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Gambetta's Proclamation

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Day
14
Month
October
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tours, Oct. 10. Garubetta's proclamación has the following: By eider of the liepublican goreromcDt I bare left Paris lo transxuit to you the hope of tbe Parisiana RDil othere of those who ar seeking to deliver France from the foreigners. Paris, iuvested for seveuteen days, present the spectacle of two million men forgettitig their differeoces to withftand the invader, who espected civil disoord. The revolution found Paris without guns r arme of any kind. i"'our hundred thousand men of the National Guard re now armed, and 100,000 Mobiles and 60,000 regulara are assembled. - Tbe foundries are castiDg cannoa, womn are makiug niillious of cartridge daily. Lach battalidn of tbe jN'ational.s have two mitruilleuses and Geld pieces, and are preparing for sorties. The forts ara maiined b_v marines, and are supplied with artillery of the greateet exjelleuce and are eerved by guoners first in the world. Hitlierio their fires havo kept the eni'iuy froui erecting the soiallet work. Tlie Encieute od ihe 4th of September had only 5üO camión ; now it has 3,800 with 400 rounds for cach. Kvery defense lias its uien at their poat The Notionals drill coustantly. Behind the Eucieme is the thtrd liue ol dcfence, barrrcades wliich ire adapted to the genius of the Parisiana. Th is han been aehieved calinly aud orderty, amid the general patriotism. The impreguability of Paris is no illusion. It uanoot bc oaptured or uurprised, and tbere is no dntrer of seditiou or starvation, whic'i the Prussian liave bceu ooutiting upoL. Provisions in Paris aregood fur many long muuiha. Ttie situatiou iuiposes gruat dutius on tho Freucb peuple. - First, to aaks the war ouo only of occupation, aiul thu eccond to accept the republio. Meu are abaudaDt. VVhai lacks are the rcstjlstion and the execi.tion cf planj. After Sedan our anus faikd, the Euiperor huvitig sent all to the frenticr. Arns are auw coDiii'g iu froift every cjuarler of the gloiie, and wo;kmeii aud moriey are iorllu-onnnp. The provinec'8 tuu-'t resibt torpor iid pnuic. AM parlitaus niusl ai.d Uu rcpublio. Soou the winter rain will come tioditig tho Pi tiBfiiuus far froui home, duciiiiuttd by the FrcHch urniF, by huu ger and by uature. Frasee vhall liever lose its place iu tin; worid through thtinvasiou of half a million of meu. Puria givcs the watchword. Long Iiv9 the ïcpublic, one a 1 indivisible. Tkc teltgrai h aiji.om.c es :1c dc-ath, at Lcxiugton, Va , ou tLe 12lh iiiht., ot (jen. KoBL&t E. Lzb, agtd 03 years and 9 muüth. At the Dwmoerftcio iiote C'onvention of Miibfavhusetts, heid o i cduetday, Jhhk QfliKCX Adams xria iiominated tor ♦JoTvmor.

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