, 1870-07-25
MONDAY, JULY 25, 1870.
TRUE CAUSE OF TIE FRENCH wAR.

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TRUE CAUSE OF THE FRENCH WAR.
To a:sfil'ute the causs Of the declaration !
Of war against prussia, by France, to the al
legged insult offered to Count Denedeth by |
King William, or to the cantlidature of Prince
Leopold. or both together, is to mistake
skr shallow prete1t for the real pzovoca-
tisn.
In his reply to the address Of the Corps
l..r,islatif. Napoleon said: :" You are right !
il. recalling the words OF Montesque The |
true a,:,hnr If the war is not he who de- |
c!arc.. lat he who renders it necessary,
VI. l.asv ti.,ae all that depended on rs 10
avoid it: the entire nation, in its irresist- |
il lc force. dictated on, resolution-"
Neither in the address Of the French
Parliament nor in the reply Of the Enpe-
ror Nor iu the official circular, nor yet IN
,!;,. 1'-o,lsm.:ion of Napoleon 70 tho French
,~-y,!s. anil army. can he found stated the
r.:,: s.::;~e II the declaration of war against
i'7;>>ia. And still the cause lies open to
,.r sigh: AMI inspection Of all men who do
H.: w;lfnlly shat theis eyes and refuse to
s,.. AID acknowledge it.
The uniication Of the German people
irto one nation, under one government, is
the ;. insult to French honor"
that hiss dictated tho resolution
of NAPOLEON to declare war. The "cou-
srir:.cv against our security, and tho attack
s,f onr Ls,nor. asserted bv the Corps Legis-
la,if. consists Of the yearuing s desire Of the
German heart for the reconstruction Of the
Frthcrland into nne homogeneous nation.
Til, is the unrRrdonable Sin in the eyes
Of the French, and to prevent which they
1asrrh their legions TO tho Rhine The
world sees and understands it. No gloss
can conceal or obscure the fact, which the
French have not dared to officially avow,
III; which Ill Frenchmeu know and confess
u each otlar.
F,ve yeara ago. Germany consisted Of
fe7y kingdoms, dukedoms, principalities,
ard tribes. Germany, on the map, was
calleii the lahsriath Of geography. Never
sincs The world was peopled was there 8
district Of territory so cusiously and ab-
s',rlls s;:bdividel; never WIS tho power Of
sreA: people 80 subdivided, dismembsred,
ami frits~red away nnder the r71le Of multi
tutiirous nagnates nod contemplate ty-
rat,ts. While this condition of internal
d.snni'y and inpotency continued, France
WIS happy and content Her delicate
sense M honor received its first wound
vixen rrussia reanne1el the province oi
1Iul~ttin. And it received a rude wouIt
f,ur ,yea1s Rgo wien tile same Prussia e1
Irl1ts3 Slevunic .Austria from the dictator
i in t,f tic German Bund on the field o'
S.4,1nwn. md reorganized 0lnee-fourths o1
tie Fniher1and into the North German
CONFEDERATION. without paying terri
t,,:i1l tribute TO France to the extent OF The
ELine provinces It Was this net of the
German PEOPLE that gives France he,
f1.u- h<''i. Int does it Justify 't3 Have
N,t the Germans as much Hgh
I" i,e one nation, with one government, a
tie French: Has not Napoleon h;msel
FIR venrs proclaimed the inalienable nigh
Anl .1y political necessity Of all the peopl
belonging It, ono race, speaking one tongne
md er,1,tvnting one literature, to organic
themselves under one government for thel
common good and common defense? Th
sariors States Of Italy, acting on this Sapt
leonic proposition, expelled their tyran1
md erected the Kingdom Of Italy with h
consent appreciation. mud assistance
II the iiossrins of the solidarity Of PEI
pies is eur7ect when applied to Roman
group Of discovered States, il it not equal
trae nna Legitimate for discovered Stat
ard tribes of Germany to form one COVER
men. and constitute one family among n
lions?
Every man who sides With France in h
mad. wicked assault on the German peol
n,,ast deny their right 10 he one pati
under one government. There is no pos
lie cscape from it. No hini
suhterfuge. such Is tho interview betwe
thu King Of Prussia and the French Al
l,a,sa,l,,,. can conceal the true causs Of I
VA. or justify Franco in declaring It. I
pretended provocations are not thousand
pat al trcat rs the cause Of compliant I
United States has agaiust Great BEita
asa yet we have 1ot declared w1 agai1
thut power. Not because this governma
i, no. able to punish hor adversary to
full ex.cnt Of her utmost desires, but
ra,:se it WAS deemed best to rely on tir
reeotsation, md the Justice Of our clai
before proceeding to extrcnities-
But France is determined to have
grc.t, frs;-class nation for neighbor.
irsis:s on the right Of Dictatorship in
internal as well as external affairs OF
rr1,c. With insutIc1nh1e inso1encc,
Gauls forbid tho Teutons to eujny the T.
ct government that suits them best Fra
v.-tues German union. The war will
c:1c whether that veto can be sustain
However the struggle mny eventu
whether III the reduction Of
,uauy 10 its former fragments
il, The uaidcation Of all the tri
intu onc compact, homogeneous,
in:rrren,',le government, all Ameri
i,:l.na,l with the sentiments Of freedom
ur'un n,ust synpathize with the effort
Ii" Herman people to establish their d
nri Preserve the Fatherlaud against th
t1,,nioa of the invader.