The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-30
a Philippe from Wendell Phillips.

Wendell Phillips has an eloquent
article in the National Standard, OF
this week. He takes the ground
against Prussia. Bismarck, whom
he calls the ablest, most unScrupu-
lous and imperious of Stateman-
ayers, had it in his power to have
planted peace between the Repubh-
cans of France and Prussia, for the
two generations, meanwhile delay
ing the advance of the Democracy
many a year. The first step Prus-
sia made from Sedan to Paris, de-
stroyed forever Bismarck's claim to
he thought a statesman. Ignorant
ly or angrily be flung away such an
opportunity OF Strengthening his
own land in the gratitude of France
and admiration of the world. In
stead of this he did all that in him
lies to insure that immortal hate and
undying purpose of revenge which
will breed upon the next generation
of the French for nothing else but
to put the tri-color some day over
Berlin. The next generation OF
Prussia will have cause to weep,
that at this hour of so great pos
sibilities, Prussia had no statesmen
TO reap the harvest her greatest Of
captains Moltke had got for her.
The man we had all thought Tully
or q Xenophon, turns out only an
active manager, a second lieutenant
to Moltke, and the willing tool of a
bigot King-no breadth Of thought
no foresight-no large instincts
Of humanity, always the highest wis
dom. Prussia arms in order to vim
dicate the right to manage her own
affairs, She marches to Paris to in
wade Frances right to do the same.
Her path lies over the capital of the
world, the home of two millions of
men as well as Of science, art, litera-
ture and civilization-the capitol of
a great military nation whose swift
defeat shows that dragooned as this
great commonwealth was to the
fired, it was only a shining war she
waged. He never conquered France.
He only triumphed over the slavish
refuse which could be bought or
whipped into counterfeiting her.
Now, in this insolent attempt to dis
play his power and parade a sham
victory, &A- subjects this great city
to the horrors of war. Humanity
itself would hardly weep if the pes
thence delivered Paris, leaving nei-
ther peasant nor princeling to tell
the tale at Berlin. The tears and
curses of the civilized world blast
the German laurels. Napoleon's
fall was speedy, in less than thirty
DAYS. Prussia is quicker still. She
entered Sedan borne on the wonder
of the most loving admiration Of the
world. She left it followed by the
oathling and contempt of both con-
tinents. She banked the hopes of
the age, and new power borne with
in the memory of living men. We
supposed her blood was the blood
of this country. Her fall insults
our civilization, blood-thirsty and
greedy, unscrupulous and over bear
inc. beyond the Bourbons and Haps-
burgs, the Phillips, the Charles, of
by-gone days. She is not nation
only on an over-grown army, horde
Of brigands too strong for their civ
ilized neighbors. Our barbarous
South Haunting Libby Prison and
Andersonville, in the face Of Chris
tendon, may justly call across the
ocean to the black eagle. Art thou
too to become as one with US? We
rejoice that Providence thus buries
under its own folly this new and
dreaded military power and robs ii
of the means to cripple the rising
democracy, as it might have done
had it retained the respect of the
world. We sympathize with the
Germans thus disgraced by her
Princes as France has been by Ma
poleon. Let her have the same pity
extended to her that the world gave
Paris under the unsurpers here.
Our government should utter the
verdict of civilization and liberty on
this bold barbarism. 1t should at
least protest against this vengeance
on unofending France and insult to |
the spirit of the age. The oldest |
republic, the master power Of the
next century, should speak for hu-
manity amid this breathless and |
cowardiy silence Of kings.
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