Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-30

THE wrath Of Berlin is at length
appeased, ,..and wrongs done the Prus-
sian people and capital by the Great
Napoleon are, at last, fearfully
avenged. Paris is the prey Of the
master Of Germany, as Berlin once
was Of the great Emperor Of France.
The terms Of the capitulation Of the
French capital are given in detail in
our telegraphic columns. OF their
harshness there is no reason to COM
plain. AS the world goes, Bismarck
is generous enough. He demands no
more now than after Sedan and the
fall OfSrasbourg, and no more than
the vanquished, ever held responsible
for the inception aud all the cslami-
ties Of war, should be willing to pay.
In fact, France comes of very well.
The loss Of one province and part Of
another, Of forty war vessels and Of
a thousand millions Of francs,
to say nothing of cities plundered or
destroyed, and wide farming districts
laid waste, is not so great as that to
which the South was subjected by the
devastations Of a four-year's conflict
and the terrible subsequent years of
4" reconstruction" destructiveness. 1t
is to be hoped that the whole Of
France viii at once be paeified, that
with the fall Of Paris the war will
finally end, that BOurbaki, Garibaldi
and other French leaders viii lay
down their arms. Resistance to PrUs-
sian supremacy is worse than useless.
1t becomes criminal. The Empress
Eagenie is a passionate, proud, irri-
table woman, having wisdom enough
to select discreet counsellors. She
may give France, during her regency,
a liberal and just government
liberal as France, humiliated and sore
under defeat, and cursing her fetters,
may well endure and obey. War, as
We have seen in the South, developes
the energies Ofa people. The footprints
Of the invader will soon be obliterated,
and while France will speedily regain /
all the wealth she has lost, invaluable
lessons in craftsmanship, incUlcated
by those terrible pedagOgUes, Bis
marck and Moltke, viii be prscticed !
in preparing the unfortunate country |
for conflicts and cOnque5ts and tri- |
umphs in future years. Manufactures /
will flourish as never before, and |
schools as perfect as those Of Prussia |
will bless the land, and this very war |
which we have deemed so calamitOUs !
to France may make the masses Of |
the people worthy Of the genius and /
taste and learning Of the few who, in /
Paris, have illustrated and hOnOTed |
the annals Of the nineteenth century. !
The yig0r and courage Of a brave peO- /
pie rise with the pressure Of calami-
ties, and now, as happened with the
South, we shall know the true worth
Of the French nation.
The French Republic began its eX-
istencs when the armies Of the French |
Empire were annihilated. There was
no army or military resource or pre-
partition. There were no fOrtresses
on the frontier and no armies in the
field. When the Republic drew its
frs. breath it had armies to create
and fO-trasses to build aud soldiers to
train, and yet the destruction Of the
Republic has cost tenfold as much
as the overthrow Of the Empire. No
Frenchman need ever blush for the
heroism or patriotism Of France. All
hope has departed and surrender is
wise, inevitable and by no means dis
honorable.