New-York tribune., 1870-12-21
TOURS.
GAMBEfTA'S ADDRESS TO THE ARMY-THE M
PERIALIST FACTIONS.
IRON OUR OWN CoRRESPOSDRSTl

PEEIALIST FACTIONS.
IRON OUR OWN CORRESPOSDBETi
ToUgs, Nov 2S.-Before leaving lie Mans
NJ ,mJcita issued the following proclamation TO tht
army:
IB MANS, Nov. 2l--I1 p m.--sOIDIgRs: After pass
ae three wHoe days with you making NY self acquainted
Wi yoar wants. and nqrrlrg how best 10 organize and
reiroe an 0ur force, leave with the certainty that You
ar arolt 20 tlke great revenge But recently you met
sil rNcIscs because yon were too few and too much
Yca atc commanded by energetic officers prudent
tSoy intrepid. You must bndly obey them: They
vii ltal you 10 victory As they necessarily think of
YOU cy have the right to demand in return order dis
cplre. sobriety end braveryhOse Republican virtues
Of whrb they daily set you the example. foT life is
hard and .e petc with risks and sacrifices but reme-
her ihat yGu arr lighting to save France and the
together for good or ey fortune II this noble idea
t"yOG terrible for who could wish to live IN dishonored
country Non not inferior to your brethren Of the
ARM ~ The Loire yOI children Of the same mother
20 @lOn y0a owe all and you will defend upon the
S1:the position quite as precious Tor tue 1utuIe oI
part ~ ihe glorious movement of France toward the
CHVtfl You VIII LO longer lose an inch OF ground,
H. wing tlRt every backward step you take will aug
mcut 10 anguish q the besieeed. Swear then to each
trat, like fathers you will draw back,
anu 4t YOU a. nLtn Nv WIN one aTeofd Gr or th9 ae er o
as II ~ your ancestors They have deserved well Of
tae country and tho ep1blie! Hye In France! Viye La
Tbs Meu,yer OF tho Government, Minister Of the In
terror md u War, GAMBRTTA.
The crablc Gen Dc Kerzaaun who at the head of
lsrgc crc away non EvreuI, which wassuccessfuy
defended fine National Guard alone has been sent for to
Tours roinandod and dismissed. He is lucky, indeed,
70 gct Sd be allowed to subsde into obscrty easily
You miy depend upon il that many Imperiallst Gen
erals ~ shortly be superseded. II II were possible to
get d ., The whole lot Of them at once the public scr
vice wonil nc benefited With few exceptions they are
upper yry servants, wearing expensive uniforms. with
sn '!!ty, md ess patriotism and who think Of moth
ng but the loss Of their undeserved emOlunens But in
tht nature OF things changes only be made gradually
Officers who distinguish themselves will hnd promotion
repid. and anything like great victory gained by the
Republican arms win rapidly put officers who do not re-
pudists Imperialism, at a discount
The fear Of French victory stimulates the Monarch
ist' OF al easses TO unwOnted activity Senators do
Chasseloup Loubat and &c Ia GuerOnnere and many Of
their colleagues Eagerly wondering what Is to become
OF tic EoQ1), and great many Deputies are now
i TUufs and hold sort OF extralegn Parliament With
NJ Iicrs Tor President trhey want Monarchy OF some
Kind and ciye very little which. To them wealth rank
aud influence such they have before enioyed are far
orc precious than the integrity Of the country or the
emancipation OF the taxpayers from crushing war in
dernity The satellites Of these "burgraves spread
ta.s every day and II is really amusing to see
the long faces they make when they hear Of q French
greatly enjoyed the discontinue of OF
thi class when / showed them to-day dispatch from
Berlin stating that from the front confused
and contradictory. and that great anxiety was felt
The Constitutional although hsbituay in opposition
- tho Tours Government thinks IL necessary to say Of
81. GaInbettss last proclamation: "The language ID
Insny. srit-strrng, aud such as should be used u
Frc;ieh sOdi RS
Tharc lss eviG,nly heen defeat, amounting to dis
S>er. near Amens Tie Official account Of 1t is thus
wo~ltd:
"AhIEa;s, Nov H-Battle going all day from vlers
Bt ttOnDeuI to SOleur The affair began well and was
kept Hp well up halfpast t. Vllers BretODneuK was
abandoned IN the face OF superior numbers aud much ar
tlety. At BOyes we were defeated. AT Dury we kept
positions The enemy's force Is estimated ut $4,000
am quite prepared 10 learn that the French defeat
even more important than may be inferred from
THIS aeoue dispatch. But however disastrous there IL
hing in II 70 discourage the Army OF the Loire the
amy 81 defense generally This reverse Is a natural
co.equenoe OF the Dcfhciency. not say worse, Of
Eeitbsk, who all too late removed from the com
lnand which ought to have been given 20 him.
CcmreteDt military mon, who commissioned 20
port on Bourbas proceedings at Lille, say in substance
thathe was about a. efficient Gen. BOum." Hence
his recall The indelibe tsint Of imperialism is upon
him. aud he had better retire altogether.
ka9tty question in political circles here IA, whether