, 1870-09-09

by IA Erss~Alxu OIElccr-colnrrchcn
alive 1xevitSH Of tho C1au>c% OF titc
Downfall OF Ernncc-Fivc tersa.ons
Tor German Surcrioxitya:erln,s
II tic Future.
Translated franz La L;,rY:s.
st. AVOID, Aug. II. 1871
H. de GsrarilH:
One OF our numerous countr,men at Paris
will Zee tlat you receive these fcw words. by
way Of answer to your hlustetings. which haya
caused az noisy Att hilarity III our camp Al ono
Of our borllari1mcnts. You lave made oua
let, and will mako you another. I promise.
OH my honor, to pay to you 20, 900 francs ii
MT regiment docs not f1e past your Residences
III the Avenae da Roi-de-Rone before the 18Th
OF next September. Do you know why wa
feel 20 confident OF conquerins you: Tell
your f1ienl.. II You wish to; but do no. keep
hack ringlo wortl Of What I intend to say.
We shall conquer sou:
Ftrst.-Becanse We have the moral sunnort
OF all Europe.
stcond.-On account OF the superiority Of
7htsd,-Decause we ALL wi.h for German
unity. (Tle idea OF apeNatnns cnmcs from
your Emperor, who has had IA imitato1s NM.
de Cavour ard de nismafk.)
f0t<th.-BecAuse our soldiers ara well COM
Inanded, and we have among us none Of thoss
divided interests. principles, Or that 1nsubor-
dlnatt6n prevalent among your GarIes Mo-
tiles, whom We fear ts much as wa woal1 col
1ege students. Each OF our ro!tfiera il as we'll
Instructed as one Of your officers.
FUh.-Betause we fight for civilization il
other wurGs. for the emancipation OF man by
education.
How il il that a man like ron has not ssen
that the future belongs to the Northern or
Protestant laceas Lock At the United States
Of America! What do she llttIe States ba-
longing to the Latin race amount to when
compared with them! Little republics. al
ways engaged in civil warfare, without r,orai
force without other religion than the super
stition OF thsir ancestors, the Inquss.tors.
iD Europe, are not both the peninsulas and
france on the road to decay7 Gse1essIy
would We give King 10 Spain; your Catho-
lie ne,ehlor ought to be able to taach you the
state Of that countrs. Italc is degenefatipC
under the shadow Of the same prcjulioes
Catholicism hecnme iliotic {is that good
FEencl.:). Ftauce has declined ever since
she consigned her safety to tho protection OF
mau who las alws5s lied al much to Us as
to Fou.
lon zee to what twsnty years OF tlcepotisu,
have led yeu: you wished the :.empire to mean
peace, and it has been the SYNONYM OF war. IN
Ess.on. and the lose OF two provinces, for We
propose to keep them. Ton attached your
selves to tho Bon2partist dynasty through
fear Of soc,alism9 That is to say, you sought
TO avoid Clarybdis and you fell into scyIIa.
yust look at the condition Of thipgs: from
Napoleon l. We and Europe have retakan the
cen9uests Of tie republic: from tho second
OF the name we will take the ninth psri OF
Eeur country, without reference 10 t1,e
expenses Of the war, which vou
are going to defray- God is with those Who
wi.h for rrograss: that is why de has for
ssken son. Do sou happen to believe ia
God lou nave t1nivdrHI Suffrage, and
your voters know not how 10 read: that is
your most dangerous weapon. ForsootI,
without your Ledru Hol1in you would nos
have Ia! that: but Providence always mar
land Of liberty, which had Luther whom
logic was unknown among you Getnanyi il
destined to be for Europe what Fr7uklin's
country is for Amerfca.
Do not forget my bet. anl answer to me at
Geneva, No. Rue Mont Wanc.
Colonel z. Yox Ha1 srE1x