, 1870-09-13

chu1 ch-yatd, and than going, within forty,
days; in tacAc1oih,. 10 confess themselrss
guilty b fore the Co1oser Are not those who :
cl i'm that france has cxpiated her offence BY
tAkiuS refuge IN the sanctuary Of republic
eau Il rm Of government. chaIactez,zed BY the
Fame rovelinE superstition ~ those people
WHO, several CT ntnEies ago, deemed I criminal
7 nsified ehtn Le had availel himself Of the
Cpl 'ortunity Of fleeing to church
But the Ge11nant have l.nel their object.
The French ermier sire defeated, and Germany
is not IN danger Ut lusing any -teltitory- II
the war is continued, it viii prove to be war
Of conquest, anl Frauca should no. lie hunil-
lated or Degraded" This humiliation, it is
pliying France Of her two..erovinces. A'sace
and Lorraine, and ia Of tho same nsture as
thst which highwsymau experiences when
stolen goeda are taken from him It is true
that these provinces have boen attached to
France for over tEo hundred years but, a.
though, in privnte life, our statutaa OF limi-
tatians secure eve1T one good title to prop
et&y OF Which he has hold undisputed poascs-
sion for a certain number Of years, the code
OF International law has not IS get recog- |
nized tuch provision.
though speaking the German language. are |
moi ipteutely French than the. French them |
selves, and to annex them to Germany cannot |
be justified in tho eyes Of the enlightened |
people Of the nineteenth century" We, here |
shaded our wayward sisters Of tho South, with
slos and shell. that. tn spite Of their intense |
hatred Of tie United States Government. they
~e'e obliged 10 consiaer them.
selves members ct the great
Germany to reannex her lost provinces WAS
then employed By cur enemies on both conti-
nrnts aGainst our country. 1t may, however.
be urged: that our Southern States we.e ans-
| ordinated to our National Government by the
| organic Law Of the land, aEd that ttis 1sw and
! ont own s"ii-preas1yatiou msde it ia:umbcat
| ~ Us to tufurce obedience to it. Lat the Or
| Ennic law of the old German Empire also
recognized 4Nsace and Lorraine, which had al
WHY'S been represented in tho luperia! Diet,
Is parts Of Germany; aud, though this law is
no longer in existence, Germany has, nover-
theltss, tho rame right to attempt to regain
| these PROVINCES which Individuals hare to re-
cores their lost property
It'll even dangerous for tho best interests
Of the Germans to Incorporate with their
ous A. the penple Of Alsace and Lorraine.
Thle danger il not 10 very great for history
furnishes abundance Of evidence showing
that, ofttntinacs the 6eadlies. lostilities be-
tween different sections Of country die ont
in less thnn generation. Oar own late war
bids fn1r TO at1ora a proof OF this, though.
scarcely six years iiave elapsed eiuce its close.
During the frat French revolution. tls hatred
tho people inhabitipg the Province Of Tcndee
entertained toward their Republican country
lpled for us ficrceness, while, in subseS eSuent
revolutions, they made commoa ca,se
With than. Through several decades
pricr to 1850, tho intense hatred Of tho people
cf BADEN toward the pTussians WAS pro
yerbial but. for the last ten years, the hitter
have rot had = faster friend III Germany than
this little Duclly. The people Of tho two
provinces OF .Alsace and Lorraine, being once
attached to nation which. in the future. will
ocenl ; pruuder portion among the nations
OF tEe earth than Fsanco, aud having once
tasted the fruits Of the magnificent school.
system Of Germany, will very soon eh1ke OF
their auimusities, md tinl themselves mora al
home with those whose language taoy speak
than with those whom they frequently do no'
| even understand.
"Franre llaa becn sufficiently cha4tised, ani
Ill that Germany has a right to claim ART
| guarantees of future peace; hut Afsnce anc
| Lorraine should not he wrestcd from France
for to do s.' Wuuld bo an everlasting cause fol
Wer.' These provinces we're originally Ger
: man, and their people still speak The German
| tongue. They were not even conquered fron
tue latter country iu q fair contest, aud tht
, logic expressed in the above plea Is just abou
+ at good as il ono would advise man, who bas
been robbed, not to take his property
back ard sry 70 him, :. Keep wl,a
you have stolen, my dear Christian freud, for
II I should cruelty deprive you OF it, yo1
might be ever]astihgly tempted to steal i
| again. But common experience teaches n.
I that mau WHO il once suffered to steal, vii
repeat the experiment at every opportunity
and the history OF tho French during the Int
two centuries shows US that, after tl,ey l,4<
! once stepped beyond the Eosgos Mountains
they werr continually striving to extend thei
boundaries to tho Itbina.> 4 prominent Ger
man historian, speaking OF the insatfabt
> thirst Of old lsome for power, employs thes
striking tymboIical teIms: ..l,piue ,ya
,,ursed by a wolf" and thia seems to hav,
: AFRO been the case with Franco, AZ far as he
: policy toward Germany il concerned.
For the benefit Of Ill mankind, the latte
1 country. in the bloody religious wars that OK
: tended over more than century aud u halt
. sacrificed ler national integrity 10 the princi
, pie Of free thought and religious liberty
, Vile France SACRIFICED this noblest gift t
= political greatness, Under Louis XIV, who
& by The way, inaueurated the most cruel pe1rc
q cutiops agsinst tho Huguenots.-wesa os
: ghhlzed tie so-cal1e1 Chambers OF Reunion,-
> tribunals whose duty it vas to ransaek all III
d archives III the country for the purpose .
a show that cartain estates in Germany aud th
a Netherlands bad, perhaps ino matter box
inE ago), belonged to rrosinces coded Il
il France By the treaties Of Neatphalia. Nirnwe
. gen, and others. and. thercupon, to CLAIM
d fbcse estates AZ French territory. Thus sh
0 city OF Strasbulg, witt its German worka o
j. All, and numerous other districts, were occs,
!, pied by the French, in the midst IT PRO
: fouLd peace. although the sail city hati. In sh
( treaties Of Nestpha1ia, been expressly except
a ed fUm the territories acquired By III,
q | French.
. In ICES the Elcctor OF Cologue died. an,
: the appointment Ut SUCCESSOR wAs ieemet
y ly France proper opportunity for interfcr
j. one OF h,s creatures for the position; bur tt,
a | German EmTerGr IeOpoIi l.. tlliectn
+ to Lis apltin,ment. Tie matter va.
d referred to The Pope, who ds1dei
n IN favor Of tho Emperor, whicl
+ lset was looked upon By Fsanca AZ casu
= however, the Frei.ch armies werc tnarchet
Ia into the ratasiuate, where several furtiiiet
T. towns we're surprised and forced to capitu
i, late. This outrage roused lilo German peo
10 pie to sslcls Indignation that they 1t once dc
a. tesm'neG to punish the perpe:faior.. Cn.bl'
,e toreeirs the German armies, Lunsnia, tn
Minister Of Louis NlS., formed most fiecl
II ish Elan, Which was. to usc biz own worls, I,
n create deecEi between France Ard Germany
Il in otter to e-priTe the German armies ot tn
Il J end. he devised general devastation Of til
d. ahole Palatinate, and, to make the injur
D. tia more cruel. be resolved 10 execute Iii
ts dessen in the middle Of the N1nte
a. from 1858 to 1859 1o the neighborhood o
" ire. and tie inl4abitanis we're c:nelIy mur
y dt1ea for Attempting to e1tinrnish tho {lamrs
Heidelberg. aith its .i:ne-honored castlc. til
1t | cities Of Worms. Nachcnilcim, Neus.aslt
ID EEankcnth4', Sreitr. aud others, Were ai-.
ta';s.cketl aid burnt; aud while. in Worms
= tEu French ssvages even robbed the toolls o
X | tue Herman Empe1ors, in Speier they cArzls
y fhsI t1eachcry 30 far Hs 10 destroy the ven
Ii cradle old dome, prominent work OF art, il
r e7i'e Of their previous promises to protect il
e ST, Simon. FTet.ch author and statesman
D. VIZ wrote during the re;gns OF Louis NV
II as*l Lous AY.. in bis memcirs attributes tn
u cause Of this cruel WIZ to an alteration wE1cl
E, had occurted between the kiug aud his Min
= is.e5. Louyo,s, aaout,,a window Of the palac
1e | OF FTsuoD. the erection OF which WAS super
10 intended by the Minister. who is said to hay
ID been coaree aud irasc1bie man, who voul
t, not suffer to be eontralieted. The author re
" ports him a. having exclaimed to his friends
u after the difficulty had taken place. - All
d. loat DOE an unaone: Thus the King la
al assailcd ne about window. cannot hel
nTeclf otherwise than " war, which vi
o prevent him from building. and mike N
services necessary: ae shall hase var"
% The cruel combustion which Frzuca ct
I'd | tered into with Austria, Rueeia, and SWede1
he against Frederick the Urea, OF Prussis, va
in principally made for the purpose Of aca1niEin
ac | new territory troEa Germany; and the S2pt
ID 1ecnic ware had 10 other object. While .
q peace with Germany, Napoleon, in $50
marched IN Army into Hsnoyes, simply IS
. rc.abut;cn to England, whose King Was Elecss
se Of tEst German l1orirce. To sGos their o.
T. respect for the neutrality laws, the F4ne
81 sent sn Army through tha ncus1.1 Territory
l. Prussia At the outbreak Of the war With Au
u. tzia: md, TO cap the climax, Napoleon. in /.
a. lnidst Of pesce with the German Empire. &c,
Of body Of sol6iera into Baden to sppEehas
T. tic Bourbon Prince. tkn Duke Of Eushie
e. whom he shoEtfy thereafter had executed
ia Sitscs nnes.
W These are but few Of the m.nr OF
"a RACES peSpetrated By France On German