, 1870-09-29


yon to the expedition Of 1867 IN your d:v. :,
=, Wh;t It eit,7 Wy:
For Paris belongs not alone TO US. Paris /,
n,s3 A. much y1nss s = i is ours. Berlin, Vienna
Pazi- is your centre. Il is only It p.tis thsi
no Gan feel the heart Of Europa n.initat;no
Paris Il the city Of cities-the city ct msniinS'
Athens and Home Nera: Paris is.
Pans is nothing more than IN immense hos.
Tou return there to-d,y.
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No. As enemies. ~
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Whist is this ainister rnlsunderstandfnp
Two nations hxve made Europe. These tvo
nations arc France and GERMANY. Garmsmv
L. tor the West xh.t India IL for the Esst. !
KIND OF dtgnihed grandmother. We yensrnta
hef: LIT Thst ts paseing, and what is to be
eaidf To-day this Europe, which Germauv
ha9 constructed BY her e1pAnAion and Ffaacs
| turn. " ot1t
Ia II possible2
Would Germany oyertu.n Europa in de-
stroJlug Pazaa7 - 1'
Reflect.
Wherefore this invasidns Wherefore this
What have We done to you7
| U9es this var proceed from Ia ? It waa the
| empire which deaired It the erupirn which
4 enaae It Iha empire Is dead. It Ia well.
eorpse- 'AA>
i is Of the past; We tire Of The fqturs.
Il Was hate; We ato sympathy.
II Eas treason; We Are loynlty.
4 "As CapuA and Gomorrah; We arc France.
We are the French Republic. md have for
oo! device Liberty, Equality. fraternity; We
| We are the satne people as yourselves. We
md Vercangetozi1 as you had Arminius. Tho
| Sam tratetntl fay, the s4tua sublime bond Of
soul.
This ia so true that we shsll eay here.
| II, unfortunately, by your fAtsl error. Won
proceed to extreme violence; 1t jon come to
attack us in this august city conflded ia come
manner by Europe to France !; il you assault
Paria, we shall defend II to the last extreml-
ty; We shall fght with all our strength against
you; but We declare We shall continue to be
your brothers ; and your wounded, do ron know
where we shall placo them7 in the palace Of
the nation. We ehal assign the Tuilariea In
ADVANCE as hospital for wounded prusaians.
There will be the field hospital Of your b1are,
tmprisoned soldiers, and 1t "a there our wo-
men shall go to cars for and suceor them.
Your wounded sh11l be car guests; We viii
treat them Loyalty, and Paris Will zecaiye than
into her Louvre.
1t is with this fraternity in our heart that
We shall accept your wAr.
But Germans, what means this WIZ? It Is
cnded Einca the Emplre Ia At an end. You
have killed your enemy, who WAS also ouru
what moro do you destre7
| You come to take pArih by force! But We
have already offered it to you with loro. Do
not make people close their doors who have
deluded about pa1is. Paris loves you; but
Paris will fight you. Paris will fight you With
I'll tho formidable rna1esty Of her glory and
her mourning.
Paris, menaced by this brutsl assault, may
become terrible.
Ill repeat 1t, expect 4 desperate resistance.
fou may take the fortress, you will find
the rampant. You may take the rampant, you
Will find the ba17icade. Eon may tako tho
baTicaae, and tban-Nho mowa the ~
sources OF patriotism in distzeas-you will
find In the sewers mines Of powder ready to
blow whole streets into the air. This vii be
the ternhla sentence you must expect. To
take Paris stone by etnne, to slaughter Europe
on the spot, to kill France in detail; in eacn
street, ID each house that great light must be
e1tinguished soul by soul.
GeImAhs, hold buck! Paris ia formidable,
Think whils before her walls. All trans-
formations are possible for her. Her indo-
lence giyes you the measure Of beg eperpy.
Sue seems to sleep. She will awaken. Her
thought will leap from its soabba1d hike q
sword and this city, which yestera.y vas
Sybarle, tomorrow may b GArragonsa.
Do wo say this to intinaidate you? No,
certainly not Germans, yon are not to be
intinidated. Yon hid Ga1g1cus sgainst Rome
and km1ner against Napoleon, Ne sro the
people Of the Aarseillaise, but you
na are ths r. people as, Of - the ~ Marital sonses
are nation of thinkers, who hsre come to to
need legion Of heroes, Yonr soldiers arc
worthy Of oura our eoldiars hxre unsugpsa-
sable bravery; 5uua hAye intrepid cool
Hear, nevertheless. You had abs and e,dll.
ful Generals We had Incompetent onss ron
made the WaT clever zather than brilliant !;
your Generals hAvo p-eferred the useful to
tho grand it. 1As their right ; you took Us
BY surprise; ron came ten to one our
soldiers ssoics11y allo.ed themselves to bo
mAssac: ed By you who had wisely placed Ill
the chances on -FOUR aide ; consequently from
that day IN this dreadful war pr1,ssia haa tha
victory, but France has ths glory.
1 At present you believe you have 4 Last blow
to strike. You rush upon Paris and take 3D.
vantage Of our poble army, deceived and be-
tie.aeld, to throw your 7oo, 900 soldiers, with
all the machinery Of wAr-youz naitrsillnuse,
| your ateel cAnnons, your Erupp bullets, your
Drnyte guns, your innumerAble c2valry, Joul
terrible artillery-ou 500, 900 ciiizsns standing
1
hresides, on city full Of trembling families
whore there arc wives, slAters. and mothors,
and where, a. this hour, I, VITO speak TO you
have my two grandchildrcu, one OF whom Is 81
The bEoast.
It Ia on this city, fnnoeent Of this w.r; O,
this city, which has done nothing but SHARE
with you her lriIliancy; on Paris, isolated
superb, and desperate, that you pricipitat,
yourselsea-an immense wave Of conflict sui
slaughter Soci wonld bs your rolr. valiant
men, great soldiers, iliusttious army Of nobl,
Germany! Oh! reflect!
The nineteenth century would sec thi
fnghtful event-aa orderly nAtiou becomI
savagea, Abolishing tho city Of nations
Germans extinGuishing Paris; the Gez
man raising Tho arc over tho Gaul
You, the descendants Of Teutonic knights
Iske Gs s1oup u en snd 5sq & tpa a.
needs; you demolish the organic city; yns
recommence AttiI1a and Alaric; you folloy
Omar, in burning the library of mankind vol
raze Tie Hotel de Vile. Is the huns sazsd th,
Capitol; you hombard Notre Dame As Ii,
Turks bombarded the Part1eon; you prcaea
to the world this spectacle: the German
again become Vandals. and ynu will be barba1
sm decapitatins civilization.
No, no. mol
Do you know wllat this victory would be Il
yous It would be your dishonor.
All! surely no one cAn think OF ftiehteuius
Eou Germans, glorious army, coaraseou
peoplet but they may rcinsttuet yuu, It il
not certainly opprob1iuu which you seek, we'll
It 10 opprobrium which you will find; And /, !,
European, that is friend Of Paris; I, r.
Of the peril you are in. my brothers OF Ger
many, because admire you, honor you, ant
because know well that il something make
ycu retire. it is not shame, it Is not foar,
All! nohlo soldiers, Whist return to you,
homes! fou Wil1zbe conquerors With bowot
I .1o &1.N rt+z% ASn.
Tho death OF PAris-Mhat mourning.
The assassination Of Taris-what crime
The world would mourn; you would incu
The crime.
Do not accept this formidable responsible
ity. Stop!
And then, last word: Paris driven to ths
: lAet; Paris sustained By all uprisen France
) can conquer, aud should conquer, and yos
.. VIII have attempted at \ dead loss, this vio
lence which already rouses the world. In m,
case. eiiace the words: destruction, abolition
J daoth. No! Paris will not be destroyed. I
it is destroyed materially. it will angmen
: morally In running Paris you eanctify II
Tho scattering of the stones will be dispet
sion Of ideas. Fling Paris to the four wind,
md you Will only make each grain Of thA
ssa1,,hls aast the ; SD Of the ,a. future n,
u, FIsternity! Falis Is eits, I. b
Paris is l. eout- DUN our eaifces
they arc onIy our bones; their smoke vii
! take ehApe, and will become e2ormous an'
living, md will mount up to Heaven: au'
above us, aoove Eou, above Ill and every
thing. at:estipg our glorv, sttestiag YOU
shame that great spectre Of darkness and o
Nov. have Done. Germans, if you PEI
: walls Of pa.ss. Under your boabs md yuu
uitzaitleuses she will defend hersslf A. 10
|, | me, an old man, l will be there without arms