Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-05
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written during the present war in Eu-
/ rope. have been despoiled Of their
point and meaning BY the telegraphic
flash, announcing intelligence quite at
odds with all editorial prophecy. But
since, on the 4th Of last month, the
world was astonIshed by the intelli-
gence of the surrender Of the French
Emperor, the kaleidoscope has not
turned so rapidly, and there Is some
chance to get a glimpse Of distant pos
sibilities. The European Powers ut
the fall Of the first Napoleon had a far
easier matter to arrange than the prob
lem which now abstracts the European
| Cabinets. The monarchs had only to
restore their brother monarch, and the
people OF Europe quietly acquiesced.
There was \ double reason for this
quietness. In the first place the people
Of n nation were not, at that time,
evcn In England, Poweri In the State.
In the next the remembrances Of the
first French Repuollc and the first
Empire were not Of n nature to dispose
other nations to any sympathy with
republication. Whether the French
Republic aud Empire had been az
gressive as other nations asserted, or
simply acted on the defensive, as the
French themselves claimed, the result
was the same. Old traditions and pre-
cedents had been discarded and set
aside. Old boundaries had been dis
turbed, and landmarks removed. The
world was all unsettled, and peace at
any price was the desire Of all nations.
1t was readily reached by the afirma-
ton OF the "Divine Right" Of Kings,
and Napoleons, with scarce a rcmon-
STRANGE even from literary and political
Ts,onaries, was LEFT to fret his life
away OH St. Helena. But, there IA
now no convenient parsonage at hand
to DO installed at the Tuilleries. And
u there were, there Is no alliance
among the Powers to place him there.
There seems to be no concord or agree
ment among the European Cabinets.
And If all outside Of France, including
Prussia, were united, France claims
that she Il still u~nconquered as to the
right to dispose Of her W internal
affairs. Meanwhile the people In va
; rious nations In Europe are claiming 4
! right to be heard. Republican muir
murings are assuming distinctness,
Neither the replacing Of Napoleon OH
the throne, nor the elevation Of an Or
: leanist Prince would satisfy the grow
Ing republican feeling Of the people Of
Europe, to say nothing Of France her,
self. Without the French, or at least
, tho aid Of a party In France, neither
Napoleon nor any n else could be
placed In the Tuilleries. AS to the
establishment Of a dynasty BY the aid
= Of foreigners would be the giving OF
/ foreign aid to a party In France, and
would necessitate the maintenance OF
4 foreign legion to support a dynasty
Of foreign creation. This Is scarcely
practicable in these days. Two courses
seem open to the Prussians. One Is
to treat with Napoleon, as limited at In
Bhmacck's circular; the other 10 treat
with whatever administration may
fairly claim to represent France. To
treat with Napoleon would involve the
necessity Of according such terms as
would satisfy the French people In
, other words, the buying Of his re-es'
, adjustment from the French nation
!. There Is no other possible way, II,
, indeed, this be possible. 70 treat with
the Provisional Government, requires
-, such a pause In active hostilities, either
. tacit or by armistice, as shall give tile
nation an opportunity to decide who
, are Its representatives. And this Is no
very pleasant thing for King William
to do, though 1t might be acceptable
to the German democratic element.
10 recognize a French Republic In
ordinary times, might be = thing which
the Prusslan monarchy could do. or
|. let alone. But, In the present aspect
Of affairs, It seem the only probable
escape from a dilemma. But 1t Is an
escape Involving new and even more
troublesome p~erplexities. On the
whole. It would appear that whether
he designed It or not, the French En-
peror has placed the Prussian King In
a more perplexing position BY his per-
sonal surrender, than the French Gen.
erals could do by any military strategy.
He Is more trouble to them In their
custody, than he would be In Paris.
CoLrAx.-Aw Washington correspond
ant of he Sacramento Record. writing