Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-09-16
Catching a Tarter.


was astonished to receive the surrendel
Of Louis Napoleon, and before he has
had him on hand much longer we sus-
poet he will wish he had sent him of 10
Paris under escort In taking him, the
Germans have caught true Tartar,
who will do them as much harm, if they
are not careful, as he has already done
to the French. If the old king with his
high notions of divine right and the
wickedness of popular government, per-
sists in treating his captive as emperor
and in refusing to acknowledge the re-
public as representing France, he will
very soon see the popular support of his
great war, even in Germany itself, dwin-
die away, while the rest of the word
will hold him responsible for protract-
ing the slaughter that his precious pris-
oner began. Indeed, King William is
in dilemma. Ii he treats with Napo-
leon, he is dealing With a man absolute
ly powerless in France, and insults the
nation which has Just dethroned him; If
he does not treat with n 'poleon he must
recognize the republic, the child of pop
ular insurrection, and the hope Of the
democrats all over Europe. His middle
course would be to conquer Paris and
set up the Orleans dynasty for the sake
of making peace with it-but that would
make France hate the Orleans house
hold worse than ever, and a treaty thus
obtained would have no guarantee of
fulflment except the force which com.
PEELED it.
There is in Prussia and throughout
Germany very strong liberal party, ia
vorable to republican institutions, and
extremely hostile to Napoleon as the
great enemy of the people. This party
is alreadyactive in consequence oftheproc-
lamation of a republic in France, and its
recognition by the American republic,
and it is annoyed and provoked by the
fulsome attentions lavished upon the
fallen emperor. The majority of the
Germans regard Napoleon with as much
adversion as the people of the North felt
for jeff Davis five years ago: and will
view any attempt to res tore him to his
throne much as we should have looked
upon proposition to recall Davis to his
old position in the Senate. 1t is scarce
ly possible that King William should
afiront this fixed hostility of the Ger
man people to such degree as he would
do, If he should cherish the purpose of
recognizing Napoleon as emperor hereaf-
ter. Count Bismarck, at all events, will
never place himself, or allow the North
German confederacy to be placedin such
false position. He will insist that Ma
poleon shall be treated as prisoner, and
not as guest of Prussia as our dis.
patches now call him, and he will I'M
doubtedly find some way to bring the
king over to his way of thinking.
We learn from the dispatches to-day
that Bismarck has halted the German
advance to consider the Austrian propo-
sails for Intervention, and that the Ger
man liberals are willing to accept from
France terms of peace that will not in
volve the cession of territory. These
are very important reports and we trust
they are true. France and the whole
world would gain by peace. requiring
the for.ifcations of Metz, Strasburg and
Paris to be dismantled and this would
be one step toward the reduction of those
vast armies that are now the curse of
Europe.
The sensation produced by Gen. Grants
dispatch asking for peace when received
In Berlin, seems to have been very great
and as that represents the hearty wish
OF the American people, and nine-tenths
of the people of Europe, let us hope il
will be complied with. "Let US have
peace" and may it come soon, and "come
to stay" as Abraham Lincoln said.