Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-07-22

France mas declared war against fTuSsla
with 10 real cause, and with hardly pre-
tense of one. The declaration of war is
based on the following specified causes:
First: The insult offered at Ems to
Count Benedict, the French Minister, and
its approval by the Prussian Government
Second: The refusal of the King of Prus-
STA to compel the withdrawal of Prince
Leopold's name as n candidate for the
Spanish throne.
Third The fact that the King persisted
in giving the Prince liberty to accept the
crown.
The following is tho text of the declara-
tion made by the Duke de Grammont be-
fore the French Senate at Paris, July 18th.
TERMS OF THE DECLARATION.
"MEssIEURs-The manner in which the
country received our declaration of the
Goth of July, led us to commence nego-
"tiations with Prussia of the validity of
"our grievances. We did not treat with
"Spain, whose independence we did not
"wish to trammel, nor with the Prince of
Hohenzollern, whom we consider to be
under the shadow of the King, nor
"havo we advanced any other grievance
ethan the candidacy of the Prince for the
"Spanish throne. The Prussian Minis
"ter of Foreign Affairs opposed to us
determination not to receive our repre-
"sentation, pretending to ignore the af-
fair We then addressed ourselves to
"the King, who maintained that he was
"a stranger to the affair, and that he could
mot intervene except as the head of the
" family, but he avowed that he had in
"structed Bismark. We could not ac-
Z" cept that answer. We demanded that
"the King should influence the Prince of
Hohenzollern. Desistance in the pro-
eject came from the quarter where ii was
"least expected We then demanded
"that the King should give promise for
the future. This moderate demand,
"made in moderate terms, we declared
"to be without any reservation. The
liking declined to say that he would re-
" fuse in future to interfere with the can
" ditature, and he refused to authorize us
"to transmit to you the declaration that
"he would in future oppose the candida
"ture. He declared that he reserved to
"himself the right to consider the circum-
distances. Even after this refusal we did
mot break off the negotiations, but adj
"journed our explanations to you until
"this date. Yesterday we were apprised
that the King of Prussia had notified
"our Ambassador that he would not lon
"ger receive him, and to render the rup-
"ture more obvious he gave notice of his
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"the same time he assumed that Werther
Knight take his leave and that armament
"of Prussia had commenced. On our
part, we yesterday called out the re-
"serves, and we have taken such other
measures as the interest and honor of
"the country demanded"
The declaration concludes as follows:
"The extraordinary constitutional chang
es in Prussia awake the slumbering recol-
lections of 1914. Let us cross the Rhine and
avenge the insults OF Prussia. The yictors
of Jena survive"
A copy of this declaration has been pre-
sented to the Corps Legislatifby Monsieur,
The Keeper OF the Seals. The Government
asks vote Of supplies and the call TO arms
VI All clhsses oWins hlllithTy serVlce. Inc
Corps Legislatif has voted the extreme de-
mands of the Government, the Left voting
in the negative.
Active preparations Tor war have com
menced on both sides, and we shall soon
hear of desperate battles. Prussia has our
sympathy, and we shall be glad TO hear OF
the overwhelming defeat of Napoleon in
this Infamous affair. That one man for
base, selfish purposes should be permitted
to disturb the peace of Europe, to expose
thousands of lives, to destroy millions OF
property, and to derange the commerce and
| business of the world, is no great compli-
ment to the civilization of the year Of oul
Lord 1870. We hope that before this cen
fury closes the leading nations of botl
hemispheres will become sufficiently en-
lightened to unite their efforts to put al
end to the barbarism Of national warfare
This, ii seems to US, is the next great move
ment demanded in the progress of humani
ty.