The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-10-08
THE SIEGE OF PARIS.

ed by the power which Napoleon
treated with so much of naughty dis
dain but a few short months ago.
What has been done in that brief time
goes beyond the limits of the most ex-
travagant Imagination OF the most
ardent German. That the pawns and
knights and castles of this grand game
of actual chess should have been so
soon swcp, aside and the game itself
brought to '.check" seems like feat
of magic-so profound was the worlds
faith in the military prowess of the
Imperial establishment. 1t seems to
have been quite As much of 80 SHELF
as the late SoUynern Confederacy, and
much more easily crushed. Strasburg.
one ofthe boosted strongholds of Eu-
rope held out less than tenth of the
time that Nicksburg s,st aimed itself
against its besiegers; and while the
results of the great battles just fought
upon French soil display much less
comparative list of casualties than
those which preceded Grants invest
mcnt of Petersburg and Richmond,
the ind C It ons are evident that Paris is
doomed to fall after 4 much briefer
struggle than that which took place i'll
font of the rebel capital.
Yet there are many circumstances
attendant upon this war between Pru>-
>ia and France which remind us OF
what TRANSFERRED from time to time
during the latc war of the rebellion.
LouiS Napoleon expected 10 find the
German States divided-South Ger
many ready 10 revol, against King
William rs soon as war was declared
The Soutl crn con>piratOrS who had
long been preparing for secession and
civil strife counted upon 4 divided
Nor;h-the middle and western SAFES
holding coldly aioOf from New Eng
land; and throughout all. the Demo- |
cratic party compelling peace. The
actual state OF affairs upon the sound |
ing of the war trumpet were alike in /
the Northern States and throughout |
Germany. The people rose in mass 10 |
resent the wantOn Insult offered to the |
flag they loved so Wei. With no line
OF safe retreat homeward left TO HIM
Napoleon surren ,IereJ-not as jeff
Davis did, in petticoa.s, to be sure
but sill like Davis, after his armies
were defeated and broken.
And now Paris gives ont signs which
remind US ofthe temperof Richmond.
Amid the gioOmie>t prospects her
troops and people refuse to recognize,
defeats, or if they do recognize them,
claim them as blessings in Disguise"
and Tours have fallen. but
the Parisians refuse to believe the
news OF their capiiGiation. The capt
ure of Charleston and the downfall of
Fort Fisher were pronounced i'll Rich
,nond to be Yankee lies" The sur 1
render of their great outpos:s are
secuted as German fabrications by the
infatuated Prussians, and now with ,
poorly organized legions of ancient ;
home guards, troops of bushwhackers
md great bodies Of unframed, undis-
.iplined militia. the invested city, ly- I
ng within easy range of the powerful
lriillery of Prussia, essays its self de- :
enSe. \ successful skirmiSh tor the ]
of a band of bu. locks made {
Iuately guarded by commissary's /,
orce is vaingloriously magnifled into I
. grand victory; and the capture of t
Iaif dozen venturesome Uhlans is !
as a signal triumph of the /
french arms. They seem, in Paris. c
o be whistling to keep their courage a
II. Trochu, to be sure, is grim and ;
leiiant rs becomes veteran soldier of I
he Empire; but his soldiers eye can !
zee that the material by which he is a
is not ofthe character upon @
which to depend i'm making battle t
lgainst the resistless thousands which !.
he Prussian king stands ready to :,
,url against the ramparts of Paris.
1t is q vain and empty deiusion to
nope for revolt in Germany; vain to a
rust to Russia or Austria to come and b
'aise the siege; the fact that the Prus- c
;ians have been able to march up to 7