The New York herald., 1870-08-09
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE"


We have had no end OF communications IN reier-
ence to the Nathan murder and to the European
war. All sorts Of suggestions, including seVefai
In regard to resOrtng to the test OF spirituai-
ism IN order to obtain the anxiously sousht'
for clue 10 the perpetrator Of the murdcr'
have been made TO us. one communlcatoh'
signed "An Observer" says that the reason
OF the failure Of the detective police Is that the men,
bers Of It are not at liberty to go to work on their
own responsibility, the reward being too large to
allow of any subordinate olicer being permitted to
carry or the prize.
Most amusing are the letters that have poured In
upon us last week from indignant Irishmen, French
men and Germans in relation to the war news and
editorials the Irish and French attrlbutlng to US un
due parality for the Prussian cause, and the Prus
devoting us to perdttion as parisans Of France
patriotic French gentleman gives expression to the
antiPrussian feeling Of France in the following let
ter
NEW YORK, August I, 1870.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD -
You speak In to.day's HERALD OF the apparent IN
difference OF the French people Tor the war. lndl.
ferent We are not you say If you would know Wen
our history. you could say without fear Of mistake
has never fought war more national than this.
Why we do not make such work and bOaSt1nT a5
Prussians DO Is because i Is not In our habits: We
humbug to get friends. Why the American press Is
against us we do not wish nor care to know. We do
OF all opinions we unite tightly on the day
OF vengeance, for our hearts were always
bleeding at the remembrance Of lsl4 and lsl5:
going around our villages, breaking open the doors
of the peasants, violating our girls insulting and
abusing old men, and the Prussan officers IN Paris
insulting and ouiragng everybody in the streets and
public places, tearing with their spurs the dresses OF
Tr All be arocss ey aye on
peasants OF Alsace have not forgotten them. But
the glorious day OF revenge has come, and II our
army Is not sufficient every Frenchman, old and
young. Will rush to the frontier, and when the last
SON OF France will have fallen on the battlefield our
wives mothers and daughters will take the musRe,
and when we will all be dead then II there Is one
Pruss.an left let him come In with the cross. Re-
spectfuly yours, f. LEBEUF.
Another exile from France defends the Emperor
in his war policy. He says:-
NEW YORK, August 4, 1870.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
l am surprised TO sec how loudly the voice Of
Russia resouuds in the American newspapers and
how dim the voice OF France, Americas old ally.
How could the American people be enlightened
about the question to be decided by war in Europe
II IL listens only to one oil the adversariesY
Germans here and at home declare they hate
France. Why s09 Frenchmen do not hate Ger
many. France did not oppose the aggrandizement
even Of Prussia, which Prussia affects to call Ger
many, though this increase OF power was evidently
detrimental to her. She even applauded to this
equlvoca effort towards German unity. Only
when Prussia, an unscrupulous nelehbor, became
after SadOwa twice or three times more powerful
than before, 1t was high time for france to reclaim
her northeastern natural boundaries wrenched
from her by the allied Powers In 1916, by English
jealousy and Pruss0- Austrian terrOrs. Was 1t for
on weak Denmark and on Austrian that she absorbed
against the Will OF their inhabitants Hanover,
Saxony, Hesse; Hamburg, Frankfort.on-tne,Ma Main,
and previously H0lstein and an undetermined slice
OF SchleswgY No 1t was against all right. all JUS
tlce by the same system OF fapine which prompted
to rush against Austrian slesia no"
Germans, SO renowned for their philosophical
specuiations any idea "a OF right beyond their own
ambition OF France is it not exactly like thief cry
ing thier against those who are decided to stop bis
why, you Prussians have acquired Kingdoms by
mere brutal force under the plea OF forming new
German empire, and you DO not admit the right Of
existence. And Germans consider Prussians
IN the right, and declare against French
Prussia they long to be absorbed In and
absolute monarchy, led by man without principles.
consider Prussia-tne only ugly relic in Europe of
the feudal sysem-as the representative Of hbertyi
1t seems Germans rely great deal on American
naarete. But all those sophs;ic arguments Of the
Germans for Prussia all this pretended contempt
add hatred Of France, will be OF little avail France
does not dream of conquests beyond what Is essen
tia TO her security; but that boundary OF the Rhine
she must and, with the help OF Providence and
the generous efforts of our dear cOD.Daniotes, we
n0ps sNe Wa nave '' ''' ' 4 FRENCHMAN.
Teaton Of philosophical turn Of mind discusses
the question in this way
should think 1t wodld not be of much conse-
quence to humanity If the Prussians do win or the
French This war should be regarded as feud OF
ambition between Napoleon Emperor and William
Rex over the primacy on the European Continent a
mere contest OF superiority OF acknowledgements
versus Chassepots and Mltraieuses; but as far as
civilization is concerned, 1t seems to me rather
difficult task to prove the superiority OF one people
arts,n &C., the French and Germans are perfectly
equal, though knowledge In France In these
veloped, while Germany Is rather a coming Power
in this regard. AS general thing the country peo-
pie and the worklngmen in Germany have the ad-
vantage of better primary education than the
same class in France has. This is owing to the fact
that the French Catholic clergy is following there
everywhere else its secular traditions to keep the
peasant In utter ignorance OF all outside of religious
mysteries; to keep HIM away from all that might en-
French peasant being naturally very smart 1t does
not AFFECT him as much as II does the irish, the
Spanish or even the Italian countryman. but 1t is
strong 'bdtOn dams les TOneS" OF progress.
A financial genius makes the following awful cal
culations regarding the payment Of the public
debit
NEW YORK, August 2, 1870.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HEaALD:-
This days HERALD contains the announcement Of
reduction in the public debt Of $17,00O,oOO. have
no doubt that the bondhOldeIs will rejoice at the
as and fer the Tine ensasces tSer ~
value, and have no doubt that every very ignorant
man rejoces to think we are such rich and pros
porous nation as TO be able to pay such large
amount in SO short time and bear such enormous
taxation. But what the middle men think allow Inc
to state.
F1rst-The premium on gold Will never be reduced
to until the country undergOes another financial
revusiOn.
Second-The large interest on the public debt and
the excessive legal power delegated to the national
banks will eventually and ere long bring about the
revusiOn.
The government bonds Will fall as all State bonds,
railroad bonds and other stock fell in value In 1857,
with this exception, viz many Of the latter revived,
but the government bonds viii be no more valuable
than the late Confederate bonds. Now for the rea-
sOn:-l. The insignificant sum OF 100000 at per
cent interest will In 1856 years accumulate to
S6,971 947, ,873 900 000-a much larger than the
valuation OF the property OF the whole world. II
S10O 900 will do this In S65 years, how long will 1t
take our debt Of over $4,000 900 to consume the
entire products Of this country and bring about re-
pudaton by natural causes9
growler at Long Branch satiriZes the hotel