Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-03-09
THE END REACHED.

The proud city of luxury has resounded
10 the tread of German soldiers. The
venerable Emperor who as lad saw
Napoleon l. humiliate Berlin, and, in
fact, all Germany, has lived to witness
complete retribution. AS he watched
the triumphal pageant on Friday, his
heart must have been tossed with a
tempest Of conflicting emotions. Sci.
dom has reign been more eventful +;
never has lofty ambition been so fully
sltisied. The largest hopes of his
most sanguine moments have been re.
allied. Germany is unified and France
subordinated. The French and Eng.
lish Governments can no longer dictate
to Europe The head of the nations
is Germany, with Russia next in rank.
I'll "a ic temper and matchless PROV
ess of the Germans is sure augury Of
lasting peace.
While the conquerors were taking
formal possession of Paris, the entire
French Government was .'with one
accord in one place." Theirs aud his
Cabinet, the Committee Of Consulta.
ton. and the Constituent Assembly,
Their deliberations were upon the all.
absorbing question, peace. he iren.
zied cry for revenge has died out All
classes have at length acknowledge
the folly Of resista to the high be.
hests OF the victors. The preliminary
terms of peace, published last week,
I'D l,,
The details will not be difficult to ar
range. All is now over.
Just before ratifying the treaty the
Assembly adopted by acc1amation a
resolution decreeing the fall of the
Empire, and st'gmatizing Napoleon as
the author Of the misfortunes of France
This d. csve blow was struck without
q single dissenntent voice. NJ. Cont,
formerly Private Secretary to the En-.
peror, tried TO get the floor for a speech.
but the excitement was too great, and
when the vote was taken not even
Cont put himself upon record as fa,
vorable to the Empire or as an apollo
gist for the Emperor.
In the last proclamation issued by
the Gagged crow of Wilhelmshohn, il was
asserted that the Empire had never
been lawfully dissolved. That canrot
be said now. The treaty Of peace and
the dissolution Of the Empire rest up.
on precisely the same foundation. The
ratification and the annihilation were
accomplished by the same body, and in
almost the same breath. No other
business interviewed between the ac-
complishment of the two. Side by side
they will stand, not only on the
journal Of the Constituent Assembly,
but in history throughout all time.
When the Sultan of Turkey has de-
creed the death Of a Vizier, he sends
him cord by a mute. The court
knows nothing Of the matter until the
suicide is reported. Louis Napoleon
received cord from Providence the
18th of July. The hanging occurred
September I'd. All since Sedan has
been, so far as the Empire and Emper.
or were concerned, simply the ceremo-
ny Of interment
To be forever free from the Napole-
onc incubus, will be amule compensa.
ton to the French for all the losses
and humiliation of the campaign now
closed. The first Empire desolated the
nation by incessant wars; the second
enervated it by an administration reck-
ing with the fouleSt corruption France
has only to ee as hostile to the ideas as
to the dynasty Of the Napoleons, to
eclipse the glory of her brightest past
and that, too, in the near future
Chicago Jounal.