The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-21
Ct3I1UMBIA,,. S.. rC.
Friday Morning, July. 81. 1871.
Gambetsa On &l,e Faturo OF Franco.

AAoA "tAh' su 81. Ao'A'
Gambetta On the Fnturo OF Franco.
-42Jhe greatr :Demooratie Header. Gam
BETA. has returned to France. he has
expressed the opinion that France can
only be saved by the republic. and the
republic only be saved by education.
Education, he holds, must .be spread
among the masses, and the.gross igno-
rance Of the peasantry removed This.
he holds, can only be efeSted by . re-
publican forp Of governnenk As to the
Thiers' government. he upholds II, and
contends that it deserves the gratitude
and the support OF every Ftenoh citizen
Who has the interest OF his t0nntry at
heart. he believes that France is re-
publican at heart, and remarks: i" 1T Thanks
to The union between the different shades
Of republican opinion, firmly believe
ve shall be able TO present 60. France the
spectacle: Of q party thoroughly disci-
plined, firm in .its principles, energetic,
.vigilant, and resolved to conyinoA France
that she possesses the faculty: of self.
government But, above all things,
dambetta magnihes education-m
and physioa:. EVERY man," lie saya.
..'must be brought not only to read and
reason, but to act and fight. Every
citizen Ought to be able to WELD sword,
to handle rifle, to undergo long marches,
to sleep in the open Dir, and, in word,
/; to do everything his country may require
of him. It is Indispensable that every
: Frenchman must be soldier" And, to
carry out his scheme of education, he
proposes to unite tho school and the
gymnasium. He wants knowledge to
descend from the learned academies into
the hnmhlset eohonla: Thus does Gam
beta suggest the needs of France; and
the power that he seeks he would fain
derive from education. The superior
training Of Prussia gave her the vi,tory,
as lie holds. and thus he inyokes for
France q power born ~ kindred in
Auences. .n..n,s ..,;'' .... liz,
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John Qnippy Adams has been Inter
viewed. aud has told what he thinks of
political pfaaits..s' He says that tbs new
f, departure ie avery old departure to him;
.,'that'he eeea Nothing ip the eeonstitutiio,nnal
amendments, apart from their procure
ment. which need DISTRESS any Democrat,
the iai- purport and upshot of them
being merely to give equal civil rights
and impartial political privileges to all
men, irrespective of color; that he would
have On educational restriction for suf-
frage; that he believes Grant will be re.
nominated. but will be overburdened, by
. the dead weight Of the financial mis-.
management Of affairs; that the Demo-
cratic financial policy must be squarely
in, the direction of free trade and gene
'ral reduction of taxation; and that as
the tug Of war will be in Ohio, indiana,
Pennsylvania and vifginia,T the oai144aaii-
dates upon Pie Demo ticket should
come from those parta ,
I,sE.
ii GRRMARY PaEPARINa FOB THE "BAr-
TIE OF DoRKrNd." The New York Com
nsercial Adpertiser complains that,
although Emperor Wilhelm talks peace
very mnch. he does not aa peace at oil.
All the strolgholds in Germany nre be.
ing improved and enlarged by the labor
OF the best, engineers and many thou
sands, OF men: The army he's been
largely Increased. Krupp's great cannon
foundry issdfiven night and day, turn
/ i1hg' ont new iordnance and artillery by
the hundreds. The great depot Of Will
hieelm.shavven ie y sYarms with workmen build
ing war ships: %Ail these things smell
terribly Of more saltpetle,a> ands:gho
doubts that. Germany aud Russin al are
going to PIT Europe thtoagh a lively
course Of instruction.? II. ,;tft'.
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THE SouyHRnN MAIL SERVICE. The
straw bids for postal service in tho
South west have oil been thrown over
bdard by the Post loHlco Departmon.,
and it is now announced that it has Been
decided by the Postmaster @ General. to