Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-06-24
oar Forcign Correspondence.
PARIS, June sth, 1868.

tlltN between j Tllicc dllu "7'i'' - 80
to provoke a war between the two ma (
tions at no very distant period Dis
mark has, indeed, at the present i''o-
mcnt, sufficient cause for deinahoille a'i
exnlountion from The French Govern
p,cnt on account Of an act of indis'"'
ton committed by one OF its -" 49,.
few DAYS ago. But th"
fer prohably ref ~.
.nmCncing hostilitics, which
,;,;civ to inauguratc much distress
aud eala,nity over great proportion of
europe, no matter what the final issue
orthc conflict would be. The prov0ca-
ton | refer to and which could at least
be construed into an insult by our neigh
bors beyond the Rhine, was lately offer
ed by General Ducrat, Commander at
Strasbourg, who rode i'm rather demon
stratvc fashion over the bridge, which
unites the French to the German bank
OF the Rhine. surrounded by the olli-
GERS of his staff, ho appeared to be so
anxious to reach German soil, that in
his hurry he very nearly rode over the
first Baden sentinel he met. Arrived ON
the other side, he stationed himself in
front of the small Gc dc pont, that de-
tends the bridge, and commented upon
its dcfcnces with many sheer that at
tractcd the attention and wounded the
feelings of the passers by. This act of
bravery was committed Il few weeks
ago, and did not appear to be considered
sufficiently important by the German
press, for being commented upon TO any
extent. But lately that same brave
General has embarked in boats and in
spcctcd the German bank of the Rhine
for considerable distance from Hicningc
downwards; mapping every town and
reach in the river. At any other time,
this brave and daring feat of the French
general would have excited more laugh
ter than anger, but at thismoment both
f French and Prussians are extremely
+ touchy on the subject of their strong
places and an act Of that description
committed by high functionary OF
ether Government is sufficient to call
forth the combatants by hundreds OF
thousands and to throw both countries
5 into new confusion and calamity. The
attitude of moderation observed by the
= Cabinet of Berlin, therefore deserves
I honorable mention, while the occur
renee shows the feeling OF jealousy
against Germany, and anger which
: French officials are animated with, and
J no doubt, encouraged in, from high
ana, rta fIl,o ErD,r1, h,. 1ntn al 4
l worked itself into a high pitch of eXer
t else on account ofthe reported intention
ofPrussa to occupy Landau Bavariar
, fortress, but which, according to the
G military conventions stipulated be-
tween that power and the South Ger
man States, Prussia acquired right tc
G govern, in certain contingencies. This
; convention was entered into on the eve
: Of the treaty of Prague, and as France
t was a party neither to the said treaty
5 nor to the contemp0raneous conven.
e tons, Prussia is determined to look up
G on them as concerning Germany alone
: France must by this time, feel convinced
that any disposition on her part to max,
those transactions subjects for interna
= tional discussion will be resented by al
G the German States as an cncroachmen
IS upon their common independent rights
G 1t is not therefore advisable for The
l. French Government to venture upon &
l. quarrel, in which it would certainly
), enlist no ones sympathies, nor does i
) appear wholesome for Napoleon il
4 IDr int Of t,,
u useless war, which would add new bur
IL dens on his subjects and only serve t
:. ALLEVIATE the already much reduced mum
Il Der of sympathizers and admirers, II,
q has within his own dOminiOnS II II
notorious fact, first set forth by McHorl
e Il few month ago and now repeated witt
< comments and mathematical proofs tina
d the present administration OF Napoleon
9 III has levied more taxes and rasct
} more loans within the period of its eX
e istence than any other republican o
Is royal administration CT France or an,
l. other country would nave ventured up
e on. In an able article ON the financial
II operations and tendency of the Secon,
lie Empire, the ReUue DIES Deuc NOadeS
IS semi-monthiy paper of the highes
As standing sets forth all the sums, whicl
III the Government has borrowed, apply
n ing The word "borroWn not merely t
Is direct loans, but to every money pre-
81 ceeding that will weigh on the tutur
- for the profit of the present. After
t. careful enumeration of all the items
Ell which it would lead me too far in thi
nc letter even to condense, the writer, i
u adding up all the sums thus received dc
IN clares that the total of the eXtraordinl
b. ny resources absorbed by the Imperif