The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-08-02
VICTOR HUGO'S ADDRESS TO
JUAREZ.


Victor Hugo's appeal to Juarez, f,
mercy to Maximiliau, is interesting,
Ishowing the opinions of one of the grea
est living Europeans. as to the questio
ofrigH involved in Mexican affairs. Vic
tor Hugo's eloquent appeal is as follows
Europe, in 1868. fell upon America
Two monarchies attacked your democra
cy; one with prince, the other With a
army-the army bringing in the prime,
The world then bebeld this spectacle
army the most warlike of Europe, havin
as It's basis feet as powerful on the Sc
as the army itself on land, having for it
sustenance the whole revenue of Franc,
and we'll commanded, victorious in AT
RIGA, in the Crimea. in Italy, in China
biavely fanatic of it's flag, having q pro
fusion of horses. artillery. proVisions
munitions, formidable. On the othet
bsnd-Juarez On one side two empires
on the Others mana man with hand
full of other men. A man hunted from
city to city, from hamlet to hamlet, from
forest 10 forest, aimed at BY
the infamous volleys of councils
of war tracked, hiding in den:
of the earth like a wild beast, wanderinp
in the wilderness with price fixed upon
his head. having for generals few men
OF desperate fortunes. and for soldiers a fe "
tattered wretches. Without money, with.
out bread, without powder, without can.
non, with the bush only for a strong.
hold. Here usurpation styled legitimacy
there right styled brigandage. usurpa
ton with helmet on his head, saluted by
bishops. and with imperial sword in hand
pushing before it, and drawing after it all
the legions of power; Right stood alone
and unarmed. You-the embodiment oil
right. yon accepted the combat. The
bate of One against All lasted three
years. Wanting men you made use of
things. The terrible climate aided you;
you had your sun for your ally. You
bad defenders in the impossible lakes and
torrents swarmiDg with alligators, the
amrshes teeming with feVers, the deadly
vegetation, the Voneito prieto of torr1d
lands, the salt deserts, the vast un watered
arid sands, where horses die of thirst,
and The wide frowuiug plateau of Ana
huac which is, imprsgnable from its mud
ity. Like Castillo, the plains contain
CULTS ever trembling with the shocks of
volcanoes from the Colima 10 Nevada de
Toluca; you called to your help the nat
ursl barriers, the lofty walls of basall, the
colossal rocks of porPhyry.
You have fought war of giants, hurl-
ing mountains at your foes. And there
came day, after five years of smoke. Of
dust or blindness, when the cloud dis
persed, and there were seen two empires
PROSTATE on the earth. No more monar-
chy. no more armIes-nothing but the
enOrmity of the usurpation in ruins, and
upon these ruins a Inan-Juarez, stand
ing erect, and by the side of that man
Liberty. \ r
Let the world behold this prodigious
thing: the Republic hold in its power the
assassin-an Emperor. When about TO
crush him, it perceiVes that he is 3 man.
it let's him go, and says to him: You are
of the people, like the others, depart.
This Juarez will be your second victory
The first, that over usurpaIion, was g'o-
rious: the second, to spare the usurper,
will be sublime. Yes, show to those
kings whose prisons are crowded, whose
scatfolds are incrusted with blood-to
those kings of gibbets. of exiles, of Pres
idios, of Siberas-to those who have
Poland, to those who have
an Ireland. to those who have Havanna,
to those who have Crete-to those
Princes who are obeyed by judges-to
those judges who are obeyed by execu~
tioners-to those executioners whos are
obeyed by death-to those Emperors who
go lightly cause men to be beheaded-
show them how an Emperor's head is
spared High over all the monarchical
codes from whence fall drops of blood +,
speak cut the law of light, and in the
centre of the hottest page OF the Supreme
Book let there be seen the finger of the
Republic fixed on the commandment Of
God-"Thou shalt not kill" These
tour words contain your duty. You will
do that duty. The usurper shall be saved,
but the liberia or alas! could not be saved
Eight years ago, on the second of DecsmS-
Der, 1859, exercising a common right,
raised my voice, IN the name of democrs
cy. aud asked from the United States
the life of John Brown. could not OBJ
gain it. To day 1 ask Mexico the life of
Macmillan; shall obtain il? Yes: per-
haps at this very moment it is already
granted. Macmillan will owe his life to
Juarez. But, it may be said, what is the
punishment? This is the punishment-
MximiIliau. live 'by the mercy of the