The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-03


Internatioaale was tho
kEruDiArIoS OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CAPITAL PUN
whether for political or civli crime and afurm,
without fear or successful contradiction that cnv-
ing tor the present the question OF The hostages
the government OF the Commune did not order the
execution OF single person or warrant the deliber-
ate death OF one captive soldier during the whole
period o is power. in proof OF tins have before
Inc iu reprint Of the Jouaat QEcisk De Ia Cy,,-
0aune, published by the E'uue d. France under
ne nn,gn c W aI ,hc
.ic,es du Goure' nen,eu Reeo .utionnaire de Far.s
orretes deere!s, orbfs, proc'amctt0as, rdDporIs
equally significant that copies OF this journal were
not introduced before the Vers allies courts martial
may add in thi' connection that so systematically
repugnanI were these merci,ul philosophers 10 the
punl hineat by death that they did not execute any
81 Their own delinquent cneitains. even when ss.
pected OF the highest crimes, 1t beng noticeable
that Jlese alleged culpris would frequently be III
prison one week aud az large tho next.
AS to the moderation, morality and moral deco
run OF the insurgent administration, and likewise
the absolute security OF life and property which
every one experienced under 1t, aul myself wit
ness. / was IN Paris during tnat portion OF the
month OF May which terminated by the fall OF the
Rosse Who s h@ IN ne War poce
had escaped, and was being diligently hunted
IN every part Of the city and Deesclazc was Minis.
ter OF War; had gone into Paris under the impress
sion (as hlculcaed by the London press) that /
shond nd ~ ~ state OF great disorder, is public
beautiful shade trees especially those OF the Champs
Elysees leve!ie1 with the ground its streets dirty
.
Of squalor, in security and terror
PARIS UNDER TUE COMMUNE
Ito found on tne contrary mat ny q tree was miss
equestrian m0nstrosy OF Napoleon Ill the river
facale OF the Tmienes,, not a pubic building In
jured beyond what was necessary 10 remove I'M
perial INSCRIPTIONS aud lnscribe republican notices
in their place. SO scrupuons the respect OF the
embems remaia umnterlered with in more e' than al:
one shop winaow on tue b0ue Yards simply because
1t was the stubborn will OF the proprietor not to
lake them down. Mr. John Russell Young, OF the
New York Standard noted this fact as well as [.
He Will also bear me out in the assertion tnat the
churches were open as ususl and that religious
worship renamed uninterrupted, we having our
selves attended service IN the Madeleine The only
churches tntcllercd with were those which had
been used for preaching against the authority OF the
Commune; and feel sale In saying that In case
was any religious institution pundered. ] speak
advisedy upon this point, and am quite aware mat
many reports have gone forth to tie contrary; but
II has been found III every instance where THIS was
said to be the case that the pru lent fathers had
simply secreted the treasures OF the building, and
then, Tor their better security given out thar they
worldly wisdom among the worthy padres during
the late reyoiuton in spain-one notable case
being that OF the cathedral OF Toledo, where the I'M
mense am0aDt or 100000 OF reals IN silver,
winch the, sagactous clergymen had adroitly
snlevns REPUBLICANS, was found saUa yss slowed
away In one OF tue church vaults In the custody Of
point that the punder OF relgious ediices was not
among TIC charges brought III the courts martial
nS s 3, .S BY des for
they Succeeded III extending greater security to
private property during their rule than had ever
been known under any other administration III
Paris 10 effect tnls result they had to contend
against peculiar dlincultics.
THE COMMUNE GOVERNMENT OF sHREwD MEN.
The republic OF September had thrown open the
prisOus Of the country and nearly all the criminals
I Of France, taxing advantage OF their newiound
liberty had nocked en- Daasss TO Paris. These crea-
lures the Command found upon their hands at the
time Of their installation on the Goth OF March.
Il was an appalling problem for them to CONFRONT;
~
they put musKets In tho hands Of every one, ana
giving eaca franc and hall day kept them IN
wholesome warning or 'Death TO oil thievcS.n TnS,
under the laws OF war u ls fact which no one at
this date will venture to dispute, that all private
properly, and particularly that which had been
abandoned by the fugitive adherents OF Versailles,
owners intact from pllage from requisltlon. TIE
only invasion the abandoned tenemcn OF the
and then they were occupied temporarily by the in
yadng troops An equal honesty was exhibited By
poei wh Inc Bank France Tns oaa Of
That Institution have borne witness to this honor
taken by the Commune was an amount which stood
upon tile books 10 the credit OF the city, and this
when they might have taken millions upon ulI-
lions, without u soul to say them nay.
1nE MORALITY OF Tue COMMUNE.
ward deccncies OF lio, tho record Of The az.
Is very lar superior TO that or any admins
which ever preceded Il N TIC capital, and Tor az
honest v.ctuons people oil tle city, the people who
work Tor their hving and cultivate the domestic TICS
were for Tie first Time IN supreme authority These
people, animated and reiined by tue spirit OF
patriotism which burned witnin them. declared,
der aud excuses OF ali sorts. that the sna,neiul
scandal OF public prostitution should no longer be
tolerated Ia their mldsG. They nrst gave due con-
SHERATON to the argument OF vice, that the ex-
penses VITA which the Church ana the law had so
surrounded marriage as 10 place 1t beyond the
reach or the younger portion 0. the population aud
then MADE decree that Any marriage contract
should be RO0u Wilcn was based upon simple
ne
fore third parties. The sern warning d this
edGs WAS Ls Us near ana no So Of the
made wcd!ock to expensive. You may be married
now without a farthlna's cost, and that being the
upon the streets Under TINS decree public women
who attempted TO ply their vocation openly were
faithful '1oreign correspondent at once reported
that Paris was FAST becoming wilderness under the
reign Of terror mad SET 10. These writer's belong to
the class OF estmablc cnronlclers who have always
supplied the world. ana especially The United States
with the standard icea OF French morals, and who
take their pons from che abandoned creatures
OF whom ticy see the most In Iact, they rarey see
the worthy Glasses OF France at ALL Tue reports Of
Casual travellers are usually inspired In the Same
way; anu consequently the view we most often get
OF French sentiment and character Is reflected from
the immoral purlicus OF the capital, hardly need
say that the
WOMEN OF TnE PAVE
have again recovered their importance since the
triumph OF versailles. They haunt the boulevards
again IN lauIS dresses, and Paris is more gay
and enjoyable to The regular correspondents
w avail myself OF this opportunity TO say that IL Is
my firm conviction that The working and middle
classes France VIII lead those OF any other Euro.
psan nation III the observance OF the household vr-
ines aud IN female CHASTITY except perhaps The
Irish. This latter Is the great result OF tie Cath
Ollie faith mot prtesty poit,Cs) wherever II prevails
ana the principle applies 10 Italy and Spain a. well,
whatever English Protestant correspondents, VINO
despise all Foreigners" through sense OF duty,
may say 10 tue contrary.
The edict or the Commune facilitating marriage
/ was, OF course, rescnded after the massacre VI
nOunced 10 be adulterous. unprincipled parties
were thus set free from the obligations they had
soemnly assumed, and o posthumOus vengeance
indicted upon good and bad by the prospective
icgiumacy or their offspring. recently
heard an American, who considered himself u
man OF moderation aud Intelligence, approve this
action OF the Versailles government, and, az the
same time, den0unce without measure the nalny
oil the Commune for medltatlng the dissolution or
society by such law. looked at him steidy for
O moment, and then quietly asked HIM II he was
the lamnllIun. which ne unsnarlnQiA cludcnnel