The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-02

port of system of government which had excl
ted the Indignation of the whole country and,
as their zeal relented, the chamber was dis
solved
The elections were against the ministry and
the first act OF the new chamber was to declare
to the king, In their address, that "une politique
Hberale ct mOderee est la senie digne du gOuveTne-
ment que la France choisi ct que nous aUOns jure
ole maintenr: This condemnation of the ministry
was followed by Propagation of the chambers,
in order to attempt reconciliation with the most
| influential deputies. Not succeeding in this at
tempt, the ministry resigned The king, accord
ing to his practice In such circumstances, called
IN men whom he knew to be unable to weather
the coming storm-Bassano, Bresson, Bernard,
Dupln, Passy, and Teste. They were, III fact,
laughed out in eight days; and the former minis
try was re-installed, with the exception of Soult
and de Brogle. who dared not face the chamber.
The persuasive arguments of the ministers
soon convinced the majority OF the new deputies,
that their system was the very best possible De
Broglie Joined his former colleagues after the
| their own way with the chamber. But, in order
to guard against any future condemn tory adj
dress OF new chamber, they assldiously worked
on the electoral body. Thus they went on until
1886, and would have gone on forever, If, having
| no opposition in the chambers, they had not
taken to opposing one another.
Human, In order to promote industrial and
commercial enterprises, wanted to reduce the
rate OF interest OF the national debt De Broglie,
| "a grand seigneurO and the court, could not
comprehend the necessity of industry aud COM
ger tlemen and noblemen. The deputies divided
on the question, and decided, by small MAORI
ty, that Human was right; and then decided,
by an equally small majority, that de Broghe and
the court were right also, in delaying the con-
| version until they found it convenient Certain
| y, no chamber could show more accommoda-
| ting disposition; but Human would not be thus
| accommodated, and sent in his resignation
During the four years he had been at the head of
| The mi nisry Of finances, he had disposed of at
least 90 600 offices or promotions; he had, there
| tore, his party In the electoral body, well
amongst the deputies; and they were dissatisfied
| Some OF those deputies, after the retreat of
their patron, pressed de Broglle to state when he
would find II convenient to reduce the interest of
| the debt He answered with ducal insolence
| which the chamber, debased as it was, could not
but resent and punish by its votes. The Duke
de Broglie was turned out, and his admnistra-
Duchotel, Persil, and Guizot, having taken the
| part OF the Duke and OF the court, and being
moreover odious to the people, could not be ad
mitted into the new cabinet formed by Theirs,
who was DESTROYS Of popu larlsing his admins
tration. Persil had been about two years in the
ministry, de Brogie three years, and Guizot
tour years and half. The first had disposed of
| about 1900 places; the last two of about 10000.
Thus there were electors and deputies Persll,
| and electors and deputies GuizOt and Broglie,
who were then In opposition to the governing
| party.
Theirs went on to the satisfaction of the ma
| Jorlty OF the chamber, and without any strong
| opposition from the partizans OF Humann Persi,
and Gulzot. But he had been induced to attach
| great Importance to the British alliance, to the
execution Of the quadruple treaty, and to the ex,
pulslon of Don Carlos from Spain On that ques-
ton only he completely disagreed with the king,
who, to pacity the autocrat, was breaking faith
| with England Theirs, unable to keep the king
| to the terms Of the alliance with Great Britain,
resigned, and his ministry was dissolved:
During the six years he had been minister,
| he had disposed of at least $1,000 places, and
therefore he had strong party, both amongst
| the deputies and amongst the electors.
An anti British alliance cabinet was now
! formed. Mole took iato it Guizot, Persil, Du-
| chatel, Rossmel, Martin, and Gasparin, with "a
kings aid decamp for minister at war The
chamber was evidently dissatisfied. The Dri
| tlsh alliance had the majority in it; therefore,
! the dissolution of the chamber was ordered -
Mole. thinking that the unpopularity OF the doc
tyinaires was the cause of his defeat, got rid Of
Gulzot and Persil, and, indeed, formed an en-
neral elections. Then 1t was that the result OF
| the system appeared In all its perfection To
| the coalition In the chamber between the depu-
ties OF Human, of Theirs, of GuiZot, of Persll,
of Duchatel, succeeded the coalition of the elec-
| tors of the same parties; and Mole was left In
such minority that he was obliged to resign.
The ministry OF the 18th of May, under the
presidency OF Soult, was return to the British
| alliance. But, as the ministers were not chosen
| from amongst the leaders of the coalition, those
leaders were dissatisfied. Yet the chamber did
not show any hostile feeling; quite the reverse;
and, had not the ministers lent themselves to
|
dotatlon for the Duke OF Nemours, they would
have kept their offices; but, the coalition meet
ing them on that ground, they were routed, after
| having committed the mistake of sending Gull
zot as ambassador to England
| Theirs was again called In to form an adj
ministration, and, in his very first speech in the
chamber proclaimed, to the great satisfaction
| to the British alliance. OF course, he had the
majority in the chamber, until the untoward
treaty of July.
| TJ.r r IL. a,l,
upon the singular fact, that the man who lett
the ministry in 1888, sooner than abandon the
British alliance, who, re-entering the ministry
In 1910, proclaimed his determination to main
tain that alliance, should have been left IN ig-
norance OF most important negotiations; while
the man who had formed part OF the anti Eng
lish cabinet, to whom the British minister tor
| foreign affairs had said we cannot believe
| you,' Is considered as the friend OF England
The chamber of deputies, which had been
produced by an electoral coalition, and which,
after upsetting the ministry OF Mole, had sup
| ported and abandoned, in turn, the M nistrles OF
S0uit and Passy, and of Theirs, had, In the
same manner, given a majority to, and, on Sc
| veral important occasions, routed the ministry
| OF SIulzot, had now accomplished Its destnles,
and the electoral colleges were summoned to g
general election. new coalition was formed
between the electors of all parties, against the
electors that belonged to the pre- sent admlnls-
tration. The legltimists, the Molests, the
| Thlersists, the Pdssyists, and the Barrousts,
were arrayed against the Guizotists; and, to
complete the msiSe, the kings electors were
themselves against all the Others AS 10 the
Ere nch people, they had nothing to do with the
elections; they had not even the temporary pri-
vllege OF looking on, and of hootlng, Kissing,
and pelting the base men who were traficklng
| IN votes, and selling to profligaie factions the
| liberties and the honor of the country. The go
| vernment,i that is to say, the system, such as
| have repre- sented it, obtained a majority willing
to monopolise all the places, all the emoluments,
all so-called honors. They will continue una
| nimousy TO resist the claims of the nation for
| free government, for the restitution of popular
public wealth; but, after having done so, they