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more money to the perfection OF ms SCI
.nce than ali the rest OF EUROPE. Ae#'s
XIVth established such aailitary schools as
,hr pfea, CYRUS would have desired tor me
education of the officers OF that army tna'
achieved for him the conquest OF ASIA
Bonaparte and Moreau, born unaoeo'eoly
areat generals, are indebted tor their ssi.
umeas TO these schools. X is often said
The common men will dare to do whatever
sheir oi6cerswill lead tllem on TOGO. IL is
40 less proper TO say the officers Will sci.
dom Ainch from leading the men II fney
but know how TO lead them.
Nothing is more certain than that the
military institutions Of France supPied the
frs, revolutionary armies with an lnhnlte
number of accomplished young oilcers'
who glowed with impatlence 10 gain glory
and promotion in tina, profession whlc nad
from theirinfancy epgrossed their Thoughts
and kindled all their passions. The revo.
luton furnished only sparks and not the
fuel for their combustion.
Nor is there the least reason to pretend
that the first French armies were composed
of raw recruits. An immense standing
army was maintained, and when u IS con,
sidered that on the side OF the low ceun.
tries and on the Rhine, France guarded
what has been emphasically called her iroa
frontier, with double row ct fortified
towns. ard ,ha, every one OF these was oc'
copied with a veteran garrison that would
figure as respectable American army, we
see plainly that France possessed every adj
vantage for success IN war, from he,Eefy
first day Of her military operations.
The democrats. 10 a man, believe that
France was entirely detenceless when the
"coalsfion Of acspots" secretly entered INTO
the treaties of pllnl:z and Pavla tor her
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Those treaties, it has
been thousand times proved, are forge
rics. Austria was taken by surprise. ne
empero, Joseph had levelled the ramparts
of his towns in the Netherlands, Luxem
bourg tx epted, and his troops IN that ceun
try were no more than a feeble corps Of
observation. The Austrians had larger
proportion Of. raw recruits Ia their armies
than the French.
Be il remembered too that the ~revolu
ton supplied the French with an unex.
hsussed superiority of men and means that
no regular government 10 The world could
counseryail. That man mus! De strongly
disordered in mind, who can nov look
back on French affairs and say thas the re.
vo!u'ionsry leaders, possessing such means,
left any op ion TO the governments OF Eng
land or Austria TO remain at peace. AS
well might they say, when whole street
is burning, that man, by sitting calm N
his elbow char, might saveh bis house from
the James. The Eogllsh government. IN
particular, was near The scene, and eouid
not see the revelation, like Etna vnc'i'
h.e, without some natural fears and some
prudcnt measures OF precautloa. Who Is
now ignorant that nrlssat and Batras and
Dap.on and 2obesp,erie would choose 20
understand those fears ana those pfecau
lions as signs of the ;nve.erate hostility of
kings TO the French liberty. 1t the King
isn could have Stunned the wa, In febru.
asy, 1898, it would have been forced upon
Them before June.
II IS childish pra,tle to charge the enc
my's et France with the commencemeus
of The war. a>he nature OF the revolution
was war agains, mankind. lis vital prsncl-
pie was aburning Passionfor power wlthin
the state, aud when they had gained that,
TO establish by arms the power Of France
aver every other state. Why is the vul-
fure carnivorous? Why does not the tyger
Of Bengal ca, grass? We might with as
much good sense inquire whY does cot the
torrsng s: Y pom the hi:is /? Way are the
collected waters of the revolutionary storm
prsc,P ,ased from the height CT the Alps.
to desoia,e rs plains & o barry men and
their iabers under masses OF barsenness &
ruin?