The New York herald., 1870-11-30
LECTURES LAST NIGHT.
Tas fRAsC0-pausslAM WAa.

Lecture by Jmstin Mccarthy at Association
Haii-rho sold TainG" Played Out.
large and brilliant audience assembled at Asso
cation Hall last evening listen to the long pro
missed lecture from Mr.. Justin Mccarthy, entitled
"The ancO-Prussian War"
After Lively overture on the organ by
mr.. A. J. Holden the lecturer was intro.
ouced. Commencing with an apology that IL was
not within his power 10 conclude the story he was
ABOUT 70 commence he said that the great struggle
that had occurred between the two continental ma
LIONS. france and Prussia, far surpassed anything
tnas hEtory nae ever recorded aud distanccd
~ Hiagntuuo the terrible conflicts between
tile Duke OF Marlborough and the allies In tne
ever memorable battles against the agcressions of
France SPAN, two years ago really lad Ina in AZ.
OF the present disastrous campaign After send,n1
house OF Hohenzollern was selected rhs e. crown ,1o
was offered to him and no formally accepted IT, But
Napoleon ILL.,, whose
"A POPULARITY WAS FAST rADrNa
away before the mind Of tho French nation, saw I'm
thls selection OF the Spaniards coed cause OF q
relling with Prussia despatch. pcrcmptory in ts
tone and mean Ia it's purp0rt, Mas forwarded TO
Berlin stating that the acceptance OF the Spanish
throne by German prince was adehance to France,
tending 10 humiliate and dish0nOr her. King VII
liam induced the German candidate to with
draw hls acception Of the throne In accord.
France, instead Of being satisfied with the man
ner IN which the Prussian King had acted, de-
cared tnat No na0 Interior motives for what he had
done, ana demanded from HIM guarantee that he
would prevent any German subject ever acceptinQ
the throne Of Span II he would net consent to this
France must fight the matter out The lecturer then
described the manner In which the war was forced
on tue PruSSians by the bascess accusations OF
Fralce and the snbtlety and ambition OF
TIE CRAFTY, DESIGNING NApOLHON
whose only OBJECT MAS TO regain his popularity 90
70 war, secure the Rhine provinces, enter Berlin and
legcs no himself had enjoyed. France entered Into
war on q false pretext. and from the day Napoleon
81 Sedan cverylnI proved as. sS NanoisoS hus Is
before leaving PARIS. engaged historian
2 painter and poet who were to nave
q complete representation OF the war finished by
the day he returned conqueror from Berlin. lie
never required them Napoleon aud the French
were defeated anu nothing but despair left to then
he next reviewed the history OF the war from
2 Prussian standpoint. urging tnat that ma
ton was altogether In the right. FROM the
day after the battle OF Saarbruck to Oraye-
l0ttc Bazallles, sedan, ChalOns, Nancy Stras.
bousg, Metz and Paris, all had been in their
IavOr and he could see no reason why they should
accede to the desires or such nrebrands as M
Rouher Jules Favre and others to give up the ad.
vantages they had gained. He next reviewed the
character oil King William, Won Voltke, Bismarck aud
others engaged on the German sidc bestowing upon
them the most natterng cu0gy for their part in the
war. In conclusion, he drew an elaborate picture
OF the character OF both nations OF their histories
and senslbities declaring thar France though n
sufferer, was little to be pited; she had
10 divide anu weaken Germany, but mat very effort
had ended in complete unincatlon OF the German
race; ana the man who had been the origin OF the
prisoner after having been "refusel by death at
Seuun.p y