National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-05-26
End Ofthe Paris insr erection.
Our latest cable dispatches leave

Our latest cable dispatches leave
ittlo room to doubt that the inSur
rection in Paris has come 10 u sud
den end. After desperate hand-to'
hand fighting around and over the
barbados, every position ct the
Insurgents was in turn carried by
The victorious Assemblies until the
last stand was reached ut Mont
martre. Here the impctuosity of
of McMahon's men was irresistible,
and after a terrific combat and great
slaughter the last vestige of organ
lied resistance to the Versailles
Government was wiped ont. The
dispatches are ,chary of detail
respecting the closing operations,
and nothing is said of the fate of the
Commune leaders. Doubtless
those not killed in the final conflict
are now prisoners, iDasmuch as the
Prussiaus would not permit of es
ca pc through their lines. The
p obahlity that the balloons gath
cred by the foresight of these bur
lcsque officials were oronght into
use is rather remote. The fate OF
those captured may be read in the
recent declaration of VI. Theirs to
the effect that the scverest punish
mcnt which the law can award Will
be dealt ont to them promptly and
with terrible certainty. The car
mage among the assaulting troops,
Judging by the casualties of Their
officers. must have been great, and
attcsts the pertnacity with which
the Communists fought after all
hope OF successful resistance must
have left them. Had they display
cd these qualities when the Prus.
slams encircled the city, a different
ending might have characterized
that gigantic struggle.
And so pcrshes the Commune
sooner. at last. than was generally
anticipated. That it has held out
so long is the wonder of our time.
That it he's finally collapsed, after
inhicting upon France almost in
calcnlabIe injury, is reason for re.
joicing wherever the cause OF law
and order are vClIcTated, but no
particular credit is due to the Gov
ernment of VI. Theirs or the troops
of Mcmahon. BY every military
rule, this result ought to have been
accomplished months ago. But
while divided councils and petty
uuarrels characterized the mobO.
Gratis within the walls, timidity,
yacillation, lack of confidence and
an almost fatal disposition to pro
crastinate prcs allied at Versailles
The end is at last reached, FASTENED
by an accident, which seems to have
aroused 10 unusual promptitudt
the old army commanders and sent
them forward with something of the
old time elan.
The career of the Commune has
been brief and unprecedented. No
one could have predictedits rise or
skctched its subseqent unique
course. Commencing in an emeatc
at Montmartre, opposed fcebly 10y
the too procrastlnatlng Theirs, ii
suddenly, by the cold.bloodcd as
sassination of two OF the best Gen
erals in France, developed into {
formidable Instruction, sweeping
at a breath all opposition from it'
pathway, and in short time gam
ing complete possession Of the city.
From the first the insurrcction de
velioped a curious adm Xture o
uuallities-at one time showing re
mark able energy and steadfastncss
at another showing vacillation an,
cowardice.
But though now dead, the inhu
ence of the Commune will long exist
to command the best efforts %
statesman to control and direct.
men are found equal to the crisis
France may yet he redeemed an,
the cause OF liberal goveIhmeu
have in her "A devoted and trarles
exponent. Let the municipal re
forms OF the Commune be copied $,
far as TO give to each district IT
own local government. while dlSrt
garlng POISONOUS sentiments of III
socialists in all other particulars
aud then adopt the conserNatlv
Republican loln of government
with a representative National a
sembly, and the ev lis OF Communist
on the one hand and of Inperialisl
on the otuer may be avoided. Wit
the cmissares of Napoleon at WORK