, 1870-08-07

strongest in Europe, and whose iuperial sys-
TEN ia By many supposed to be the very oT-
posite pole to that shear democratic repabli-
eanism Ebisa prompted The oa:poutipES e. Of
seillaise il to be stamped BY an m" It was
played hy the band Of the Imperial Guards on
Monday; and On Sunday night At st. Cloud, so
We are told, grand dinner Of eighty covers
beng given to officers Of the army Of high
RINK, tho Emperor's private band, to tho as-
tonistnaeut and delight Of the company, SO
soon rs the dessert was set upon the table,
sttuek up the Nasset9aise.
President Grant on the War
Long B,eneh t4ua. ~ Correspondents IF the .Se,s
Tork Sun-
Your correspondent had an hours interview
with the President last evening. The Execu-
hye showed no reticcnce, but carried on tho
triangular conversation with another gentle
man aud myself with ease and rapidity, as each
subject waa touched upon.
After complimentary speeches the conyersa-
ton turned upon tho war, and we asked the
President what he thought OF the situation in
Eutope.
General Grant. They seem to be getting
into free tight. They can't be separated
dgbt, but when everybody is lighting there i
no one to etep in aud separate. 1t hrst 1
thought the war would be tho1t-now think
it will be long, and il seems IS II every power
IN Europe will get into it. England must
stand ly Belgium, the fruit Of Waterloo, aud
70 know NAPOLEON, M he aAia to the Mavor Of
tsonen, in 1866, s. hates the treaty OF 1sl5."
This treaty Napoleon L signed against biz will,
and, although he gave up the south bank o,
the Rhine then. 10 form, tho French have
mover given it up in spirit. The fight with
Napoleon Il foz the south bank Of the Rhine
North German Confederation. Then Hapo-
leon needed something to kill Rochefortism at
home.
He needed what Alexander H. Stephens
suggested to President Lincoln and Mr. Saw
ard; when the, thought ot patching up a truce
It Hsnps1n ,la:, hoa1s, " lss2-ap e5,rins's pol
what Stephens tItrsnsie policy meant, for
SeWard's dispatches made them open their
eyes wide. 1t meant North and South Join
against Gambia It took diplomacy to get this
e1triasic idea cut Of Stephens and Ja1 80 it
the secret treaty which would enable Napoleon
to gobble up Saarbruck and Landau, and re-
store Lo1emhuyg to the French. Bat il took
greater diplomacy to reject it. Disnark did
II, and he now hands the rejected proposition
over Stephens Canada policy to England. Tna
defeat Of King William il the sqaelchinS Ut
Belgium.
Sun Correspondent. When King William
catce to Paris in 1861, the Paris morniug pa
rers announced his ARRIVAL thus: 'Bl.nark.
attended By tho kug Of Prussia. Las ar
nved-"
General Grant. Well, t1at,s about right.
Eismark is the big gun: he Will he tue
''Swamp Angel in the rear Of the Prass.u
army.
Sun Correspondent Americans generally
sympathize with Prussia
General Grant Yes, don't know but what
We do. Our sympathy is tile result OF CON-
1Eerce. German emigration, and because the
Germans took our bonds aud stood With US
during out var. France didn't. King
William and nls1nark sent three teleufa;us
of congratulations to us. Not GAG came from
Napoleon who, On the consrary, vas all
Seward let him Lit, because hts a1my was ali
.tlle time eating up the beef and tanning the
hides Which otherwise wouL! Lave rut;eI into
the rebel ar1nr, In fact. 3Iaxi,nilian was a
sort Of provision destroyer in Mexico. Ii we
60 back Of the last war, there is no reaso,s WHY
leon sent trooFs, aEd Lafayette came TO help
us. while Frederick tho Great hired uut 4 lot
Of II. shiapn to Great Eiitain.
Sun Correspondent. And il yon 30 now
about five miles from Potsdam, yon will sec 4
! marble monument, on which il w1.tten in
s,eoo German tzases, who died heroicaliy in
! capture OF Saarbrnck, General?
General Grant. Little ekitmishes nnl recon
| uoleAnce now and then don't smount to auy-
| thing We must wait foz tue cauplisn.
Sometimes, in checkers, man gires away ono
I nan, aru by and b. takes three. So III WEI.
| Ihtn, Saatbrnck don't seem to have been 4
| Gctmau iowu- It WAS like tbs selscls Eiet
tal'ns Bowling Green. Ky., or Little Rock.
Il rather belo;EeA to them but when 1e-erI
steele 1etoook Little Hook, that WIS a victory.
l think 3taycnco will be the fredericksburg OF
| the Mar, md may be, tie Black Forest will to
! the Wilderness. At least, should thlak that
modern wn.tare had demonstrated the t:.ct
thst 1t is foolish to assault . fortified Town when
yon can Just As well mach arounI it and conf
rel the attacked party toetareos come ont and
beth stosmed fredericksburg, but think il
| tIIry had it to do over again you would see
them marching right around to The rear.
| Nayence. Cotlentz, and even Ebrebreiten-
stem. the Gibralter OF tho Rhine, il managed
1t ali, will hare to 10 managed as Frede:isks-
burg Was at last. iou can't storm Ettan-
| bEti:enstein any more than you could vicks-
| burg from the Louisiana uats- Ion cen bou1-
| bard it, but, when taken, it will have to be
starved out. Now don't thiak these French
fellows are mach Oh .Ee stAr<c ont process
| they're too fast, aud hcts Prussia has the i,,-
ride srack.
I sun Correspondent. What will be tho prcL-
nile strategy Ut the Prussia,. aruy?
! General Gtsnt /: will usiioubte edsy remain
strictly On the defensive. Tho lr1tssi1ns are
| nov where the Ausitiaus were during the last
~ar; They niil Esd deIenaiog themselves
qnering Austria The victory Of Konisgratz
was Won without a rrussian Quarteru,aste1 u
Dcpartnent-withrut even base os supplies.
They started, like General Pope. viii, head
! quarters and hindqn1ztets in tile saddle. Th.a
st1ategy Is only sata with vicscrs. 1t would
lave been as disastrous with Klng William at
| koplggratz as it was With General Pope At
Cehtse.i1se, had he met with Tepu1se. The
Austrian campaign Was successinl but it
would MOI do for King William to light the
ssilI-iutzeEch and the French m;sat dig him
! ont or work in tbs rear. Spades will ba
t1uInrs again, as at Ficksburg. There ia ;
! striking analogy between the French md
frnssian armies and the old Union aud Rebel
armies: prussias s,rategy shonld ba to st.4d
still. If she takes the agrees. .ve, penetrating
Feepth territory. the sano result will uudoubt-
| edIy AwaH her that Awaited Lee in pansglF1uia.
| GeI,ytutg and Antietam both weakened the
ltebels more than Years Of defence warfare,
koniEs1atz will not b repeated during this
| var.
| sun Co1rcspopient-Wtat will 10 the eject
| Of the var OIL this country.
! General Grant History will repent itself
Our var raised values, not only here, bat all
oyes the Horld- People couldni live ii Eu-ope
after one, nor one.ha'f rs Cheap as before.
I The present var will raise values in Europe.
Americans viii come home. Irun and leather
AID coal will advance there. Then We can
compete with them without tariff. The var
itself, will be a self-imposed high tatia, i'm
Posed on every article OF foreign importation.
astic1 will be the sreatest b1esans that could
ke Afforded to America. It will raise Europe
up 70 IN equilibrium OF prices and labor. Our
factories will start again. Importatio,w will
ctsee. They nil no longer BE- able to make a
coat cheaper in Europe than in this country.
Our b1eadstuns and bacon viii have TO fur.
ui1h their Quanermaster's Department indi-
fectir. Pork will advance, and general farm
Enduce Will brinE cofTespondinG!y high figures
il tie war lasts, as now think it Will Our
bonds will ccmo home At first, but they viii be
quickly absorbed. They arc safe. and foreign
eEs are even Low making large deposits OF
item in American banks. Many ar. coaing
back, but few want TO rea1,ze on them. 10
matter how the war turns out A. home.
Sun Correspondent How sbour out mer,
cha1t uAr1ne-oor shipping
Gene1A Grant-Here We have made great,
= suicrdal mistake. Before Congress I'd iourn:
ed re ought to have maJe arrangements 10.
the purchase Of foreign vessels. They IRE in
TIE nsfket DOW It che1p figures, but We CANT
buy them. The old act Of Cung1ess provides
hlbiss their purchase OF foreign power. BY
an act 0f Congress We can't buy vessel which
We once owned but sold to GeSnaty during
our War-that is We can't change her flag. II
We buy ard sail under Ptuastsn flags then
France will gobb1e us up. Our WE Glied ou1
merchant u12t1ne- In she fsce Of the Alabama
pirates re sold ont cheap. England had No
scts Of Parliament again.t buying, and she pos.
eessed Aesreif Of out ships at half price, Now il
tLe time for US to get sven BY buy7og the
ships Of France and F1ussi1. Ttis is what /
Narted Congress to do. Eut naay Of our
Coz gresenen know nothing Of shipping; they
are, farmers and lawyers, md the iaea did no,
Now they see it. get letters every day filed
with regrets that We did not f1 this thing M
30 aa to bEild up our merchant marine. Il