The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-25
european War.

II loot see how the w"i oS'"1S1
we ' and prussia can be much prolonged
Fsnce ane ,,hich we have already com
he s'4,' MON has not been changed, anu
fnen1eo :, coz how its natural result can
long be avoided. = oo,ornments
r,;rst for power--ambition OF suprellac y,
I'D n for the expansion of donasn-are Tue
s,,,,ng motives OF monarchs ana NATIONS u.
rune N.rozEoS's pretext for war was III
s,,,,e But he was actuated by the
"e 'a, yanity of great rulers, and maze !"
.'ss" nrctext to crafty foregcne deter
u,n. that he would try conclusions
ni, .S chose prussians at an early day. we
reed hardly say that he could no, oe'. pew,
n.ro nlcased the Prussian King ana oaol-
n n The trial has been thus Tar most uh,
s n. for the Emperor OF FRANCE anu
aron,;ses to become more so.
"a we can see, there Is no cnahce
-. the recovery of the fortunes OF LOUIS
~. But Europe will not permit
Erance to fall--nay, will not permit her 10
no ANYTHING less than frst-'iass power.
Prus.ia knows this and must submit.
tn wind up the war and relieve the stu
.,,on of all embarrassment is the easiest
thing in diplomacy. Make the war LOUIS
o,,yos's-he is observation-disclosures him
install q Bourbon-indemnit in money, not
in lands. to Prussia-and the end OF hostill-
ties.
LOUIS NAPOLEON has utterly disappointed
tho world. His best friends have given him
ND. He must be incapacitated somehow.
He has not been felt. He has not excited a
thrill of enthusiasm nor hope by word or
deed since the battle of Saarbruck. AT
home he has lost respect the Radicals are
ready to rise against him; and the legiti-
mists are waiting to be triumphantly in
stalled in power. Against them his sup
porters are daily growing weaker, and must
give way.
Intervention must come promptly. The
Prusslans will not enter Paris. Ihe
declaration that it is NAPoLEoN's war
will console the national pride of the
French, and the withdrawal Of The
Prussians before entering their capltal
viii leave them something for gratlflca-
ton. Indeed, the French may we'll lay the
blame of defeat upon the miserable mis-
management of the French army, and claim
that France is not whipped by her enemies,
but by her own officers and by her EN-
peror.
Such q termination of the career of LOUIS
NAPOLEON will be most extraordinary. 1t
will disappoint the world. He has dis
played great tact, great administrative
ability, and was considered the ablest ruler
in Europe Some breaking down, some
loss of mental force, must have precipitated
his fate. An intruder in the imperial circle,
as he is, he could not hold his position with
out continual possession of his faculties
mental and bodily. The moment that he
showed signs Of decay and incapacity his
enemies would naturally rise like armed
men from the sown seed of dragons teeth.
The royal families of all Europe were jeal-
Gus of him as daily reflection upon legiti-
macy, and the impulsive Radicals of France
were ready at any day to blow him up with
an internal machine. To support all these
come the Bourbons, who have been licking
their chops for an anticipated feast, or grea-
sing their heels to kick the dead lion whose
death they have ever been looking for as
one of the chances in their favor.
The French Emperor will make bright
chapter in French history, but the last
page, like that made by his peerless uncle.
will be deeply draped in tragic woe the
grievous rctribution Of having GONE TOO
FARi