The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-26

ainly either very wise or very polite. 1t
he interests of France made a war with
Prussia a necessity, it would have been
wiser to wait for another opportunity. A
for war may have been wanted,
,ut the pretext chosen is most miserable.
If France will fight, Prussia must. Wise
,ounsels, it is possible, may yet prevail,
and the cleaning sword not yet stained
with blood may be- restored to it9 scah-
bard.
The peace prospect, however, ~ not
bright. War is infinitely more likely
than peace. At any omen we may
hear that a terrific battle has been fought.
Blood will be poured forth in torrents
fair harvest fields will he wasted towns
and villages will be ~acked-and for
what? Not for any noble principle.
Not for the people. Yet the iniquity of
this war may hasten on 4 better and 4
happier day. God with the right.
French View of the Present T%rJubi.e.
The Journal OGciel publishe, a circu-
lar of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,da-
ted July q, and addressed to the diplo-
matte agents Of France, at foreign capt.
tails. The circular mentions the cxplana-
ton made OH the 18th of July, IN the
Chambers, in regard to the rapid events
OF a negotiation in which, as fast as We
redoubled our efforts 10 preserve peace,
the secret designs were developed Of an
adversary resolved to render peace i'm.
possible. Whether the Berlin Cabinet
had Judged war necessary for the accom-
plishment Of their projects against the
elf-government of the German States, or,
hardly satisfied al having established in
the center of Europe a military power
formidable to all its neighbors, they had
wished to turn to account the power al.
ready acquired by displacing defnitively
to the advantage Of Prussia, the interna-
tional equilibrium, the premeditated in
tention to refuse US guarantees which
were indispensable to our security as well
as to our honor. showed itself by the
strongest evidence in their conduct of the
negotiations.
The circular mentions the candidature
of the Prince OF H%ohenzollern, and de-
clares that the Berlin Cabinet hoped to
place the prince on the throne of Charles
V. by surprise. believing that Europe
would accept the accomplished fact and
that France, in spite Of her temporary
displeasure' would hesitate to oppose the
expressed will of the Spanish people, who
were friendly to her. The French Gov
eminent, informed of the danger of this
intrigue, did not hesitate to denounce it
to the representatives of the people, and
to foreign powers. All have felt that
Prussia was alone in her INSCRIPTIONS
policy, and that. knowing herself to be
without the support Of common right, she
has, nevertheless. sought to impose upon
Europe the further abuse of 50 dangerous
an extension of her influence. France
took up the cause Of the balance of pow.
er, knowing it to be the cause of all PEG.
pie menaced, like herself, by the dispro.
~portionate aggrandizemeut of one roya
house. In doing so, she has not placed
herself in opposition to her own maxim,
and policy, or those of the great Powers
The circular cites as proof the cases o
Belgium, Greece, and Naples, and thu
refusal Of the great Powers to allow an,
Of their princes to mount those thrones
The circular then mentions the with
drawal of the Ilohenzollern, the refusa
of Prussia to give guarantee, and Incl
dents which have followed. adding tina
France ought to demand guarantees sine
Prussia had already given her word tina
the Prince of Hohenzollern should no
mount the throne ofSpain, when in March
1869, there had been a question. Of hi
candidature. At that time the frenc'
Minister at Berlin told the King that u
Prussian could reign in Spain. Coun
; Bismark replied that France need no
I concern herself at a contingency SO i'm
probable and Herr Won Thiele, the Prus
: sian UnGer-Secretary of Foreign Affair.
gave his word Of honor that a IIohenzoI
=. Tern was not, and could not be, q candi
! date.
If assurances thus solemn cannot i
relied on, diplomatic intercourse mu.
, cease. In repudiating such pledge
Prussia challenges France, who now onl
: demands, in view of previous tcrgiversi
e ton, hat Prussia's remuneration of hi
designs be made real and permanent.
The circular concludes by declarin
y that history must assign to Prussia tn
0 responsibility for a war which, she ha
c the means of avoiding, aud which viii
D she affects to deplore it. she has rattle
: sought, and adds " Under what circun
: stances has she done this ," II is whe
s France for four years past has ~refraine
o with an almost exaggerated scrupulou
o ness, from invoking against Prussia trea
les concluded under the meditation of Il
Emperor, but to which she has failed
. give n voluntary support. OF all the &C
Of Prussia, which has only thought
means of freeing herself from obligatio
~ treaties, even while signing them, Euro
has been witness. Let Europe pronoun
upon the justice of our cause.
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