The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-14

Inc IOuoWlnR ieIter from Prince Napoleon W M
Jules Fayre Is being circulated
LONDON, May 81, 1871
Peace is signed with the conaueror Paris, the
grand capital, Is IN lanes; It's finest and most vener
able structures are reduced to ashes blood flows N
streams; your work Is complete Tho deep sorrow
which weighs down each French heart must
not be allowed to obscure that reason when has the
right to require OF you strict reckoning for the accu-
mulated disasters you have caused. The 4th Sep
tember the armlsice discussed at Ferrieres. the
defence Of Paris the prcllminaries OF Versailles,
the lsth of March, the peace OF Frankfort the
burning OF Parls-bebold your mournu dates.
History viii call you Phomnse lotai. 1t VIII find in
your conduct but one motive for aci0n-the hate
Tor the name OF Napoleon.
The war rtn ste. commenced the 10th Of july 1870.
The government without name to which you belong.
But what Is TINS governments Is 1t the
noaSna NO; you have Done
national restorationp No; for France Is invaded by
anarchy and Reorganization Is it monarchy ?
NO! IL II repubilc2 stu less Is 1t liberty No
Where was 1t at the elections oppressed by DEGREES
Of ostraclsm, withdrawn at tho last moment, after
having falsiied the choice OI the cltzens9 1t is q
collection OF every evil held together by the absence
OF order OF security, OF liberty and OF strength
Let us descend the steps by which you have con.
Quoted us TO the depths of the abyss.
The 4Ih OF September you propose la d6cheance;
the riot guided by you drives away your coileagues
you break your oath; against universal suffrage you
proceed to usurp power az the Hotel dc Vile.
The empire had committed great faults; our
Let each bear his part. Without doubt it was
grevous error to count too much upon the forces OF
STA committed IN 1906 to look TOO much to VIC.
tories under the great republic and the first
empire; 70 think too little or the powerful
enemy We had to combat to contemplate tho
Crlmea in 1854 and Italy in 1852 instead
OF calmly looking in the face the Ger
man forces in 1870. headed by remarkable men.
neither wish to nor can deny these faults, for
when the Napoleons pay far more heavily by their
perOr has never sought to cling to the throne by
peace which might save his power by imposing too
great Sacrifices s c on France Mark we have one
wnlle on the contrary, your elevation dates from It's
mlsortnncs
which Napoleon Ill. could have obtained from Trus.
STA at Sedan. Undoubtedly they were nard, hue
Our sacrifices would not have borne comparison
with those you have subscribed to- without reckon
ing that We should have avoided the months OF
the non deence Of PARIS, ana 'I by the
oulous aud impotent dlctature OF those Of
yolr colleagues, emGrants In balloons pillagng and
depressing our provinces Up to the fall OF the en-
pire wo had submitted to great misrorlunes, but
these were reparaple, as have been those you find
recorded In the history OF many great peoples; since
the Atm of September on the contrary there have
been no longer such mlsfortnnes put there dis
asterS which find no parallel III history.
The faults belong to the empire, the disasters TO
you; and ask myself II. amid the faults Of tae en-
pro, It's greatest has not been to have tolerated
within Itself your CT mlIal attempts.
The Inevitable consequence OF your usurpation Is
the revolution OF the 18th or March, which you ac
cuse to-day, and the burning Of Paris fof which
you are Responsible.
10 defend Paris you limited yourself to proclin
ing imaginary successes. You have not utilized the
terrible but vigorous elements which you had I'M
loosed and which have held the soldiers Of France
in check for two months and yet these Were the
same men, maddened since by oemagogic frenzy
and in whom you might have aroused patriotic
iervor. 1t was the same Natoual Guard, the
same ramparts the same barr!cades: all these forces
remained parayzed in your feeble hands, but would
have been sublime II used against the foreigner.
Know that the Napoleons would have been patriotic
enough TO have blessed your triumph ana their own
al n hlh frt.aG m hIstn Al
that having promised TO save the country you have
In the interval you go to Ferrteres to shed your
tears. pity you You pronounce there those dan
gerous words, which ought never to have been
tresses, not one inch of our territory" Your
con a., ought to feel The burden OF
there ought in that conscience TO have
been enough of shame to require that
the foot Of act declaring the grlevous sacrifices
rendered indispensable by accumulated faults. AT
Nersanles the conquercr proposed the disarmament
OF the National Guard or that OF the army, and sou
chose that Of the soldiers, because you feared the
Bonapartist elements IN their ranks; while
crowd, discontinued with ITSELF badly directed,
INUNDATED and observation-disclosures which might
have been expected TO eliminate IN the terrible
explosion Of the Communicate not even prcoccupy
you one moment.
You sell france to the negotiating enemy in ex.
give wayS ] viii tell you. 1t was because the
Foreign Minister made you comprehend the posS!-
bitv OF reassembling the old Legislative Body then
you signed anything.
Let US continue. Your incapable conduct has
brought on the triumph Of the Commune at Paris,
and on the part Of the Germans demands which
have Increased every day The negotiations Ian
guished at .Rrussels-nolhipg was concluded.
You 60 to Frankfort what do you do tnere9
You sign there an aggravaron Of the pre-
Gninarles OF peace. First, in abrhlging the
time for the payment of the Indemnity.
Second, in prolonglpg until December, 1871, the
occupation OF the Pans forts, which ought to have
been evacuated alter the payment Of the iirst
her duty TO accepts the responsibility OF so much OF
the old debt OF France as related to the departments
up to s Ge e onS @
case OF Lombardy, savoy, Nice aad
take upon her the responsibility of the debts of Han
over Electoral Hosse ana the Grand Duchy OF Mas
sauf Even III the might OF their victory the Prus-
san negoiators could not have openly refused you.
l will again tell you why you bent your head
In shame. II was because they let You see
the possibility OF an appeal TO the French
people; then In haste you gave up everything,
ana once more at Frankfort, Us at Versailles, you
TO admit that there was no change OF tactics TO OBJ
tain everything IRON your government; AL 'heg mad
OF the win OF the French people. l do not
judge those who, under the frrhtful crcun-
stances, have accepted the perhaps inevitable pre-
lminaries of Versailles, ana still less do Judge The
Assembly which ratified them. do not believe that
have the right. Butyou. you are nexcusabe Tor your
acts of the 4th Of September, for having badly de-
Tended Paris, for having pledged the couutry by u
mere rletorician's plrase, Tor having kept arms in
the hands OF an oyer-excited popuiaion-arms which
were henceforth useless against the foreigner and
dangerous TO themselves. for having aggravated tho
prellmnarles by the treaty OF peace; and, alas In
word, ny having finished With the destruction Of
Paris. You have filed up the cup TO the brlm;
France is indignant and posterity VIII Judge yo,.
In the darkness In which France Is plungcd-iu
face OF those I,'ieur Who In their delIruni, burn
epy monuments, oyerturn the column and break the
/, glorious bronze OF which each fragment makes q
wound In the heart OF each OF our soldiers--it Is
necessary to seek for healthy light This is not to be
found IN the intrgues OF pretcnders but In the will
q the nali9n se!; at9erylse !s1ye SAP Be p?.a:ss
but struggle and confusion. 1t IS Not in princ.
pie winch ~ the ne2ailon VI modern society;
| white nag which France no longer remembers; in
| the negaton OF universal suffrage In the 'Whito
! Terror succeeding the Red Terror; in the
fusion OF pretenders; In the return OF the
French Stuarts-t is not thus that France can md
| the haven Of safety. No:Oor new society, new
symbol Il required. VI requires-and modern right
Wills 1.-THE abdcation cf all before the will OF the
people freely and directly expressed. Besides this,
once more repeat, there Ia nothing but chaos.
Faitn IN monarchy cannot he imposed. The only
| base upon which government IN France can firm