The New York herald., 1870-09-07

necessity OF the case Neither does 10 belong to us
or to enumerate the armies tnat she can oppose to
the Prussians. Tho capltulation OF NacMahOns
ox.Emperor is responsible, Dat We can ret along
without that army. IL II De true that Baznine has
he L traitor ns or and we hope mat h.
In word II that army, too, be lost, others may he
found. Yes a nation Of forty millions can always
From every furrow in Its fields. from every stone in
the street Of It's cities defenders SHOULD arises and
IN heroes to renew the prodgies Of s the revolution
We should be unworthy the name Of Froncnmen.
The Ss o Win the
upon itsell the luxury OF an empire and to crown
itself O9sar In the person OF old King william.
should this project DO carried QUIT Tho imperial
toga is the poisoned shirt OF NessuA Should the
have long 10 wall ere we shall see him writing in
the agOnes OF O@sarism. II will be then that he
Will tInplore the aid Of republican France. She GER
tanly Will not refuse IL; but she knows only too
well by her own experience that nation cannot de-
liver itself OF that 0dlous mantle without the most
irlghtful rendngs OF her nesh.
The Courier des Etats Ussts under this caption
:" The Defeat" thus Iaments the events az Sedan:-
1t Is donei France Is struck to the heart sin
gle months time has sun1ced TO paralyze II not TO
anihiate the vital force OF OF the greatest one
same blow, to displace the political axis Of the
world. 1t is useless 10 disguise the fact The army
which has Just been surrondered-it did not sur
render to the enemy-was the nOwer OF our military
population. MacMah0n destroyed and Bazaine
powerless there remain to France numberless
to rush headloDg into the Jaws OF the Prussan
non; but no army Is left to her,.
But Masses however full OF faith they may be,
eau do nothing against military science, against dis
cpline, and, ahove oil. against new fashioned
weapons. In other days tho men made war; valor
made up for numbers and enthusiasm created heroes.
But now riGea cannon and perfected guns do the
nghtiny The man Is no longer, anything but the
servant Of the implements he counts only as unit,
o. ht
make victims.
An Frapee-ner 100000 Of young men, from
body, improvised soldiers and hurled In one fierce
onset upon the solid. skilled. well armed and highly
disciplined mass Of victorious Prussians would but
prec.pitaie itself TO butchery and would not cause
the wall OF iron confronting them to recoi one stop.
There can be no doubt, however, that France will
that has fallen into pit, the news Of the surrender
signed in her naino or that her first movement VIII
6e levy en- 'ngsse @ an, and a. 4headong rush toward
lcction will throw an icy shroud over this heroic
impulse, and We question whether there will be any
other words, the responsibility OF fresh disasters
1t may be that the people OF Paris, the command
hands that rest the STAFF of the standard may re.
fuse 10 lower IT, ana viii prefer death rather aan TO
allow the Prussan coors TO be planted upon the
no one to Organize this resistance which would
amount to suicide; no political party that would risk
upon this bloody card the future opcned before it;
none In fine, who would not Comprehend that
France has no right TO commit seir-immOatiOn that
she belongs TO the world to ciynization to human
fty, and that, at least, chance OF success won be
required TO justify the horrors that would be en-
tailed by the continuation OF war that would be
but IN uninterrupted succession OF rayages devasta
ti0ns slaughter and ruin.
An no one would lack the requisite courage were
II possible TO dnd success at the close or the rudest
trials; or even Il the honor OF Franco, leaving It's
interest aside, should exact an immense sacrifice to
pay for an immense reparatiOn.
But happily, such Is not the necessity Of the case.
fad
Bleeding at every vein. she holds her head aiot
and can look ner foemen aud the world proudly In
The face. All her wounds were received In full
front, and our soldiers hailed giants OF vaOr
BY the very men under the weight or whose mum.
bers they have suCcumbed.
We know not what counsel may prevail In the ter
rible pcrplexity that now enyirons France; 1t Is
neither to-day nor to morrow that any calm decision
edly must be allowed for the subsistence of the hot
ever OF the first moment Then will come the hour
u great resolves. HnO WA u sau.o tnems Iile,
natural representatives OF country no doubt; the
Chambers who will find ia their patriot
sm M the solution 81 the formidable problem inyolved
painful to the legitimate pride and the interest
0f France,
lur first defeats were the signal OF its fall Napoleon
~. is no longer augnt out phantom ana ms
ynastyG 20 expires Win y. no nn , VINO or what snail follow
Nor does 1t belong TO us either to predict on the
'pur of the moment what changes these vast events
viii bring to the POLITICAL moral and material condi
tion Of Europe. There is o fact, however, which
ooks to us like rising truth; 1t is that this afro
woa Viii F %sr se
catches up the sceptre OF military greatness that has
fallen from the hands OF France, but 1t Is broken
OF power deunct. Glory there Is no doubts but
glory without ray to light the future Arms will
united 6y frussass triumph viii be neither greater
nor more powerful than she was yesterday II
her aggrandlzenent be not the signal OF liberal
progress for humanity her banner Will have gained
no brighter glory should 1t but continue 10 shelter
institutions that are behind the times.
The struggle hepcefOrth Will no longer bo between
Che material forces Of natons will be between their
phases or moral development, between
their civilizations and their forms OF liberty. BY
this criterion, France, even though mutllated, II
such must be her fate, WILL we continue still to hope,
remain the great Initiative and glorious nation The
day when, by the fated march Ofevents-and that day
Is no longer dlstant-the destiny OF
nations will no longer be left 10 the chances Of
armed combat: the day when less barbarous style
day, In fine, when armies will cease TO CONSUME the
choicest resources aud energies only to recommit TO
chance she eguipoise Of the public forces the genius
strength. Countries will no longer be
by the superfcies Of their territory and
the number OF their inhabitants but by the value OF
tile progress realized and OF the liberties acquired;
on that day France cured of her wounds will still
be entitled, Notwithstanding the cruel mutilati0ns
that she will have undergone. the place OF honor
that belongs to her In the foremost rank Of civilized
nations"
THE GERMAN VOICE.
The Stadts zetua,g devoted two lengthy and excel.
lent articles to the great events OF the Sd ips and
OF course, exulted in the triumph OF the German
arms. In one of these It SAYS
The battles Of Leipsic and OF Waterloo were GER
tainly great events, but yet they cannot be coui-
pared to the four days battles Sedan, with the
consequent surrender OF Napoleon and an army
100,0 600 men strong. While the frstnamed battles
had bsen the results OF almost oil the combined Eu.
ropean armies, tho victory at Sedan is due to Ger
man armies and to German courage alone. The
confidence with which the German troops went into
siy eas nov n thst .ha nave rreaea
or the aggress0rs was so soon to be punished? TO
declare war only few weeks ago because King
William had declined TO sign humiliating declara-
tion, which would have shown to the world that
Napoleon is the master Of Germany, and to-day, to
be compelled TO write to the Same King, 81 lay my
sword at the feet OF your Majesty" These are con-
trasts Which hardly ever yet occurred in the life Of
an Emperor.