Year: 1870

the uelu OF TWO M tnrc~ huu1f~u A1o1SAuJ


men, constantly increasing In str~nwth. the
time has hardly come whea either party cen


be hopefully approached ln behalf of peace.


We have the intelligence from Paris that the


Ambassadors from Russia, Austria aod Italy,


in reply to their offers 10 the Fresch govern


ment to negotiate for peace. have been o1ciaIly
| informed that peace 10 Impossible 90 hong as
| a single Prussian soldier trssds French soll
We have the information from London that the


Prusslans expect no peace short Of the


presence Of their army In front Of Paris that


then they expect . French revelation which
viii result In the displacement VI The present


French authorities, when . peace may be


easily guaranteed; thai the war will be- pr-


poseless II these objscts are not gained; that


the German army demands and must have


material guarantees for peace before this war


can cease; that this army has Lost many


precious lives, but that its surviving soldiers


will prefer to lose their own rather than leave


o legacy OF = halfway peace with France,


which may result In the slaughter Of their


children.


Looking to peace, then, the French copdi-


ton precedent is the removal OF the PrussiAn


army, to the last soldier, FROM the soil OF


France. No man expects that this removal


viii be voluntarily made by Prussia in order


to clear the field for peace negotiations. The


meaning OF this condition, then, IL 'the last


ditch'-that France will listen TO no terms OF


peace until she has turned back this Prussian


tide of invasion and driven the last armed
enemy from her soil. Upon this proposition
the humbug Of passion--the prospect Of the
termination Of the war at an early day Is any
thing but encouraging. The Prussiaa ultima
tum is more to the purpose. In few words
it means that this war on the part Of the Ger
man Confederation, North and South, Is not
against France, but against the Bonaparies,
and that short of their removal from the
French government there can be no peace


that the object Of the war on the part Of the
German coalition is the displacement OF the
Napoleonic empire and dynasty as the frat
essential looking to peace; that France under
the imperial rule of the Bonapartes has been
and is disturber Of the public peace. and
that these disturbing elements must be
removed.


The Prussians looking to this settlement,
count upon revolution in Paris with the
of their army which will open the
door to peace; aud it is evident that short of
their appearance in front of the French capital
they do not expect the displacement of Napo-
leon. 1t is apparent, too, that Napoleon, and
all directly interested in maintaining his gov
ernment, are working as desperately to check
and turn back the Prussians from Paris as If
fully satisfied that the presence Of the German
army in the suburbs will be the signal for
general revolutionary rising in the city and
the proclamation of the republic. Indeed we
apprehend that if it were perfectly safe for
Napoleon to be now in Paris be would be
here, directing In person the general move
nents of reinforcements to MacMahon and
b. zaine, the preparations for the defence of
he capital, the proceedings of his Senate and
Corps Legislatif, the discussions of his Cabinet
nd the conferences of his Prime Minister with
he diplomatic representatives from the great
eutral Powers


Has the nephew forgotten that the uncle in
8l4, after his splendid retreat through
france, fighting the enemy regardless of num-
'ers every foot Of the way and gaining several
'ery promising victories, approached Paris
'nly to find that by his subordinates therein
le had been betrayed No. Napoleon the
Third has not forgotten this collapse of the
mpire under Napoleon the First, and If the
Emperor is not now In Paris it Is because he
nows that while Paris is revolutionary the
,yalty of his army in the field is not to be
eled upon in his absence from it. His plan
to repulse and drive back over the Rhine,


possible, the enemy in the field, or to
ONE back with his army into the capital
1ith single decisive victory in the field he
lay return to Paris and be received with ac-
without such victory it is evident
nat Paris has resolved to do without him.


But will the Emperor be again master of
aris if driven inside it's circle of Notifications
nth his army? With their approach to the
apital the Prussians count upon peace
ON new government for France. This,
20. we infer, is the latest Napoleonic idea.
he opinion seems to be entertained in London
lat decisive French victory would produce


financial panic, as an event foreshadowing
long, widespread and disastrous European
ar. We think 1t more likely that decisive
rench victory, as at Solferino, would incline
apoleon to treaty Of peace to save his
mpire, though we think French revolution
'ould follow. If the Prussians, however,
ill have nothing less than the expulsion of
ne Bonapartes, and if Paris will listen to no
,rms short Of the "last ditch" or the expul-
ion of the Prussans from Franco tho poaca |