The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-26

At the great German meeting in
New York last week, Carl Schurz
made a speech of great power and
eloquence. He said, among other
things:
MY GERMAN CITIZENS
/ come to you tonight exhausted by
long work and O prolonged session of
the United States Congress. / don't
know whether / shall be able to speak
to you as l might have wished. /
had hoped to have some rest, when
the call came which will give no rest
to any one. / wish to mingle my
voice with the voice of the mass
meeting which gives expression not
only to the feeling of Germans, but
of Americans as we'll. In this mo-
ment the whole of America speaks.
A bloody war tragedy develops itself
on the Eastern Continent. We all
know that war is the worst of evils,
and he who begins it without suf-
icient reason takes upon himself q
terrible responsibility. Spain tried
to have a German Prince ascend a
weak and worthless throne. France
considered the choice of that German
1IlQG al 446AAWs OO044 any HO4O
with clear common sense imagine
that in this, the ninetsenth century,
the century OF civilization, a war of
succession could reVolutionize Eu.
roper Kings may be relatives; they
should not forget that nations are re-
lated also.
The first ground upon which war
was declared vas a lie. The Prince
had Withdrawn before it was declared.
The second point was the insult of
the King to a French ambassador.
Why was this insult offered2 Be-
cause he did what no gentleman
should do or does. He wished, while
the King was drinking mineral wa
tiers, to put him to an ultimatum, and
he was rightly reprimanded. Kings,
as a general thing are not favorites in
this country, but William has acted
as a gentleman. loud cheers. Ev-
cry German should be glad that a
man is on the throne of Prussia who
dares show his teeth and is not intim-
idated by bravado.
Now, this so-called insult was only
another ~subterfuge. Ask Napoleon
If he would have acted as Benedict
did, or if having done so, he would
have considered the consequence
as an insult? No one is deceiv-
ed by words, and no one believes
the pretext. Every one knows
that France wishes to dictate. Ma
poleon we'll knows that French
honor is a peculiar honor. When any
nation acquires one foot of ground,
France wants the same, or considers
the aggrandizement as an insult.
When taking a province herself, she
does not wish to have anything said.
The policy of Napoleon has been to
consolidate the Roman nationality,
at the same time he tried to upset
German union. At the head of
France, Napoleon considers every
concentration of power and union in
Germany as a personal insult to
France because it lessons its prestige.
Balance of power in Europe a
according to Napoleon, that France
shall be q little heavier than the rest.
And now the two great Powers of En-
rope stand armed In opposition. The
war will be one of unprecedented ex-
tent, and will decide the future fate of
Germany, may be of Europe,
In one of the evening papers the
story of an Englishman is given. who.
having seen the two armies in posi-
ton. says: I'm the French camn
there IS loud and hilarious enthusi.
asm. The soldiers are drinking, shout
ing and cheering. In the German
camp all is quiet, but that quiet be-
sneaks determination" And it is a
good sketch. With the usual French
Enthusiasm and bravado. the French
army will cross the Rhine aud enter
Germany, there to be silently but firm
ly met by German bayonets. The
Germans no longer are the soldiers of
Jena, as Napoleon vainly tries to
make his army believe. They have
learned since then, and Sadowa shows
what they have learned. But what
viii be the end of this alp Not evil
only. One great thing has already
been ACCOMPLISHED,