The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-10-17
France.

The political condition of France is be-
coming almost as confused as that of any
one ofthe most unsettled of the South Amer
ican Republics. To attempt anything like
prophecy of what will be the upshot of
this confusion, what will be the form that
shall finally be evoked by the spirit of oder
brooding over this chaos,-would he haz
ardous. Some people are assuming that
there will soon be reconciliation effected
between the TWO branches of the House of
Bourbon, having for its object the 'Resto-
ration" of Henry v. to the throne, and the
restoration of the Orleans family to the high
position they occupied before their head as
cended that throne. There would seem to
be three very formidable objections to any
such arrangement. In the first place, the
legitimists are at this moment most bitterly
divided among themselves. Berrer head
ing one party, and Larochejaquelin another;
and, from all that we can learn on the SUBJ
ject, we are led TO infer that the Comte de
Chambord, as the legitimist chief chooses
t),call himself, is inclined to look even with
contempt upon that portion of his support
ers who have for their leader the descend
ant of the hero of La Vendee. He is rep
resented as having spoken most sarcasticaly
of work recently put forth by Nj. dc Laro-
chejaqueln, to which that gentleman gave
such a reply as any other boOkmaker would
have given to hostile critic, no matter how
exalted his station or pure his blood. The
titular Henry V. then told him that France
must have indeed become very republican
when Larochejacquelin ventured to differ
in opinion from Bourbon, a speech notin-
dicating much of that strong common sense
for which the world has given the French
pretender credit. Now, if the legitimists
are SO stupid as to quarrel over the prospect
of power, they will never receive the sup
port of that large class Of people iu France
who are ready to go for any form of gov
ernment or dynasty which shall give rea-
sonable assurance Of being powerful enough
to maintain what is called s'order.' In the
second place, the jealousies between the two
branches are not Of so recent origin, and date
much farther back than the revolution o.
July. 1t is scarcely an exageration TO say
that their age can be counted by centuries
and they would not be Jesse ned by a resto.
ration, especially as the resrUred monaxct
has no children, and it is currently saidlh
his union With princess Of the ancient
house Of tbs Estes OF tlodstia must remain
barren ore Let the restoration take
taace, and the Comte de Paris be recognized
| as the heir-presAmptive.ko 10 the throne, anf
4 the jealoINies hetween the two branches vii
become greater 4hap they have ever been. =
Even if son shofiId be born to Henry ".
1 that 10 TO be, that gave consistency to thu
efforts of the friends Of thee blouse Of Or
Ileans, and enabled them to come so splend
id dodge in 1880. Only one thing woulr
be sure to result from restoration, ans
THAT would be the renewal of the jealOusie'
lbetween sthe two branches, and the break
linge OUT, ultimately, ofaa violent quarrel
which would shak the state, and not Inn
lpossihly oyerturn The ihrone. 10
The third objection to the success Of ar
attempt 10 restore the old line is to be founC