The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-08-25

more impressive and magnificent thai
: the grand march of the Germans uPOl
Paris. From the commencement Q
!. the struggle the department of the tw
parties has been marked by strikin!
, characteristics as different as POSSIBLE
, from each other. The French regi
ments marched to an anticipated vic
tory in all the pride of vainglOriOu
expec.atiOn. They were full of enthu
siasm and. elan literally "spOilihs
for q fight" They expected to revers.
1.-THE decision of SadOwa, to clip thu
wings of PruSsian ambition, and re
duce that presumptuOus Power TO it:
former dimensions, at the same time
realizing from the spOils of conques
tina. traditional dream of French am
bition-the Rhine frontier. How sad
Iy have all these hopes been dashed
On the other hand the department. OF
the Germans was grave, calm, and
anxious, vet steady and reso'ute. The
authorities, in all their official publ
cations, or in their private utterances
observed remarkable self-restraint,
and especially RETAINED from Boosting
demonstrations. In two or three
speeches on different public occasions.
King William fully recognized the
the decision of the massive contest
then opening to the God of Battles.
This absence of all violent demonstra-
ton was interpreted by French SYM
pathizers as evidence of Il lack of cour-
age and vigOr, and as premonitory of
the triumph of Napoleon. Never have
interested expectations been more
completely disappointed.
The movements of the German army
have been silent and mysterious. but
steady and resiStleSS. Underneath
their impassive GOODNESS of department
we find the most wonderful energies,
disciplined by thorough intelligence.
They moves with the precision of ma
chimes. while burning with the ardor
of crusaders. The fighting material in
the ranks embrace all the qualities of
pluck, grit. and steadiness, while the
officers manifest all the ap.i;udes of
high military education. No depart
ment of the service has been neglected.
In the uni,npoSing details of the quar-
termaSter and commissary service the
mos: thorough system has been intro
duced. The supply trains are on
hand at the time required. and all the
essentials of prompt and effective OPP
era.ions are secured. This grea. mass
of trained and disciplined forces. thor
Oughly organized upon the lateS: and
most approved principles of the art OF
war, is welded by the central power
almost as easily as the movements of q
single battalion.
The massive structure of the French
military empire has maintained Won
derful a>cendency over the imagina
ton of the world by force of Outsida
The first shock of
serious war di>sinates these Gelusions.
all branches of the mill
tary service of the empire an Gnex-
pected force of Disappointing princi-
piles has been developed. The French
Generals seem to combine and plan
and fight under the shadow of some
terrible fatality which cripples their
energies, distractS their ideas. and de- |
presses their 81 ir.ts. If they felt be-
meath their fee. the basis of powerful
and compact military organization,
would they not, like the marshais oil
the first Napoleon, to whom they are |
by no means inferior in natural or ac- |
luired abilities. develop the same |
eagle aspirations. and exhibit some
thing Of the same achievements?
The Prussian corps commanders
have caught the spirit of enterprise,
vet of enterprise regulated by gener-
al plan conceived in a profound know
ledge of the situation. Germany rises
subii,nely above the lower aims of
She even has repudiated
privileges of annoyance to an enemy,
by the existing laws ofwar,
by eyemp.ing private property on the
high seas from seizure, though France
refuses 10 reciprocate. In all the
changes in the code of
warfare Germany and tine United Sta
les have taken the lead. War itself.
stripped successfully of its incidents
becomes a much less aggra
va.eJ visitation. God thus ''maketh
he wrath OF man to praise Him, but
.he remainder of wrath will he re-
strain" Theoverpius of Reinstatement
IS being brought within continually
narrower limits. The growing ideas
Of justice and mercy rervading our
political and social systems constitute
he moral controlling element. Co i
with this. however paradox
cal il NAV seem. are the greater ettici-
ancy OF the means of destruction and
he grander scale of modern wariike
operations. The hard fought battle of
Worth resulted in casualties amount
ing to less than One-tenth Ofthe aggre-
gaze number of combatants. the bal
lie of Waterloo put one fourth of all
'hOrs du combat One OF /.
he most effective indications, then,
If high civilization is found in the
70 work ing of these elements restrain
ng the rayages of war; Washing.or .
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