Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-04-08
CAUSE OF THE FRENCH Rev
OLUTION.

CAUSE OF THE FRENCH REV
oLUTIoN.
Weeks ago the present revolution n
Paris was foretold by Intelligent gen.
tlemen who noted the moral and physi-
cal condition of the people. The long
siege, with its privations, has had a
most disastrous and demoralizing
effect upon the Inhabitants. There
has been a moral and physical depres-
sion which we, in u comfortable cir
cumstances, can hardly realize. "Pari,
est M cimetiere-it looks tenanted by
living ghosts" With funerals in every
house with n pennant Of black Grape
streaming from the Flagstaff Of the
Grand Hotel; with the streets desolate
and deserted /; with the statues shroud-
ed with all work suspended, and all
amusements at an end ; with the hos
pital flag flying in every direction, and
little faith left in the efficacy OF
prayers offered In the churches ; with
hunger causing physical weakness
perhaps we should not be surprised
that at last the people have been I'M
able to control themselves, that their
passions, so long and heroically con-
trolled, have at last %overleaped the
bounds of prudence, causing anarchy
and bloodshed to reign for the moment.
On the 4th inst, a correspondent OF
the London STANDARD, writing from
Paris, said : ut appears to me evil
dent that the privations caused BY the
siege have inflicted great physical suf-
fering. | have seen to-day many old
friends and acquaintance, and was
shocked at the great change wrought
in them by the four months siege.
Wasted features and shrunken frames
meet the eye in every street. There
Is that sickening talk about the treason
of Trochu, who Is ut present almost as
unpopular In Paris as the late En-
peror Of the French, and just now
happens to be far more generally
abused. 1 am reluctantly compelled
to come to the conclusion that the
siege has caused moral deterioration
as we'll as physical weakness. 1t wa:
sickening to hear the comments Of the
mob OH the dispatch from Bordeaux
these unmanly sneers at the term;
wrung from NJ. Theirs by the neces'
sity OF signing the disastrous treaty
forced on the country by the imbecile
rashness Of NJ. Gambetta. The only
change in the masses Is a change fol
the worse, and | can fully understand
the conviction that Is slowly forcing
itself OH many enlightened minds,
that if chronic revolution Is not to be
accepted rs the permanent regime o
France, Paris must cease to be its cap
ital." These words have proved to be
prophetic, and the revolution pre-
dicted has come. According to the
latest dispatches the insurgents are
masters of the situation, and the pros
pect is they will continue to be fol
some time to come. We fancy there
Is n good deal Of common sense in the
above observations, and one can clearly
see the deploable condition into which
France has fallen, and how powerlss!
i the Government Of NJ. Theirs
France has no intelligent, clear
headed, conservative, common-sens'
masses to fall back upon in the Prov
inces, to compel Paris to obey. Sh'
has committed the fatal mistake o
allowing her agricultural population
to remain in ignorance, and they are
therefore, unfit for any aggressive
movement. When Paris was in dis
tress by reason of the "Giant In TIN
Spiked helmet" she looked in vail
for help from without. Five Ions
months the heroic city suffered gal
lantly the horrors of n siege that ha'
had 10 parallel in history. Hemmet
in by an Irresistible army, she wa!
cut off from all communication, ant
isolated from every hope. In tn
North and South, in the East ant
West army after army rose up for he
%deliverancc, but was crushed by TIN
Prussians, or frozen to death on thei
way to the capital. There was patien
and long suffering in Paris for the all
which never came till the sickenini
anxiety died in the calm of a resolut'
despair. Now the Prussian pressur,
has been removed, and Paris Is de
moralized, aud NJ. Theirs had to fl!
from the city for safety. The gen
dnmerie desert the new Government
and join the insurgents. The revolu
ton which rears its head In Paris !
expected to show itself In Bordeaux
Marseilles and Lyons. Indeed, in tn
latter city, the proposition has al
ready been made to give France to thu
United States. The tate Of France i
to-day in the hands Of her cities, ant
the cities are In the hands of the mob
A SCENE IN THE SENNTE.-In tn,
Senate, OH March 30th, while Carrot
Davis. Of Kentucky, was speaking Oh