New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-31
FRANCE.
The Politics of the Week-The Character or the
Paris Workmen, &c, &c.

Al There Union AZ ClarernOnt, according ~ az a.
credited nubIshed letter told the Duchess ~
40 ,,e,end IN 10 for Henry Capet, alias rim Uid'
.,ch sourse would cOncillaie the Lesi'iun'''' ''
,h, individual could never attain 10 me 'h'ohe' DIV
,he Conn, of Paris might or woSld Il Is sI@'eo N'"'
a. NJ 6Auuae has seen The Pretender, Henry
md ,s delighted with him. The Duke says rlaiiAy'
,he Prince completely humougged me-
Tins IL France CONFUSED by these debris OF royalty
M, one OF whom has the talents necessary 70 the po
,tion 10 which he aspires. There are few mere VINO
are loyal 20 their Sovereign. The hope OF france
hes in her Indifference to persons and As the 81 ne
lena deb, has been pretty vel wiped out by me ee
walton Of all the Bonapartes, the Neys ana MufdS 20
places of profit and honor. the sense Of provincial
gratitude toward the Elyscc IS not 50 Overwhelming
II wreathes show which way the political VINO oio"s'
we NAV infer that Imperialism, pure and undehie1' l.
mt ON the rise IN Paris for al the base OF the couh
of EaDoleon on the Place VeDdome only about i9V OF
these yellow testimonials were left while ljOVco are
reported to have been thrown a the foot OF the re
publican column Of July on the site ofthe Basie- II
is equally certain that very little notice is taken Of
Louis Napoleon. The characteristic futter when Is
exhibited IN royal communities when the Grand La
ma appears in public IS here wanting Inc PRESIDENT
drives or rides. and hardly nat IS raised or head
turned Certain devoted journals record, English
fashion. ms comings and gongs, as # they were
more important than those Of any 0iher sovereign
Frenehman, adding that everywhere he Is received
with every demonstration OF respect If silence be
,esnect. he has that The French are too well-bred
10 be guilty of the bad taste Of counter cries. unless
provoked. .... . .,, .,
be doubtful. The most significant OF the many para
graphs on tins head Is the loho"us iiOih mt -"'S""
Sfr OF Yesterday
Representatives whom we could name and VINO
are acquainted with the secret views OF me ElySee
saw that Dr. VeTOn Editor Of the C0nStddt0mttg was
the faithful organ Of The Elysee when he lald down
as an ultlmalm the alternative OF the prOr0gal0n or
the repeal Of the law OF the 3lst May" mat Is 10
saw the Propagation Of the term OF the President 10
no wears or the repeal OF the law restricting universal
sufrage The same representations assert thdl the
President IS very much dissatisfied Win VI Leon
FaucheT, and even with NJ BaT0Che VINO hesitate IA
his appreciation Of that law. The Geographic DIS
match OF NJ Faucher has filled the measure OF lrrlta-
uOn already accumulated against hun. VI. fould and
NJ ROuheT have alone retained the affection ol ihe
President There IL talk OF a new Cabinet, from
which NJ Faucher would be excluded, but II is hOped
70 compensate for this by the accession OF I'M. BiXlo
and IamaTine, who would adopt a. thcr programme
the repe0i of TIE lar Of 3st Man. and The pTo0RgaOn
Of me portrs Of the President ~ tlrcrSat Suffrage
N Odilon BarrOt who makes no secret Of ms aver
for the law Of 3lst May, would be President OF
the Ministry
No denial has taken place on the part Of NJ. NJ.
ChangaTnleT and Cayagnac OF the charges con
tanned in my last II l. said VI. jules Fa're Is 10
brIng up the matter.
saving purely local matters. The Republic seems
stronger The President is said to be much in debt,
and unable TO resign. His qualities for dispensing
money are certainly magnificent. His economies
must be irkSOmo under the reduced salary General
DHaupOul has been recalled from Algeria. The
cause Is sand to be incompetence ms wrath against
the EysCe proportional. IL Is curious TO live IN
country, and find no man having any political re-
Spegt for dUDthCT--uO account made for
vcenonc for the existence of Office and the COnsti-
tutlon-but 10 see society proceed by the mutual
mstrus OF parties, and forms remaining only because
cOnsI1ratOfS cannot come To terms among themselves
Magnificent the spectacle OF "A Republican Govern
ment even IN name For here men meet each other
as equals. The fOOtman-lke ntOnation of the An
glO-SaxOn parah, has here no place. In the army
there Is discipline not servlllty. The dark shade
Of the arlstocracy,n under which Gen. Napier IN
forms us the English soldier serves and lights, Is here
displaced for a sunlight of comparative equality
The French concierge and the waiter are civil, not
scTyllc. The night OF citizenship makes HIM feel ms
rank
The people are, in their own way, quite serious
as any other No newspapers IN The world are 50
ddacc, so sober, us the rcnch. Their Jokes are
exclusively confined 10 the 1huicGri. and such spe-
cal journals Twaddle Is not endured even IN Joke,
and an unerring and pniless Wit can alone compcn-
safe for the ncgatlOn OF serious discussion. In the
large papers our smart pdraeraphng Is not attempted,
heavy leaders are the order of ihe day Then crlu-
Clsm IN is department, ana news IL It's own. The
following English criticism on one of VI. Scrlbe'S
comedies NAV, hy parallei>m. be made Ia apply To
much fICnCh literature and may be read With prOht
NJ. Scribe would no more dream OF gong out OF
s Way 10 make his characters queer things or 10
drag Al, claptraps, than gentleman would act eccen-
tncdly IN draw ing-roOm for the sake OF attracting
noioreiy. He writes for an audience who can un-
dCrStand n sarcasm, though conveyed with bow and
smiio. and who 90 no, need the italics Of fierce
ulteuncc, and dlabOllc e" h0, ha,n TO remind them
HAT an actor Is talking ironically, or With intention.
Il is when one listens TO an artistic comedy like this
tOnClHU nOllSlHI - Leo
fazor-hiade, aud wounds as effectively, and when
enc contrasts The awkward way IN which scenes are
huddled together IN English comedies. and the un-
worldly fables which they work out Ia coarse, or al
best an improbable talk that feels truly grateful
to Mr.. Mitchell for occasionally permitting Us 10 be
reminded tina, the stage may sometimes display an
rood breeding"
This hnc Wit pcryadcs all the French comic thea.
iClS is found IN Tie cheapest and drearily would
he blunoe, who suppoSe> that blouse covers dun
Nho can he in Paris and be dull
Al IS the Cumulaied architectural el0ry-thC Sclon.
utc, literary aesthetic grandeur ct SIX thousand
years One single square of Paris Is as regards art
and taste, more suggestive than all America and
England put together. And, 10 the same extent, the
French workman u superior 10 the American ano
Englshma He may not be 50 full OF notions as
the one, or work as unanimously quick but, as 10
SOhd production he Is quite equal TO The EngiSli-
Know what is the meaning of the saying that the
French good al elegant rlilng things, and not Al
sohd works. What country shows such mass of
solid buildings as France None. The English
have hrck-SiackS, mean as periShable IN com
parlSon with them What stree; equals the Rlvoh IN
mGSSWencSS 2 What QUaiS those of Seine What
column Ia heroic grandeur that OF the Place Ven
dome What gapens 80 connect luxurious nature
with glorious art as those Of the Tu.lCtCS the Lax
emboCTg and the Versailles What fabrics are more
solid than French arms, or French cloths silks.
veveiS What nation equals her IN painting ana
sta,uaTy What equals her IN dramatic life ana dit.
NSVeneSS What SurpaSSoS her m the bollneSS Of
her social Investigations, in her magnificent SpeCu-
lative union OF An, Economy and HUMANITY TIM
ny vet unbehcved IN cur own America
What france wants IL Governmental thrt and
agricultural Illumination The base Of her pvrl-
and wants immense widening that must come. The
Agricultural Congress meets periodically and dis.
CUS>CS every substantive Want and The fnanc al ere
ation> are R progress necessary &c the agricultural
capital These are the signs
the wOrkmen OF Paris are arilSucalk better edu-
Gated than the merchants Of other countries and Of
NourSe AIc Their SuNtrorS IN such mie.hgcncc |