Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-26
C;rc,,,r from bismarck.

The following circular lcltcr from CuuhC
Bismarck has been addressed TO the North
German Representatives
MEAUx, Friday, September lG, 1870. Your
EyccIlency is familiar with the circular which
N .Jnlrs Fayre has address: cd IN tf'n i"rtl-E
CONSERVATIVES of France 10 the cam" # IN"
men al present holding power Fans htu "h"
c,IIthemsr,vcs lie GOrclnnlcI; tic 1t Dcichc"
Nntjounl" [ have learned simultaneously
that NJ. Theirs has rutcrcd upon coitl lcIial
mission to the foreign Courts, and | may pre-
cnn q hat he will cndeavor Oh the one :lic 10
create belief in the love Tor peace 81 the pre-
cent Partisan Government, and Oh the other
side will request the Intervention OF Geutral
Powers in favor OF peace which shall deprive
Germany ct the fruits OF her victories, and Tor
the purpose OF preventing every basis OF peace
which would make the next attack CT France
on Germany morc difficult
We canuor relieve in III" >':.c~i': ii tie re
sire 81 he yrcnrr lau.is.: i"S' ulLr'.' ~
mak,, :,a e., -, lon. Us il cjlis ii >, rs !n
ruaue az! IL Its al iGiEc o esct III" 49,
>ions Of lie lco..lr. and u :ncr. -: b I;Iutd
and BITTERNESS. If IL ,,nru'a'I.'n s:Gn- III TIC
snFeripss or war, a,! To Tepr: - lii .dv"Gc"
every basis acceptable 10 GcImsny Us umaccep
table by France. BY such course 1t becomes
impossible to make peace The people should
be prepared for peace ly calm words and IN
terms corresponding 10 tho gravity OF the sit
uaion.
If we arc TO believe illa. negotiations with
US for peace are honestly intended, tic dc
mand that we should conclude an a!nstce
without any guarantees ior our conditions OF
peace could be meant seriously only Oh The
supposition that We lack military Or political
Judgment, or arc Indifferent TO the Interest OF
Germaoy Moreover. the hope entertained by
the present rulers ia Paris OF diplomatic or
material Intervention Of the neutral Powers IN
favor Of France prevents the French nation
from seeing the necessity OF peace. Nhcn the
French nation become convinced that as they
have wantoDy coDjured up the War alone, and
Germany has had 10 fight it out alone, they
must also settle their accout with Germany
alone, they will soon put an end TO their rtSIs-
lance, now surely unavailing.
1t would be an act ofcruelty to thctrcnch pee
pie by the neutralPowcrs to permit thcParlslan
Government to DouriSh among the people
hopes of Intervention that cannot DC realized,
and thereby lcngthen the contest
We arc far from any inclination ID mix IN
the internal affairs OF France. 1t is imEla ,erlaI
TO US what kind OF Government the French
people shall formally establish Tor themselves.
The Government of the Emperor Napoleon
has hitherto been the only one recognized BY
US. Our conditions OF peace, iega a'lng Tor
the purpose We may have to negotiate wlth
are wholly Independent of the question how or
| by whom the French nation is governed. Ihcy
| are prescribed to us by the nature OF things,
| and by the law oil sclt-dc!caca against a VIC
lent and hostile ueighbvr.
The unanimous vol g oflhc HernIanic Gov
~ la, ,ID &
that Germany shall BE- projected by better
| boundaries than We have hitherto had against
the dangers and violence We have experienced
| from all French Governments Tor centuries. -
| So long as France remains in possession Of
| Strasbourg and Mciz, so long is lis ohc:slVc
strategicaIIy stronger than 0ur defensive, 20 lar
as all South Germany and North Germany. on
| the left bank of the Rhine, are concerned. -
| Strasbourg in the possession Of France Is Il
gate wide open for attack on South Gcrul%ay.
| In the hands OF Germany. SirasbOu:g aud
| Alez obtain defensive character.
La more than twenty wars we have nepcr
| been the aQgressors on France, au! We demand
| of the latter nothing else than our safety IN
our own land, so often threatened ty il. france
on the other hand, will regard ATTY peace that
may be made now as en- a!ml>tIce only, and III
order to avcnge the present dcicat, viii attack
| us in the same qurresomc aud wanton manner
as this year, soon as it tccis strong enough
| in its own resources or in foreign alliances.
Ia rendering it difficult for Frarce, from
whose initiative alone hitherto the Disturbances
| Of Europe have resulted, to resume the ctfcn
| sive, We at the same time act in the interest of
! Europe, which is that of peace. From Ger
| many no disturbances of the European peace is
| to b. feared, Although France had been try
| ing 10 force the war upon u. for four years, We
by our care and by rest. ainng tic feelings #
| our national sel-rcSpcct 81 necessarily Outray
ed by France, had prevented its Occurrcnce.-
We mean now for our future safety to demand
only that which We must have for our ddcnce.
Nobody will be able 10 accuse US Of want OF
| moderation it We insist upon this just and
equitable demand.
Your ESceIlcncy will make these views your
own, and advocate them in discussion.