The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-01

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had quilted the army and had only relinaui.hed
the command In order to resume the reins OF
government soon discovered that 1t would be Inn
possible for him to play out the part which belong.
We And fnrther m a oracet,, h,t ~ nrortno, od.
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hil asion. ~.
Marshal mcmahon, man, above all things, Of
duIy, ooey"a, ana resoiSea 10 run tne cnsnce
resemoed T sasTace Sss for the % public
sI W hs ~ noDls aut ne rJs ,s. as
self ali the forces % Of the enemy. he was for the
moment delivering the capital, and giving It time
70 n1ish rs MS OF deience; AS 70 tne Empe-
ror. ne made nc opposltlon. ~ could not enter
lnto hIs VIEWS 70 OPPOSE .1e aoVlce Oh tle govern
ment ana OF Inc ENncess kegenL VINO nad SHOWN
tii tne gseatest aimcniies; altnSngn ne perceived
Ws acng as
government gse,a nor as head ofthe army He decided
fuliy sensible howsver that r. ne met W u,S any,
cess all the merit would In frstce he aseribed to
the commander-in.chief: and That. in case of re-.
verse fts resnonsblIty would fall unon the head
OF the State. 80
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Aitei oeooii"'ns sne oo'tio " .'o.". "Au ao'etS
ing that the cspitulation was made by orders Of
the Emneror In eave the shedding OF blood. this
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euilous aoounen' souSiuue9 % -oio"e. $50
sertions OF the press. that the King had declared
that he made war not against France, but against
her sovereign did not hesitate to constitute him!
self prisoner; hoping that, the object OF the waf
conqueror would beaess exacting towards France
and the army. He addressed to the King BY one
Of his ofacers, the following letter: ,,.
uSfre NV brother. Monsieur mon frere)--Not
having heen ahie to die In the u,idst of;my troops,
hands of your Majesty. am or your Majesty the
oooj brother fbon frere,l NsPoLEON,D !,
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luz Ains lepiieu as iono"e. 49,,
"Sire my brother. Monsieur, mon frerel-Re.
GREETING the circumstances under which we meet
accept the sword Of your Majesty. and lrpray,
you to name one OF your officers provided WIN
full powers to treat for the capitulstton or the
army which has 80 bravely fought under your
command. On my side have named General
Moltke for this purpose. am OF your Majesty
the good brother, -, WILLIAM. :,
"Before Sedan; september i, 1870 9'''l~y ''
a,en beadnnartrrs In order there to discuss the
terms NJ surrender Dnring the Interview the
French General tried In vain to obtain more favor.
able terms. On his return to Sedan General
or ahout thirty TWO general oficers, and, with but
two dissentient voices, it was decided that any
fresh strugele would but entail the useless loss Of
thousands OF men: and the capltulation was
Md
sEeu Tbs al q, sentemher Was day the eytl.omened
~ nnnnssao ~ ~ wh,ch yS never he efraced from our
mind "f..S - 10. '-.-.l.i,-is:f ~
M de Bismarck had sent word to the Empe.
.so S ,sa1Io~S areninr thar the Kiu0 or Prna.
s,o ,omarad him an fnterv,ew on the morrow Con.
~ sa ~ons.Su III Ennarnr left 9eden m the morn
Ing OF the a. and sent 20 INFORM oOpns t
liked upon for the interview. he waited for the 1.s
Chancellor ofsthe North German ConIederauon NJ. ~
small house upon lne rOaa 3,n 40 hins IN tbs
marck dld NOT long aeay IN mesg n, no atanaS n sd
conversation tnat ensuea tne te tSa
70 declare tAat as ne lAu gSs tua w snr sn
Regency, WIN IL aione Gou.u nSS sauornd nc
peace De nducteo, tnas as ne ae ths VIM c,aim'
own person into the hands OF tne king' e cIaiM Ts
Ing nothing for. himself Dus aNppeTanhg N W 'Ms Ts
generosity for the army anu lor flance. ae
added that, the war having oesn naiossunai ssnaaoi
ne would not atogetner tIIoH at Iu1 evsr.bsiesa
he was bound to state tnat ne nso Only opoyeua
violently excited natlonal leehng; iIs pape,s ssn
nave mace erims VI ti tassS WILLS w @ ,bo armv
However, ootn ~ ms pIoCaaas4pn p i w anS ~ his
on the eve OF MS departule ilo Gna ao,aa,iS
answer to the PRESIDENT OF tne Volps EeSlsatts,' sts'
he had expressed the same thougnt Wnen le Fa!u,
ave have done all IN our poWerto aVoia Sar, ,. aas
! can say that IL is the eltire nason wiz. ~,
has, In Its Irresistible ean, prono,.ssu vut
resolution" This statement was inaispeusA,
ble since every day the Emperor is sun accused
Of having drawn the sword IN oynastc ~ a
Ine Two soVefeigns neI Lilly St si0 thio Gov Ser.
Yue, IN tne outsAI 70 & vi a2,1 1.,ts ,rhich on
ence t1e hlng snoWeu .ne oiIy e. aeI Eporor am rho
lmated hln oy e1nioing W. lug Hn s%0
co1siserSuoa WHICH raoarned @ en attitn1e or the MT
ana Inc emperor rpesei p,eseW, W,mnt'sn Who had told
tbe ess that the ermy Counted upon his in
teryention with the King OF Prussia for better
Conditions. was informed OF the ,fruitlessness Of
his errorts.
At snch % ia the recital of the military operations
which tarminated 40 unhappIly In the surrender
or the army at Sedan, So tremendous disaster
shonId mot only wiring from us our tears 1t should
aso he prernsl,t with instruction, and should fur.
n. oh Lessons never to be forgotten.
The successes of Prussia are due to the supe.
riorIty OF numbers; to- the rigorous discipline OF
her army, and to the empire exercised through.
ont GERMANY by the principle Of authority. May
our unhspny fejlow.countrymen who are prison
ers at least proHt dnrng their sojourn in Prussia.
nv annrecIafIng that which gives strength to 8
obeyed, the military aud patriotic spirit donl-
have been longer sustained and less disastrous