The New York herald., 1871-03-20

Paris have been realized, as the dispatches
which we publish this morning indicate. The
National Guards of the French capital are in
open revolt against the authorities, the soldiers
of the line aud the malcontents have fra
| ternized, blood has been shed, and the situa-
| ton generally is full of danger for France.
On Friday last NJ. Thiers issued proclama-
.ion to the insurgents, demonstrating with
| them at their hostile attitude to the govern
ment, urging them to return to their
| duty as good citizens, and warning them
that unless they obey the laws he would
be compelled TO proceed 10 extreme measures.
This proclamation evidently failed of effect, for
at midnight of Friday the military were
marched into the Montmartre quarter, and the
| positions Of the insurgents were taken posses
| sion Of. Thus far the government seems to
have been successful but early next morning,
| ground, an extraordinary scene followed. All
| the guns and prisoners which had been taken
the night previous were retaken, general
| fraternizaton Of the troops and insurgents
began, and in few minutes the latter were
masters OF the situation. A serious conflict
occurred in the Place Pigalle, which resulted
in the overthrow of the government adherents.
Although the dispatches estimate the losses as
| small we are inclined to believe that the
struggle was a severe one, and that many
lives were lost. Bayonet charges were made
by the few soldiers who remained faithful, but
they were only for the purpose of escaping
from the mob which surrounded them. One
| general was killed, another wounded and two
| others taken prisoners. These latter were Gen
| erals Clement Thomas and Lecornte. They were
taken before the Revolutionary Committee,
mock trial was gone through with and the up-
fortunate men were shot. At the last accounts
the insurgents were in the ascendant. All of
Paris on the right bank Of the Seine had been
evacuated by the government forces, which
had Withdrawn to the left bank of the river
| From this brief RESUME OF events which
have transpired in Paris some idea may be
formed OF the gravity OF the situation there.
In shooting Generals Thomas and Lecomte
the insurgents have exhibited brutal ferocity
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Well may Paris paper appeal to the
| provinces TO come to the rescue, and de-
nounce the insurrection as the revolution of
| pillage." Who the leaders are has not yet
been made known. Whether Louis Blanc,
Victor Hugo, Ladru Rollin, Rochefcrt and
other prominent reds have placed themselves
at the head Of this movement to uproot
society and ''organize hell' in France our
dispatches do not report. Bnt ii is evident
that the leaders Of the Insurgents are true sue
cessors of Robespierre and Marat, and that if
| they succeed in getting control of the govern
ment they win inaugurate another Reign of
| Terror throughout the country.
| 1t is impossible to overestimate The impor-
tancc of the events which are transpiring in
| Paris. The entire revolutionary movement is
| controlled by the red republicans and is
directed against M Theirs and the National
| Assembly If the views and doctrines of the
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make paramount, then the object is to estab-
/ lish socialistic republic and to resuscitate in
France all the grotesque and demoralzing
| principles Of the first republie--principles
which have sapped the morals of the French
| people and given to Paris the unenviable no
toriety Of city in which twenty five per cent
Of the children born yearly are illegitimate
We suggested yesterday the possibility that
the insurrecsion in Paris was part Of
Bonapartist plot, and we shall feel no surprise
| if, when the facts are developed, it is shown
that the agents of Napoleon melted the red
republicans to revolt; for it is clear that
red republican government cannot exist in
France for any length of time. If the present
insurgents of Paris triumph now their reign of
power will be brief, unless they pursue a
moderate course; and if they propose to act
in moderation why are they endeavoring to
| overturn the government Of NJ. Theirs?
Moderation aud red republicansm are an
tagonistic. What is sought is the triumph of
socialism, with all its debasing and demoraliz-
! ing social influences and its absurd and horri-