Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-10
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u PUBIC dudlrS IN fFdnC6G In6fS Is
e lack of confidence, less expressed thar
Q entertained, in Theirs and his Gov
n eminent, as there is a want of genera
: political integrity in the people. De-
g mOralization is the rule rather thar
/ the exception. McMahOn, like tbs
4 noble-hearted and virtuous-minded
l Cavaignac, after the days OF June, 184S
/ Is the gLOg'ieG, par excellence OF the
hour. But how evanescent that popu'
Z larity the records of French fiekle-
I ness can best explain. If he had will
: and purpose he might to-day proclaim
himself Dictator. But he is hardly
3 equal to such an undertaking. There
} are fresh breakers ahead. The right
! Of the National Assembly indicated
them in the sitting OF that body on
/ Wednesday. Theirs and cabinet are,
as l assured you some time ago,
uncomprisingly for a moderate Re
public. The right, chiefly penny pol
, iticians, without a single man that
can be esteemed a statesman, is IN
resolute array against it-nearly
equally diverted between the elders
and younger branch of the Bourbons.
II a fusion can be effected with the
expressed understanding that the
Count de Paris is to be the successor
of Henry the Fifth, 1 think there IS
no obstacle to a new attempt at rule
by Right Divine. From that which
/ know such an attempt would meet
with the cordial favor of the Clergy,
more powerful now than ever from
the brutal Outrages committed against
them by the Commune. Louis NapO-
leon is still universally lOathed as the
author and cOnsOlidatOr of the humil-
iation of the nation. His few secret
friends are careful not to breathe his
name openly, The returned prisoners
who constitute the victorious army,
believe that they were betrayed by
him as well at Sedan as subse.
quentIy at Metz. Mcmahon cannot
but consider him as the marplot to all
his arranged plans for field operations,
and therefore entertains no good will
| for him. Then, again, his age and
shattered constitution are adverse to
his pretensiOns. No one feels inter-
ested for his wife, while all are lndif-
| feFent to his son, as If he were the
plOugh-boy of an obscure peasant.
The PROSTATE column, smashed as was
its statue into a thousand atoms, is
impOtent to add any strength to his
name, or to excite any pity in his be-
halt or in those of his son. The van
dal act was inspired by the disgrace
which he brought upon the name. Bat
for his perfidy in the coup d'etGt and
the constant enormous deeds which he
committed to sustain that pertidy,
that towering monument would yet
be standing.
A word more of Thiers. He i5 old
and vain-too old to originate prac-
tical ideas, and too vain to accept the
original ideas of practical minds. lie
is an astuts politician, without filling
the standard measure of sagaciOus
statesman. His experience is larger |
than his Wisdom-his capacity less |
than his ambition. He is, like most |
ready and fluent political speakers,
powerful in opposition, feeble in ad- /
ministratiOn. Heis, think, patriot |
in the modern accepted sense Of the /
term, He would perhaps not be apt |
to run his head into fire for the sake /
of his country, and yet he would have /
his country believe that he would |
sacrifice his head, body and all for its
welfare, making pompous and clam
OrOus display of that merit. The ruth /
lEd5a vi Alb nOuoC
and its invaluable treasures is build /
ing up his lately waning popularity,
and he may manage to retain place
for a longer time than q fortnight ago
l believed was possible. In con-
Guiding this subject, ! will remark
that to speculate at time like the
present upon the future OF a month,
ia France, would be as idle an en-
plOyment as to speculate upon the
course Of movement of a Wlll-O-the-
Wisp.
Saturday, May q, o'clock.-The
last refuge of the Mob-COmmune is the
Pere la Chaise, where they have
entrenched themselves, and in the
fury Of desperation, are hsrming
the city of the dead as wicked
~ as they harmed the city of the
Living. They have been throwing
bombs from there ineessantly all day,
but none have fallen nearer than the
Chateau d'Eau. There were mOnu-
ments in this cemetery which cost a
quarter Of a million Of francs; and it
is apprehended that they have been
destroyed or defaced, as also a large
number of vaults. In the trightful |
wreck of public property rejoice to
state that the objects of art in the |
Louvre and the Luxembourg have es-
capped; the fine library OF 100,O vol
umes of the former, however, was ut
terly consumed by fire, and that por-
tion Of the edifiee containing them
ruinOusly injured. The National Lii
brary is safe, and the BOurse and the
Bank are as erect as ever. No fresh I
fires have manifested themselves to-
day, and the panic Of day before yes.
terday has measuTably abated. News
has Just come in that Pere la Chaise
has been taken. Since / took my seat
there is q relaxation in the discharge
of cannon in that direction, and re-
port Is only heard at intervals in the
direction Of MOntmaTtre, OF which the
regular troops are In full possession.
Sunday, Nay 2S.-Since ten o'clock
no startling sound has been heard.
The last gun has, in all probability,
been fired. The repression of the mob
Is complete.
After my morning hour of devotion,
1 went out to survey the ruins. The
sun was shining and the sky blue,
but there was yet a smoky mist pro-
ceeding from the heat OF the exhaust
ed flames. In front of my door q
cavalry procession was slowly creep
ing along. 1t was charged with the
Of e000 prisoners to Yer
Sailles. What siekening aspect to
my visionl They were bare-headed,
with uncombed hair, unwashed faces
and unelean apparel. With few ex-
they looked like lifelong
bandits. And these we're the sO-called
of patriotism. fan
cied / saw many face resembling
that of the spOon-thief and hangman
Of New Orleans nOtoriety, and others
with features strangely like those Of
the former bell-man Of the State De- !
partment at Washington. Here, in
my fancy, saw distinctly Stanton;
there a Sheridan. Then a squad re-
the members OF the court
which, without particle Of
reliable evidence, consigned Mrs.
Surratt to the scaffOld. Again 3 ply
strikingly like that of the
lend, Holt, who subOrned witnesses
for the object Of depriving 1nnocents
OF their lives. In one respect there
was no fancy in my vein Of thought.
crime was marked upon the
absent rs upon the present. The
Higher Law men OF the North fur
nished the Higher Law men Of the
Commune with an example and an
inspiration.