The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-20
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No Armistice--No Prospect Of Peace
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4 g Tic reported arlnistice is said to be I'm
founded, nor are peace prospects any
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The Republic Issues an Appeal tc
Europe:.A Circular from FaVre.
.,t,,q h. 49,. PANS, Sept. 10.
The .Journdl' O6pcisl today publishes
lcircItdr IRON Jules Favrc concerning
Frances representatives abroad: He
calls attention to the Significance Of thC
earli6r date named for the convocation o.
the constituent assembly. He says the
first duty Of the government. Is to defend
its soil 1T Is objected that tho govern
I'inentiis irregular and without power
This Is admitted, and for this reason Is the
assembly conyokeil. .sl France has demand,
ed the cessation Of the war, but prefers
disaster to dishonor. It is bad faith on
the part Of those who declared war to u.s.
sert that they were forced to do so by a
majority Of tho nation. Tho assembly
applauded Grammont's warlike declara-
|, ton but some weeks before they also
applauded, Olliyier's peaceful utterances:
The majority Of the creatures Of personal
fayoritism considered themselves bound
to support even their most perilous con.
tradiotions. They refused an e1amina-
ton and voted blind confidence
the irremediable misfortune. Europe is
challenged to demonstrate that the nation,
If conyersant with It's affairs, would lave
declared war against Prussia. The Fro
visional Government does not deny the
national responsibility oftolerating q Gov
ernment which was destroying the nation:
Such 4 Government Is overthrown. 1t IS
q national obligation to repair the evil
done. Nevertheless II Prussia Is detern'
med to crush France she will meet with
a desperate resistance, and the world will
understand that Prussia desires the dcs.
tructi6n of,a nation which ;is Represented
by anNAssembly freely elected. The ma
ton Is armed and aroused, and determin'
etl,to defendits soil'and independence
I The Minister of the Interior has issued
q circular to the Projects decreelng that
IN Immediate election Of a Municipal
Council should be held. I ..th si;9i.'G
&sl2 /, .oS ;aSi 3 a'S. :si PANS, September 10.
The official journal Of the Republic
yesterday contained Q circular o. tavfe
to the representatives OF France in other
countries, Of which tho following arelthe
Onie Hei explains Why the; elections for
members Of, the Constitutional Assembly
haTe tbeen tiSed at ahs earlier date than
YdsEat9 ffst proposed, y [. ''Qbiectton had
been made that the present Provisional
Government at Paris was not regular, q
fact we atc forced TO admit" The
urgency Of the case Is also presented in
strong lang gnRge9 0 UT was the first duty
Of tho Government to defend its soil and
preserve It's honor, and then return tho
delegated power to the people without vio-
lence, Nothing Is to be expected from
PrussiR Her supreme will and, e3alta'
tion at success, are irreconcilable with
calm impartiality oanilL. statesmAnship.
Two hundred thousand victims have al-
ready been sacrificed to her ambition
ID this impiols war, and It Is certain
She will dictate to France conditions that
this momentary, Incompetent government /.
should not accept; hence we conyoke the
assembly freely chosen to decide. What
we ask now Is only TO give tho country
our hearts and our blood, then let France
decide-suot1 our transient authority, but
immortal France raising itself TO confront
Prussia. France released from the wind.
ing sheet OF the Empire, France free and
qehaf6ujJ IL ready to immediate itself for.
fight and liberty, disaYowing all those eX-
alIed EoliticAl ideas Of the old govern
mont France has now no niger ambition
ihan. to remain mistress ofherself in order
70 ,dcyelopa, hcr. moral and material re-
sources, and tabor itaternally whitaker
neipbbors In the development Of civiliza.
ton. It Is this France recovering its free
aatlon that now asks for a cessation
Of war, 2 butt she Twill prefer a.
thousand fold disasters to dishonor, The
very ones who RWSkG the storm, now false.
" say tho country Is Willingto yield. This
may mlslead abroad, but mot here. France
wishes prosperity, commerce and. civil.
zatlon, but prefers disaster to dishonoF.
Il Is tic duty Of France to repair as iar as
possible the evils Of the past government.
The elections last year werc Elusive;
Franco never voted Tor war with Prussia,
or no honest man in Europe thinks $50.
To the power now seeking TO crush us, we
must oppose atesperate resistance. until
the nation is able 10 speak through g con
stituent assembly freely chosen. Make
tho powers understand this,P adds Fayre.
Mankind must not admire, but pity the
spectacle OF France, without looking TO
the right or the lett, or backwardsy but
with It's eyes fixed on the great anbsim'
pie duty Of defending ib hraldeS ahdy its
freedom" II t,i.t.i
A Message from the English Cabinet.
''''..'' '.+' TouRs, Sept 10.
YcsteFday d courier from the EngliSh