Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-14
THE CHRONICLE.
Special Correspondence OF the Chronicle.
LETTER FROM GERMANY.
The French---German War.
TUEBINGEN, GERMANY, /
August s. 1870.


before this time that war has again
disturbed the peace of Europe, and all
through the rascality of that over
grown baby, more commonly known
as L'Emperelr des Frdncdis, the EN-
peror Of the French. "Der Rrieg :
der eIende Krieg," the war The dis
tressful war rings in my ears at every
turn, as the thousands, torn from the
bosom Of their families and friends,
are rushing on to glory or to DEATH
Oh how many a happy household will
be robbed of its hope, its joy, and its
support, and become desOlate in a few
days! How many q loving heart be
made to bleed through the goddess
ambition of one man!
I need not tell you that the candida
ture Of Leopold Won HOhenzollern,
for the throne of Spain, was with Ma
poleOn from the beginning only pre-
tended provocation for war. Ever
since the snubbing Bismarck gave him
in i66, he has keen on the lookout to
take advantage Of anything like a
plausible ground, to throw down the
gauntlet at Prussia, and when he could
find none, with the hallowed memories
of Sadowa still rising before him, he
pOunced like q hungry, infurlated
tiger frOLi his dark covert Of treaehery
and lies upon the Spanish-Hohen-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., determin-
ed to swallow and digest Prussia
in twenty-fOur hours, because the
Prince of Hohenzollern, a colonel in
the Prussian army, who had spent a
number of years in Spain, married q
Spanish princess, and become well
acquainted with the people, their laws,
language, customs, and Institutions
had consented to become their king.
Prussia bore 1t patiently. She assur-
ed his French Majesty that she had
no hand in proposing and much less
in urging any German prince for the
throne of Spain; that the voice and
heart of the Spanish people had called
HOhenZollern that he had consented
to obey their call, aud that she did
not object. At this juncture, France
became furious and shouted: "Ihell
IGgW drdlO ma sJUOrd against you ~
Prince Leopold stepped between and
magnanimOusly said: ''I will not be
nations" and notified Spain to drop
his name. Prussia as magnanimOus-
" approved his act. Still this did not
satisfy the Emperor of the French
Imperial rapacity having devOured
the Spanish throne question, he makes
another desperate spring at patient
Prussia, and succeeds in fastening his
fangs in the innocent object Of his
aNvw7rr
lentlessly than ever; but to digest the
dish of his choice, he finds immense
ly harder than anticipated, and the
great probability just now is, that a
chronic dyspepsia will ensue, in which
event he may be Obliged to seek refuge
with his holy father il the Vatican at
Rome, that is, if you will not take
compassion on him and give him shell
ter in America. To hitch him with
Jefferson Davis might make a good
team for the Copperheads 70 drive
some Of these days. What think you
Should you find them favorable to
such q span. 1 will gladly negotiate
for them, in order TO get him of the
track here, in other words, 70 rescue
him from the terrible sword just now
hanging over his head am afraid
his chances for shelter with the poor
old man on the Tiber, are rather for
lorn, for Infalibility Is at present rath-
er tremulOus, and may have to shift
himself before long. England, whose
bowels of compassion have been yearn-
ing to do benevolent act, has very
recently offered POntife1 Mdzimus,
of the late Eeumenical Council, and
of all the world besides q breSthing
place in the little Island OF Malta,
though the Maltese ara not disposed
to exercise faith enough in his infalH
BILE powers to believe that his holy
presence would be any guaranty
against their islands going down,
should old Mediterranean chance to
take a strange freak and lash his an
CRY billows in rebellion.
Iagree with England, that the best
thing that could be done for the eeles-
tial vicegerent, would be to illSELdte I
him completely, if such be her idea
in offering to him Malta as a refuge, |
but, then, a serious trouble in the way /
is, that Isabella would want to go along /
to act as one Of his ministering spirits, /
and then the chance ofan ex-French |
Emperor's dropping in too, would be
to surround his purity with too much |
of the earthly, and thus interrupt the |
heavenly current On the whole, there
fore, think the better plan for Eng /
land, and all parties concerned, for the (
future success and welfare of his In
falibility, would be to apply immedi-
ately for advice to Gari6aldi, whose
brain and heart are ever fertile in I
devising for the good OF the Roman
I doubt not he would cheer
fully tell England how to arrange for
comfortable quarters for the whole
trio-Pius TX, Isabella, Napoleon,-
that is, If she feels it her duty to be
equally painfully exercised over the
future Of such Warm-hearted benefac-
tors Of humanity, as she seems to be
for that of his papal majesty.
THE UNION OF GERMANY
viii be one Of the good results of the
madness of France. The war which
she has undertaken to prosecute
against Prussia, is not a question Of
France and Prussia, but Of France
and Germany. The people all over
the land have sense enough to see that
national interests are involved, and
that national measures are demanded
10 protect and insure the national in
.egrity. An unprincipled, ambitious
ruler has wsged hostilities against an
honorable neighbOr, in the
hope that South Germany would unite
with him in his villainy and turn trail
.OrtO the ties Of one common language,
1ne common blood, one common in
crest; but only to be most beautiful
" disappointed. All Germany, to q L
nan, stands to-day united, from the
ihores Of the Baltic 10 the banks of
he Rhine, as she has never before II
while the righteousness Of her cause
S acknowledged wherever her beauti-
III language is spoken and her rich /
literature has found its way. A truer, /
ieepeT patriotism than that which (
the people in this dark
lOur Of danger, and inspires the grand
lrmy now being led by King Will {
helm Of Prussia, have never seen
The determination infused by such
devotion to the sanctities of
home and the institutions of father
and, and nerVed by the righteous
less Of the cause, can not fail. The I
truggle will cost much blood and
but Germany will come out,
Is she ever should be, and as we hope
he ever may be, q united people.
,HE BENEVOLENT ACTIVITY OF THE
GERMAN LADIES
n behalf Of the sick and wounded
older and the families robbed by the
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