, 1870-08-20
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or lrook, or = tingle other obstacle that ~ss
not the object OF some eEitf0l combination or
tho scene Of SONG sanguina1y conflict.
Those JlessInus.
Edt:oFs H.xsouTi Dep+eefas:
In yong Last Wednesdays issue, ypu have
published correspondence OF the Nov York
sun, which pretends to give tho views Of
President Grant upon the present posture Of
Affairs between Germany and France. at an
intervie" between him aud tie suns reporter.
have not the least idca that General Grant
has heen correctly stated. lie hardly spesks
OF matters and shings which he does Under
stand, much tess OF those which he does not.
III tlis reported farTago, I find. however, a
sentence or two which furnishes me Will IN
opportunity Of recalling few historical facts,
which seem to have been strangely forgotten
follows:
.lf We 60 back Q, the last war t;cncra, Grant
Ii Maut to sa!}, tatrc Is no rcaSon why We
SHOULDN'T STE Nrathlzc with France. She sent
trs..f,s, and General Lafayette came to h.lp us,
while Ffrdertck the Great hired out q lot Of He's
SLAMS to Great Britain"
The French Government under Louis NyI..
on the t'resking out Of the war of indepen..-
ence, together with Spain (Which gave ,1s
mcney, supplies Acd provisions al carly and
more lavirhiy than France, aud for wIlic!, we
rcver have been in the habit OF expressi;;g
very great Gratitude), believing it good op-
postnEity Of breaking down the arrogant
a1uga, eepou.ed openly our CAUSE and went to
war with Great 1:ritalu. Their motive was
never di-gllsef:. Silae Dean, as early ~ the
18th Of November. 1116. writes from Paris to
The Committee Of Secret Correspondence of
Congress: " Ny opiuior ~ that the IIouse OF
lsourton IL every branch ulIat il, France and
slaini. will be our friends, il is their interest
10 htnt{e firP0t HFitAin."
Marquis de Lafayette came over on his own
account stout the same time Ii DrNatb and
Lr excellent services we're rendered the same
az Stent cit and Dekalbe. both having bten in
the Pr7leeian service, voluntarily and without
nny its:tuctIons from their governments.
When Frafco and Spain went 10 war, 1t was
cn tlleir account, and surely not to cs,abllsh
. great Hcputlic here. but only to weaken
England. Unr relations to France At = 'ster
period became very unpleasant; in fact there
was = rupture under the government Of the
directory, and What WAS called quasi war
took place between the two natiors
But to return to those Hes.,ans. Ever since
the House Of Hanover had as~euded the
throne Of England, tho government, when
war WAS Oh hand nr expected. ..as in the habit
Of forming treaties OF alliance anI subsidy
with minor ,ro*ers. to supply their want of
with the States General Of Holland, with l1an-
over and other governments, tetore tho
American war. The Stuart rebellion OF 1-i5
was put t?oun hy M1uoserinn troops. Foreign
troops we're used IN 'l,cir colonies ut different
times. England pursued The saae policy in
our War ot independence She made treaties
WITH the Lanagraye of Hes-e, with the Mar
grave OF Anspeeh su.f other small princes.
4. GU tnc whole continent at that time, ali
ruiefs had becun,e iesI,nts after the FASH
On u LOUIS XIV; thelr will was absolute
Law. While publ.c o. usos, 4il through Ger
II 1F4
government, nrl for 4 CAUSE which WAS
equally foreign. the troops themselves could
onsy be got 10 the plat1.4 Of emlarkatiun l,y
fmce. Arthur Lee writes firm LONDON, Feb
runr, u. lt76. TO the Svcrst Committee OF
Congress, in tpcakin. OF the English forces
on their va! to America. 'rhe t;cEm.ns. I
ara we'll ini1r1neta. arc almost mutiuon., Int
the Laudgrara Of Hease i'd An absolute ttral.t
snd MuEt be obey sn1." The same writer sa7s
III letter to the Ccmmitten Ut Foreign ;if-
fnirs, from Paris. July %. lit: s'Ti,s Cur
tnsn tiiIces who lave hired their troops,
nesi0eH having Rendered Themselves e1ccetl-
lng!y odsousr' have suffered greatly and are
sfail suffering from tho emigration OF their
subjects, for fear Of ilei.,E forced into this
seruce, tFh5et is eIeessirely unpopular antl
odsous M1o.9hout all Germany"
tat o!o Frederick sent ttsose He.aizn~, the
interviewer of General Grant eays. Now,
nothing could DO more absur,lly 4nd r;dicu-
louelk false than such = statement, when it
appears Throughout our who'll diplomatic cor
rfspondcnre, during ths Revolution, between
onr Commissioners an,f the committees Of
congress, anu fesween the former and tie
rrusslan, Minister Of Foreign Affairs. Blrou
seEnlenturg, that the. Ming was the warm
Trend OF Congress. and. Il, spite Of his close
relationship to the Engalsl. King. dec1arei his
fsxdiness to recognize, the Independence Of
the Colonlsss Immediately after France should
pected.
says Baron Schuienburg to Arthur Lee. in a
letter from Berlin, December t3, 1777:
,s.s The Eng. Who a.ways e1aciously receives the
rcur hrothers Letter tsIism Tse, au.I ~ a.. ..
sure YOU. cir shat Ills Majesty viii not e lie Essl
3 wes 10 acknowle'lgs your tn''epcnlency; but
should he the irst. and that France Nhuse exn.nrr
efat and Fof1ttta irif<rfsfs are more tmmetiately
eonnectgti with yoars. should get the example,
WlNlam Lee. another Of our commissioners undei
Ia.e ~. q pscsmtsr H. 1T. wItses from Paris 70
GcnGrtss that, upon application hetnx male 10
Nts iIuss1an Majesty, he has prevented the utssc
am HaNan recruits lron reinforcing the B:lu.h
h1y III Austttea firm Passing through ats terri
t1'irs ~ ,he Rhine, which nas kept those troot.
krl !n Germany. vino otherwise wopll by III;
!sfas , naxs teen m their voTlse to Ame1lcs.a III
~ anotats line ctcsel the port Of ETpden on the
North sea to the emharkatton ef such troops,
He further EenaEks: "The. f1enisfii3 Of the
hnE q P1nhsta will be Of use to keep Ru:stsauei
sna ta prevent Great Brttaln from getting M
material aid from 1ha. qus.ler In case of = Euro
rean war, while she Is Ma,, enough to continue
On The loth cf Feh.ua.J, 1851, william Lee
hfltss 70 The President Of Congress: "Tne Etpn
o. ftnssia ~ bsen our steady fr,cnst. thoux1
3ei{ % & ana nas been q ,a:;ci s<rrec to ii
u.uce ard soun,f policy, he ought not to be ,uuSh
sonGer nte1ec1ct, fnr 1t - nn>t certain shat 1T
rope" The reporter Of the sua lai better study
our national history lIstI- nerc before he maSts
GehtEa! 6Iant sag that Frederick the Gsea: hired
thereto fs1m hls fertile hra!u the uinris,ynns
story ih2t about 1se miles from Puss&layn there
marble monnmsnt e:ec:cd tn the s,dna German
This n,lscrsh1e twaddie about lie DOOR Hes.
kgo. Parity 10 irons, o. OF the Anspaehets who
broke ont IN Open mnfin5 on thelt way hitler and
Tsre shot hEe etld beasts, by ordee o! thel1
Pnnrt, seTiEe, By the Know SatEtngs tn Isti
:Hd @ ~ istIr Rsriod:, and again resuseitale:l b,
and other r'a. es rushed 3ort Eost into ne EaioT
ranks. Dug :. 70 GET vi last its quietu4. Il ou,
last great deadl5 struggle, everybody kuowa toa1
1tsde q the nen -coniotln!st clergy Of England
cities theEr, no had not fHensti in Europe except
The G-fnsA peoha- The writer bf this was part oi
!he time u Er7ncc aad otac7 countries oi
EnroI<, The French wee positively against Us
other uaticns were indifferent, hut the Germsus
latl espGsel our cause In Almost all ranks. They
.eicvrtaaaa trusted in tho Union, md their Ia.
DE. io!faed san:taly commissions. supplied u
taken over fr.e IT Charge hs tue Hamburg sleam.
cfs- Nr. Seward frequently e1p1es:-d his ac.
| lnowIe,lg1ntnis for these marks Of sympathy 10
| vatlOna German CouSuls. II Is, therefore, mol
surprising that even independent Of the fact TIA,
the war ls Just ne on The part OF Germaur. and
| tas been thrust upon her By the most se1Ish nn
j ihfe1nBl motives, the enlightened pubic opinion
In t,s County Is with the German cause, AMI vii
| del!shl In The success Of her arms. G. E.
GnsconadlnE.
\ month sgo, when the war was frs: talked
Of in France, the prevailing belief there was
that the PEussiaus vouId never have courage
enough 70 face French army. OF it they did,
tunitY Of sht,5rinrr hor. ara,, fba.. ennld dia.