The Westport Times. AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. In the-cause of Truth and Justice we strive. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1871.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 852, 19 August 1871, Page 2

The Westport Times. AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. In the-cause of Truth and Justice we strive. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1871.

The suppression of the insurrection in Paris has at once been the means of restoring public credit and confidence, and the benefit of order being established in the French capital has made itself felt in almost every market in the civilized world. Our latest Australian dates speak of the healthy tone of the commercial world of Melbourne, due to the encouraging news received by the late mails, so that even in these distant colonies commerce is affected by European disorder or complication. Notwithstanding the obvious disadvantages attending the state of terrorism from which Paris has recently emerged, there are to be found those who regard the overthrow of the Commune as a vast misfortune, though it would be difficult to show any reasonable grounds for entertaining an exalted opinion of the movement or of the leaders of the most cruel and illtimed of the many revolutions which have been enacted in France. Amongst the uneducated classes it was believed that the establishment of the Commune would transfer the power held by the opulent classes to the poor. In view of this* change, the customary placards were displayed inscribed with " Liberty and no work !' " Death to the Kich !" and other terms evidencing the intense hatred of the proletarians to the rich. It has been alleged not only in France but in England and other European countries, that "the rich are becoming richer, and the poor poorer." As civilization increases the difference must inevitably become more marked. The more numerous our inventions and luxuries the greater opportunities there will arise of spending money, and the stronger will become the contrast between the moderately rich and the very poor. In a savage state it would matter little whether a man owned a few yards of ground or a principality. By tilling his little plot the savage can raise enough for his simple wants, and the large holder can do no more; but place men so situated amid civilization, and by contrast " the poor become poorer, and the rich richer." But, in order to derive benefit from his estate, or whatever source of income the affluent man may enjoy, he must call other men into activity and industry ; his riches create wants, and in supplying these the means are offered of adding to the comforts of the very poor. "Wealth can neither be used nor accumulated without benefiting others in the process. Whether a man puts his wealth to a generous use or squanders it matters but little to the daily toilers among mankind. In the former case it increases, having been wisely applied; and in the latter it is knocked down, and transferred quickly to those who are fitted to get rich. Riches do not make a man necessarily more healthy, wiser, or long-lived. He can but consume his ordinary quantity of food, and the great bulk of the money of the wealthy must, therefore, remain to be applied to national works, manufactures, and commerce. Wealth is certainly far better so than allowed to remain stagnant in the hands of a thousand petty hoarders and misers. If we regard riches as merely held in stewardship for the benefit of the rest of mankind, it is best that they should be in the hands of those who are fitted to use them. It is very clear that no advantage could accrue to Paris by the distribution of the riches of the opulent classes among the established foes of all order and civilization.