Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-24

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of the imperial government are, in
deed, so well defined, and are ex
pressed in such perfectly explicit
terms, that we may Justly say the ~
ture is no longer ours. Wehave boun6
our will, our honor and our strength
to an ultimatum which we canno
withdraw without disgrace, ana
which from this time engages our sol
diers to defend it 70 the death. = ,
For the first time in four years Franco
Inundated by 1866, and Pru5
STA aggrandfzed thereby, FIND
themselves face to face M
longer in the secret interviews Of di
plomacy, but publicly at the bar o
public discussion, having two world:
as spectators. All the suppressed an
guish that was Occasioned among u,
by the result of SadOwa, all our sad
ness, and all our pride, found ven.
Yesterday. The long suppression o
public opinion has ceased. We No
longer felt ourselves vanquished; We
became rivals one more. And thaI
is the explanation Of the patriotic
shout that greeted the declaration o.
NJ. de Grammont. o France, gener
u nation, daughter OF speech and o
the sword, rise up now. YOa mus
await the coming hour erect. Gathel
up the fragments of your arms, broken
at Waterloo. If destiny orders, thou
wilt still show to an ~astOnished world
what Iightnings reside in the weapon,
yielded by thy heroic hands. Thy
name will flash over new fields O
battle under the radiance of thine
ancient glory.
From L'Opinion Rationale, July ST.
France cannot Withdraw before
either an intrigue or a menace. II
there is in all these only an intrigue,
NJ. de Bismarck will give way, and
the peace of the world will not be dis
turbed; if there is a menaHee, il will
be put in a position to be realized, and
the sooner the better. I'm proportion
as il appears right to Us to maintain
a policy of reserve 50 long a. the ac-
ton Of Prussia confines itself to Ger
many, so much the more ought We to
show ourselves sensitive when we
find this action finding employment
in suspected intentions beyond its
natural sphere, and among the group
of Latin nationalities. On this ground
the Government is entitled to main
tain, as it has done, a firm and de-
Cided tone. 1t will have in that the
whole OF France at lit back. After
all that we have permitted in Ger
many, We cannot tolerate the in
stallation of Prussian influence at
Madrid. 1t is for US, assuredly, a
question of dignity; it is also one of
security. In going SO far as he has
done, NJ. de Bismarck passes all rea-
sOnable bounds. Ii he wishes to pre-
serve peace, let him draw back. As
for Us, We can do so no more.
COMMENTS OF THE LONDON PRESS on
THEBEGINNING oFTHE TROUBLE.
From the Times, July 81
Had the business been conducted
openly, a different result might pos
could forget her jealousy of Prussia,
there is really no reason why she
should fear the establishment of this
prince at Madrid. The notion that
his policy would be subservient to
that of Prussia, and that under him
the Spanish armies would be ready to
make a diversion whenever France
engaged on her eastern frontier,
look upon as an Illusion. History
Is so full Of the futility of dynasty con-
nectiOn that it is unnecessary to give
instances. Leopold of Spain would
probably be just as good a Spaniard
and as faithful an ally Of France as If
he came from Austria or Italy; his
distant relationship with the Prussisn
house, and his former allegiance
a Prussian officer, would, we ven
to say, have only the
very smallest influence on his
The calmer part of the
French press takes note of this, and
very Justly describes the language of
the Duke de GrammOnt about the res
tOratiOn of the throne of Charles V.
as exaggerated. The expression could
mean nothing else than that there
would be such a community of action
between Germany, headed by Prussia,
and Spain, under the new King, that
they might be considered politically a
power. We do not believe such
community of feeling would ever
come into being, or that for a single
1ay thegOVernment of Madrid would
be directed from Berlin. These are
not times when kings rule as they
will, and a sovereign on his probation
would be too ready to diselaim the in
huenee of the court which he had for
served.
If the negotiation had been open, all
would have been evident to
F~renchmen, though We by no means
say that it would have satisfied them.
The case is very different now. The
French people are in a state of violent
excitement; the demon Of national
jealousy, which has never been really
Laid since it was called up in 1866, pos
sesseS the minds of the democracy and
the army. The Emperor, by moving
a finger, could hurl all the forces Of
cOuntryupOn the Spanish frontier.
Let no one suppose that the interests
Jt a trading class are sufficient to
check such a storm, or that the tenn
expressions of a part Of the
press betOken any really valid oppO-
5itiOn to the war-like spirit. The
ruth Is, that there is an immense body
n France which would be too glad of
any excuse for a war with Prussia. and
will be rather disappointed by
concession, considering that this is a
very good quarrel as it stands.
From the Daily News, July ST.
Let US not be misunderstood. We
have no sort of sympathy with this
new candidature to the Spanish
throne, with the secresy of It's TAB
-icatiOn, OF the suddenness of its an
lOuneement. We cannot be persua-
led that il would be accepted by the
Spanish people or by their representa-
lives, freely consulted and voting
without prejudice or passion. But the
5paniards are a proud people, with a
capacity for resistance to foreign iu-
5erventiOn which it might De wei for
France to remember. If we are TO
the language OF the journals,
hey are quite aware that the choice /
. entirely for them TO make and they
will neither ask Prussian help nor suf
Ter French interference In making il.
If anything could reconcile the Span
ards to the choice of an unknown |
Prussian Prince, it would be the lam
guage Of the French press, OF the
Legislatif, and of the Minister !
Jf Foreign Affairs. Such language
would seem designed TO make z pop
liar Spanish hero of this Hohenzol-
ern-Sigmaringen. Spain has her
'susceptibilities' also, as the first Ma
learnt to his cost, an expert |
3nce which the easy triumphs of the
Due d'Ang0uleme have not contradic-
ed. 1t is scarce worth while TO deny
he tareical tmputatiOn that the Eng |
.ish Government is favorable to the
Prussian candidate. 1t may be more
the purpose to deny that any
government, or the English
will ever assent to the propO-
,itiOn that the balance of power is
disturbed to the disadvantage of
France, on her "interests and honor"
.mperiled, if in the exercise Of their
sovereignty, the Spanish people
should elect a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
for their king. It may be
FINALLY and ngof1f E,r fba fpfor-