The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-12

The young men are ardent ana mostly ucMocratlc,
ana Tue Studelia shout WITH one volce, sptte ~ ne
p,,S ig,er NOW OF the 100000 voters OF Paris there
are $40, 900 in the army the Garde Nationalist, and
s oe sLod adge to be divided politically
as foiioYs-that - In true sentiment, not always
openly exprcssed:-
Favre aud supporters OF their government. 800, 900
Impcrla,ists a1hercais Of the Empcror..... 20o0a0
Socialists red re ,ubiicans).. 1000?
OIlean.sts. 2,00o
or yascGting convictions. $500
Total voters. .................... ....... $780, 900
These estimates are al made upon the actual
unresiranea preferences Of the people; but do
not suppose BY any means that a municipal or gon-
eral e.eclon ut This time would give poll OF 2Oo-
eco votes to the nnperiaiists. IL would be morally
Impossible now But wait year jules rayre and
tning else being equal, have majority In Paris for
he Is popular, upright candid and outspokon---il
ministry make a mistake the suddenncss with
which a political revolution can sweep over Paris
nsy oveittrn mis- supremacy, Tor he has Violent
which does not satisfy that IN lie Frenchman's
nature which says 1--WE Can whip any country In
the worid.n then would not place mucn confidence
IN the ability o. the present Powers to long exercise
their ohicla prer0gauyes. kap0leonism cannot
cone ou WIN auy chance OF SUCCESS at the inlmed
opposed to IL: but where, with his immense wealth
lie buys one after anoLher OF The Paris press ana
secrecy POUNDS journals in the interest OF
and tries co REGAIN his lost throne in moment OF
popular depression, the third Napoleon will GER
iuinly be i formidable man. People here openly
assert his abilities and his value to France.
Tradesmen are often Imlerlasts because Napoleon
beautlaed Paris and madeit the nucleus OF all the
tourists oil the world. Napoleon assists them TO
live on other peoples, and they are sensible enough
TO admire him for that. One other element Is now
In PariS-tlie Orleans supporters. They are tradl-
tional adherents OF thar dGunct dynasty; but they
are making way and IN secret are laying plans I
have nouced singular evidences OF their handlwork
Large yellow nandoilIs announce the "Iife Of
Louis Philippe in which the author Iecounts the
ilustrlous events OF his reign. Louis Phiippe's
Notifications. undoubtedly the blessed boon OF
Paris, are exoed III connection with NJ Theirs; and
j, A. Duare has written an elaborate ,sHistolrc dc
10 Rcstaurati0n," recting the horrors of the inva
sion OF 1914. This, also, mas yellow color. When
ever see this jealous tint on The cover OF recent
crown or the Count OF PARISH Perhaps tho very
name OF tuis scion OF withered royalty may be
hailed by Inc parisians as HAPPY omen that ne
should be master OF the only ground that cannot be
Gverrun by Prussians. AS write 1 learn also that
this Prince marcnes at the head OF u small army
from Bordeaux, In order TO repcl the invader aud
get access 10 the capital.
rue worst Ter France would be the predominance
of the hot-lleaded socialists lG is not 80 bad-ther
theory their apsrllct definition Of .ovcrnment-but
those fraiites OF the human heart, long known TO
Nations, as TO men, make their schemes look worse
than QuiXotlc-idioLc. AT this time ''the redsu are
the worst Toes OF France they yitalize oppssitiOns
they strengthen dlssensons, when their energies
should be devoted TO the national defense. Profess
ing 10 do good, 10 trumpet principles, TO declam
the latest revolutions OF human government, they
are enemies TO the only republic which France has
enjoyed for twenty years. But Tor them there would
be no chance OF oyerthrOwlng Jules Favre and hts
coadj tutors; and but for them the republic must
stand. II 1t fall: IL falls because OF tne made
quata sense Of men who will not take
portion because tAey cannot have all. The COM
munists or red3' are but 10000 strong
here and can only feed upon the OF France
have been IN their meetings anu have listened to
their addresses, and, though always sincere, they
reject the sentiments not OF men OF mature expert
enco but OF agtators OF unreasonable fury. Tneir
CRY Is "PtUe la cOHtrIsui,ef' then "V1re III ReDu0-
hQuel" One longs TO rise in their assemblies and
explain the practical republican institutions OF the
United States. How they survive only because they
mild and temperate III form and pure ana vrtli.
in spirit; how Foulerism and ali its miserable,
social auXi!lrie5 have Ialed. exciting the disgust
OF our people for their hdeous crimes and the pOpu
lar scorn for the violence OF their prOgenitors But
" every prominent republican in the United States
were 10 proclaim these truths and expose the fall
Lacy OF Communism, doubt II they could influence
q party unimpasslonable save by INDUSTRIOUS isms.
Turbulence Is characteristic OF their meetings,
and parliamentary law thus received more char-
table courtesy Ia democratic meeting OF the Sixth
ward. The Socialists have not tho polish ana ele-
gance OF Wendell Phillips, either In utterance or
address. They are inc0herently proceeding from
demonstration in its inciplency to conclusion that
belongs to another course OF logic. II man would
start on the railroad from New York to Chicago ana
could by some unseen process arrive in twenty
minutes at Cairo, In Egypt, this evolution would
illustrate the progressive reasoning OF red repub
CAMS address. The truth Is they desire agitation
by the empire, their projects found fruiton only
in their own brans. Now their intellectual fog has
DeEu kccpub fdTiS udTk lot days. his undoubtedly
was to have been expected, but hardly when Paris
is besieged. 1t wouil have been q nice thing.
II at time when Washington was in danger
deputation had waited upon President Lincoln and
demanded that he ould without delay, order On
election In Washington TO determine whether or not
he should Continue President OF the Unled States
This IS substantially what the ''reds" desire. They
want the municipal elections Give them these and
they viii want Tree love; give them free love and
they VIII demand the equal division OF property. Is
strange that Paris feels insecure at this moment
when she has as nsldious enemies within a. she has
powerful foes WtnCul2
how TEE PARIsIANs ACCEPT TIE WAR NEWS.
Now let NE touch upon French feeling and senti-
French are not apt population 10 receive
with equanlmity; hence une necessity OF the most
Menoacious assertions or that Infinitely legged ami
ma the Parlsian press 1t feeds the people trash
on such words as iloeiie, gt0ne, and those tragic
sentiments alas SO much misunderstood, "LlDerte,
Jfdiernte, eQ2taltte.n Let an American SIT down
after breakfast and peruse the Partisan press. He
finds leader ful Of fire and eoquence, but it Is
the same fire and eloquence which mlslead and
is reason. You need to convince them that
100000 men Of the finest army In the word are be-
fore their gates that 1t is no longer one Frenchman
to two Prussians, but that man for man. the Prus-
SLAMS have the prestige OF victory, skful generals
and submissive, weii-dlsciplined solilery., man
spy. He Is thought to be u PrussIan sympathizer,
aud doubt very much II even the most acute OIL
Gals would forgive such one In some cases the
officers are positively iscouIteOus; but ain glad to
say that this Is not the rule On more than one oc-
casion have found brutal spirit In an otiiccr Oaly
because, perhaps, 1 was uot citlzon VI france.
Perhaps much or this should be forgotten and for.
given because France Is oppressed by terrible re-
verses. The press Ii almost unanimous In Its
support Of the government and under such an In
fuence 1t cousels moderation, though prints the
deliberations OF the communists. In paper
like La Liberte OF Girardtn there are twelve col.
umns daily on the siege, but nothing scarcely about
other matters. There ore no full descriptions, o.
there would be In the New York press alG tie dali,
bulletin Of war ID confined to two "stlckfuls,n on
the exterior position. They are signed "Smidt."
Many able articles have appeared since the siege
begun, but none more candid and sensible than those
OF Victor Conslderait, French-Amercan. lie ex
presses the situation thus-The French are lions II
the field but poltroons IN IDEAS 1t Is the fashion
address letters to the press but none think Of taking
this liberty unless they are prominent lnen. D
course these communications all urge resistance.
ENTERPRISE OF NEWSPAPERS IN PARIS.
There Is comparatively none. The foreign CORES
pondents are always IN possession OF Information
sometimes days before 1t Is known to any paper II
the city. You read something under the caption o
large head lines and you behold only that whlcl
you previously knew through private channels.
should Judge that there are thirty papers now II
Paris, and their sale Is immcnsethe best being II
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