Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-09-13
A. A. EARLE, Editor.
Barton, Tuesday, Sept. Is, 1870.
The Great News,

last standard, the news Is now tully
confirmed. To Prussia it has been a
week Of exultation; to France one of
condensed agony, and from millions
of hearths and homes has'gone up such
q wall of sorrow as has not saluted
the ears Of listening nations since her
defeat at Waterloo. Tuesday, Sep
TENDER I'd, Marshal Mcmahon and
his whole army, amounting to 100000
men, together with the Emperor Ma.
poleon, surrendered to the Prussian
King after q terrible battle of ter
hours duration. The battle and sur
render occurred at Sedan. The
French fought with their proverbial
bravery and spirit, as well as with a
tenacity WI ich was deserving of
better success. They were however
outnumbered by the Prussians two to
one-an odds too great 70 withstand |
especially when pitted against such |
splendid soldiers. What now? Is
France to have another deluge? All
is turmoil in Paris. The mob is in
the ascendant, and manifests its ira
ditional fendishness, sacking the Tuil-
leries, destroying whatever smacks
OF royalty or the Napoleonic insignia,
rushing to the barricades as in the
dark days Of $3.50 and AS, the while
senselessly shouting for republic"
and "dovn with the tyrants." These
cries are not unfamiliar to Partisan
ears. Many other best families can re-
call them with thrill of horror, bring
ing back as they do remembrance of
the dark crimes and fendish cruelties
of past revolutions, when the learned
and the noble went down and saw their
plaSSo anu uOuiCo ueoSCIdItu ny Iu6
rabble, while they were forced to look
on in powerless silence. France is
now undergoing one Of her great pc.
litical changes-one of those baptisms
of blood which has so often marked
her history within the past eighty
years. To truthfully predict the end
we regard an easy matter. A
few more days Of blood-a few thou,
sands slaughtered and Paris will capt..
ulate, despite the army under her
walls and the others that are forming
for her protection. The Prussian is
irresistible in this contest with the
Frenchman. Nothing that France
can bring is able to stand before him
Thrice armed is he who hath his
quarrel just" is a proverb that holds
doubly good in his case. With the
prestige he has gained, conquering al
every point of collision, capturing
whole armies, generals and emperors
France swarming with Prussian sol
diery, what hope has the latter in the
conest unless other nations rush to hel
rescue? Any army that she can bring
against Prussia now will vanish like
chaff before the autumn wind. Franco
may decree a republic,* but it needs
something stronger than documentary
DEGREES to save her from the fury o
the conquerors. The Orleans family
may be reinstated. There is NJ
strength in mere blood that can worl
the rare miracle to arrest the down
fall of the great city. Nay. the mar
bic bust Of the First Napoleon ha,
more in it to ward off the danger tina
is upon them than all others BANDED
in its defence. A few hours NOR,
and Bazaine, so long shut up in Metz
must surrender and join his comrade
in arms now in the hands of Prussia
Next the pavements of Paris Will ech
to the tread of feet that only fv
weeks ago were pattering in the graf
fields beyond the Rhine. King Wi
liam's mission will then have ended
His legions will then be withdraw
leaving France to lament her hast
action and to mourn over ruined hope
and crushed Gallo pride. We ar
glad at the result. Never was wa
declared with less provocation. No
never has a nation met with sue
sudden punishment. Yet while W
express our feelings Of gladness {
the triumphs of Prussia, we cannc
repress pang of pity for the dowI
fall of Napoleon, much as he deserve
his fate. Ambitious and unscrupl
lous as we think him, he still posse
ses many of the noblest qualities of
ruler such as France needs. Sterl
inhexible, crafty, and apparently wit
out heart, he is the one to keep thu
erratic and inconstant people fro
tearing each other in pieces. Franc
needs ruler of iron will-of ster
resolve, and bold in expedients. Sue
man is the fallen emperor. No mel
christian philanthropist will answt
her demands; at least until sue
time as the Partisan populace betra,
more CT the lamb and less of the {
ger than it has in the remembran,
OF the Oldest reader of French histor
Though Napoleon richly deserves b
fate, we still believe it to be a 81
day for France that saw his sept
depart. History repeats itself."-
Ambition and greed of power 10
the First Napoleon his throne. TT
same lust for power has also driv,
the Third Napoleon to his DOOM
Let other monarchs who cove. tn
which does not belong to them lea
lesson from'thes examples.