Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27

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magnided, while those Of the
French are understated and mis-
represented. There is no doubt
the PruJsians will fight, but they
do not love war, and they enter
the present contest with more OF
than JOY. The volunteering
that is now going on in Paris, is
not seen here. The enrolling Of
icer 10 on duty, and this place,
which 3 week since was so bright
and gay, is already as sad as II
visited by q pestilence. The rail
cars pass four or five times q day
loaded down with soldiers, and al
though there is some cheering, it
seems forced. Those who profess
TO know the German character say
that their earnestness does not
show Itself in a noisy manner, and
that there Is q settled hatred Of
the French that will cause them to
prosecute the war to the last ex-
tremity. II may be so, but al
though the Kings speech to the
Diet, which met two days ago, is
drawn up with wonderful ability,
and 10 an appeal to everything that
can rouse and unite the whole
German race, in spite Of what the
papers say, it has produced little
popular response. To rouse the
feelings Of the people Of this
region, appeals have been
printed and circulated every
where, describing the glories of
the Rhine and asserting that the
object Of France is to take it from
Germany. 1t has been stated that
Prussia had declared war against
France, and even the very ordina-
ry circumstance of Prussian sub
jects in France being placed under
the temporary protection Of the
Minister of the United States, has
been represented as the assurance
Of eventual aid from the United
States Government.
The scene that occurred before
the visitors of this place on the
18th between the King and the
French Minister is scarcely re-
cognized in the accounts Of the
press, and the improperly
that it is sought to attach to NJ.
Beneditti in approaching King
William with n telegram in his
is simply ridiculous. To
represent it as such was an after
thought. The Kings manner in
declining to talk with him at the
time was abrupt, not from MI Of
act but from an Q6easice
subject. He had himself the day
before conspicuously approached
the French Minister on the same
grounds, and when surrounded by
the same crowd of ladies and gen
tlemen, and asked him if he had
seen the note Of Prince Leopold's
declining the throne. To one who
has not visited Ems, the extent to
which court ceremony is banished
and simplicity substituted in the
intercourse of king and subject
can hardly be imagined. To mis-
represent facts to the injury Of an
enemy is q species of warfare that
nations have not yet agreed to
abolish. The Prussians may not
carry it to the extent that the
Yankees did in the Confederate
war, but they have adopted the
system.
AS the quiet gardens Of this
place are to 60 down in history as
the scene where the present wal
had its origin, it may be well to
fix in the mind the events as they
occurred. Each party has given
their version in the effort to at.
tach to the other the odium oil
bringing on the war, but the facts,
as they really took place, are very
plain. On the 4th of July France
learned, for the first time, that at.
ter many vain efforts General
Prim, acting under the authority
given him by the Cortes, had final.
~ succeeded in securing a king for
Spain. He was q Catholic
member of the Royal family OF
Prussia-had accepted, and need.
ed only the vote of the Cortes,
which, under the influence of
General Prim, was almost certain
to be secured. The negotiation
had been kept a secret from every
power except Prussia, whose king
had sanctioned the arrangement.
As France was the nearest State to
Spain-was also Catholic and on
good relations with her-the secret
OF a king from the family
ola power known to be hostile to
French influence, seemed natural.
ly the result of an intrigue against
her. Accordingly, on the 9th July
the French ministry announced
their conviction that this was the
case, land declared, in themost form
Al manner, that should Prussia &C.
cept for one of her princes the
throne Of Spain, France would de
war. On application to the
government, at Berlin,
for assurances that such an event