The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-09-14
The War Spirit In Paris.


It has been we'll said that the best
fighting corps that the Emperor had,
>was the 'Corps Legislatif." Now it may
be said that the most. pugnacions gene
rails OF. the Republic are its poets, novel
dsts and journalists. Victor Hugo. the
,author of Les Miserables, of THE 1oilers
9f The Sea, and other novels, speaks
bravely and dramatically. If Paris is to
doe saved by fine words, then is Paris
safe. Victor Hugo, disdaining to throw
cannon balls against the approaching
German army, writes to the invaders m
address. He says:
,'tt.:You may take the fortress, you will
lind the rampant.
s.sYou may take the rampant, you will
find the barricade.
,t.11'.You may take the barricnde, and
then-who knows the resources of patri.
otism in distress-you will find the
sewers mines of powder ready to blow
Whole streets into the mir. This will be
the terrible sentence you must accept.
-'To take Paris stone 10y stone, to
slaughter Europe on the the spot, to kill
France in detail. in each street, in each
house, that great light must be extin-
guished soul by SOUL"
"Germans, hold back! Paris is formi-
sdable. ,a' fi.ia.,
Think awhile before her walls. All
transformations. are possible for her
Her Incidence gives you the measure of
Aer.energy." taHl
4'She seems to sleep. She will awake.
Her thoughts will leap. from its scabbard
like sword, and this city, which, yestcr-
day, was Sybaris, tomorrow may be
>Saragossa." /"
This is very firm. It reads well, and
is decidedly a ladVictor Hugo. But what
effect will the address have upon the
German needlevgun, and the German ar
'tillery2 You may call spirits from the
vasty deep, but will they come? Hear,
too, what Madame Seorges Sand las to
say. She salutes the new regime in the
following words:
1.-The Repnblicl She must have life
~ her, since she rises again from her
ashes by the voice of all; by will of
which she is worthy, without the spilling
of blood, without fratricidal strife. Be,
hold the third awnkening-it is ideally
beautiful! The third? say rather the
fourth; for we must not forget that 1880
was Republican ut the beginning. We
dave fought for her only to lose her.
Te-day she rises complete with single
word, V5oe la France. This, then, is the
normal state which the conscience of
humanity desires. This is the inevita-
ble end of the prodigious toll of hu-
manity. It is we'll. It is the law of in
telligence. The manliness of man can
only develope in the air of freedom.
s.Behold the god of armies His name
is country and liberty. Hail to the
Repnblic! Thou art in good hands, and
a great people is now marching under
thy banner after bloody expiation.
Thy task is hard; but should it happen
to thee to fall once more, thou wilt
surely rise again. The rights of man
are imperishable.
We repeat it, if fine words are q
match for fine arms, then is Paris saved,
and it will be written-saved not by the
armies of France, but by her mouelists
and editors. In the meantime the Ger
mans move on, and after all must Paris
look to Trochu rather than to Hugo.
FROM SPARTANBURa.-We learn that
fthe anti-radical ticket for Town Council
OF this place was easily elected. One of
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