Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-18
THE r-RANcs-T1RRuRs.

THE FRANcs-TIRRURs.
The French freeshooters, Of whom
we hear so much just now, are nothing
but guerrillas under another name ;
and guerillas have existed all the world
over ever since the curse Of war came
into existence. In the earliest times
there were scarcely any other soldiers
than guerrillas. The armies of remote
ages were disorderly mobs Of savages,
armed with such weapons rs they could
find or fashion for themselves. They
were called together chiefly for prcda-
tory purposes, and when these were
answered they dispersed 70 enjoy their
plumber. 1t required a considerable
advance in civilization to organize reg
ular armies, and make them suoservi'
ent solely to national purposes, or,
more properly speaking to those OF
the rulers of the nation tor the time
being. And the more that civilization
has advanced, the more sharply de-
fined the duties and privileges Of the
regular forces of civilized nations
have become. until ut lust n military
code of honor has come to DO recog-
nized as binding on all countries not
,h.o,u,c,v barbarous. But there are
,o,,. no,nts ~ v.t unsettIed and one
oc 49, :. a~.,t,r. .reo, o~ttcption nj
~s"". e.. = ,,o,,t %
s"s a,a.r;,,s n..rc,ro
~ n.- -,
y" ociiaii VI 'n' ' "..
""'U :,
WIZ" -. noo.o,,.
'ne .~n MI ~
""' n"'o neu "po ""ann,h
upon uie ies"i"t oop' ..o"Ss
OF VINO nave 'oi" up i'I."
SCI hFe 70 n"s
anu PROVISIONS n,''ieu W s,'"s s
""N N. Io..n.
acts caic"ia'eu W 'H'"''
force or reEaru us a"sah'e vi" ="
other hild, tho fruSslahS' '"e very
moment they entered on lne campa's",
give pnoi'c NOTICE 'hae tney "o"'u no'
recognize any persons "no '"sy
found III arms against them aS a"iui
soldiers unless they wore inc UNIFORM
and formed portion OF the reS"'ai
French army; lis that they "ou,u
put to death aii those VINO appea,eu w
arms against them or "efe s"'i'y VI
nostiie acts 'o"Atu ''i,'.' "n'" nv .~ "
uh''ofheu
p~rociani'''o" y. ~"
ra'seu 'ne question:,
iSre 'es'''''"'e' A"e
no quite 80 easy Us seems
taihiy, past history i"r"s,'. 10
"','"'o ,.., 49, .rh,.ctsJ
anu e''" 800
10 specIai
80 no iurtnet n'sN .n y.
tn' r" N"p
!" -, ILL., r,,ro,
as i" op.'l' isa W" r,.nnh
4" 1p",'' s"e whona,o, ,hsv
'''S 49, w. ,o,sonoJ
Ill pa , ,v,n. and M a hun
80, In.. ,L,nu,. =, ,rh,cb =, honor
o,,h,s soldier would revolt: vet we
,r. ro, told that Nanoleou condemned
,hs system. He treated the individuals
v.hom hc c,uobt perpetrstiup these
horro,s inst n he did brigands, and
sbo, them becouse they were assassins,
not becau,e thef were guerrillas.
Pertains il will be said that the dis
tiurtion Is rather 4 fine one; but It Is
nm. on. because there occur many cir
c,ms,ances wherein a foe may be
s.s.,v 1isnos,l of otherwise than by
r,u;nr him "a bv woundInp him
,m%.r,Ir or nv taxing him pfisoner, or
hy Ii.,ru,n~ him: in these cases
Il w ulSIl lslIIE AliA Ah
h,r,i,.;1. horomes murder. And to
,h;, 80, ~. prussi,ns are RIGHT.
s"a ,Las. .,orr;i,,o xho LIN far tbe
a.. IL
s'Ae VI "n''s
threa'e'e" w''"' Duh
time, some allowance ought " oe i"''o
for the evaporation under winch poor,
ignorant peasants must naturally l"'".
when they see tlicir cattle oriveh on
their provisions consumed anu sne'r
houses made desoiate by an liivadihg
army. 1t hardly 10 doubted that'
hsd the French invaded Germany, ire
German peasantry would have acted
rs they did in 1913, and have found a
Joseph Spcck hacker or an Andreas
iIofer to lead them. Count Bismarck
l,vs n~nrticular stress OH the circum-