The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-06-12
Tho minsry Iswer Of Frnsce.

The London Times gives a graphic dslcriP-
ton Of the gigantic prepnatioRa OK France for
oil lsiye warfare. |: sa's:--
Il will ciify sOno - our n. 10, II they will
cast their eyes down the i.yioW Of tho FEonch
army ia Cur cOlumns today. Four hundred
thou and men bsing a haharsdth Of the whole
population of France, ons out 1t .vory six
teen able ~ diei ~ n, and moro than all thu
able llitd mso in tbs vast metropolis, are
raised by couscriptioI, aad maintained by
forced taxa n, Cannot duisl tho sentence =
Tor what? IL hs cDun'ry, iohether for a Just
On u grOuHLteSs terror, ~ are dCcusfOUisd 10 be-
Gcce o,n seires IL. prObI6's object Of inrdslon.-
THIS army cannot be maintained in Fr-nce
fr1n my fOar " Invasion.
Ia he FreUch seTylcs the proportion Of OFF,
cars TO m.H is Us oLe " ten, and In the Eng
lish sayico as one TO ton, aud In tue numbers
7G 9C3; its artillery, 81, S73; its train, O. 6Jji
iGs ''aU Ininistraiyo services, 737, its horses
~, 700. This u eH,iReRiiy a iocom9tire army.
All know tho trouble We have 80 prepare
moderate forcs for an expedition. II We have
to s. nd 10000 nen far or near, II Is all tho
sare. What fuss a. d Inquiry for horses. ar
tillery wagons, smbuIancss, and officers com
petent for particular services Bat here all u
ready at q moments warning. "A Frenchman
With his iword, said NAPOLEON, 'can march
through the world" Here is the very swo,d
for that service. What ca" FSanoe Aerselt,
10000 Aoses9 That is the numbsr in Franco
alone, deducting Algeria. Indeed, there
is nothing In that socalled colony TO
| qualify, ,lhs general character Of the French
army as q vast extraysgance OF power and dis
play, II not ambition and aggression. Algeria
Is only the school Of the French army. The
| clue 10 It's objects must be found In such oocu.
pations as that Of Rome, and shall We addi
7, -of Syria. With 400, 900 mon and 35, 00C
| horses, eating thsir heads OF at home. there
l must bo a great tempa alton TO lodge them
< wherever room and work are to bo found. NC
l one ever possessed q good weapon without
strong inclination TO use 1t, and, even IL Francs
bad no immediate hopes or defnite Poncy'
still the mere handling of 80 mighty ana nnn'
sgsable a force must itself DO suggestive: lh'
sword mutt be apt TO cut through its owl
sheath. We have lately sssn ihs vast army
pour forth like burning lava, and stop not VI
It had run Its appointed course. is II iorniIa
bio TO nobodyi II TO any nation' 10 WnS'
more than our Iselve?
That France should ever bs une onseious o
| her power, or backward 10 use IT. or that an
| should be insensible to the ordinary aiinrs smsn'
| Of ambition, IL net what We learn tfom hs
history, France Ia France shll, aud Will .
| 40 70 the end Of tho chapter. At this monen
| she stands, having rsplsnishsd her srmory, Ie
| cruited her men, and made & cd all hsr dsisGu
! | two years after the tuccessful completion ot
) | great enterprise, tho responsibility Of Wnis
! mus.. rest ON her own head. We VIII a
J h.fshly Judge bar past mission OF political hsf
1 ,sm. but As little shLl We venture to predt
a 1 ths next, or say when It will come. Az
|! ha0,o for Gsrtaa u, hat France u Nsn "