The Lincoln County herald., 1871-06-08
YAlhejsm Of Ne Paris Conmunists.

rAiheisn Of the Paris Csnnunists. an
sdi 10 Iron The 81. Lenis Tinsals a.a
In the opioion Of Gen. ,Dsrgsrst, late
Commune, shvchvman mind 10 immortal,
bnt not 90 the individual soul. That 10 [,
We live W grow ,pp; We fall and, die
4 % the Leaf, and return 70 the dust from
whence We came; and are only immortal
in, our children. When asked recently
BY any Americsni interviewer If be
believed in God, be answered that he did
not, and gave - his reason that It was
not "republican" 10 do %, Because, |"
4 said ,ho, 'if there we're, God hs
,ooald Ls a tyrawt. light God in the
universe as / did the, Empire in France.
Ii 10 the one. man power, tho p0uviOr
peysonwelof of Nspolson Ill. If tbsrs we're
such . place 40 Heaven, and i went
there aud found God, I would inme
diately commence throwing up bar
ricades I would hoist the red aag; !
would rebel. It is contrary to justice /;
it 10 ,contrary to reason; it, 10, contrary
to right, that one, should govern the
many-that there should, be q God"
| No American will be charged with
bigotry, or an over scrupulousness Of
religious faith, if he recognizes in
this aippant disavowal of all things
divine, but . weak ard beggarly foun.
dation for any enduring political edi.
fee. No government in the vorld's
history has ever risen to power upon q
basis Of absolute Atheism, for oven the
mythologies Of the anoients were the
type Of o creative supremacy, and the
recognition Of . conservative providenoe
that aided in moulding their greatness
and preserving their Liberties. 1t va,
only when Rome relapscd into the abysu
Of practical in6dslity, aud lost all sens'
Of accountability to her noble deities
, and ceased to practice, the virtues oI
which they were the ideal representa-
, tives, that she became emasculated, ant
fell an easy prey to barbarians, inspired
, by a sturdier godliness. e.. ID,
Hence we turn from the mouthings o
Bargeret with regret at the thought tha
, any considerable portion of the peopl
Of Paris should grope blindly for free
0 dom and q universal republic through
the gloom Of such 40 ,infatuation. W.
Q are quite ready, indeed, to agree will
Count Henri D'Chambord, the last o
the elder branch OF the Bourbons, " wher
he saysin a recent letter to his friends
II IA Christian nation cannot with impu
. nifty tear out the venerable pages Of it
a history, break the chain of its traditions
. inscribe at the head Of it's constitution
i. negation af the rights Of God, or banisl
a every religious idea from its laws and it
= public instruction. Under such circum
!, stances disorder will be the rule. Th
oscillations will be between anarchy an
= Cmsarism-two forms Of governmeu
equally disgraceful, equally characteristic
n OF the decadence Of heatben nations
= aud which will ever be the act Q
a nations who are forgetful of their duty.
q The great misfortune Of France i
|. that-midway between the oscillation
+ to which the aspiring prince aIlude
!, equidistant from anarchy on the on
+ hand and Cpsarism upon the other :
O there seems to be as,yet no happy halt
A ing place upon which to build q porr
: lar government that shall truly guar
; ap,ee. the civil liberty Of the, citizen, an
). make his will safely supreme in II
! enactment and execution Of the law
y To Dc Chambord, who justly depre
= Gates the anarchy Of rod republiosnisn
& and has 40 honest dred Of the empir
"a there ID but one alternative besides. Th'
!. is . constitutional monarchy, Of whic
!, De Chambord shall be tho head and
= France falls into the hands Of no strong'
n despotism than this, she will havo made
! greater advance towards political freedo
= than many Of her best friends can brin
\ themselves just now to think. y