The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-08-11
THE SITUATION IN FRANCE.

,nues. Already he who challenged 'hl
mortal combat is forced 10 take the de
feussve. II he fights st Metz he does S
70 stay the onward march Of the vic
tu,ious and enthusiastic Prussians VIII
are pressing toward Paris His caus'
!, lost so soon as he is forced within TIT
!eseuses of his Capitol. Prussia need
oos 10 capture Paris and take Napoleor
orisoaer in order to crush the Napoleon
ic dynasty. Anything short Of victor,
full and complete is n defeat to the EN-
,eror. The miracle ola French victory
must be accomplished in the next battle
or a retreat upon Paris mus, follow
.sd retreat is defeat: aud defeat means
she abdiea,ion of the poor, blowsy old
couple who have over.played their band
az the imperial game and whose weak
aad scrofulous heir apparent is still too
Young and Of too little Consequence TO
-ssist his parents in maintaining the
hooor aud glory of their parvena imper-
,.,ism. What q decayed old coreero
the house of Napoleon is, indeed, when
You look close TO il There is the En-
peror, sixty, syphilitic and almost senile,
great only in the cunning arts OF the
politician. posses sing o, one of the noble
traits of the soldier gsasping out for
something intangible aud vain to avert
the ruin which is only too paipable /;
there is the food aud ambitious Empress,
one of party in marriage de eonrenante,
5lase With old fashionable follies, fash.
ions, in,rigues and dissipatious, prema-
,urely aged, painted, patched, padded
and pas.s And this seedy old couple
ere silly enough to 60 to. war; and they
take the poor little turniP'faced cripple,
their son and heir, and they set him mp
- 9 tawdry aliurement to the French
people, sping the consequence Of old
Kings who parade their legitimate heirs
to the Crown and they take this sickly
lad oat to the from, one day, and there,
amidst the solemn scenes and Incidents
At battle they enact over him the weak
at and stiles, pan,omime in all history,
and then proclaim tina, amid the falling
tears Of the soldiers this diapered hero
has "r.ceired the baptism OF Ere -
Hompsre this blare and clap trap with
THAT g,mesome old Willism of Prussia
md his boys are doing; aud then won
Ter. If you can. that poor McMahon
,as been doubled up and driven; that
Napoleon is backing iato Metz and that
Paris is declared TO be in a state OF
.rige. Just read shat ihe Prussian
King. upon receiving news ofthe victory
=, Hasuensu by the Crown Prince tele-
graphs t, his wife:
Wonderful luck has attended US in :his
rev great victory won BY Fritz. L.; us thank
Tod for His mercies. The victorious Prus-
ians fred a salute Of one hundred guns on
he field Of battle. WILLiaM.
That means that this brave old king
,ss fighting men for sons-brave, hon-
st, stalwart frllows-not puppets and
'ets-resl. hardy, trained soldiers of the
Iood royal-begotten when the blood
oysl was young and warm and pure.
hat, as much as anything accounts for
his Prussian success. "Blood will
ELL" Napoleon III is parSebu. His
uccess has been that of willy advent
rer. His weakness has been made ap-
aren't in the assumption that the of
pring OF himself and Eugene is the
rcepted equal Of the Young men whose
rios convey the blood of q long line of
arriof kings. Old William. conuseiled
: Dismark, the ables. continental ,
atesmcs, and assisted in the field by
Is highly bred and educated sons, goes
battle to resent . fragrant, ineIcuss-
. isssli; and, surrounded by his y
niiy ami BY bis people. all hopeful,
Der and determined, all full. of honest t
" for King end FAtherland, and all
led with Indignation at the insolence
the psrreau Emperor who has forced :,
. ueediess war, have We not cond d
lsons to expect just such victories ms a
lar