The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-03-11
THE WAR
SUMMARY or "A. N. crELET's NEW PAMpH-
LET ON THE sTRUccLEq

SUMMARY or N. M crELET's NEW PAMpp
LET ON THE sTRvccLEq
II 1t he a melancholy, perhaps he mo
melancholy spectacle in the world 70 Z
a fine mind outlve itself, md with perez
tons distorted and dimmed by age, utt,
sentiments and pronounce judgments a
unsound as hey are malevolent, nothing
more surprising than the reverse Of tb
spectacle. Nothing is more sublime tha
to W. ness he continuous growth of vi.
orous intellect TO which yeArs. have Onl
added breadth and depth, which, is true :
It's earliest ASPIRATIONS toward light an,
freedom, which 'by the vision splendid i
on Its way attended" to the end Of Ion,
life, and to whIch age has given much O
the Prescenoe. as well as much of IN,
hopeful lnd3lgs"ee. Of Ipas.0tali y. o..
toIclbly impressed BY this feeling n read
ing Carlyle's late letters and NJ Michelet
last pamphlet This pamphlet Will be IN
medlately published IN England, 50 that !,
almost superfiuOus to write about what viii
soon be known but as the author has al
lowed me the privilege of seeing the proot
sheets, | think it will be Interesting to give
you brief extract or tFp day from The
preface, tomorrow from the body of the
work N. Michelet's style is as brilliant
and lucid as ever. His notion Of the re-
suit OF the war is that, if Germany persists
IN exhaustIng herself ia the work Of de.
stroyIng France, a royal road viii be open
ed to the Russian armies to overrun tn,
West. He demonstrates the close alliance
of Russia and Prussia He says with great
force, Prussia needs Russia" The dav
Germany awakes from the intoxication OF
her victories, and realizes that ITO lie" i
the first condition Of "tO be united. " Prns
sia will need Russia. Austria il too weak
to help her. In the task Of holding down
her slave provinces, or of silencing her
German kingdoms, she will need Russia
He says that the learned professors of Ger
many have bewildered themselves in their
dreams Of a great German Empire. It will
not be Germany which will abso b Prussia.
likely Italy Piedmont, for Prussia is too
inferior, too hard, too dry, too barren, to be
assimilated it will, therefore, dominate by
its military power, and swallow ID Ser
many. TIE barrier of this Prusso Russian
torrent of INVASION is not to be found in
monsrchies-- England seems paravzed
Austria and the smaller States cowed, kinas
have passed away-but IN the people. IA
worker" eXclalms the eloquent old man
addresses himself 10 the workers Of the
whole world, to form The armed league o.
peace N He says "Against the dangers
with which the Prusso-Russo militarlsm
threatens all Europe, the party OF labor
the labOrlous, industrious, productive ma
lOns-shOuld srm-not IN aid Of France.
but to defend themselves they represent
labor aud produce, and these must combat
sterillty and death. He says: "LooA at
this bloody Europe. In the West are looms
workshops, manufacl ures, great agricutu-
raj vorks-men who produce, creators of
the wealth OF the world. ln the East we
see the onward march Of the people who
destroy The Germans say-we will be
the barrier against Prussia. Tie unity Of
so great nation IS a great force, but unity
is not union. There is no union Yet. ASK
Hanover ASK Bavaria! Besides there
is haired to the slaves 10 take into ac
count In a struggle between the slaves
and the Russians on one side and the Ger
mans on the other, the Germans must IN
falibly 20 down. Their superiority make,
Their lnierOriry Al Englshnian,a French
man, German, Is # value be represents
50 much produce, BE- can earn - much U
what value j. Russian Peasant How
much does be earn Russia will he 50
lavish with slch mems worthless lives that
sheer superiority of numbers will crush the
Germans. In July last Russia had 100,
600 soldiers; in January, 1871, she or
dered out 600, 900 more Do not let the
Germans think they can destroy France
Paris, yes probably or possibly; but after
Paris there remains France. We Aave an
agricultural population Of 26,OO0, 600
10000, 900 Of small ProPrierors. No ma
ton ever bad wider, stronger basis fl Om
which to maintain a fight for existence.
There is blood enough in such people for
a struggle Of 1000 years. Fortunately j,
is, for Europe needs France in the war tc
come. Let all working People--in Eng
lishmen, Frenchmen, Belgians, Dutch
Swiss, Germans-unite. appeal also tC
the United States Of America let Us unite
not in defense Of France-she will SAVE
herself, but in aid of the working progres
sive world. The enemy is yonder IN th'
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