The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-10

n L, NOVEMBEh ~,
this instapcel For the honor of their oouutrymsn
call on these mon peremptoriy to deny this sanisr,
II IL be to from the Just la lig
of their couutrymen As for myself could cheerful
~ suffer and endeavor to Iva coutentstly IN this
"Blsok Hole" on sour bran bread ami deosysd milk,
II might be permitted to know that my csuntrymsn
have not suoeumbed to British srroganos. aud that
they are determined to preserve an iavolsbs regard
Tor the ~sf, hsa o. gu, republic ana the honor o.
this moment when all Europe Is in comm otou
and whan Ireland Is In q horrii state Of aotrchy
aud confusion, with starvation aud ths cholera ap-
preaching shake the British lion out of his boots aud
settle all disputed points In favor OF tina United States
at and forever, and vitality the Of hu-
MAJ liberty.
Every letter Newspaper every remittance com ug
to any political Is seized and detained at the
post 0foe here by the detective system and de.
lv-red; and although some letters directed to Mr..
Keenan, the American consul here, have been opened
II ia presumed that any thing for me would reach M,
II sent under cover to him. This does not go throu
his agency All letters suspected. opened AMI,
but the basest creatures could hold such en-
ploy it Is believed that those who
to take pay detectives would not miss opportu
nifty to steal This may account for the nuumsr able
robs-res Of reuttances within the last four months
from poor people to their friends.
Charles Gsvau Duffy late editor of the Nltion, and
Kelvin IEod O'Dogberty of the Tribune, to have
escaped to America from the north part of this
They betrayed by whom they had befrieuded,
aud they now lodged In our part Of the prison.
Oliver Cromwell said that there never IRISH
the spit where there not another to SUPER
intend his roasting. The informer In this case
ceives his reward aud pension These editors would
have given high tone to American literature, had
they escaped. Duffy Ia to be tried tomorrow, aud,
although BIZ will take high and grounds packed
jury will assursdly convict him. He eutertsins no
hope Of escapes but he vii meet his fate m,ufuly 1t
that the Dublin clubs are to rise to his res
but this Ia only government ruse.
My friend Governor Cass cannot have my vote on
this occasion, for pine solitary and alone" like
Gagged eagle, and remain, friend,
JAMES BERGEN of New Y TX City.
Our French Correspondence.
PARIS, October 25, 1913.
Termination of the Discussion on the ConsttutionT
Nalian Opera Theatricais &c.
This week has been signalised by the termination Of
the discussion In the Assembly the project of the
new constitution, which took place Monday even
ing According to a resolution previously taken, it
will be necessary that the project be revised ana the
revision cannot for Ave days after the close
of the discussion that Is to say until Saturday next
This revision, however, will be scarcely more than
formaly, and will not occupy more than day two.
We therefore, expect that the constitution will be
declared about the beginning Of next week. Many
persons have been surprised at the apparent ndRs-
renee with which this great has been allowed
to pass 1t has undergone more less discussion for
nearly sixty days in the National Assembly and with
few exceptions these discussions have been received
with extraordinary degree of apathy and GOODNESS
by the public. This has undoubtedly arisen partly
from the freshness Of every body's memory who has
read the history Of France since 1889 and which sup.
plies many constitutions which have been success
fabricated and ssvely thrown aside, with
little for themselves or their makers but it
Is due to the absence Of that living faith in the
stability Of the republic which constitutes remark
able feature Ia the population of the United States
Go where you will in America, from the borders Of
Maine to the shores Vt the Gulf of Mexico you will
find but one sentiment Of universal enthusiasm in
favor OF the republic You viii ind It is termed wings md
and democrats, but the not whit the enthu-
tiastic republican than the other. Not In France.
The provinces are generally favorable to monarchy
nclining to one and some to another prete
The great manufacturing towns democratic; the
capital is much divided The population of the fsu
bourgs to great extent republican, but alto
gether commingled with the monarchical element.
Buonapartisn hourishes in the banlieus as we'll as
there 30 in other parts Of the capital Orea asm
also, has its party as we'll a., egtimsm. In short
have often already told you'll the otry olled
r~publicanism, the triumphant would be fund in a
most insignificant minority But II this minority be
and fearless and nothing can be more csrtain than
would invoiv. eiyl NV, hosas.r hst ls
the majority Of France may be towards republic
IL 10 infinitely less disposed towards civil war
It submits therefore, to what it believes to DO the
lesser Of the two evils, and it submits In the tsct
hope that event may bring about hereafter the
contamination desired by the majority, with Dut the
caamitiss which would attend any attempt at prese at
1t the establishment of q constitutional monarchy
Nevertheless it may happen, that If the republic is
enabled to hold its ground for certain time con-
merce revive If the funds should recover theusslves
IL foreigners should revisit Paris, and the capital
should resume it's gay aspect which has
it of yore, why, then thOk 1t probable that the
jority may be disposed to BIZ reconced to the repuo
e and may give their cordial pport to its per-
manen mt establishment But in the present state of
things to suppose this, would be ts suppose hum "a
nature stripped Of these qualities which have al
and every where, characterized It, The people VINO
minish, and ia some cases altogether vanish com
merce is Frustrated. II you want proof of this b..
yond the visible condition OF Paris search the port
folio of the Bank Of France The average Of its week.
y discounts last year, was nearly 1SOO00000 francs
its discounts last week under seventy millions
Visit tho principal streets, and you viii al every
eighth or tenth shop shut Inquire among tbs
tors and the tenants, and you will ii nd that large
proportion Of those which remain open rent flee,
because the tenant 10 unable to pay rent, nd the
landlord 10 unwilling to eject him. knowing that he
get no better. The hotels empty. The quarters
Of Paris usually occupied by resident foreigners are
houses and these numerous driven to the last
extremity.
The Five per cents. which before the revolution
fuctus,ed between 1l5 and 10, are S. Rail-
way shares have fallen in still more frghtfal
proportion; those Of the Northern, which at one
Time were 900 are now $50, and so forth You can.
not therefore, find 1t difficult to conceive that in such
q situation the utmost distrust and alarm prev all
among those who have anything TO lose ana this dis
trust and alarm is quite independent of any polite,
opinions Until the causes which produce this state
Of things shall to operate it would be absurd to
expect that the republic can be considered as def nj
lively established.
If the project of the constitution be received with
indifference, the question OF the Presidency OF the
pubic certainly Is not so. IL has been decided to
proceed to the election of the President after the
vote of the constitution but dim ulty has arisen Of
particular kind. The project of the constitution Is
series OF abstract sort Of skeleton
scalioldipg. upon which is to be erected system Of
practical laws by which the country Is to be governed
1t is and indeed decided that the prose-
Assembly, which was appointed to form the c,nsttu
ton, necessarily intended also to form those
ganc laws without which the constitution would be
inpr Aaaa m hlv hRa horn fora Oh at
will not dissolve itself until these organic laws
passed.
How long these last may take, it would be difficult
to say Some assert that cannot be less than two
years at all events the period may be long much too