The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-24


our disgust for her absolute form Of government
subducd The proclamation of French Rcpub.
tic, the danger, the uncertainty, the in,possibility
OF standing still, have changed all this, and oc.
cescned strange and chaotic fermentation Of
ideas. The maintenance Of that Republic and
It's successful defence nre now the patriotic hope
OF those most opposed under ordinary circum.
stances to that form of government.
Notwithstanding our misgiyngs, we arc daily
becoming less misiustful of the result and quite
recently have reason TO found comforting expec-
tations on what VIC learn hourly of the workings
of the public mind in Germany. Satatcd with
glory, the exultation OF victory is beginning to
pass away there. The people are beginning to
feel the full weight, and are tired of the war
King William is tightening the rein it is no
longer the empire, but a republic they are con.
tending with; and thew begin TO realize that vic.
tory and united Germany are deceptive u.
scns, when all that blood and treasure is ex.
pended, and growing privation is endured, only to
confer on the vanquished freedom which the
conducrors are further from ENJOYING than before
II the campaign is prolonged into the winter IL
may be predicted That Germany will no longer
endure these sacrifices and the upshot may be
that King William, after dethroning the French
Emperor, instead Of securing an imperial, may
leopard his regal crown.
Now, you may understand how practical men
of all parties and of all nationaties like the
beasts and birds in a menagerie on fire, when one
will run his neck into the sawdust and the other
his head into the flames, crazed by the couHagra-
tom jump for salvation 10 theories they would
hafn,r al. 4. A. r.
lunatic asylum So the cry is now coalition,
combination, consolidation into United States Of
civilized Europe so that we may have peace,
and see in our day the dsbandmcnt of those
vast armies which too formidable an instru.
ment to leave tempting few individual wills to
the destruction and deirncnt of millions, and TO
the dcsolation Of such vast regions.
On the subject Of Spain and Cuba have with
pleasure and interest made the investigation you
requested
suppose | need hardly tell You that the
course Of your Administration with regard to
Cuba has been alternately puzzle and Laugh.
ing stock to every one, and unjustly 10 Gna3t
matter Of rcproach TO your country. ind Of dis.
rarsgcmcnt to its Institutions. Nothing could
account for TIL; celrse but egreeious stupidity
and h-sI~r: inhumanity. unless it were scan
'izi"ds corruption, to which opinion all who
take any interest in the subject have long since
settled.
OF two influential Spanish gentlemen here tho
one who is republican, while he says that
Prim with his Hohcuzollern intrigue set ia
motion a vast machinery which il bound polit.
ically to annihilate him, yet admits that great
local and incidental difficulties impede the
prompt qualification Of growing republicanism.
The other is not a republican, and Acknowledges
dread Of rcpublicanism. Both are agreed
that the insurrection in Cuba never will be
put down; that il i more than doubtful
whether it ever could be put down by Spain that
certainly in no case will she be able TO devote
tn necessary means for that purpose and that
hchcapaci,y to hold and derive from the island
automatically any further advantage is as much
lost if it sunk in the sea. Still, they con.
slider it valuable possession, on the principle
that thing is worth what it will bring, and they
erDect 10 soV a. All parties in Spain want money
sorcy, and 20 raise it there is 10 raise opposition
il hot revolution. Uncle sam is the intended
purchaser. lrim's partisan talks Of sale TO
Prussia If the United States will not buy. When
reminded Of the Monroe doctrine, he says con.
tcmptuously that your people are Like one Of
those great stupid elephants he once saw in the
East that he could make kneel down and picn rp
coppers by simply bribing his koalt with halt u
rupees worth Of Grrack"
The republican seems 10 think that this plan
will operate a t,Jssr, and stimulate Uncle sam
into purchasing. lie saws he feels for the Cuban
insurgents, but the Spanish republicans mus,
lock ont for themselves. They cannot afford not
TO make something out Of the island, and the
patriots viii, no doubt make some kind Of suit.
able arrangement AT all events, there it is in
the market, the price one hundred and thirty mil
lions Of dollars, and Uncle Sam the expected
customer II this impression is prevalent, he
owes it to Lis own agents official or oilicIous. Of
whom there are too many buzzing about, besides
sir. Paul Forbes, whom all these gent men quote
and a'lude to, and Who i. figuring in the two bel
hcoront camps, sometimes in the wake Of Gen.
burnside, sometimes under other auspices.
Wien al the world of Europe is looking to
the United states with profound anxiety and the
liberal portion Of it for comfort, countcnancc,
or med alton, how sad 1t is tina, there always
scc'"s 20 ros; the suspicion Of job, or Of con
tract in arms or III something else to dscredt its
agents!