The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27
a FRENoH MANIFESTO OF 1859.

a FRENCH MANIFESTO OF 1859.
From the Pau Mall Gazette.
The proclamation to the German nation
which the Emperor issued before he left for
the war, and wherein he promised to save it
as he had saved France aud TO bring it
liberty from its oppressors generally. and
chiefly from the rapaoious Prussian King,
rs not without its curious pendant. II was in
1862 that that most Christian French
king, Henry ii, issued very similar
document to the German nation by
way of introduction to the robbery Of
the three episcopates of Metz, foul, and Ver-
dun. His peacefulness, he says, had been
interpreted by his enemies as fear. Mean
while, many heavy complaints by number
of electors, princes, and other excellent
people of the German nation had come be-
fore him, of their being oppressed by the
Emperor with unbearable tyranny and servi-
tude, so much so that nothing more certain
could follow therefrom than that
with everlasting loss of the national freedom
of Germany and the perishing of many
people, monarchy would be built up unto
the Emperor and the house of Austria
To hear this had been very grievous to the
King, not merely because he was of the same
origin as the Germans, inasmuch as his own
ancestors had also been Germans but also on
account of the treaties and ancient friend
ship which, through similarity of GUS
toms, had always been held steadily
between the two nations before those presen
evil practices of the Emperor, and this had
served for the common veal as we'll as for
the real safety of the crown of Fragce. A
change from German liberty to everlasting
servitude, and the consequent misery of the
German nation and the Holy Empire, could
not therefore come to pass without injuring
France, since the German nation was strong
citadel not only for France but all Christen-
dom. The King had for this reason always
hoped that those two strongest nations of
Christendom would some day combine their
arms, SO that they should have absolutely
nothing more to fear from the unbelievers
(Turks) or any other enemy.
Since, however, hitherto no such unanimity
of princes had existed from which union of
the German nation could have been hoped for,
and now one, now the other had asked for
his assistance, the King had not known how
to tender his hand to the thus disunited en-
pire. Now the Almighty, Everlasting God,
however, who alone was just master, has
just ordained it, that the Duke Octavio of
Parma and Placenza had been unjustly at
tackled by the Emperor and the Pope, and
that he had asked fer the Kings protection
for himself and the Count of Mirandola. In
consequence whereof the King had received
tidings of the desire of SO many great princes
and estates of the Holy Empire for Chris
tian understanding with them towards the
saving OF German liberty.
The Emperor and his brother, the Roman
king, had, instead of augmenting the empire,
diminished it, inasmuch as they had swal-
lowed wholesale (gdns md gar gefreSsen)
great foundations, principalities, cities, and
communes. Why does the Emperor prohibit
the Germans to serve anybody but him, or to
take into council against their ancient free
dom any other potentate? How many
honest, sincere, and brave men had the EN-
peror miserably betrayed through his blood
hounds, specially trained for that purpose,
and had brought them to disgraceful death
with horrible tortures From the motives
the King had not been able to refuse his aid
to the German princes and estates, but had,
after divine impulse and inspiration, created
with them an alliance.
And because for such great benefit he
hoped to obtain everlasting gratitude, obli-
cation, and memory, he Herewith would
make it known to all and everybody, and
swear it by Almighty God, that he did not
seek or hope to obtain in reward for this
faithful and difficult enterprise, the great ex
penses and danger and cares arising there
from, for his own person any other gain oi
satisfaction but that of furthering from his
own free, royal mind the liberty of the Ger
man nation and the Holy Empire, of freeing
the princes of their lamentable servitude, an6
of thus securing for himself an immorta
name. No man should fear any violence
since he had only undertaken the war in orde,
to restore to each his lost rights, honors
goods, and liberties
Several German princes allowed themselves
to be deluded by this proclamation, and the
consequence was the loss of those portions o.
German territory which the King of France
had long coveted. Whatever may have beer
the intent of Napoleon's recent declaration
there are very significant signs visible already
that Germany has an eye upon some of those
German provinces which have at differen
periods been annexed to France, but which
still retain their genuine German "mundart,
together with their homely old manners ant
customs.