The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-01-26

oV1o0S03 VV'Vp0ASs0U WASA eAo AIOo V0b
Grams Of Russia aud with the armies 0
Austria and England. In 1915, Eu.
rope was in arms against France. AT
tor many bloody battles the allies tri
umphsd; France Vas restricted to herr
ancient limits and Napoleon was exiled
His ill-starred return in tho spring q
1915 enabled the English and Prus
SLAMS, though with greatly superior for.
oes, to give him = dual and decisive
overthrow At Waterloo. The Bourbons
again ruled in France, aud Prussia,
with largo accessious Of territory and
renewed prestige, took rank as one Of
tho "Five Great Powers" But peace
did not in the least relax the energies
or abats the military preparations Of
Prussia. Her rulers had learned wis
dom In the school OF adversity and
they Numbered no more. Every i'm
provement which science gave to tho
art Of var Vas fairly tested, and if ap-
proved was Instantly adopted. Mean
while France, with periodical changes
Of government which did not satisfy
her desires, still looked back with fond
regret 10 tho gloriss Of the EMPIRE
Malengo, Hohenlinden, Austerli.z,
Jena, FriedlAnd, Wagram, Borotino,
and many other celebrated battles were
considered decisive tests Of national
superiority, for the overthrow Of Na-
poleou I. was affected by such an enor-
NOUS preponderance Of force on the
part of tho allies that the lustre Of
his previous career was scarcely dimmed
by his fall. While the people Of France,
thinking only Of the past, rested upon
tho saying Of Napoleon that Zone
Frenchman was equal to two Prussians"
(Which, when it was uttered, was not
perhaps far from the truth Prussia,
BY sleepless vigilance and assiduous
cultivation Of the art Of war, was pre-
pairing . soldiery already more than a
match for their once conqueror autago.
nists. At length the peoph Of France,
seduced by their idolatrous veneration
for the name Of Napoleon and for the
shadow of the departed empire, SUBJ
mitted to the rule Of pretender and =
coward. Absolutely without courage
or military capacity, fit only for chief
Of police, Louis Napoleon still fancied
himself q statesman and general, and
succeeded in imposing this belief upon
the French nation. Reverses absolute.
" unheard Of since the beginning Of
the world and overwhelming national
disgrace we're tho results Of this miscr-
able delusion. Louis Napoleon and
Marshal Bazaine will never convince
either their contemporaries or posterlty
that the shameful sur1enders of Sedan
and Metz were not caused by coward
ice and treachery. We oil know how
tho First Napoleon when in the heart
Of Russia cut his wsy through the. en-
envy when hsmmsd 10 on the frozen
banks Of the Bsrssina. Hitory records
tho noble answer, "a Marshal Of France
never surrenders, !" which Marshal Ney
returned to = summons TO oapitulate
whsn enveloped BY : Russian army on
the banks Of the Lossmina, in the o.
hmitous retreat from Moscow, where
With three thousand men he cut bis
WY through tho Russian ranks. TIN.
y there i . contrast between the First
Napoleon and the Third, and between
Aarshal Ney and Marshal Basaine. It
i hard to ny which Of these worthless,
he sx-empsror Or his tool, Bazaine,
= entitled 70 the highest niche in the
Pantheon Of infamy. One thing is cor
min, both II them ought be outlawsd
. oowazdsland traitors BY shs RepuLli-
can government Of France, aud, if
caught on French soil, they should a.
sooA . identified be at once delivered
over to tho Provost Marshal and hanged
without ceremony or delay.
Since the defeat and surrender Of
the regular arnies Of France and the
Inauguration Of Republican govern
mont 70 resist invasion and save tho
country ftom subjugation, the contest
hss changed both Is to the objects and
character.
The new government has eviuced an
] energy which challenges our admira.
ton, and the people have shown that
degraded u they have been BY tho
aSseoud EMPIRE" Freuohmen have
not forgotten how to fight. Since the
period when the people Of the Pelopene-
4 sus, and the Mores rose en- xaa..e
against their Turkish oppressors for the
Christian faith and for the independ-
. spce Of Greece, there has not been a
European contest which appealed 90
strongly 70 the generous feelings Of ouz
nature Is the present struggle Of the
French people against their cruel and
I unrelentiug invaders. We admire the
frmness Of the Senate and people Of
ancisnt Rome, which, after tho success.
1 10. losses Of four battles eliminating in
The terrible disaster Of Cannae, still
bade defiance to the victorious legions
& q Hannibal and by their energy and
4 cou1DtancY saysd the Republic from