Eustache and several others offered themselves; it was noble in them, and our ministers should recommend their example to the bondholders.

But had the city the right to surrender them?
Assuredly not.

The right to security is absolute; the country can require no one to sacrifice himself.

The soldier standing guard within the enemy's range is no exception to this rule.

Wherever a citizen stands guard, the country stands guard with him: to-day it is the turn of the one, to-morrow of the other.