New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-10

,a, cannot understand Ia military go'o'"o, ~
,cars 70 enforce military discipline, ana "o"o"
table LAWYERS and orators, whose soie idea WI so'
a. as Banou truly says, to issue DEGREES anu
,,ons and to make speeches. The only pthcucaI ma"
among them Is M. Dorian, the Minister Oh r"oho "oN
I,yas al the Ministry the other day. and founh IL
o,,roat dcserted NJ Dorian is u hardheaded manuac-
turer and utterly ignoring redapc, eerkS' anu
he has set all the private atecrs To work. 10
and muskes have not yet heard OF his making Single
spcech or Issuing single proclamation since inc coh
menoement of the siege and he alone Of his colleagues
appears to he the right man IN the rght pace'
do not take my views Of the workngmen from the non
sense which Is printed them in official and semi
official organs They the only class here which, 10
me, an American. Is not "played out Inc uo'crh-
ment breads them as much as the Empire diu' pu'
although they are too much carried away py then en-
thusasm and mpulsveness they are the only persons IN
Paris who appear TO have grain OF common sense.
"As for tho army Of the Loire" sald one OF
them TO me this morning. "No one, except a
fool or q government employG, can believe that
IT will ever he able to raise the siege. and as for all
these borgcose they heroes because once OF twice
week they pass the night Mt the ramparts But now
can you imagine that you and your friends would be able
TO defeat the Prussians who disciplined soders
asked "wecan, at least, try" he replied ventured
to point out my friend that perhaps little discipline
In the ouyrer battaons might not be bad thing hut he
insisted that the indiscipe caused by their dis
trust OF their rulers and that they were ready TO obey
their officers. "Take" he said. FlOurcnss battaiions
They do not IL is true march regularly as the Dour
geoise and they have nothing but kepis and Old mus
kes; but a. far fighting goes. they are worth all
the bourgeose put together" do not say that
Trochu Is not wise 10 depend upon tho bourgeoiSe
all I say il that as the Empire fcn because II dd
not venture TO arm any except the regular soldiers,
so will Paris render itsof the laughing stock OF Europe
II its defense depend upon an apocTyphal Army OF
the Loire marines from the Navy peasants from the prov
inces and the National Guards Of the wealthy quarters
To talk of the heroic atdude OF Paris, when the Paris
fans have not been under fire is simply absurd As long
as the outer forts hold out it is more dangerous to
man the ramparts than 10 mount guard Mt the Tulie
| ries | saw to-day q company Of mounted National
Guards xercisng Their uniforms eXquistely clean,
but asked myself Of what earthly they were Their
commander ordered them to charge, when every horse
butted against the one next to him. believe heavy
gale Of wind would have disconnected all these warriors
from their chargers fully recognize the fact that the
leaders Of ouyIers talk great deal of nonsense, and
that they aCtuaed much by personal ambition AS
by patriotism, but IL Is certain that tho individual work
ngman the only reality in this population of corrupt
and enascuatod humbugs every one here l. windbag
| and sham.