The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-02
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r1NnnxniAr haste with which the psAee o.
vs,aa 1900 Was concluded, and the ensire
......1,,,.Ancn. o. the transaction, with the
,.-crrsnss.A ,ssd down In the "Napoieonc
49,. > hnve given rise 10 fresh peealstsons
!. 80 - tnexha estibie question OF the French
r,.r-,cy., desirns on England. Without en-
1870 ]. An tho discussion Of subject pre-
s~.ssns surh Al immense field Of CONJECTURE,
:, r.v mot b. altogether untntere~tins TO
.xsmsne Ne probabilities OF success, IN case
the invasion be actually made.
rhere can be no question that the French
,,.,r,e ara the most thoroughly military peo-
MA not even excepting the Romans, that inc
u,nrid ever saw When You tell me that you
have found a nation that can live without
bread !" said the great Emperor 81 81 iie',"''
:. than I will believe that the Freneh ea'i NV
without glory" They all seem 10 DC so,'
from the cradle; the raw recrui's Oh ''''
,ei4 fought nearly a. well as me 'e'" .'
,hta respect differing from all o'ne.
mon the face efthe earth There Is ho' I" ''''
uuou t,,s continent that has nor o'e, -
stilx beaten by them In tlse field nor - "'.
capital which they have NOT en,o ,.. !,
triumph. When they were AZ iass - "a
was after twenty three years OF "a,e na
a rAlned of the flower OF ihe'i .,'ot,s,
when all Europe had risen IN 49, ~.
Them. There 10 only one nation 'a""
S~r,1sr
$50 IN . p,,ehed battle, sud whose capitai
entered In triumph, and that one,
Is the English ,;,oos;.
.,.. ~ the two nations against each olher 10
.,uc. thu hattie of Waterloo than 1t
go ,r.. befoye Five hundred years ago. In
,urror, Of his absurd pretensions to thecro"h
worn NV PHILIP, Of valois, the Engiisn hihs,
rnwAnp III. invaded France. From mat
nopr Ia this. deadly hatred has existed De-
teen the two nations, and the wars to "hich
@h., hatred have given rise. form the most Excl
,,~ ,ynot the m ost instructive, cha piers Oh me-
49,, ~ modern history. The insniaF SIT
,.a,, ~ Z, reat Britain has always gwen hei
.r... advantage over France. She has- from
~, circumstance, been enabled to ndde her
,,ne. and to seize, for throwing her troops Oh
.h. Continent. the moment when FRANCE "'s
trae,ed by internal discussions, or weakened
nv ions struggles against enemies on the = On
,ineot has become unable to repei her a'tac"s.
n n. perhaps, in this way that she has been 10
cs,sn enabled to overcome the troops OF nav
nsivhbor-one Of her own historians (HtMhD
accounts for the fact in this way-stiii, II Is
fact that she has generally confriveo 10 40 II.
Examine the history Of Europe for hve
hundred years-frorn the invasion OF franco
nv EDWARD III. in 1897. to the battle OF WA
,erloo in isi5-nnd 1t will be found that, win
the exemption Of Almanac and Fontenoy, Eng
land has been successful In nearly every gene
mi engagement. On five different occasions,
In 6xe tremendous pitched battles-at Greasy,
nj Poitier. 81 Agincourt, at Blenheim. and at
water,oo- she crushed the power of France
n tha very ca yth. After, and rs result OF,
one Of these fights, the world beheld the as
toundinr spectacle OF French King carried
raptfve to London. On another OCCASION the
victorious English " ere on the point Oh enter
tns Paris, when their luarch was interrupted
nv a treaty, which made the King OF England
regent of France until the death OF me reign
ing monarch, and King OF France aiter ina
event, Upon third occasion, farlS ae'"aiis
surrendered to an English army. Upon "e
,wo others. included in the above enumera-
ton, the victory was 50 Overwhelming 'i,"'
N. commanders on each could have done the
Same thing. On many other occasiohs-iess
decided 20 be sure, but still memorable in his
tory-nt Families, ut Oudonarde, at Ma'pia-
met at Irettingen, Mt MindNn, at Alexandria,
=. MAZDA Mt yimiero. at Tala vera, at Fuentes
d,Onoro. at Barossa, at Basaeo, Mt Albuera, at
s.,.n,,nc, ut yittoria, at Orthes, ut Tou-
ouse.--the English were victa rious over the
french We say nothing of Quebec, which
.o.. the Monarchy Of France an empire haif
a. largo "A Europe, and which, in Its yet but
fatnt,v deyeloped results. may prove to have
Nm of more consequence to mankind than
al thu others nut together. 1t is true that, In
ali ,hese battles. much may be found that ac-
coun,. for English success. without detractng
from French yalor, or supposing any nation
oil superiorlty on the part OF their adNersarIes
r-or instance. in the battles Of the Planage-
rant. the victory was obtained by the superb
or;tv of the English archere, whose bows car
.ied al much farther than those Of their ad-
yersaries. and were used with SEE much greater
rauiditv, that the latter We're rsuted win ire
mendous slaughter before they couid come 10
close quarters In the case OF BLENHEIM, II was
1hecompetition of u very fnsa1oere french mar
shal. with one of the most coEsummate geher-
als that the wsrld ever saw, ahoa Al waterloo |
we hold the victory to have been que, III the
fret instance to BuLow, who took on from
the attack upon the English at least one
third Of tho entire French force, and thus en-
abled them 10 stand their ground several hours
longer than they would have been able TO stand
IL. had they not received such assistance and,
In the second, TO BLUoHER, whose ARRIVAL Is
admitted. even by the English themselves, TO
have been at least very convenient In themi-
nor engagements, those Of MARI BOROUGH were
fought with dksprited enemy, disconnected at
home. expecting nothing less than defeat
sbro.d. and those of WELLINGTON took place
nnder circumstances of character very SINH
lar. We do NOT regard any of them as presenting
a fair test of tire national pluck ofeither people
StiIl. they are great facts, which cannot be
erased from the record, and which, we should
think ought to be taken into serious consid-
Grafton by any monarch especially any French
monarchy who en- tertained serious thoughts OF
invading England monarch thus disposed,
would be struck by the remarkable truth
which they develop, that while the English
have defeated the French in innumeraole
pitched battles, the French, on their par''
have defeated the English in but two-svix
Almanac and Fontenoy. Another train 81 TO-
feesions which, II properly USED, mlgns pr.
Of service, would. we should think, IoFcc
upon any French monarch who medisa'eu u''
enterprise in question. The strong
blance which the events of the Ake 2. - 49,,
XIV. bear to the occurrences q INC ~ -.
tionary aud Napoleonic period mas o. ss ..,on.
the subject OF remark. The nrs' n.n'." 49,. 49,.
arch enjoyed = long season Of nan'..y 100 .savs
His arms were successful wherever .asy ,,,,,s,,,
earried--his gsnerels were fne ' rs.v :. -, !
that modern Europe had osne'u n.a,,arss,
fought but 70 conquer. ana Iy ..-a~ss, 40.