The New York herald., 1870-09-09
LOUIS BLANC ON TEE FaExea CRISIS.

MonarchicaI Anxiety Tor the Imperial Des-
potisu-The People, Their Duties aud
Sovereignty.
NJ. Louis Blanc dating in London on the 14th OF
August wrote as follows to the Paris Tensps:-
How IS 1t possible to read without shuddor tho
the neutral Powers, adding, lie; them make
nasis Il @av let be soo ps s'naRs ns
London Times does not ask that they should i'm
H erms does M not ocr T' Us R that Insult But fact
it holds that, in explauon Of the policy OF the
man whom u wo we 1aye Nt he aSwea 1oo to at
TO defray the expenses OF the war. What are We
then reduced after three partial defeats to this
tremity-tO find no other means or safety tnan in
the friendly feelings OF Englishmen, or their desire
TO preserve intact the Old system Of the European
balance OF powerS The indescrDaole lack Of fore
sight with which the signal for this disastrous
given. the incomprehensble ignorance OF the forces
with winch confict was so fierccly desired. tie
madness of plans based upon hypotheses since dis
covered to be completely absurd, the absence, too
evident now Of preparation commensurate with the
nature Of the enterprise, the compete absence OF
strategy, the incompetence OF the directing mind,
the accumulation or faults which converted
have all these things become so evident to the
English that Ut once tney consider that they render
wholly supernuous the valor OF our sOldiers-thOSe
incompatible soldiers Whose almost fabulous hero
ism everywhere has excited expressions Of admira-
on an% o onnrv an hn d sPeaS Pe camas o
sustaining itself in the hour of supreme danger II it
be not that which possesses such children But
there are great many Engshmen who believe
France to be unc0nquerable-that Is to say. II ln-
stead Of belonging to such man, or to such family,
or to such party, sne belongs to herself. We
not avoid being impressed with that patriotism
which sience5 recriuinati0ns, snppresses resent
ments and postpOnes reproaches and winch will
not allow civil dissension intervene as an aux
iiary to the INVADERS But 1t is 1nconceivabe that
France, condemned to expate so many faults conf
mitted against her. should continue to accept the
orders Of him by whom they have been committed.
People astonished that Frenchmen, without dis.
deprive the author OF this fearful state Of things OF
the power oil making 1t still more fearful 1t is not
mere question OF recrinlnaLiOn OF retriOutiOp
of party but it is question Of public safety. To-
/ morrOw-how can we AVOID thinking VI Tomorrow
This is evident tha the Iitss-slnce the Urimean
| war the English Monfteu,"0r BonapdSt tisDs-ltered
| lew days back the word 'aboication." Not tnat
| the English consider that the safety of France
snOulu be purchased at the price Of Violent rcvO.
utlOn but they are OF opinion that at the point at
which things are threatening to arrve-at tile point,
indeed which they have already asralned-the only
| method Of preventing internal cOmmOtons from
| being added to the calamities OF war Is by COM
mon agreement, removing the pretexts for them.
| Power must longer be left the hands
| which have made so lamentable u use of 1t.
II must not be that at moment when every French
have two pressing upon him. The necessity Of pre-
| serving France must not be contemplated Tor the
81 Il noi s to the nas @
erty, wnosoever they may be, the victory OF the
country should appear to be involved In revival OF
from decisive blows must not induce those Who afe
in the secret Of the real state OF things to disguise
| the truth. or TO mislead mems minds as to the
extent OF the faults that have been committed at the
risk OF driving France from ono Illusion to another
until 1t shall become swallowed up In an abyss. /
read in La Temps 1.-THE unanInity OF the Chamber
could be exhibited IN no better manner tnan by the
constitution of a government which should unite
all parties in the mutual aoandonment OF
| everything which could tend 10 divide them"
All II there were any. hope that this counsel
into the hands OF the most determined partisan Of
the regime which has produced so many disasters
| Would the news for which the people are thirsting
| from the first have been kept from themp Would
there have been an nstant's hesitation In arnng
| population which was calling for arms to defend
the country How happens IL that these strange
things nave come to pGsss And when Strasbourg is
invested and Nancy is 0ccupied-wnen the French
army is falling back before superior iorceS-when
the King Of Prussia--0h, how sad lis speaking In
the tone OF master In tnat portion VI the French
territory where his troops are encamped-h0w Is II
that we find there are stlll soldiers In Parls
keeping order In the public places? You ask why
Ne 1t is because certain men have two interests To
serve one OF which being the welfare OF the dynasty
requires very different measures to those which
needed for the other which Is the safety of France.
There is one In England who does not understand
that. And we, who have sucn pressing reasons lor
| understanding Ii, we do not comprehend IL. WHAT
is it that requires to be dOnes IL Is TO France
on the union OF all Ftenchnaeh, which implies the
substitution OF an order OF things which the country
shall be everything for one IN which the country is
nothing. Until now the nation has disappeared be-
| hind man; IL is tine the man disappeared behind
the nation. When the enemy shall have been driven
back by France considered in the aggregate of ideas
and forces which constitute herr when her Efforts
| firmly combined and freed from the influence Of
party passions. shall have got rid OF the invader,
then she Will decide, In suitable manner, upon the
pacific and regular development OF her destinles.
In the meantime 1t is by the absolute predominance
Of the liat love OF her children over all other afec-
tons that she will issue fIaa this crss free glorious
and sQyerelgE.