Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-09-13
A N OF BATTLES.

1eNGINO lOA N'S
t;yes, which was also to check the am
billion and power Of PRUSSIA. and new
glories to b e-Empire and establish the
Napoleonic dynasty, has failed most
dlsastrously in all. Prussia, as the
new lesder Of the Germanic States, has
been exalted to the highest pinnacle
of military renown; France has been
humbled to 4 degree that will axe
generations to expunge. and 1t seems
to be clear enough that the sun OF the
Bonapsrtes la, finally set. One o
tho French armies destroyed or cap
tured; another hopelessly imprisoned
In a fortified town ; aud the Emperor
a surrendered prisoner. In less than
two months from the day when the
candidature Of the Young l~lohenzollern
Prince was announced to the French
Emperor and denounced BY him rs n
cause Of warm just IL month from
the day when the first collision OF
armed forces occurred ut SaarbrucSen
all this has been accomplished. The
campaign has been as wonderful as tie
results are startling. 1t is wonderful,
not 50 much In the mere defeat Of the
French troops in the numerous battles
fought since the 18th Of August, rs It Is
IN the celebrity with which such enor-
nous armies were masSed by the Pru'-
slim Generals, the skill with which
such vast hosts were handled, and the
fatal certainty with which they were
made to envelope and to at last para
I'VE the powerful armies Of the French
under such such veteran Generals as
McMahon and Bazaine. 1t has been
already remarked in these columns,
that the Prussians In their recent wars
have shown their full appreciation OF
"the value Of minutes" but this last
campaign shows that they have Sill
preme faith In "heavy battalions. y
Powerful as the French armies were,
the German were able to ~outnu;noer ut
all points; to outfank them every
where, to disregard the strongholds
which. according to eminent military
authorities, made the invasion OF
France BY tho lines of the Mo;eile and
the vosgcs, impossible. Tho German
battalious fairly swarmed through all
the northeastern Departments OF
France, and by their mere numbers rs
we'll as by the rapidi,y Of their action
and tho skill with which the several
columns were directed, n%eutralized
the power Of the strongest foriih'
cations. The territory now occ'i'
pied by the German armies gives
great Interest to the statements,
so often repeated, that the King
Of Prussia. and his allies will demand
the cession Of Alsace and Lorraine as
compensations for the sacrifices Of Ger
many growing out Of the war. 1t Is
precisely those two ancient provinces
which were formerly German, that are
now covered by the victorious forces,
They are not described OIL the modern
maps. What was Alsace lies along the
Rhine, and Is now divided into the
Departments Of "IIaut Rhin" and
BIAS Rhin," and what vas once Lor
raIne lies along the Luxembourg. Prn<
sian and French frontiers, and Is now
divided into the Departments OF thu
Moselle, Meurthe, Meusc and Vosges
These six departments. ~repre'catin:
ancient Alsace and Lorraine. contain
nearly three millions Of inhabitants
Although they were originally Ger
man, they became parts Of the earl!
French m%onarchies; subsequently they
became German again; and in l5l'
Alsace was coded to France, and Lor
ralne became finally attached TO the
French crown, under Louis Nv, neal
the middle Of the last century. The
Prussian King is certainly in a position
to demand compensation Of sone kind
but the suggestion TO separate those
two provinces from the French Empire
has not been favorably received any
where in Europe except In Germany
Such an act would exasperate the
French people; for, whilst they may
be willing enough TO accept the over
throw Of the N~apoleonic dynasty
against which alone Bismarck said III
was making war, they will hardly
submit 10 the spoliation Of their coun
try without another struggle anu
renewal Of the war. AiNoe tina
the fate Of Napoleon III seems to b
sealed, what Is France to gain by
change Of rulers? No ore who ob
served the d~isgraceful turmoil caused
BY the adherentS Of Roche.ort, Gam
BETA and Raspall, In the recent meet
ings Of the Corps Legislasif, can hops
that France will be the gamer by thu
ascendency of such republicans as they
Tho Orleans princes may do better, bu
France can hardly be expected to b.
moro thoroughly satisfied with then
IN tho future than In the past. Elk
cepting In his wars, Louis Napoleo'
has been as able and efficient an ES
ecu,iye as the French have ever ell
loved. The France Of 1870, In com
merce, In manufactures, in materia
progress of every kind, Is century Ii
advance Of the France Of lSiS.
Louis Napoleon had only acted upoI
his maxim that the Empire ispeace,
tho French would have had n govern
ment without a peer among the moi
arches Of the world. But he mu'
have military giory,"as we'll rs ciVi
and administrative renown, and III
Empire that was "peaee" las ice
extlnguished by n cau-elcs' war pre-
voked by the Emperor himself. VII
Sedan close the war? All men shoul'
wish to have It 80. The killed an
wounded In tli, one month OF san
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