The New York herald., 1870-09-16
The Attitude Of Prussia.


! The Attitude OF Prussia.
| The altitude OF Prussia as reported in our
dispatches from London and Berlin Is without
parallel in tho history of civilized nations.
Assuming that she will overcome all further
resistance that France may oppose to her
operations, and THAI she win occupy Paris,
she then proposes to ignore the government
| do facto--to set aside the men she finds in
authority, aud to sat up in the place of power
government of her own creation, and which,
because it will be of her own creation, we must
suppose will be made up of her creatures. twill
be, it is said, made up Of the Representative
Assembly and the Senate, and Of tho Regent, to
be conjured over from England in order that
she may sign anything to secure the freedom
| of her husband. With this creature Of Prus-
sian power-this sinulacrum of govern
ment-Prussia will treat for the surrender of
France, for delivering over in chains con-
quered people. Doubtless Prussia's creatures
will give Prussia whatever she may choose to
demand for, rs In oil this assembly called
together to represent France there will be no
one with authority or spirit to speak for the
| conquered people, treaty may be easily made.
This is government conducted on the princi-
Piles that prevail in our metropolis. How
often have we seen the plunderers Of our city
treasury bothered by the accidental presence
of an obslinatcly honest man in charge Of the
city funds! But the trouble never lasted
long, for at the next election the plnndercrs
would put one of their own men in that place
| and then draw all the money they called for.
| So now Prussia finds the revolutionary gov
crnmsnt inconvcnient. 1t will not recognize
her exorbitant claims. II will not listen to
the proposition to cedo French territory. So
Prussia will put her own men in the place of
these, and then will get what she likes.
Among any people in Europe some generous
instinct would revolt at such conduct, but the
Prussian wields newly acquired power, and
generosity comes not within gunshot OF the
Kings headquarters. No creature with sense
of self-respect makes an abusive use Of casual
supremacy. Nobody, from the schoolboy up,
but exercises some restraint and refrains from
mntilating his enemy when he Is down. Prussia
only seems regardless of this human rule. She
will not only kick her enemy when he is down,
but she will quarter him only before che pro-
ceeds to this extremity she will call in the
notaries and have him mako his will in her
favor. This is the spirit manifested by the
government that has suddenly leaped to the first
| position among the armed Powers of Europe.
Republican or Cossack in fifty years. v
| What is. there in the Cossack worse than
this2 And this Cossack nature makes itself
felt in the name of the great, enlightened,
intelligent German people, from whom, since
the age of Arminius, the world has heard so
much of its aspirations for freedom and
! brotherhood. But we must make allowances.
| The beggar on horseback proverbially rides
very far. 1t is new for Germany to be able
to dictate terms to France, or to any one
else; and she is, therefore, but little ac-
! quainted with the limits that even conquerors
are accustomed to respect. Europe at large
England, Austria and Russia, ct least-musi
look on with strange feelings at the Power
that r-"re""o thu" te administer upon the
.aeU.s Of France, in the name of peace and II
order ''to bo let alone" in the future.
None of these Powers, it seems, will inter.
fere. England dare not, Austria dare not
and Russia will not act alone. Fear and
their absorbing selishness govern them; but
time will show that this is tteir own quarrel
Why does Prussia desire to tie down France
and have military frontier between
this Power and herself? Is it that she may
live in peace? Nonsense. None know better
than the Prussian statesman that their sures
guarantee of future peace as regards France
is their present triumph. None know better
than they that after this war Prussia dare no
keep the peace-that she must in three o.
four years have another conquest on hand Of
have German republic. They tie dowI
France in order that she, the Power that Cal
DO most against them, may surely be counted
out from the next fight. Here are Belgium
and Holland PROSTATE at the feet of Prussia
and she wants them. England stands in tn,
but with France tied down these three Powers
cannot prevail to prevent the purpose of Prus
sa. Prussia could seize and occupy Belgium
before England could land twenty thousand
troops. Austria would violate her engage.
ment, as she has always done, when it suited
Russia would be the only one to fight, and th,
nation that has crushed the military power O
France would crush that of Austria in
shorter time. BY their present conduct th,
''neutral" Powers are preparing their OWL
future.
| A GOOD EXAMPLE FROM JERsEY.-Jersey
justice is generally swift, and is often based q!
much upon common sense as upon the techni
calities Of law. AS case in point: A couple
of New York rowdies visited Hoboken th,
other day, evidently intent upon making mis-