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De ce jour commence pour les ministres mes collegues, et pour moi, une grande responsibilite. [ Oui!
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] Not all were in this mood. Esquiros, the Republican, cried from his seat, in momentous words,
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You have a light heart, and the blood of nations is about to flow! To the apology of the Prime-Minister,
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Jules Favre, the Republican leader, of acknowledged moderation and ability, flashed forth,
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When the discharge of this duty involves the slaughter of two nations, one may well have the heart troubled! Beyond these declarations, giving utterance to the natural sentiments of humanity, was the positive objection, most forcibly presented by Thiers, so famous in the Chamber and in literature,
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--that France had prevailed in substance, and all that remained was
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The experienced statesman asked for the dispatches. Then came a confession. The Prime-Minister replied, that he had
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Here Emmanuel Arago interrupted:
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It is on these reports that you make war! The Prime-Minister proceeded to read two brief telegrams from Count Benedetti at Ems, when De Choiseul very justly exclaimed:
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We cannot make war on that ground; it is impossible! Others cried out from their seats,--Garnier Pages saying,
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These are phrases ; Emmanuel Arago protesting,
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On this the civilized world will pronounce you wrong ; to which Jules Favre added,
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Unhappily, true! Thiers and Jules Favre, with vigorous eloquence, charged the war upon the Cabinet: Thiers declaring,
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I regret to be obliged to say that we have war by the fault of the Cabinet ; Jules Favre alleging,
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If we have war, it is thanks to the politics of the Cabinet;....from the exposition that has been made, so far as the general interests of the two countries are concerned, there is no avowable motive for war. Girault exclaimed, in similar spirit:
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We would be among the first to come forward in a war for the country, but we do not wish to come forward in a dynastic and aggressive war. The Duc de Gramont, who on the 6th of July flung down the gauntlet, spoke once more for the Cabinet, stating solemnly, what was not the fact, that the Prussian Government had communicated to all the Cabinets of Europe the refusal to receive the French Ambassador, and then on this misstatement ejaculating:
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It is an outrage on the Emperor and on France; and if, by impossibility, there were found in my country a Chamber to bear and tolerate it, I would not remain five minutes Minister of Foreign Affairs. In our country we have seen how the Southern heart was fired; so also was fired the heart of Franco. The Duke descended from the tribune amidst prolonged applause, with cries of
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Bravo! --and at his seat (so says the report)
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Such was the atmosphere of the Chamber at this eventful moment. The orators of the Opposition, pleading for delay in the interest of peace, were stifled; and when Gambetta, the young and fearless Republican, made himself heard in calling for the text of the dispatch communicating the refusal to receive the Ambassador, to the end that the Chamber, France, and all Europe might judge of its character, he was answered by the Prime-Minister with the taunt that
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Such was the case as presented by the Prime-Minister, and on this question of honor he accepted war