumes its annual legislative labors. An all-wise and merciful Providence has abated the pesti-lence which visited our shores, leaving its calamitoustraces upon some portions of our country. Peace,order, tranquillity, and civil authority have been for-mally declared to exist throughout the whole of theUnited States. In all the States civil authority hassuperseded the coercion af arms, and the people, bytheir voluntary action, are maintaining their govern-ments in full activity and complete operation. Theenforcement of the laws is no longer obstructed inany State by combinations too powerful to be su
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