New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-25
owes bis election, among ether causes specially to
these three: his quality ss an able parliamentary

debater, aud ubc conviction thai be will exercise
III bis quality ne national historian, and his quality
OF Tiovoklng The passionate euui,y OF the Govern
ment-st east the viruent hostility of its Minister,
Perfgny, and OF his preiectOral and his newspaper
agents.
n ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS feature Of this hostility
was the accusation of Orieariam directed against
Ihiers as iDdiscree as curous for he like all other
candidates. had deposed hs written oath Of fidelity
10 the Emperor and the Constitution. NJ Iersigny
evidently puts Email faith in the binding force OF
political oath, and so provokes comparisons.
| To look at the Paris elections somewhat moro
largely. In the petted, favored city of the realm TO
whose advantage tmid plant often arises from the
provinces that their interests sacrificed 1.-The
idence of the Emperor, quite within the hedge of his
Msjesty, utterly pohced, lighted, watored, and,
above ALL amused with every varying pleasure
three borse-races and review OF picturesque Arab
'ioOys, Tor one item, on the eve and during the days
OF electioul, when bread Is sold al lees than cost
and forced suply of labor ID constantly furnished
~ crest Insjonly OF oil The citizens, an overwhelm-
ns majority OF all the intelligent citizens not direct
dependent for victuas ana drink, or for social aud
political petition, on Government, have told this
Government that they do Mt like it. More than
1850 100 of them, of all classes, lave gone out
Of their way to protest against II. Ihis
means moro than mon.ier petition Tor
more liberty signed by $50, 600 men, who needed
20 give but moment to rcrstcb their names without
interruption of their daily occupation. 1t means
more than an equal vote Of men voting under sys-
TEN Of really free, IA well theoretically universal
Suffrage; and il means largely more than the pro-
testation Of 10 many thousand mere FfenchmeD. IL
is the protect Of many Pgrisians. The distinction
ia essential. Ii was Hcne, If ] recollect nearly
Alright, who responded, in the old LOUIS Philippe
| days, 10 tome one Who suggested, as qualifying
influence on some proposed ministerial measure
what would be thought Of it in the departments
What do a mans legs think Z" Truth underlsy
the exaggeraion likeness the base Of the witty
| a. -
through '93, go 1854, 1874 1915, 1880 1913, aud
1851, what Paris has thought France has done. Not
only the administrative machinery Of government
in Any nonarchicsl republican form Is centralized
at Paris, but the handspring and index.hand are
here, and the primary moving-power OF all changes
and the impulse Of their directions.
| But 10 any one who Las but asuperfcial knowledge
! of the history Of Frsnce-even Of its mere dryly
recorded specially political history-,he peculiar
tions Importance OF these Partisan elections sands
ia no need OF argument or illustration. The intel
lectasl, tie spiritual GENERALIZATION, II l may 60
speak, OF French puohc opinion ION all Other themes,
Ol ait aud literature quite as much ss Of poiuos,
ls complete IA ts unwflIen laws, us IL the formal
statutory Capitalization OF French Governmental
administration. We shall probably see q new
proof Of tbis IN the eight adjourned departmental
elections that Will come of mex. Sunday week. The
Partisan irauence bearing upon them will DO likely
% secure TO TIE OpPosl0a blk out VI the eiSat III
| The next Corps legisatJ.
II is amusing to testers, pregnanly suggestivc to
thoc ghtu men the novel classification oithe elected
| OppVslti0n candidates presented In the No.steur
Mind that I'VE days az all Government organF, vocal
and printed, uttered hottie notes 10 all. The quecr
classification makes now distinctions between
&" candidates OF Tie Opposition aud candidates
accepted by Government" and candidates e not
Official"
What concess ons will the Emperor make in Viz W
Of the electoral demousrationi What can he safely
nakei What dare he Teiusei VIII be see in these
elections tho operation Of bis great concession OF
! fully published debates III the Corps Le.islGti
made under special purpose Nov "a, 1900, and
the logical consequent necessity Of making yet larger
concessions 10 the controlling power oil Tho Corps
that hitherto hs been Legislative OILY in name :
T. II pos.Lle, will lie think 1t p0sibe, 10 continue
on his cautiously descending grade, approaches 10
the counter train that seems 10 be i1rDidably accr
Grating It's ascending rate Arc scctnels at Turn
outs and way stations and conductors Of country
trnius ire and careful enough 10 prevent collisou
Are we verging 20 an inevitable smash
These are tho Questions, whose studied fo'rtion
thoughtful men busy about, provoked 10 SPECIAL
/ diligence by tie reoeut elections. The broad telds
Of conjecture luxuriantly fertile OF writing reeds,
OF hgh.piled chat, Of howery waste speculation,
| IN not venture Oh. Qua rirra rerra
| But before passing 10 other temee, let your cor
respondent connect, 10 the nirds of rRiBrSE read
ers pr-occupied with tue absorbing interests Of
home aGairs, ihese Ffeaoh elections with tAo.r
| American eectlots
One prominent base on which OIpos'ion candi-
! dates dehanty rested IN their late struggle with
| Government candidates was his: We sand, pro.
testapt aganst the unwiss waste Of French treasure
enveloped 10 tie Franco Mexican Expedition Very
no ably eminent and efficient among The elements u
Oppositon SUCCESS 1as just thus rational appeal 20
rational Frenchmens appreciation Of the undehned,
definitely costly, very indefinitely rcinuDeT4uye,
quite qnestonsbly glorious, long Drawn, ucendlng,
misleading, uisled, super-iItonseiy befoggei Mex
I lean Expedition.
Amencan views OF the Franco Mexican eNpe.
dilion may dliyr patiently DO dulor-lha' utterly
lineypIcable iauniy individual whom all intc seat
Europe laughs at, our 4" Usyn!hcentiy hctici' ~,
very rheiOuosy clever, very woiuily smart, cecre-
tary $50 much shfty READINGS for AN occasion and
.uch utter nakedness OF principle when the great cry
il for who falh eioihing-isalab, j, D. helIing
70 the difference but we cbn agree III tbH, That The
French EXPEDITION 10 Mexico can't in any care TO
wisely wished other than III by the terrltOrlilly
rstrl0tic eOrt Of Americans. So FAR rs the recent
elections bear upon the Mexican expedition at ALL
and .hey DO bear upon it quite directly-they ars
c,udemnaiOry OF IT, Of s inception, OF Id continued
maDas euslt OF its continuance, OF ia possible OF
probable outcome 10 scheme Of transatlantic
French colonization OF French Latin-haoo protec-
tJra!e.
The King OF Prussia, " bones: old" obstinate doy.
otse Of iLa Wayerly-noyel notion Of royalty--vine
rjcnt To with well and mean and do wron3-iS get
ting on Ia he slow coach way 10 coup d 6!at. Ills
Unhappy Chief Minister, Herr BisDark, learned,
lille he was here IN ParIs as Pnfsian Eesideot
Minister, to greatly aduife Naposons way Of NAH
aging the Ereuch. He went home some months ago
To undertake, Ia the poor, worthy, wel.-meainng.
bigoed cd king misunderstood interest, the man
sceinent of d German State on French principles.
Her Bsmark has brought matters to tner actual
pa.s Tho nexl ,sustieie patience Of tie German
nature; the appliance by Mister Bismars OF i Gad
imitation OF peculiarly French Oppressive ma
chinery 10 o popular German patient bring mp a
new order of political questions. Awaiting taelr
fnsi soiution which time alone wilt decide, 1t Is
bopefuiIy noticeable that Master DIsmark and the