New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-17
FRANCE.
THE BOURBONS-FUSION AND CONFUSION.
The Indtpcndaace Beige publishes the following let
ter from its Paris correspondent:

THE BOURBONS-FUSION AND CONFUSION.
Tho Indtpcndaac. Beige publishes the following let
ter from its Paris correspondent
PARIS, March q.
erdeavored in vain to procure tho letter OF the
Duke Of Nemours which gave rise to the reply OF the
Count dc Chambord, published a few days since BY
come foreign journak l convinced myself that i had
not been communicated to any one. was told that
the Duke Of Hemous thought too delicate matter
to communicate to any person whatsoever Ie'er
written 10 his august cousin But on the same uay on
which that letter forwarded TO Venice, he wrote
another TO one Of his friends informing him OF the Sc
rous Step he had taken. This latter letter was com
nunicated to few persons, and have succeeded no'
without some difficulty, IN procuring copy ol 1t,
which now inclose. thought il might have some
interest for your readers, although to say the truth
see that every one appears heartily tired of everything
connected with this history OF the "lusion' o.
"MY DEAR SIR: In a letter from NJ. le Comtc de
Chambor written upon the occasion OF the death OF
d. de Salvandy, and published in the papers, there
sentence which represents the reconciliation
accomplished in 1853 one Of the 6rmes guarantees
for the future condition Of France.
"Ths sentence as we have since ascertaned b IS
q meaning with respest to which it is now no longer
possible TO entertain any doubt and ts effect must be
10 lead the public to believe in engagements on our
part which my brothers and have never contracted
We are therefore, most unwilngly compelled to de-
part from the silence which we had determined upon
preserving in regard to our relations with d. 10 Comte
de ChambOrd. ~
"The fact is that when, in a spirit Of conclation
went to NJ. il Comte de ChambOrd only lid 80 upon
the formal assurance that this step did not involve any
engagement on our part. In expressing 10 nun theh
our sincere desire 10 France call hun ono day 10
the throne and our wish to devote all our efforts to
obtain such result at fitting opportunity, was iar
from Offering him our blind and underlined cooperation.
H. condition WERE cf course to be determined by
previous understanding. These conditions, on our
side, would have been resumed in three pnpclpal
points which our convictions, well o. the respect
due to the past history of our family forbid us ever
to abandon: "
"l The maintenance Of the trico0red flag which
Is now in the eyes Of France the symbol of the new
state Of socety and the expression OF the principles
consscrated rince l1S9.
80. The re re-estabIshment OF Constitutional Gov
enment.
establishment Of this form OF government anu IN the
recall of the dynasty.
WOf these three points one only was entered upon
by me with NJ. 10 Comtc de Chambord during hs
visit 10 Neryi and the result of our conversation
was such that felt myself called upon to inform him
that so long as this matter remained undecided ali
community Of views between him and ourselves was
impossible Since then, this state OF things having
10 our great regret remained unaltered, and tho
bare notion Of a previop. understanding being re-
'ected by NJ. le Eomte do Chambord, it has be-
come incumbent usSl IL 10 put stop to attempts at
present useless, in .eSor al an agreement.
I'VE sincerel, -.,. ,o haviuH been more sue
cessf,l in our euct.i rG:S. u.ter the Same
flag all shades Of th duk$n party, Tor we
should be thereby still -ery. "a. Our resolution
Is heneeforth to awsitaev,kG, hiecoCiAe'on
each occasion from reason ana on, ttA~sC four
country Receive, my dear SIR A.,
"a