The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-10-31

the earthquake together, as II. q subtQrra.
mean lake Of lava had simultaneously
burst forth In It's accustomed bullets, rails
cd tile entire land and incidentally caused
the earthquake. He concludes: \ From
the intimate and complicated manner In
which the elevatory and cruplive forces
were shown TO be connected during this
train Of phenomena, we may confidently
come 10 tho conclusion that the forces
which slowly and byi little'Stdrts tplltt
continents, and those which 0t successive
periods pour forth volcanic matter from
open ofihces, are identical. From many
reasons ! believe that the frequent quak.
ingS Of the earth on this line Of coist are
caused by the rending OF the strata neces'
sarily consequent on the tension OF the
land when appraised, and their injection
BY iluldilied rock. 70 EEpz e
Nj. sd sumner ni q on i The III European war
His Lecture on the Duel Between
France and Germany.
From the P4orld4cs Journal. ,lgi. EIs
Mr.. Sumner considers the overthrow
Mt Sedan d righteous retribution, not only
to the Emperor hut to France, for begin.
ming rthe war, which he holds 10 have
been originally merely war dynhStics.
He ascribestO Louis.N Napoleon the.wOrst
Of characters, and lhinks that with his
fall the war should have ended, AS it
did not end then, he sets forth the essen
tiAl conditions on which it should be
fought to q close as speedily as possible.
THREE ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS OF PEACE.
In arriving ut terms of peace! there are
at least three conditions which cannot be
overlooked in the interest Of civilization,
and that the peace may be such in reality
us in name, and not IN NrmistiCe onl "
three postulates which stand above oil
question, and dominate this debate, so
that any essential departure from them
them must end in wretched failure.
1.-THE first Is the ndtNr0l requirement o.
Germany, that theres shall be the complct-
est guaranty against future aggression,
constituting what is 50 well known among
us us Security for the future" Count
Bismarck with MI CXuggGration hardly
IIarionable. alleges more than twenty In
vasions OF Germany by France, and dc.
clarcs they must be stopped forever. Many
are few, they must bu stopped forever.
The second condition 10 be regarded Is
the natural requirement Of Fruncc, that
the guaranty, while sufficient, shall be
such rs not to wound nCedlcssly the senti.
ments Of the French people, or To- offend
any principle Of public law. 1t is difficult
to question these twOposLulNtes, at leastih
the abstract. Only.when We come to the
application Is there opportunity for differ:
enCe. The third postulntc, demanded
alike by Justice and humanity, Is tho cs-
tabIishmCnt Of some rule by which the re.
currence Of such u barbarous duel shall
he.prevented. 1t t.will not be, enOughitO
obtain 6Iguar6nty for Germany; there
must be q guarantee for civilization itself.
"On careful inoulry,it will bescen that
all these can be accomplished in one way
only, which l will describe, when have
first shown what is now put forward md
discussed rs tue claim Of Germany,
under two different heads, indemnity and
guaranty" /, ..,o
Germany he declares to be. q, natural de.
mund, but by no means indispensable to
peace. :, At the close Of our. civil. wal. we
required no indemnity. II required BY
Prussia, as it may well be, II should not
be excessive In amount. In such an I'D.
tustment there Is no place for tecAni.
callty, but always a demand for modera'
tiOn.
The second condition is that Of guaran.
ty for the future. This he deems indls'
pensabIe, hut discusses ut length the ques.
ton whether Prussia has q right to insist
on the dismemberment and degredation Of
France In order to mike her rp0werlesstn
uture mischief He denies this right, and
holds that the French provinces ought to
be annexed to Germany US condition Of
peace, certainly not without the fullest
consent Of their population. The fact that
Franco, had she been tho victor, would
have extended'hcr boundary to the Rhine,
no rejects Us any justification for Prussia
IN anncxing the Rhine provinces now. He
rejects entirely tho guaranty Of dtsmem.
berment rs beyoudT the right of the con-
qdcr0r to demand.
1t is the guaranty Of disarmament, that
he turns US the great security for the fu.
turc. This he thinks ought TO be insisted
on md acqulesCed In. 1t will involve the
rnZing OF the French Notifications along
the German frontier and the entire ab0li-
tlon Of the standingarmy, except so fur us
muy be required for the purposes ofpolicc.
This Is recommended to France on tho
ground first, Of economy second, Of great
advantage ifnOt Of necessity In the present
condition Of that ,country-and third, by
the aSSWrGncs0f peace which II will bring.
He holds that standing army has always
been the, most constant, proVocQtion Of
war. Nations have fought because they
had troops and arms in which they placed
their fullest confidence. It was this conf
lence In theirrespectivc armies and in the
chasscpot on ono side anu the needle.gun
on the other, that helped TO bring on the
present conflict. ALREADY individuals
have Observation-Disclosures requires that
nations shall do likewise" !" II begun now
by France disarmament would be adopt
cd by Prussia and would soon extend TO
other nations IS t.ld dyI1A
Mr.. Sumner draws the following por-
traitufcs Of the two persouages on whom
the advantageous termination Of tho con-
test most depends: 's|
KING WILLIAM AND COUNT DIsArARcK,
J"Two personages atthis present mo,
ment hold in their hands this question
teeming with new civilization. Honest
and determined, both are patriotic rather
than cosmopolitan or Christian, believing
In Prussia rather than humanity, And
the patriotism so strong In each keeps still
the carly tingc OF iron, refer to King
William and his Primo Minister, Count
Bismarck. = ~ f' -
"NIorc than any other European sover-
eign William Of Prussia possesses the
intatuation Of "divine right" Hc be-
lieves that he was appointed by God to
u.