Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-22


The New York Tribune, which has AWAY,
had great amount of hospitality for thu
French and other European impracticahles, il
changing its mind in regard to them. The an
archists and assassins of Paris can not nov
hide their true character. France has neither
an empire nor any other form of despotisn
against which they can direct a storm of fury
Every one can see clearly that the Paris in
surgents and their allies are just what the Tri
bune calls them, devils" In fact, the Tribune
uses variety of appropriate expressions to de
scribe them. 1t says, they are Glands who defy
law and disseminate poisonous treason; 'ec-
centric and morbid growths;" a mixture of
tiger and apes" "cowardly ingrates;" "hordes
of bachants who throng the frightened streets"
.'inspiFed by savage lust Of disorder" and,
Paris is given over "to be buffeted of the devils
that possess it," Some of these express
sions are almost equal to the occasion, but, in
this case, no language can be too strong.
Nevertheless, the Tribune, not quite free from
the old habit of doing honor TO the leaders of
these devils" speaks of them in this way:
"There is something grotesque in this uncon-
scious mockery of all their professions. These
insurgents of Montmartre, who are exhibiting
all the tigerish instincts of the untaught, savage
mind, are in great part theorists, ideaists, nom
resstants, officious philanthropists. They are
men who have suffered prescription in Paris in
defense of human rights. On many platforms
they have renewed again and again their devo-
tion to the principle of the fraternity of peoples"
To "a small extent, this or portion of it may
be true; but it is not true that any of these
bloody anarchists have ever suffered Sin defense
of human rights" for they have never had even
the faintest conception of what is necessary to
establish human rights. To call these creatures
republicans is foul insult to free institutions.
Dread of them and their kind docs more than
anything else to uphold the European mon
arches. Could they succeed in France, they
would establish the bloodiest and most Internal
despotism that has been heard of since the time
of Robesperre. They may be theorists" but
the ideal they seek to realize is merely the estab-
lishment of their own supremacy and the as
sassination of all who oppose it. They could
not get control of the national assembly; there
fore, they eonspire in their characteristic way
against the republican government it has or
gained. They have neither loyalty, patriotism,
nor respect for free institutions.
When these men were engaged in raising out
cries against Louis Napoleon, they could talk
repubhcanism and seem to be honest. They
could mislead the world in regard to their actual
character, by representing that they supported
free principles against despotism. There was
no truth in their representations, for they have
never been anything more than Wild unscfupu-
lous demons of license; but many, especially in
this country, have believed it, and honOred them
as freedom-loving republicans Now, the mask
is stripped off. We see them as they are, and
know that they are as ready to eXterminate
honest republicans as to murder Bonapartists
and other monarchists. They are suggesting to
all serious observers, that Louis Napoleon's
coup Petdt may have been less inimical to the
welfare of France than the world has supposed.
AT any rate, France would now gain by any
movement that should make these bad men
powerless.