The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-14
Correspondence n. !. World |

Correspondence n. !. World
BERLIN. Dee. S.-NVhile piou>
Wilhelm and his wonderful Fritz
are weltering in the blood OF slauGh-
tered victims, the pluSSian capital
is assuming an aspect as gloomy and
heartrcnding as the d2s0IHtion Of Il,
belle France. What 4 cruel mock
( cry those comforting messages OF
PruSSian successes to Augusta. and
how bIaSphvmouS the thanks to
Providence must appear to those
despairing, administration beings
whom the WuC has doomed to hope
less misery for the rest Of their days
We perhaps feel the cruel effects Of
this wicked war more than the
French themselves. In our streets
one meets but women and children
in mourning. The wives OF little
tradesmen and workingmen are par
ticularly miserable. They arc seen
in groups in the streets and public
promcnades, talking about the oc-
clliTcnccs of the day. They are
pale and cmaciated their little chill
drcn are wasting away a?N! SlrkIN.
The arrival OF news sets every one
in motion. From time to time
groans and lamentations "ma9atc
from these groups; it is the an
n0Hncement that a son, a brother,
q husband, or a father has been
killed in the war. The arrival of
the trains produces different sell
sation. The sight of the untortu-
nate cripples would make the
crowd den0unc" and curse the war
were it not that every manifestation
OF dissatisfaction is severely pun
ished.
A REIGN OF TERROR
weighs us down, the silence Of death
surrounds us. Every one trembles
for the fate of some one dear, and
dare not express his thoughts for
fear of being punished. It is a tyr
amy unparalleled in history that
hjlrries the male population to des-
tr1ction by war, and the other by mis-
cry. \ cry OF vengeance will be
uttered by those who may return
when they behold the wives an;l
children they left behind. DO not
believe what the subsidised Journals
tell YOU. There is no enthusiasm
hore-it is all stupor, fear and dps-
pair. But the spirit Of Republican,
ism is manitcSting itself, very eau
tiously as yet, but it is very slowly
and steadily spreading. The con
viction is gaining ground that if We
had 10 king we should have no war,
and, as matter OF course, none OF
this slaughter and misery. There is.
an undercurrent of public opinion
that it is dangerous to make the
fate of a nation dependent on the
will of one man, and that in the
present instance that man may be |
crazy, like his brother, the late
King, when he killed himself by
running his head through d glass
door, and that the present murder
ous war is only continued to graft
fy the whims Of fool.
THE SPREAD OF Discomfort
in the ranks of labor about the con-
of the war manifests itself
in more ways than one, but particu-
Iarly in the proceedings Of the North
German Parliament. There are two
sections Of labor refOrmers in Ger
many. The one is represented in
the North German Parliament by
Bebel and Lieb1lnecht, and the 9th
pr by DR.. Shweizer and others. Beb-
FL and Liebknecht represent districts
Of SaXony; all the others represent
|'russian constituencies. Doctor
SchWeizer has for long time been
and accused of being Sc
.retly in league with. Bismarck
against the Fortschritts Partei. On
he eve of war with Austria, in 1866,
Dr.. Schweizer made a lectluing tour
through Germany to convince the .
Of the civilizing and
nifying mission of Bismarck and !
lis King in Germany. When, in
July last, Bebel and Liebknecht S
bstained voting on the 12O,0oo,000 |
haler war loan, DR.. Schweizer de-
lounced them in his paper as trail
ors to Germany. Shortly after he
ent his man Friday (Hasemleur) to
4eipzig to lecture against Lieb- 4
:nechfs treason but, wonderful to t
elate, DR.. Schweizer has been OBJ I
ged to follow LieblSnechts lead. c
TRUE TO THEIR MISSION, 4
'ebel and Liebknecht proposed an \
to the proposition of the y y
-ar loan, to This effect f. f.
Whereas, the war declared on the y
9th of July by Louis Bonaparte, Il
len Emperor of the French, ceased n n
/ point of fact by the surrender of =
ouis Bonaparte and fall of the En- 9, g
ire; 81 9,
Whereas, according to the King u
PPrussia's declaration in his speech y,
ON the throne on the 10Th of July, ~ =,
nd in his proclamation to the l.
rench people of August II, the f.
ar on the part of Germany -.
as only q war of selfdefence r
Id not a war against the French ri
stion ~,
Whereas, the war which, despite q; q;
lpse declarations, has been carried IN IN
a since September 4, is not a war in
ysinst the Emperor and his army 81
who have disappeared-but war q, ~
yanst the French nation not a Sa @
afar strn 1rar. hut an q aanrncci,-o pc