, 1870-09-10
GAS, July 1s, 1s'p.

GAS, July 49, 1ssa.
MR EDITOR: EyrT one shoud have courage
for his OWE op!uIok At such moment as tins,
the duty OF spcaktnt OF speaking loudly and dts
self. have long been 4; rangers to pubic a1ztrs.
which has Il Ieast tht m,rtt of Being sincere and
naming silent shoald be guilty OF coTartlice. l
love my country too we'll l1ove justice too wen.
not to protest a9a1zt tha. pretended unantmity
ward with it, rush
No, indeed, tbe& passions are not altogether
1m as1 tnec a u 4ao sve
var against Prussia Theas citizens do
sTs scis tn tas nj Sey nGf
they Stand b Il, ther voted fox It, and were
see wnr hGun thar Il not tusttned In their eyes;
they Will net See blood shed In tofroots, they will
not aid IN cannlct that wounds their condolences,
and threatens. perhaps. the future Of = whole
eeueyeuoo: they will not suffer tho anguish that
was brinRa to leads OF families and the indefinite
augmentation II our cous<t1ptl"ns. our debts, and
OF feeling whch IS now In the stage o: INSTINCT
int will soon piss to the stage OF encfsetc con-
would be veil t, take lnto account such people,
seldom noisy, sisH in coming 10 decision, but
who. nevertheless. will hare tho LAST wlrd. zee,
then. what thcir good sense, and, ELL better,
In the n1st p!acc (aud the wnoae question Is
tnss nss sas Eass me-
| day they cannot comprehend that 1t SadoHa
France was conquered with ARss1ta, or that the
ea e e. y S9t ts * II net ne
TO high an tdea VI France u belleve mat It IL
compromised because one SIDE q enotner i 9es-
have 100 atah IN idea Of the power Of France to
believe that II ts brought into Peril nec&Hae tics
many organizes herself The Old theories o.
Ik*NS fha
xcafaess Of our ne9hboEs setm 70 them 70 han
had their dag. a1d they tegar.l i - et1uee II
When sSe decinrauou OF the Duke Of Gra1,ou
burst Ike clap Of tnupder IN setrne ~. thea.
ci,lxens at tsst thought that wc Ind received so,
| mortal Injury, that the country WIZ Ia peril INA
it had addressed itself In vain to Prussia Ii thoa'
measures Of diplomacy when government eo1n
monty cxhausts before pronouue!nE Wosds 81 DC
tart Susceptih1iles, 10 easily aroused ausonG q.
They nAye since learned, to their intense sur7Tts
m The one hand, that private and kind femoL
rpvezrment had begun At the end; and, on u
other. that the csndldatule Of the Prince OF II,
neuzo1lc1n, more Murat. too. than Pzass,an, cnn
1eInolnne spoke OF that some months ago IN yos
] Journal, and the Gct7uan paqcEs have not ctass
: 10 llscou1Bc Of 1t to thelf reSderA
Better still, this cunsiitaturc bad been Wit
drawn, and then The citizens Of whom l Bpc,
; said to themselves, That un1ess war WAS deslf,
: and q pretcxt sought the affair VAS ended. II
father Of the Prince, W:.s officially comnunicat
| to our government py the Ambassador Of Spain
What then was not the surprise tine word Is I
feeble) Of the sincere freous Of pence when @
learned that nothing was ended. Violent 3ou1o
which did not spare eplthets, and which 8.
tnipgs in the hardest way, appHsed us that It y
e necessary 10 tmpose updn Prussia not rcnunc
Is don bet humihauou-thAt IA to sV. wN =
IL absolutely necessary: war at Any prsce repl7e
sr he former CRY Of Peace 1t any r1tue."
D. Whist could the KinR Of Prassla do7 Ne {
~ | r,s,,.1 In nur ArnbtxsAdof that he had adFt.
q | against the caudostufe, and approved Of
lie WltharawaL Seeing that another thing waa
a. ! mapded Of HIN, l. wa4 natural tuat he should
n ca}l thAt Communication 10 the Corps LeRtsl'
having the character Of ap Mifinatum, by WI
,Y cur Minister Of Foreign A6air1 opened the Qu
= ion. without any conference.
II THOSE French citizens who DO not feel cal
n upon 70 take revenge for ssdoTA may regret
1e tie E!nR had not deemed It srttAnle To reply q
ef more to n. Benedict that he Ind advised ASat
AZ \ candidaiure already withdraw. In fAcL-t
q: | up0p which SpsIn hAu sceed. But assure
- they arc far enough from finding IN the rcfusa
saJ tnas once more mcATe, or eSen Pree