The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-12
The Pandsnonium In Paris.

The PsndsndoniuAn In Paris.
History1s repeating Itself in the French
capital with startling exactness. The
churches are sacked and piflaged: Prfsons
are filed with innocent nuns and priests.
The ministers OF religion are arrested as
the so.called servants of ":a person called
"God." Avenerable prelate is, stripped and
seoapged, and is Knocked at and jeared at
| by the brutal crowd Ans*anknewn and
Irresponsible committee issue their DEGREES
and drive the pyotelartat Of Paris, like sheep,
to the slaughter Itneeds only the Gdiilo-
tine and the Goddess Of Reason, and the
irightful parallel is complete. Nor is all
this blood, and rapine an incident OF the
effort to overthrow a despotic government
and establish a~.eRepublie. The Emperor is
in exile; the Princes of Orleans flee from
unhappy France; the Constitutional Repub-
lie is, irsheory al existing fact N. Pliers
and his colleagues hold their Office by the
popular vote. They sre not, in themselves,
responsible for the misfortunes and doiours
Of the nation. They made Peace-it was
their mission and their duty. Other crime,
II crime it can be called, they have not COM
mitted. But the offscouriDgs Of Paris, the
idle. .vagabonds and released criminals of
the great city, make war against the Gov.
.ernmeat-make war without knowing, or
cosfessing, what they really want. They
have the Republic-that is not enough.
,Tnsy have Peace-that Is not sufficient.
Nothing will satisfy them but such o condi-
ition of things as viii ALLOW the scum to re-
main on the ~snriace Of tbs bubbling caul.
dnoa.v. No government will satisfy them but
one which, will. allow them to hew and slay
at their pleasure, to divide:among them the
goods OF the rich; to rule as bloody tyrants
in the polluted name of Liberty, to insult
God and ruin their feTow-man. The de-
.iscendants OF the men Of '93, the men Of '4s
and Isl saw their opportunity. There was
nc regular army on which reliance could be
placed. The Provinces were afar off, and
had always bowed the kneeyto Paris, and
Lyons, and Marseilles. This was the time
to strike, and the blow has fallen heavily on
France.
What next, and next? The Theirs gov
eminent can obtain troops, in time, rom
the provinces /; but the peasautrY have no
love for the Republic. And will N. Theirs
have the .nervs- to WELD the thunderbolt Of
Upon the old Imperial army he can
not rely. Whom can hetrust, svsnsif he has
confdencet IN himself? To turn to the Ger
mans seems the only hope ; but the man
who calls in the German to shoot down and
sabre the French-Red rascals' though they
be- is dead politically, and may run dan:
gerously near the chill edge Of the guillo-
tine.
Dolly n man has been able to maintain
order in Frapee-shat man is Napoleon.
For two decades the Empire enjoyed the
manifold blessings ofiuternai peace. ,Whst
Others promised to do, Napoleon aioneIha a
done. To him, very naturally, turn the
thoughts of the people. They demand tran
guilty and security. In modern times who
but Napoleon has given it them: The
OF Metz and Sedan, the marshais Of
France, the generals and the subordinate
officers, have more enthusiasm still for the
Empire than Of love for the Republic. 81.
Theirs may crush out the foul nest OF hur-
derers and thieves who promise that Paris
shall swim in blood. But, at the best, IN
pacifying Paris with sabre and rife he may
destroy that hideous Republic OF which he is
the head. There seems to be no choice be-
tween Napoleon and a new dictator. Of the
" it is better to take. that imam Of desti-
ssny, "whose confidence in his star has never
faltsred, who believes in himself ss firmly to
day at Ohiselhurst as when he played inva-
der at Boulogne, or wrote military trsasises
at Ham, or, at the head Of triumphant he.
gions, Emperor by the popular win, marched
through the streets Of Paris.