The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-07-22
The Deoat- In the French Chambers.
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4 ouEius f.hlS ii dlb... In III hp Lldii
iii, afser the Duke de Grsmmonts declaration,
: dcm1nd-mmmxde-furth edispztche. and-M.
Olivier. after refusing to giyp, them. vsi COM
PEELED to admit that France had finally declared
'lwlr on account ofatbg IruIian dispatch CON-
imtripltiss 70 the iIhmpcfa ooutts The Kissp
refusal to reosiu thsl French Ambassador, and
that this dispatch, thug made the basis6f war.
had not been seen BY iady French minister, The
rGovernsnt hal IN fact DECLARED war on NWh,t
'purportsd to be snAlbstrsct, of that. despatch,
supplied By French spissrwhoe names were with
heidi whesi tbewaa WAS annodnee,i, che Jsh
refused u jaa' aolhs SHOUTS Of, ths majority.
When tbe nAj9risy , Scts, Ar extra war 0reat Of
300 poo 00o francs ths Len again sat silent
The majority thsrsupen ltRsan sr,ehemeut' a.
teroatiou. u, MI Thies, after declaring his pa
triOtid devotion to the codntty, said: 7'Fn 'h"
"Whfn Var shall b declared, nobody win
Igrant ID The Government more readily than I
the means Of conc aefing.." Our duty IL to ~
feet" The ssolutioh! y6t have inst Adopted Is
the death Be ttiousandb Or men. - beseech you
for one instantof reaectipn.l Bethink you OF
May 9Th, I $50. r'Ydu refused then 10 hear me
when i sought b show you what Has about to
happen. 4 Let thelr recollection PERSUADE you
now. The principal demand Of the Goysrnpent
has bean conceded 1iy conscience ,tells me %
lful6ll duty in resisting the imprudent passions
and representing solely the country's interests.
You are shedding torrents Of blood Tor the 9ues,
I ton Of FORM, Lssk for the dispatches upon
, which TIE resolution Of war has been adopted.
I regard this var. as an imprudehce and lts oc-
casioti as iii chosen" lili'NNf"- N|'. ~ -
Amer the dispatches hal been repeatedly de-
msndcd and refused, M. Olivier said ;"pH Ir'''
Iiwilt read swo dispatches, bntinot the sig-
natures, for our agents would be sent away.,'in
le,thsn read part OF one Dispatch ecuftming
the tsfual Of King william 70 receive the
! Fre1ehl ambassador, aud two, dispatches FROM
French agents abroad giving the substance OF
Bismark IcjrpulaE. =, The circnlar itself NJ.
Olliyisrd AID not pretend 70 produces, He c0p-
''" wv % z Wls With tight heatt and eensden,
In our ,srrny. We WIN tell the whole truth.
What We could not endure WIS the scmi!ofiical
conmunieation. 70 al Eafope Of the rejection OF
our Ambassador, and all the more Significant
because done In the most courteous terms.'I u
M.rhiers again said. i'n prii "i WGI'iiL-T''.
..Itis to o blunder that we owe var. TBrus.
sia ought 10 have been attacked when she de-
sired 40 unite the German States. Then u
would have been legitimate and We would have
been sustained. Il blamed Sadoua at the time.
| To-day the world demapds legitimate complaints,
Prussia bas, also committed great fault ~ neso.
tiatipg with Spain, Yet Prussia wished peace
and we have war II we had stu 70 require the
REMUNERATION OF the 'iiohenzollern icandidatdrr,
I should be With you. hut now that we have
obtained that, we demand something else. fou
had not only obtained your request, you had
form Ind substance both, yet you say Prussia
has not yielded In form and we have been Insult
ed. n Public opinion wi turn ngainst us. The
Journals of Ennpe will be against u.s. Prussia
never vonld have ''resumed this candida
ture. d II would have been madness. I'D. iu. 90,
The special further says that not one word Of
this ,Ieech was. allowed to- reach England by
telegraph. There has been q systematic effort
to deceive Europe about public opinion in
France respecting the war and to deceive France
about tha opinions Of Europe The press censor
ship was never more active aud unscrupulous.
In spite Of Its 6rst lyoring, The English press
noZNwithout exception charges France with the
responsibility for war! Duke dc 'Grammonrs
statement. with all its falsehood, imposes on
nobody q The interview between Count Bened-
ETH and the King Is perfectly understood as .
pNtnedihted insult by Benedict. aud VIOLA
ton Of every diplomatic usage. while Prussia's
digpi6ed attitude under. repeated proyocations.
has won her the sympathy Of Europe, ~ mi,