The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-10

Should there prove 10 be one particle Of
truth in the telegraphic dispatches received
during the last three or four days 20 the effect
that the ex-imperial family oonnvc with Ba-
zalns 10 his alleged effort 10 surrender his
army now besieged la Metz by the Germans
move out with the honors Of war, and would
then combine with the enemy 10 pat down the
French republic, we should be forced 10 con-
clude that the Due De Persigny vas right In
his famous letter Of 1866, recently discovered
and made public Tho Duo, who vas himself
behind the scenes, and comprthended les
idecs Nspol6onicnnes" Sapolconic Ideas
perfectly, said that were France, as she then
stood, 10 declare war against Prussia, he
would feel that the government was mad, and
that Jupiter bad determined To destroy the
country No less utterly silly would the In
perialist Sad monarchical party have 70 he ere
they could entertain 90 Wild project AZ would
be tho rumorcd plot between the Bonaparsis's.
Bismarck and BAxaine. That Napoleon III,
even In his present decadense Of faculty and
power, could gravely talk Of such an enter
prise would confirm The whispered stories Of
his mental as well as physical hopelessness.
That Bazaiae might do 80 IL barely possible.
since he Is q vain man and, a. the b story Of
his Mexicaa campaign indicates, he hath an
itching palm !" but that Bismarck. the crafty
cunning, ''sly dog" Of contemporaries
history, even if he be not q statesman Of
towering intellect, could be- led into any such
an equivoque IL too much for. eur credu'ity.
All, no! General Bourbski, who 10 said 10
be another Of this conspiring clique, has,
simply, to the best Of our belief, been very
adroitly drawn out Of Metz by the lure Of
special mission 10 and from the Empress
dours Of our time, equally able on the tented
field or when ''capering nlmbly in . isdys
chamber" He has listened to the voice Of ths
charmer, and the gruf Huns and vslgoths Of
1870 smile grand, expansive smiles at his
adolescent ingenuousness. But Bazaine II
of far other material. He Ia hoarse, hirsate,
heavy 0ieitlS moustdche, much Of q
kidney with the old grosaards Of the first
empire. He may plot for power and nelf, but
he will not absolutely DO cnticed away by the
flutter of a white handkerchief. Not that he
loves the republic lcss but Bazsine more
would be his plea to himself, we're he TO give his
hand, under the table, to tho Germans.
But, in the meanwhile, Bismarck's education
dates further back than yesterday. He knows,
from every sign, that the heart OF militant
France is with the republic; that imperialism
is now lost quantity In the calculation that
Europe has made generations onward stride
since Sedan; that the feet of those arc waiting
at the door who will presently carry forth the
corpses Of monarchy and militarism, those
twin deceivers, who In their lives, 80 con-
stantly misled the people; and that, after
William comes the democratic delugc.
If, then, Count Bismarck deal with Bazaine
1t all in this matter of secret move against
he provisional government OF France, he does
It as cat may play with mouse, petting aud
llattering it with the contact of paws that are
all velvet for the moment, but that, by the
next impulse, shoot forth those cruel claws
that will rend the foolish victim limb from
limb.