Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-05-08
From the Appeal. 4 Lesson from History.

sontbern natriots in the trying hour now upon ,,o' to cali to mind the record of what France endured and Frenchmen achieved seventy years ago. , .o- in 793. after the execution ot Lotus AVl.- The republic was at that time embarrassed with all manner of domestic factions. consPlracles, rebellions and finances disordered to the last oe- gree of confusion and dlscredlt.
 Tn the midst of these internal troubles war was declared against France, not hy England alone tboupb England with her immense navy and unbonnded resources would have been sufficiently formidable antagonist but by Aus tria. Prussia, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Sar~ dinia, Naples, the Pope, and Several ot the smaller Germanic principalites-in all thirty States, great and small, the greatest being the chief powers of Europe and the world
 These powers took the field with great armles. On the frontier between Holland and the upper Rhine 260.000 soldiers were marching towards Paris. Fifty six thousand Prussians, twenty five thousand Hessians, Saxons and Bavarahs, threatened the Rhine from Basleto Mayenee and Coblentz. From this point to the Mouse thirty thousand men occupied LuXemburg. Sixty thousand Austrians and ten thousand Prussians were marching toward the Mouse, while forty thousand English, Hanoverians and Dutch were advancing through Holland toward the French frontier At the same time Spanlsh army was on the southern frontiers, and the Sardlnans threatened the southeast. In France itself whole provinces and large cities, such as Lyons, Iou- ion and Orleans were in arms against the re~ public, tho revolt in La Vendee being most form tdable and for time successful, its leaders hay ing nearly hundred thousand armed followers and from their possession of the sea coasts hay inp free communication with the English, from whom they received supplies and assistance
 To meet these various enemies the French convention at first called out 500,00 men, It was determined to keep the defensive on the east and south; to remain in observation along the Pyrennes and the coast, and to act on the offensive only in the north where, as General Dnmouriez said, "there can be no defense but bv battles.r To execute this plan, l50, 900 men were to occupy Belgium, and to cover the iron fer from Dunkirk to the Mouse and the Sarre l5O.0OO to extend themselves along the Rhlnf and the Vosges. from Mayence to Besancon ano Gex. Lastly, a reserve was prepared at Chalon' with the requisite material, ready to proceed tt any quarter where it might be wanted. Savoy and Nice were to be guarded by two armies O 1000 men each, the Pyrennes by one of 10000 and the Atlantic coasts were to be watched b1 an army of 46,0OO.
 Even these forces, however, did not prove sufficient. and few months later, August 23d decree was issued to the following effect:
 From this moment till that when the enem, shall be driven from the territory of the republic all the French shall be in permanent requisitioi for the service of the armies. The young mel shall go forth to fight; the married men shal make the arms and transport the supplies, tn women shall make tents and clothes, and atten' on the hospitals, the children shall make In ont of rags: and the old men shall cause them selves to be carried to the public places to ex cite the courage of the warriors, and to preac! hatred of kings and love of the republic.
 All the young unmarried men, or widower without children from the age of eighteen f twenty-five, were to compose the first levy They were required to assemble immediately Il e chief town of the districts, to put them ,,es under drill and to be ready to start fo
 icene of waG at a moments notice. Tn e, e,etween twenty-five and thirty were not leuAret l>ady, and meanwhile, were requires
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 banks of the Seine. M inc ;onrnevmen or
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 watch and clock -makerN Nwbo were capable
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 of saltpeter, orders were issu,t.o evon,;,a the cellars, and those in whicl 1,o aar+b VI, found to contain saltpeter were t,, r, ana Y mold lixivated to extract the nhh r'
 The first levies produced in a mol eoo n men, but these were not soldiers andsu fo,In
 five months the armies of the repubkds n, gar a continued series of disasters from psf1n =, want of skill in both troops and commaN ero
 But the tide at length turned. as it is bouL, do in this war, and the republic not snly exh ed the invaders, but carried it's victorious sta ard into the adjacent countries. During allt period great embarrassment was caused by position of Belgium, which, like some of
 border States, halted midway between the pr ciples of the republic and those of the ener The Belgians,' says Theirs, desired re lution, but not a complete and radical one. l the revolution of France" Dunmouriez. W had occupied Belgium with French army. V himself like some of our generals, lukewa republican, and favored the Border Stat policy the Belgians. He was strongly rebuk by the convention, which saw that it was time for temporizing, and knew the folly of h. measures.
 The sense of the revolutionary leaders W well expressed in the famous speech of Cambc who, alludng to the red. tape, temporizing DC cy, said:
 We must declare ourselves revolutiona power in the countries which we enter. Ii useless to attempt to conceal our position TT despots know what we mean. Since it is know let us boldly proclaim it, and let, moreover. u justice of it be avowed. Wherever our genera enter, let them proclaim the sovereignty of Il people, the abolition of feudalism, of titles. all abuses; let all the old authorities be di solved; let new local administrations be proyi lonally formed, under the direction of our pc, erals; let the property of our enemies-that to say of the nobles, the priests, etc, be imm, diately sequestrated and placed under the safe guard of the French nation, in order that it ma serve as pledge for the expenses of the wa No half measures! Every State that will nc