The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-09
they do not count for much. Paris
position is two-fold; to domineer over


France, and to oppose, if not abso-
lutcly to hate, those by whom France
is governed. Paris disliked Louis
XVI, and overthrew him, and assisted
ut his execution. Paris hated the
Jacobins, and overthrew them, and
shouted around the scahold on which
died Robespierre and St Just. Paris
hated the Directory, and approved of
Bonaparte's conduct when hesubstitu-
ted Consuls for Directors. Paris hated
the first Empire, and welcomed the
Allies when, in 1914, they smashed
Napoleon rs throne. P:t1is hated the
Bourbons, aud on the three glorious
days of July, 1830-which now seem
far of-drove them from their places,
which seemed destined to know them
no more forever.
Paris dislikcd the House of Orleans,
and gave many helping hands when
barricades were erected against the
throne of the barricades. And Paris,
recollecting the days of December,
hates the second Tor third? which is it?)
empire; but this the Emperor has not
much troubled himself about, seeing
that she hated all his predecessors of
all colors-white, blue, rcd, tri-color
and is sure to hate all his successors,
whatever their colors may happen to
be-tri-color, red, blue or white. He
may have rather liked the opposition
of the capital, as tending to help him
in the provinces, which are Jealous of
Paris, though unable to take a share
off It's yoke. So that he saw the cleo
tion of opposition members by Paris
ian voters, perhaps with some ap-
proach to that indifference which is
the ordinary expression of his rather
dull face. But it is quite another
matter when the provinces begin to
initiate the capital, and there are in
qications of an alliance between town
and country against 1.-The elected of
has really penetrated into the ''rural
districts of France, the matter is in
deed serious, for not small portion
of the population of those districts is
composed of men who at one time
were f4natical imperiaists, and whose
support the Government counted on
as something strictly in the regular
course of things.
The last of the Governments de-
feats occurred in the district repre-
sented by the Duke de Morny at the
time he fell into thut illness of which
he died. His death made vacancy
and that vacancy has been filled by
the CHOICE of the opposition candi-
date, the vote standing, for the oppo-
sition, IA, 14O-for the Government,
12,1S8; majority against the Govern
ment candidate, 1852. This is large
majority to be given i'll the Pay de
Dome, the name of the district, con-
sidering that M. dc Morny, the En-
pcror's uterine brother, was supreme
there, and that the district was ono OF
the most loyal in France. NJ. Mcy-
nader was officially announced as
'the candidate of the Emperor's
Government, and yet he Mas beaten,
though everything seemed to favor
him. The opposition themselves
were surprised, not appearing to have
anticipated success, and their action
was rather an improviscl affair than
the result of q regular plan. Follow
ing Other defeats, this decision ad-
SSAoSlJ W. UlS
i'll one of its old strongholds, is cal
culated TO make the rulers of France
reflect on the state of affairs What
if it should find extensive imitation,
and the opposition should become
strong in the legislative body?
In England, there would be a change
OF ministry, for there an opposition
party is a portion of the policy under
which the country lives; but in
France they do not understand the
functions of such party, and the
fall OF d ministry through a parlia-
mentary change, and yet the Execu-
tive Government remaining intact, is
all but incomprehensible to the
French, though something ought to
have been learnt on the matter during
the generation in which France had a
Parliamentary Government, in name
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