Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-02-16
GERMAN sPOLIATIuN.

GERMAN SPObIAIlON.
Unless the National Assembl
votes forpeace, France will be ovel
run Dy the victorious invaders.
, the French people are unable t
cope with the hostile armies NOV
ing hither and thithcr, they Ger
tainly cannot expect to make mnc
show of resistance, when a half
million more troops have been lib
Grated from siege operations. Th
fall Of the French capital mean
that the Germans can overrun every
acre Of French territory, from til,
Belgian to the Spanish frontier
and from the Rhine to the sea
There is not a city within this
broad area which can offer effect,
nal resistance The spoils and the
"loot," therefor, within reach OF
the victors, are almost Of incalcu.
able value. 1t was the especial oh
iect of Napoleon to enrich Paris
with the rarost inventions and
works of art from every cline
Were she and her sister cities to
be despoiled, every German home
would contain some French valua.
BILE, while Berlin would he fairly
GRO wdod with trophies Of some
kind and another But it is to be
hoped that German ambition and
lesire will be appeased with the
terrible humiliation and loss that
have already been inflicted upon
their foe. Certain II is that no ma.
ton was ever called upon to suffer
more than the French are now suf
fering The spectacle which France
presents to-day. IS enough to ex-
cite the pity Of the most predatory
victor And yet, were King VII,
liam to vary from the rule SO far
followed, and permit his soldiers to
bear away trophies to the Father.
land, there would be a precedent
for his doing 80. When the elder
overran the German
States, he Systematically stripped
every one Of Il EN- of yaluabes
and works Of arts. Public and pri-
vate buildings from one end Of
Paris to the other, we're adorned
with these spoils. Lord Castle
reagh, to whom was assigned the
task, estimated the value of the
booty, which Napoleon bore away
from other countries to France, at
! total of 0,126,6SA5Sl francs, np
o the peace Of Campo Formio
)l this sum, exceeding $500, 600,
100, the bulk came from Germany; |,
md "Bonaparte preyed upon Eu.
ope for fifteen years after that"
When the Allies captured Paris,
many OF the European rulers made
demands upon the citizens for the
eturn of the statues, paintings,
to-, but the Parisians refused TO
tvv them up and they had to he
ntaken by force, the Duke or Well {
lgton experimenting the restora- |
on. We have no idea, however, !
lat King William win follow this q
reeedent, He has shown that he i
actuated by far different motives
an those which influenced the ell o
II Napoleon. Hearth and Home Z
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r. Little Representative in the
hio Legislature has introduced; y
bill supplementary 10 the "-Act =
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vered back, with interest thereon dg
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