, 1870-09-10
A Napolconlst Journal ON the
French OcECAts

F+r~s The Courier des Esats, Ents, tStse Fo7k)
Il is useless TO disguise the truth, The
Amy which has not surrendered. but has
q ofsn eur aS % Il s
destroyed and Bazaine helpless, Francs hAs
left countless m2sses fAu4ticxl with patriot
ism, ready to throw themselves bEndtS upon
the mouths Of the Prusaian cannon but she
has no longer IN army
Ncw masses, however, full Of confidence,
are halpless againet military SCIENCE dis
cipl;ue, and, aboye3z1, against modern Arns.
Once it vas men Who made war bravery sup
plemtnted nurnbass enthusiasm made
fected nneket.y that fight the MAJ Is no
longer more than the attendant OF tto wea-
pom be counts but for one, md courage
without numbers only makes E1cduh
All France, With her three millions ct young
men from 20 to 50 yeats of agc, rising as one,
e1ter,ponxed into soldiers. and hurled in full
career upon the solid, intelligent, Heu-Almed,
disciplined xnaes OF the victorious Frussians,
would throw itself on butchery, and would not
dtiva back one step the Wall OF tfsol before
\ her.
| No doubt France will receive with cry Of
fierce wrath, like the lion fallen into ditch,
| the story OF the surrender signed in her
| name; and thst the f1st movement will BE- Z
lazy of the whole people and = leap towsrd
-edection Will come ia throw m icy shrnad On
thu heroisrn. and Wo doubt il any maD can be
found 10 take the 1ead In bringing on new
conflicts; .hat Is TO say, the responsibility Of
The peoplo Of Paris sod the commanders Of
| the besit ged places, nay, every n4nly heart
that 'aa its hand On dagstAd, NAY refuse to
submit, and determine rather to die than to
parts thsy quart but there sill be no one to
organize Tim resistance, which would be sui
eide no political party which will rial, On this
bloody resort, the future before 1t; no one
who doas not know that France hts no right
| to commit suicide that she belongs to the
: 1t lea.t one chance Of success would BE- neees
sary to justify the horrors which would result
! from continuing VII that could no 1ongel
be ausht but m unbroken series Of rsraGes
waste, slaughter, snd ruin.
: the fearful s1nhar1 zhsueDta into %hieh FEHnc'
/ il plunged. Not to-day nor tomorrow vii
e calm and reflection cone out OF this chaos
q Some days must be allowed to aptcase tho ho
fe,tr q III hour Then viii come The tn IN
. m preninant S fact seems to us to BE- a1ed; i !
1 thAs this Mzoe;ous hatchery, this fts&&htf!
d spectacle given to trembling wo.id, tn
ss accnrred holocaust viii put IN enc
= var. Ptu.sia takes up the, seept.
y Of military greatness fallen from the hanG
- Of FRANCE, but It is broten sespt5e. - y
d shine o. the future. No longe1s Ia it arr
T that eball gi.e supremacy to nations, bnt &c
E. many, rmiied By Tho victory Of Pzassia, "
y y hereafter be neitbes greater nor more po.s
=. fu1 thxn yeste1day, her sggzsndlsemens
not the signal for i liberal progress Of h
I'd manity. Her dag xiu not be more gloriou
It II Il il only 10 continue to shelter e1s1o ms
o tutiobs.
q The struggle hencetorth ia no longer b
~ tween tha m1&esial forces OF the nation II
sn In thair morzl development, their civih1ah
r and their libertiea+ Thua France eYea mu'