New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-09
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and sem-offcial journals that announced the prede.
ternned repatriation Of the French troops az conse
quent, which was not fattering to the Power, that
is, within three days. since yOu have sent us tho
"incomplete extracts" the celebrated dispatch has
been going the rounds of the newspapers-aG quite
pleaant piece Of reading to the Powers just men-
toned. Printed comment is brief and cautouA bnt
tongues will wag. One bitingly waggish one spesb.
ing of this Mexican business the other day, entitled
one Of IFS chief conductors uRe iHc0pacitN m0oRae
| He was not onalifyingMr. Seward. In common with
most Frenchmen he recognizes very great diplo'
matte capacity despite the frequent bad taste ct thGa
! statesman's rhetoric.
Among other inferences from the above quofc1
official note in the cable dispatch, which Mr. biseo"
| was neither ordered nor empowered to eommnnicat"
the text of TO Mr. Mouser isl current one that Cow
eInment here piqued to il by the frank ndiscfetoa
Of oure is pntnoSng TO itself to make an unusually
fun communication to the Corps Leglslatif OF the DIP
lomatc correspondence relating to MeAico|riahe
clean breast Of it, confess, and get such aDsoVoD 10
The French are so content to be ont of scrape they
never wanted TO go into that they may be III rather
forgiving spirit toward It's author Tor the moment
! If they only could be cOaXed TO forget. $50
Relieved now by the declarations OF thus 6oycrh-
ment, by the incomplete extracts, by the qnash!ng
| in our Senate of Mn Chambers motion, ana ny ,tna
| tone of the Dix and Napoleon dialogue last Sunday,
from anxiety as to rupture with the United states,
the French still oppressed with the grim shadow
threatening substantial burden of the Amy Organl-
| cation Plan Among other signs Of tho general dis.
! content it awaIens, mentioned III my last mat an
opposition candidate in pending special election Tor
the Corps Leoslatif had pTOcla med that he sboaid
il chosen vote against the project. The election btS
since taken place. Or nearly 1900 votes east ne re-
ceiYed 5000 At the general elections OF 1863 mo or
position candidate in the same district received pHS
! 200 votes. And note too, what Is as nOteW0rtny,
that no sooner had the opposition man auvitlseu hS
absolute hostility TO the project, than the Government
man was inspired to advertise the electors that no
considered " grave qualifications OF the PROJECT az
I "a l., 4.
The indications Of hostility to the project ~ re-
ported by the Imperial Commission. are too nnr ots
and significant not to he needed. 1t is SAID tat fs
President is celebrating new plan, IN wh'ch some
Of the Objectionable features viii be omitted OF
drawn mildcr, with less prominence. Dc inat .s
it NAV, ii does not lie in man Wit 10 oeFise ue''o
for greatly increasing the military force on france
without greatly augmenting the already eAnanstye
| burden of great army. The candle already burns
at both ends The population OK france Darcy hoIoS
| its own, with an army OF 5tVVOo sIIoiS .n'o ;
young bachelors. The eXpess,ior army anu H;lillo
* set down in the Budget of 1866 at 5jJOO francs
Modify Details cook calculations rs You WIZ ~ -
impossible that the carrying out OF the essentials OK
the Commission project should cost ess IMAM egI ny
annual millions more in cash lie appropriation I9 g
public education in the Budget on 1850 IS i sin 1
under twenty million francs To the urgency Oh tilS
advocates OF popular Instruction. the government Oh
! n ncople nj the head of civilization, more than One
| half of whom cannot read and write, lhVaIitpy AT
swer National income Is too small 20 pay ilY n;o
The essentials of the plan reported by the t9mnbs-
sion will be preserved III the bill presented ny sn9
Council of State to the Corps Legislatif, and the oi
( VIII he voted law DN llltb boN9s hAh 'h
that body viii be fairly enough representation on
/ tho nation which, with all the quaIeing VIII! ,ne
manner of the plan, does ask for Its matter; buy
meat in the devils market. and haggle nc me price
the devil asks The national vanity, miscailed pat
riotisn. so offended by the new growth OF nnliyins
Germany and kept in active irritation By the htre-
tious fever of military armament that has canehs
even little neRhbOr Switzer and, demands mat, IN
the new state of European things France SiiI Keep
up her old relative weight as dwar power Itthe uii-
lucky Emperor did not 10 IL that tins were done,
he would incur yet greater blame than ~ song
it. He is not strong enough on ms Illole plopoS
not in his intelligence, 10 remove instead Oh Tying W
solve the insOublc problem OF an enormous shsap
army The logical few who advise HIM 10 40 ms
! to reduce the actual army 10 hat rs numbers 10
Nero police force and military framework To irahy
4 inaugurate policy OF real peace, u|'uini"s az.
foreign Jealousy b. renoncng interference N 9iuet
peoples affairs, and turning al trelch stfehgn ~
| blain muscle and money 10 the deyelopment "i tue
| Intellectual and industrial resources OF lance "a
home-these few airs TOO logical aad too few TO nfu..
| enee him or rule public opinion as yet
Il As long ago when the late venerable d.. s.
House at n Connecticl we hovs DESPITE sonsts6t
\ disapp0ntments, always ready 10 believe tbai
| when he CAME alter uIS seYeuteentlDy, 10 has
finally that the screed Tor that afternoon was as
! good as wound up. Often enough came thereaftet
sub-tustlles and secOndles, and even the lastly
would s9Metmes have a knotted tail Of clauses
Any time the last TWO three years we have he ard
of the Empress, her Journey to Rome and Jerusalem,
month on two ago there was brisk yeritcaOon "
the story. For the last few weeks, the very dates u
her starting for Rome CchtiORa( from the 5th 10 tha
18th OF December have been given and Yithdrawu
Tor adjournment, respectively and alternately,
with impcrtuTbcd gravity of assurance that neHs
paper moIl-inspired and well informed editorial aud
Observation-Disclosures are capable Of Finally, va
had il firstly four nights ago, from two of the 0c-
ular offcious evening papers. that the flgate va
waiting for her M Toulon would surely start from
that port for Ciyita Necchia with It's illustgo pilgrim
passenger on the Goth inst But. secondly, in the yea
more if possible, inspired C0Rsat0B6lO OF three morn,
mgs ago we ayeitneither ship nor passenger would
go at all The only ceraintieS in all this lmbTogo
OF backing and filling seem To bo theSe he EnpHSs
has very much wanted To 60 m her tIiple quahy os
devOut Catholic woman, OF EmperOrs wife, aud
mother of the future Ruler of France and Eldest SON
OF the Church. she desired the Holy FATHERS per-
sonay given blessing 10 her and on hers, and con.
celved that She could so mediate between nm alia
Italy as TO bring them In accord with each OtbeI the
the accordant Trio with France to the strengthening
of her husbands throne. OF the chances OF her DOSS
sitting safely It, TO thus recover the ahenafed az
tecti0ns Of the clerical party aud ful peace 10 her
motherly apXictes and wOmany conscience. .lsr
purpose never met much favor from Ministers. lbo
Emperor was half ready 10 yield, half resisted,
rreSoue waiting for the prospect 10 clear: latefiy
more inclined than diSincned to yield TO the ladysnn-
portnity that the ship ordered 10 be in readl-
ness; but the "feeers of semi-Officia paragraphs,
and others, being applied for month 10 the home
public and 10 Rome-the home public showing ITSELF
not ticed and the Pope giving 70 understand thaeho
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with, much less make political concessions 10 an IN
press. Mote Won poor Charlottes case, rathsr1 bls
Majesty put his foot down ther disappointed Majesty
not rebelling) that she sh0uld not go TO kome-to
bring nothing back. And so the Iolitico-piops pilgrim
Aparagfaph read in the last received number Of rBg
TRIBUNE about Dores Illustrations to the Raven ~
Edgar Poe puts me in mind of his remarkable ttan-
sator and fellowgenius, the French poet BaudelaTe
lhis strange subtle mind all gone 10 waste, now dead
in the yet vegeang body and that to quote, for tho
interest perhaps of of Your readers the follows
ing extract from lately come London letter send
YOU n copy of The Hlus dted Times for the not totally
faithless portrait of Swinburne its fifth page The
original has more meaning in his countenance even
when his excessively eXctahle nerves leave il in