New-York tribune., 1870-12-03
THOMAS CARLYLE ON THE WAR.
lie RAvoRs THE CEssIOS OF ALSACE AND LOR-
RAINE, AND PREDICTS THE PERMANENT Ao-
CENDANCY OF GERMANY.

RA1NF. Ann PREDICTS TIE PERMANENT AS
CENDANCY OF GERMANf'
The London Times, Nov. 18, gives the text OF
Thomas Curlyles letter tho war; IL begins as sioiows
1t probably amiable tralt OF human nssr, LII, @ 5
cheap pity and newspaper lanentatOn over Iaon @ anu
afflicted France but II seems To me very Iuie, uangu
os and misguided feeling as appea & lo ,e
Alsace and Lorraine by France 70 her GERMAN ooilu
Ors, and argies the part or Enganu noss %
ignorance 10 the mutual history ol rIso th anu t
many and the conduct OF France tOWaru tnht Coulty
long centuries back. The question Ior tne Hernas
IN this srss Is not one ne OF ,arn foe but Of solid pT
dence and practical consideration what the fallen zoe
will in all likelihood do when once on ms ieer aSn
Germany has an experience Of 400 years on this point OF
which the English memory, II u ever was reCoruou
there, there Is now little or no trace VlslOle'
Mr. Carlyle then reviews the relations between France
and Germany since the time Of Louis XII maintains that
Germany ia right in demanding the cesson OF Asaoe and
Lorraine and relates historical precedens furnished by
France herself In support Of his argument He then
proceeds to deal with some objections rased against o
contemplated annexation
THE FRENCH CAUsR HOPELESS.
Tho French complain dreadfully Of threatened
"loss OF honor" and lamentsblo byNanders plead
earnestly Don't dshOnOr France leave POor
Frances honor bright" But will 1t save tho
honor OF France to refuse paying for the .s"'s
she has voluntarily broken in her neghbors "lnuoWs'
The attack upon the windowswas her dishOnOr egnny
dsgTaceful TO any nation was her ia.o az a. '1eci
many; equally signal has been the gnoiny on ls G
%
saved only by the deep repentance OI a AZ 10 20
serious determination never 10 do 40 ngan-tO no tc
verse OF for henceiorth In that way may % h9
honor of France again gradually brighten to the night
of its old spleudOr far beyond the flrsI NaIolnpI.
much the Third, any recent SORT ana onr akln
n or voluntary love and grateful estimation all the line
and graceful qualities Nature nau inphntcu III @ ~
French. the present must say France LOOKS more
and more ierioIis miserable, blanabe, pitiabe, and
even conempble She refuses to see the fgcts tha are
living papabe before her face and the penalties shc nas
brought upon herself France scattered into anarc6
ruin, without a recognizable head hedd, or chief, IN
distngushable from tee rabbe; Ministers nylDg up
in balloons balasted with nothing but outrageous public
lies prOcamatons OF victories that were creatures OF
the fancy; government subssting altogether on men
dacity willing that horrd bloodshed should continue
and increase rather than that hey beautiful Republican
creatures, should cease 10 have the guidance OF ~
/ know not when where there was seen a ma
ton 50 covering itself with diShonor. II, ninohe
this multitude Of sympathetic bystanders' France
have any true friend his advice France would DO 10
abandon all that, and never to resume It more France
discovered TO lead down only the Gates OF Death
Eternal and TO be forbidden to all creaties-that the
come TO her and they withal by invitation OF
ht own; how shea mass of gded, proudly varnlshed
a neighbOr not anarchc, but still In quietly human,
sober and governed state and has prospered accordingly
us Macedonian phalanX must needs do; and now lies
smiten down into hideOus wreck and Impotence TESTIFY
ing TO gods and what extent OF rOtteness, aIacn
and hidden yleness in her That the inexorabe tact
s she has left herself without resource or power or re-
sisting the victorious Germans; ana that her wlsuO
will be TO take that fact into her astonshed mind; to
that however hateful said fact Is inexorabe ana
rate. 1t il a hard lesson to yangorious France; but
France hope, has still in It yeracity and probity
enough 10 accept evidently adamantine entity,
which viii brook resistance without penalty, and Is
unatersble by the very gods
FRENCH DELUsToSs
The quantity of conscious mendacity that France,
official and other, has perperated atterly. especially
since July last is something wonderful and fearful.
And alas perhaps that is small compared to the
sefdelusion and unconscious mendacy long prevalent
among the French which Is OF SIN ieer anu NOR re- Poi
at times the mournfulest symptom in France ~ tno
who should br prophets and IT, make Of present.
and indeed, for generation back have been making IL
ia evidently their belief that new celestial wisdom Is
dating ont of France upon all the other OyershadOwed
nations that France IL the new Mount Zon OF the uni
verse and that ali this sad sordd merous, and in
sond part Internal stun which French literature has
been preaching for the last 50 years Is yertabe
all the sons of men. Alas, does understand that
France made her great revolution uttered her temen-
doom's voice against world Of human shalns pro
claiming, with the great Last Trumpet, that shams
would be no more often call that celestial internal
phenomenOn-the most memorable IN our Word Iot a
thousand years ON the whole tTanscendant revolt
against the Devil and his works since hams are al and
sundry the Devil and poisonous ana nnendurabe 10
mani. For that all infinitely love ana honor France.
And truly all nations are now busy enough copying
France in regard that From side to aide of the civil
ized world there is In manner, nothing n0tlceaple
otc insurrecton against shams. determination
to have done with shaIns e0nk qtH eohfe' lndls-
say 10 All that for Is the preliminary TO eyeryhing
but alas al that Is not yet victory II Ia but half the
haif which l. the equally sti indispensable, is
that Of achieving instead Of the abolished shams which
be veritabe and of Cod That irst hall " the battle
rejoice to see, safe never ase except In
under better presidency than that Of France or II will for
prove impossible. The German race. not the Gaelic,
and from them expect better issues.
After long review of the relations of the two coun-
tries during the last 800 years Mr.. Carlyle continues:
There is no law Of nature that know OF Heavens
lsTts aid nf ffYrl AL
beings shall not restore any portion ot her pundered
goods when the owners they we're wrenched from have
u opportunity upon them. To nobody, except 60 France
snri Inv of nature Asace and Lorraine were not cot
either of them, divine manner to render that
svr"rd of Iouis XIy these are the only titles OF
France 10 those German countries. Hcheheu screwed
them loose aud, by happy accident there was nrenne
rs General, cot screwed along with them; Iurenne,
think, mainly German by blood and temper, had not
Francis l. egged on his ancestor. the little Duke OF
Bouilon. m the way We saw and gradually made him
Of modern Generals managed the rest Of the OPERATION
except indeed, should say the burning OF the Pala
tinAte from Heidelberg Palace steadily downward, into
black pn; which rurenne would not do sufficiently
and which Louis had 20 get done by another.
GERMAN rERSISrFSCr.
hundred years ago there was In England the live
lest desire, and At time actual effort and hope to
recover Asace aud Lorraine from the French. Lord
Careret. called afterward Lord Granville no ancestor
I'm any sense, ~ his now honorable synonym)-thOught
by some to be- with the one exception oALord Chatham
tue NlrtNl VIZ ever ud ana t-lttlhl1
the Zone Secretary that ever spoke German under
stood German matters a all had set his heart this
very object and had fair prospects ~ achieving it, had
not our poor Duke ~ Newcastle suddenly peddled him
out of IL, and out of office altogether into suen
disgust land too much of wine wltha SAYS WalpOlel
and into total Oblivion by his nation, which. eN-
Ccpt Chatham, has none such 10 remember
That Bismarck, aud Germany along with him.
should now at this prOpitious Juncture make
"a IKE demand Is no surprise 10 me After
such proNucaiion aud after such victory, the
resolution does not seem rational. just. and even
modest Aud considering all that has occurred since
that memorable cataCysm at sedan, could reckon 10
credtahle 10 the sense and moderation Ot Count Bis
marck that he stands steadily by this, demanding
hothlhg more, ttsoiute Ia take nothing less and ad
NhnClng Win a slow calmnVss toward u by the
cushlcst roads. The Siege ~ Paris" which looks like
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