Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-07

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1t has for its object as in 1892, the repres-
sion OF foreigners. 1T behooves there.
fore the inhabitants of Paris by their self
possession and the manliness of their at
tltude TO continue to show themselves
equal to the task that they and the nation
have undertaken, and for this reason ilE
vested the government with the powers
that have been SO much abused under pre-,
vious reigns. | invite the inhabitants of
Paris to the exercise of those political
4 rights, such as they have just reconquered
TO the fullest extent probably consistent
with wisdom and moderation, and to
show France and the world that we are
indeed worthy of liberty. Our duty in
the circumstances in which we have been
placed is above all to remember that the
country is in danger, and that France,
under the auspices of republican liberty,
proposes to vanquish or die.
am certain that my power will only.
be used to defend you from the blows of
those who seek to destroy the country. =
~. ''ft-.JL -f''i1 KERATRY. Z
More Germans Crossing the Rhine
| PARIS, Sept. 6.-The Minister of the
Interior has received dispatch dated
Mulhausen, stating that the enemy had ap-
peared atseYeral points, crossing the Rhine
in that vicinity. The Garde NatiOnale
and other bodies were going to meet them
The enemy had also appeared at Neuf-
chatel, in the Department of Cote dor. 5
Details of Eugeuie's Departure-sh
| ,....,r Offered to Abdicate.
PARIS, Sept. Cit is now positively
asserted that the Empress left Paris on
Sunday evening for Belgium to rejoin the
Prince Imperial. She quilted the Palace by
the entrance on the quay, having with her
but her servants in mourning Ferdinand
De Lesseps, q relative of the Empress
went to her and advised that she sign
her abdication. She seemed to agree TO
this, and taking the project of the act,
went to the hall where the Ministers sat
in council, They all declared that she
must not sign the paper.
The Princess Chlotilde, says the journals
was the last of the Imperial family to leave
the Palace. She has gone to Compeigne
| where her children are. II was evident |
| from the appearance of the rooms in the |
Palace that the departure of the Empress
was hasty.
1t is stated that the officials remaining |
| in charge of the palace said all those |
whom the Empress had so favored, |
deserted her, and not one remained |
TO see her off. Nothing inside |
the palace was injured Some of |
the national guard required the cooks
to prepare them a meal, and drank some |
of the vine in the Imperial cellars; but |
nothing else was touched. The Imperial |
court. Of-arms on the ratings and about the |
palace were torn off or covered |
with rags and handkerchiefs. A strong
force is posted in front of the new
Academy of Music, to prevent the mob
from injuring that building. The Provis-
ional Government makes known that it
will permit no such excess.
Victor Hugo and Cernuschihave returned
TO Paris. The former received an ovation.
The Last Hours of the Empire.
PARIS, Sept. 5.-The following is |
sketch of the proceedings of the Corps
Legislatif on Saturday night aud Sunday
morning previous to The closing session
already reported: The Corps Legislatif
which had only taken recess reassembled
at half-past one Sunday morning, after an
exciting session in the evening, at which |
the Ministers had explained the situation.
President Schneider said: Painful and
grave news was communicated to US dur
ing the evening" and as President Of the
House had double duty to perform to-
ward it and the nation; for the rest by an
urgent demand on the part of a great
number of my colleagues, you have been
called together in extraordinary session.
therefore allow the floor to the Minis
ter of War, that he may finish the state
ment which he began at this mornings
sitting. --f..
Count Palikao said | have the pain
full mission 10 inform you what my words
before must have foreshOwed the news
which was only semi-Otficial, but has now
become official. After heroic efforts the
army has been rolled back into Sedan and
been encOmpassed there by such superior
forces that it has been obliged to Capitu-
late. The Emperor has been made prs
Oner. In view of this news, it will be
impossible to enter upon a serious discus
sion of the consequences these events may
involve, when have been forced to leave
my bed to attend this sitting, and my col
leagues have had no opportunity to de
liberate.
President Schneider proposed an ad-
joIrnment until to day at noon. He said
the situation imposed on him great duties
and he would fill them, but the ministry
not having yet been able to deliberate and
each one needing time to think over care
fully the grave resolution which the Occa-
sion need, he thought it would be wise to
adjourn.
Jules Favre said if the Chamber is of
the opinion that in the grievous and grave
situation described by the Minister of War,
it should adjourn until noon, will not
oppose it, but we believe. it our duty TO
seize the occasion to lay before the House
a proposition which the exciting situation
demands. We will not add one word TO
the text which we now lay before you.
We move that the Chamber adopt the fol-
lowing resolution:
That Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and his
dynasty be declared to have forfeited the
pewers which the nation conferred on
them; that there shall be chosen an exec
utive committee, composed of members,
the number of whom shall be fixed by the
Chamber, which shall be invested with
the full powers necessary to repei invasion
and drive the enemy from the soil; that
Gen. IrOchu, Governor OF GarlS, |
be charged exclusively with the
defense of the national capital.
The reading of these resolutions was
listened to with profound silence. A
single voice was raised-it was that of M.
Pinard. ''We have not the power" said
he 'tO pronounce the decheanCe.
President Schneider returned to his pro-
posal to adjourn the sitting until noon on
account of the gravity of what had hap
pened.
The Corps Legislatif agreed and the sit
ting was adj djOurned.
stirring Manifesto from the Work.
ingmen.
PARIS Sept. 6.-The International
Workingmen's Association has issued the
following manifesto, addressed to the
German Social st Democracy:
Brothers-The Prussian Government,
at the brink of the campaign, declared |
that it waged war against the Emperor
and not against the people of France.
Republican France invites Germany, in J
tho nama of iusfipp tO Withdraw hpr 4