The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-08

Wchaye' nothing to do, we suppose, but
IN rejoice in all the internal striles and all
the external disasters, shocking though
thew be, that 'betall the Communists Of
Paris. Affairs there will probably be
worse before they are better, and the
worse they become, the more Surely do
they indicate that the end is at hand.
Seldom in modern ages, at least, has hui
man nature sunk to a lower degradation,
il the published accounts IRE correct. AS
was of course to be expected of such "
condition Of affairs, men have no faith in
their fellows, and are constantly bctraying
and destroying each other. They do not
knew what they are fighting for, Hnd they
are agreed in nothing but in resisting tue
government Mt Versailles, and even in this
they show vacilation and discouragement,
The only thing that is remarkable about
their desperate enterprise is, that they arc
abIe to maintain Il so long. They have
neither credit nor funds save what they
have gotten by the pillage of public
treasures and churches and Of private
individuals. And yet in city crowded
with population and poorly supplied with
food; they have maintained warlike oper-
atlons and kept q hundred thousand men
in arms for nearly two months. War is
certainly the only business that can be
carried on upon financial basis so exceed
ingly slender and precariOus.
1t is not surprising that the German
government is growing inpatient The
promised indemnity provided Tor in the
treaty of peace has not been paid. Mean
while the government and people Of
France are growing poorer every day,
and their ability 10 fulfill their engage
ments Is constantly diminishing. So long
as this Paris revolt continues, Germany
can hope for no satisfaction, and the
danger is, that II it does not end soon, it
will consume the life Of the people and
bring decay upon every interest Of the
country. No doubt it would be very
great outrage'and great humiliation to
Frdncc, but now that the Prussians are
there, We have sometimes thought that it
would he about as well Tor them TO take
Paris in hand, clear out the Commune
and National Guards and revoltGrs Of
every name, ind make present Of the
city to the rightful government. Dt
Theirs would Of course be very much
shocked at such II proceeding, but he
would doubtless accept the gift, though,
perhaps, under protest, and Us result,
much time and treasure, and the lives OF
many FrcnClImen, would be saved. This
certainly would be much better, even in
NJ Thiers' estimation, than to call back
the Imperial regency and install il once
more in Paris, as Prince Bismarck Is said
to be now meditAting.
Everybody longs 10 sec tlism revolt
come to an end, and no one much cares
for the means by which that end is
brought about, whether by its own col
lapse, by the triumph Of the government,
or, il need he, by the intervention Of the
Germans. It's the only insurreCtion OF
recent days that has awakened no sym
pathy, or next TO none, anywhere in the
world. A few English socialists have ut.
tempted Il slight demonstration Of cnCOur'
agement in London, but even this was
failure. No city in France has followed
the example, and even in New York there
appears to he no interest felt in the cause
dfthc Commune, nor his single Demo.
cratic member of Congress made speech
in its defence. 1t is the Onc political or
military movement Of the age TINT has
produced no feeling but adherence
among all mankind.