Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-11-24
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plomatist sought the interview. He
made inquiries respecting the health
of the Count, who replied that he
had never been so well as he had
since the French journals announced
his death He next asked what
people in London thought of the
situation. This gave rise to the fol
lowing convers ton:
Myself-'rhey profoundly regret
this war which has commenced be-
tween two great peoples, who, by
the diversity of their wants and
means, are so well destined 20 de-
relop themselves and to live in peace
with each other.
The Count-Voltaire said one
day that he loved the Germans, who
only had one fault-that of being
too numerous. To-day, withc ut
being Voltaire, L may say that
France has only one misfortune
that she has not enough Frenchmen.
Behind the false France which gets
up agitations, which cries out, which
is continually vascillating between
farce and melodrama, there is q Sc
rious and weil-informed France.
But she has abdicated and that is
why we wage this war, which is q
! misfortune for all Europe.
Mvself-Yes; but the real France
will end in rejecting, and by the use
of free institutions will raise herself
again.
The Count-May God so will it
The Romans said of tbs Gauls that
they understood two thirgs-to fight
bravely and to talk cunningly Rem
mNttum ct argute logui. AS you see,
the French are their true descend
cnts- They are condemned to be
knocked about like a shuttlecock
between pettifoggery and military
rule
Myself-Military rule! But what
about yourselves.
The Count-That is q great mis-
take. We are an armed nation, but
not "A military government Besides,
every one down here has his part
assigned to him. You English trans
form yourselves in order to preserve
yourselves; in Spain and Italy peo
pie agitate and neglect themselves /;
in France people soon tire of what
they have quickly constructed-pal-
aces and barracks are one by one
demolished, rebuilt and destroyed.
We on the other Land. stick to what
we constructed in the first instance.
They are not obliged to disturb us
every minute, to appropriate our ed
ifices, and to knock down our walls
That is why we make war. We
want peace which will secure for
Us peaccable future.
Myself-Very well, the Constit-
uent Assembly, if it establishes q
regular government, will soon be in
a position to sign peace.
The Count-Soon? We cannot
speak seriously of peace except at
Paris, with the keys of Metz and OF
Strasburg in our pockets.
Myself--What do you think OF
the Constituent Assembly?
The Count-It will come either
too soon or too late.
Myself-Will it sign peace2
The Count-That will depend on
its good sense, its tact, and its pa
triotism. If it does not accept the
conditions, which are as necessary
to the existence of Germany as to
its own, the funeral knell of the Re
public has soundeds for powerful
peace party is already in course oi
formation in France, and in choos-
ing between peace which means
order and permanent invasion, with
the Reds there will not be much
hesitation.
Mysclf-But with whom will you
treat then?
The Count-With those who rep
resent this party.
Myself-But the siege of Paris
may be prolonged, and in the mean
time armies will be organized every
where.
The Count-No doubt, and they
will not be wanting in numbers,
arms and courage. But, putting
entirely aside certain clements of
dissolution which circumstances will
develop, there is one thing which
ought not to be forgotten, namely,
that the most humble of our soldiers
knows that before Paris he is de-
Tending his own home.
Myself-This is terrible war.
The Count-It is more than q war,
sir, it is historic phase, of which
the war is only halting place. The
old European society is crumbling
away, and new centers of civiliza-
ton are being formed. Unfortun
ately, this regeneration can only be
efocted by means of struggles and
sorrows
| Myself-But on what basis is the
new society to be founded?
The Count--On. liberty, which
must itself be founded on what is
most grand and most true in the
depths of the human conscience
on right and duty
Myself--Very good! But has not
the French revolution already inau-
gurated new era when it published
the celebrated Declaration of the
Rights of Man?
The Count--No, because it omit