3 SEPTEMBER 1870, page 7

The Proper Basis For Our A Rniy. T He Public Feeling

about the National Defences is strong, but not, we fear, strong enough to create a system of National Defence. The country sees clearly enough that a. disorganized nation may be......

The Empire Dying Hard. T He Empire, If It Is Going

to die, at all events dies hard. The last straw of the pile of calamity now accumulated on the Emperor,—the straw that would put the finish- ing-stroke to the endurance of most......