The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-09
PARIS AND PEACE.


More Abont Burnside's yisir--Ciiy Iacns of
Ills biission-Comina Events-shadow OF
Observation-Disclosures Round tho Do-
nestle Hearth--AIsace and Lorrsspc--
Faction Agniust tho Nation. W
HEADQUARTERS OF THE PRUssIAv ARMIES
VERsAtLLEs, Oct. 20, 1870. I
Paris papers from the 1lth to the 18th inst. have
just been received. l make the following transIa-
ton OF an article which looks very mucn like the
Paris. II reads
from La France, Oct H.
90 mo wEAKSESS.p
Tho talk is still about General Barnside. At
nlgntiait, during the hour OF Intimate talk around
the family hearth, honest and excellent citizens,
who nevertheless love then country and SUI,
fer cruelty over her reverscs are relating pnlenp
themselves In whisper that the American General,
during las recent visit to PARIS, communicated to H.
part OF M. do Bismarck Without rcnounclng the
idea Of the annexation Of Alsace and Lorraine 10
OF this dream to better times. He would coisr MI for
the moment. 10 medlaiize "a gaedattsesl these Tvs
provinces ON the condition that, during ten years
they would not be subject 20 CONSUMPTION, In de-
iaIt q The acceptance oi this condition wou con-
Alsatlan territory. lie would reduce tis war indem
nifty To trlae-two mil!iarcs. lie would not doubt.
less be indisposed TO accord an armstice in order
We do net know II General Burnside did In realty
charge himself with this Prusslan commission near
the government d tue National Defence but we eau
only depiore such wnisporings. Far nom us GER
talnly ~ the thought OF asking that any body should
be decreed to DEATH as in 1872, who should prefer
words OF peace While The national territory is soiIed
by the enemy; but in che extremity In which we are
pacific murmurs seem to s in the highest degree 10
be condemned, because their Immediate eject can
only lessen our Efforts. In this there IL no aieca.
tion on part. III we demand the continuation OF
the war TO the utmost IL 0u,,dRce) We do 80 with
the full conviction that as things stand future
peace would only be durable Ut the cost Of the most
severe struggle now. Future generations viii proat
by this struggle AS TO the present generation as
all those launched into the whirlpool Of epochs OF
transition, 1t should not be aStonisheI to be doomed 70
suffer. The arguments put forth IN favor OF tho I'm
mediate return to peace are not unknown to ia
Why should we not announce them aloud, since
more than one is spreading them about in an Under.
toner Here tney are III all their REALISM Ind naked.
ness
However heroic may have been her soldiers.
France mas been successiyey beaten In all her rem.
consres with Germany. She has saved her honor,
patient and tenacious Power which had been long
accommodating lis preparations OF conquest she has
been driven back even behind the walls or her capt.
ta Since the first shot Of this terrible war 1t was
repeated 10 her that ail was going well while all
was going badly. she has been Graded with hopes
that were never realized. She has been told OF tho
hecatornbs made from her enemies IN order to turn
her eyes from the hoiocausts OF her own children.
She has been made TO look on the horizon Of Europe
for foreign Intervention. she has locked towards
the north east west, south, ana she has nothing
coming. States upon whose aid she had some right
to count have either put her away with tear Of
egotistcal coincidence or with q banteTing grin.
Reduced 70 her own resources leaving to the future
the care OF aycnglng her, crushed by numbers has
disputed, Inch ~ inch, every parcel Of her terrltory
and now sno stands VITA her provinces OF tue east
herrnetlcaIy bockaded. cit WAS told her that this
blockade Of Paris ccuid not be effective, and 1t Is
to tho highest degree. &c was added that the Prus.
sian would only come 70 be destroyed be-
tween the crossrres OF tho forts, and the
Prussan takes great care from anronhng
together his net al q distance. and TO await
irom famine what the cannon VIII never give him.
More than twenty days have expired since the COM
mencement OF the siege OF the capital ana what pro-
gress has the defence madc2 We have exchanged
planned, we have lost many OF the defenders; we
ignore where s placed the bulk OF the besieging
forces; we nave not known how to preserve our
selves from the encmy's spcs very little was want
Ing 70 make us burn great deal Of powder TO pro.
tect the Hotel DC Vile against me iactohs we nave
necessary to do the manufacture OF our engines or
Death; we are, IN word, almost as little advanced
rs we were three weeks since, except tnat
We have consumed elnce and exhausted some
OF our provisions OF al kinds L L., true
rose UP en- ntasse ala she wait TO throw her volun
teers upon coalzed Europe, that they should be
passed masters Ia the squad schools IL Is true ihat
we count upon the army or the departments, but
that army, where IS ita VIII it not 20 met and
crushed by the Russians before arriving under Paris9
then, why the departure OF n. GambettaY Is
thore need or warming up what Is already in ebul
ton9 No Illusions, NO chlmeras we nave only TOO
long been marched from hope to hope II Prussia,
as the ruor runs, recognizes to-day that she Is ei-
gagea Ia an adyenInre above er sl,eng, a. s s,ie
arrived FOR her to guard Tor herself an honorable re-
treat 40 not let W oppose rash refusal TO saese
pacific ouUeltures; on the contrary, let Us enter
with prudence and dignity upon the ground Oh ne.
gotiations. Such Is me language Of the men OF
peace who take an interest III Tue excursions OF
General Burnside. II is not difficult 20 reinte 10.
There Is nothing 70 DO objected to the reverses.
They are immense, but they not lrreparabie and
1t Is not by precipltate peace that they can be re-
pared. They are even such that an increase o.
MISFORTUNE would not make them heavier and would
not render Onerous the conditions imposed by
the victorious Russians. Misfortune Tor misior-
sune IL Is then better TO Try again fortune tue more
so as the enemy pays dear for his successes. The
successive defeats undergone by tho arms OF France
are spoken Of. But those defeats have been the co5
sequence OF gov ernmentai lack OF foresight, to-day
condemned, ana WHICH cannot be renewed. The
S0idt-f Of France has been conquered because ne