The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-05-06

rue PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTS OF rHE rARIs IN
suRGENrs.


The Partisan correspondent of the Times
points out that there are in the bed of the in
surrection ms be phrases it two streams dow-
ing together towards aims which are not
identical, but which do not materially differ
The aim Of one party is the predominance Of
the poor over the wealthy classes, Of the
workman over the master. of labor over capt.
tai that of the other party is Universal
Republic, founded on free, sovereign, ard
confederate Communes. The former regard
the aim pursued hy the latter as the ncces-
sary instrument of their Utopia; the latter
consider that the end towards which their
colleagues tend would. if attained, assure the
realization of their dream. aud would give it
strength and duration. The writer proceeds:
To make myself clear, will take the liner
ty of giving to these two allies two names
which appear to me fairly to EXPRESS their
tendencies. I will call the first Communist.
and the second Communalist. The FIRST par
ty is we'll known. ! NAV even say it ia the
only one known. II exists in England and
in Germany, in Switzerland and in France.
and it forms vast association under the
name of tho 1nternationale; but it is far from
presenting everywhere the same characters
tics that II does here. While it has remain
ed in most industrial countries a league
against the masters with a view to defending
the interests of the workmen, and to raising
the rate Of wages, it has become in France a
political party ard philosophical sect, it It
may be permitted to give this title to what
has nothing to do with either science or IN
teliectual speculation. lie would be very
clever who should succeed in arranging un-
der on- form of doctrine the varied and often
contradictory ideas with which the adopts of
this great sect are inspired. Most of them
only understand one thing-that they wish
to possess and to enjoy. They do not choose
that any superior, moral, social, or intellect
ual. should be placed above them; they
choose. on the contrary. to impose their su-
premacv on all others. The chiefs, the mas
tiers OF the school, are not any better agreed
On principles or their Development. They
form sort Of confused mixture of all the So
cialist schools which have divided human
cnnscierccs since divinity has been banished
from them. Their ideas partake of those of
ST. Simon and Fourier; but more especially
of those of CADET and Babeuf. 1t is Babeuf
who has been in reality the precursor in
France of what is being done there now ; it il
to his doctrines that we must revert t we
wish to have the key to the Utopia which the
Commune Of Paris have under eken to intro
duce into the domain of practical ideas. The
doctors of this applied "Social Science" are
-hesjes the men who have governed Us for
the past ten days-M NJ. Blanqui, Delescluze.
Louis Blanche last, however, the most
moderate and reasonable among them
Rainier, Mottu, Leo Mellier, and SOME others.
whose names will not be long in startling up
into 1otoriety. To these must be sdded their
associates who succeeded in getting in the
National Assembly at the last elections, and
who, in receiving this conservation as states
men, have on that account rather separated
themselves from the party of which thew were
the chiefs. Such are, NM. Miller, Telain,
and Malon. As for NJ. Felix Pyat, he is
sure to be found wherever the work of de-
struction is to be done.
should find some difficulty in passing in
review here the chiefs of the Communalis.
school, which has only shown itself outside
the Hotel de Vile, under unknown names, if
we except those OF NM Leirancais, Flourens.
and Jules Wales. Their ideas have become
80 entirely confused now with the Communist
opinions that i, is impossible any longer to
distinguish between those who profess to hold
to the Commune rather than to Communism.
and those who ere for Communism rather
than for the Commune. 1t is easier to say in
what the Commune alist IDEAS consist and what
thew tend. The task is rendered easy by the
last publications of the Central Committee.
At first the "enfranchisemeni" of the Proe-
,ariat was alone in question. This ''enfran-
chsement' was the first werd used to recruit
the body of proletaires Almost immediate
" after. il was desirab BILE to dsarm the Bour-
genise. to dissolve the elements of defense.
and there was much talk of their municipal
ty, of their natural franchise. of that dream
of every good hourgenise of Paris, "Paris
governed nv ITSELF" In this way the Gen.
trail Committee succeeded in establishing ar
understanding with the opposite camp, and
in Fastening the overthrow of the great
Party of Order" Having triumphed now
over all res stance in the city, the Committee
laws aside tie mask, and explains what it
means nv the Commune of Paris" 1t will
he seen that We are far removed from mere
" mnniciral revolution. that famous and in
famous ..Commune of Paris" which imposed
;ts sinister DEGREES on the Convention, the
National Assembly Of 1893. It haa, how
ever, some points of resemblance to that, but
how far il exceeds it ia its views. its actions.
it's aims! The .Cnmmune" OF 1871 lie sover-
eiyn and constituent. Ii draws up ''char-
acter'' and considers the means of obtain
ing recognition and guarantees for it from the
central authority. whatever that may be. "
II recognizes. therefore, the existence Of a
central authority" and, curiously enough.
does not insist upon this central authority be-
ing Republican. 1t may be what it pleases.
provided it recognizes our rights, our autono-
nv, and our Independence. Such is the Ian
paape Of our modern "Commons. They do
not, at any rate, conceal their origin; thew
sneak in exce.lent terms of their fore-fathers
of the Middle Ages. forgetting only two
things which existed then, an ardent faith in
.ha DIVINITY, and the feudal system which
was inherited by the Commons themselves of
those DAYS, and the privileges of which they
exercised. Neither do they disguise their
readiness to use force against the rival "cen-
trail anthority.' represented at present by the
Assembly at Versailles. ''shonld it wish to
nernesuate it's commission. and disallow the
right claimed by Paris tc live after its own
fashion.
An Elmira farmer wrote to Mr.. Greeley for
advice as to whether plaster was good to put
nm potataes. Horace said he always uAed