The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-24
LASTDAYS OF THE COMMUNE
THE FoLI1Es OF THE RULING YAN-
D4LS.
Terrible Seenes-BIsmarck'sT Tub 10 the
Aisatian yyhalc--The Contamination
at Hana-Ciuseret and RosseI-'Conso-
lalion for Typos-The Place V"ndome
Madness-Siege Topics.
[rRou OUR OWE CORRESPONDENT:

OF sledge hammer on an anvil. Houses are
demolished with an unsparing rapldity and
impartiality. fires break ont with sud-
denness which is appalling, and an intensity
that laughs at subsection. Brothers dispute
the ground inch by inch, struggle hllt 10 hit,
aud fraternize only in death. The soil
trembles under the roar Of cannon, it is the
earthquake year" for Paris, and gentleman
from Peru has assured me he magines often
he is in his own country. Deputation after
aepulaton passes between the combatants,
but each replies, No surrender" n. Theirs
pursues his blood and iron policy, resolved to
lombard Paris into national fraternity; the
Federals being equally determined to keep him
outside the city, where they forced him more
than six weeks ago. France ieels she is slip
piDgaway from the sympathy OF foreign ma
tions, but which reserve for her profound
pity. The bulletins Of the civil war shock,
and in any case the conqnerors must have
their wreaths. not in laurels, but in cypress.
Like another Mephistophiles, Prince Bis
marck appears on the scene in this "tShtfor
the Commune,n By prominently assuring The
new Germans OF Alsace and Lorraine they
shall have full Communal" rights. IT, IS a
temptation almost powerful enough. to Induce
ParisiaEs TO enigrate 10 those happy lands.
By the by, as a phase OF vital statistics, it
would be interesting 10 know how many in
habitanls OF rhe conquered territory have left,
In order to remain French, rather than Ger
mans, against their will.
". Picard, who, us home minister, an
nounces TO the Assembly the progress of Nc
Mahon, assures us that .this time the insur
in paric
the city can discover the evidence ior such as
sertion, although there are few who do not
long for such consummation. We have
heard this assurance so often, that IL Is now
ranked among "the positively last nights" oil
the theatres, or the ''tlnal farewells" OF popular
artistes Moral rather than physical force
should conquer Paris; If otherwise, the dissen-
siops and cUnspiraces that will arise after the
victory will prove more fatal to France than
The timely concession of allowing Paris TO
elect her own mayor, direct her own munlcl-
pal agents and police, and decide upon her
civic expenditure. Grant her these, M. Tllers,
or at least Offer them to her, and the capital
can be talked over to an arrangement. But
the Republic must be maintained ut the same
lime, or the question oil this form OF govern
ment fully and fairly submitted to the nation.
Your present Assembly is q conclave of mon
archical factions and iaint.hearled Republi-
cans-the former too disunited TO Impose It's
saints on the country, and wanting the pluck
to overthrow what they cannot replace; the
latter are more Interested In number one,
which constituted the be-all, and the end-atl oi
Gulzot's politics. Theirs will be swallowedlup
In victory. He Is hated by the Legitimists,
and viewed with compassion by the Orlean-
isis; the Republicans accept him as he aVoWs
himself to be one of theirs, with the confidence
10 be expected from convert who mas spent
the psalmist's span Of Lille in waging war TO
everything Republican, and whose zeal for the
new faith is limited 10 showing that to be
Republican is the most serious disqualification
for offices OF trust. 1t Is not Republicans that
are made projects, Ambassadors and generals;
and that is not Republican Assembly which
demands the return of Henry the Filth, COM
pensation for the creatures displaced by the
fall Of their second empire, and declines to
practically grapp with the practical wants o!
Paris.
The municipal elections have been Loilti-
cal event. Classify the results into as many
party divisions as China does her mandarlns,
tory, and an overwhelming claim that hence
forth in the elections for the Assembly the
towns must be distinctly represented. No
city in France with o population over 10000
can appoint its mayor. The government re-
serves The right OF having the chief magistrate
as Its local wire-puler. But the towns are
about uniting 10 possess this right, which VIII
complete Their municipal iranchises. lney
will wO.;,; in nth the capital to have IL placed
on q similar footing.
The Commune does not gain sense oy
length oi days, nor wisdom from past folltes
universally condemned. 1t Is constant only
10 fighting. For the ninth or tenth time IL
has recast its executive, and we have at last
tho committee of public safety, OF i've mem-
bers, with Felix Pyat as first fiddle. The name
is bad. as il recalls the terrible convention OF
'e2. and the days of Fauquier, Thionvllle and
ST. just However, 1t does not brighten peo-
pie, nor is There reason to suppose IT means TO
imbue its hands in blood, simply because 1t
would be at once swept away. 1t Will watch
lake cognizance OF the Dumouriez and Gus
tines. As its army is not likely 10 march into
the bowels ofany land, no travelling gnlllollne
will be required: besides, the gu!oltne
is no longer the mode. The Commune
Gevours commander-ln.caief once Il
fortnight. In proportion as Il general lails, the
average will Increase. Cluscrct yesterday
Rosse tomorrow. 1t is 4 system OF natural
selection. of the survival of lie tllest. The
most singular thing about Cluserers tumble
is that no one knows exactly The cause OF 1t.
The Journals that offered incense 10 him lew
weeks ago describe him Us beautiful nlll!ly,
and that, instead OF organizing everything III
three days, he took three weeks 10 diSorganlZe
all think he had loo much common sense
Tor his lask-masters. Having become nau-
razed American. created II prejudice against
him. and the affair OF the Fort OF lsSy, where
he was expected 10 foresee panic among lis
defenders. was only the occasion TO cast him
aside 4 Frenchmun can understand the SUBJ
lecls OF every country. from Indus to the pole,
recolning Il naluraliZed Frenchman, but The
contrary strikes him as being contrary 10 the
law OF nature. His successor, Rossel. Is but
twenly-siX years Of aye and has qualms about
the greatness thrust upon him. He Is slender,
of middle height, pale and very blonde. His
manner is cold and reserved. Like Dom
browsEi and Palladine, he wears glasses, and,
rs Cillserct, prefers a billy cuck.hat and
mufii 10 q KEPT and rermenlals He heid
Office ,iniarGambctla, so'he is doubIy disQnali-
fed TO associate with the Bcnapartlst officers.
vino form lhe Swiss Guards OF our present
Commonwealth. He is u man of great intel
ligence, activity and resUluton-a kind Of
military Puritan. Perhaps we have our
young Nap leon at last. '.i; enemies ac-
cusr him Of being ''aInbilious,' but Brutus is
an honorable man. The coming man, i! this
be lie, must look sharp, rs the Fersaiilists are
n.conm0niy near.
Tie committee OF public safety has nndouht.
aiiy stimulated the execution oil affairs. II
will save the Commune from being laughed al,
cwiA. 10 lis sQuaubes, and The body from dis
respect. by seeing its president SO often called
10 order Ordinary matters will be left TO The
city parliament 10 dispose ut, such rs petitions.
Upwards of i've thousand printers sent me
mortal 10 the Commune, alleging they were
reduced 10 misery by the suppression Of the
Journals. The only answer they received was,
the order 10 put out two more lights. and