New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-10

From Own Correspondent Paris, June 26' 1865.
Notsirc else has befallen this week Gopl.o'0 -
No'i''e lin the want Of when WIS scO
- Lo 90 seriously felt when las' w. -
ne tors and the hopes OF specui''Oi'
,o same time. Good crops OF grains
TOT rlSc lei' ~ considered as secured ana the
anu Ioo's 'o y crop of legislators, for the coming
instead of next year, are lncIeaseu' AZ any
Au'",'tI in of Sunday and Monday 1el on O'oin1O
I~'o, ;nrs which are supposed Oh l"'o ~ " i'"0
;aJ with the subject of the next eiecOons
49, n ope of the semi-Othclal prints lnaV 'neS
occupjed has raised the suppoSiuon nearly 10
certainty Minister Rouher IN oppost4tbh or 70 on oao
seeit ~ the Interior this as some other cues
f,ors fhe holding of the elections TINS year.
l;, ,youd 60 TO strengthen ms argument 50 ll
a. il PROMISES full crops LOT 10 Is away nv
& c,verunent to appeal TO the country Oh an elnP'S
't3iaC, other reasons for anticipating the regular
=, nt"raI date of 1869 is the serious one OF geJuhS
eitc,o,% With fine electons-a very heavy piece OF
til.Sss for Recommendations the war. One thlIS
~ time IL would be folly to say that we are not
- have war this year. or That we are 10 nave IL neAV
" n, beciu Nyit a European peace war no longer
a"cpds ON the fiat of the ruler OF france mere
:; fbe bitterness of SadOwa. But TINS is observance
- the War-talk. uttered, encouraged or peIlIeu
=" jich officials while the new Army law was unuef
discussion and then going into pracucaI OpelaIlon
And until other preparations ior putting rIaC' o ~
st class irou-cad peace footing were completed,
10 ~ late quite subsidized. and soft recorders OF the
i,.iIrd press recovered from Their WINTER O!ecOh
tent change their note OF stern alafums, 10 SHY oi
orol merry meetings this glorious Summer. True,
ne are soon to have the 44OOJOOV III market IL VII
oomp i'm with the new wheat. You VIII see by the
suntat0ns ut the Bourse that the bears are getung
Toroprh threshing The bulls have tossed the three
Dr cents 10 H. six per cent above the war rate ana
higher than they have been since the early days OF
the Empire that is Peace.
hold the elections next Autumn, you will not be sur
prised at a recrudescence OF war tax the mos
sfieent quencher of enlightened PATRIOTISM love OF
our country when right, Is blind PATRIOTISM Chdath
I'm rs the French style it" Our country nght or
wrong" as we howl it-eSpecially YoeuerouSly IL
Another question. said to have entered into the
regent Cabinet discussions, is whether to renquiSh
in part the system of Government candldatures
That IL will not be wholly Telinqulshed IS certain
that il will be less exclusively and brntay pressed
10 practice in the nextelectlon than hitherto Is nope
fully likely. 1,;;-4
perSlasion who. looking at intervals through tel
euammatic and newspaper lOophOles, ana ear WIN
dOgs, and hotel dOOrways' ana DoueVaf9 Nlstisi
apon French history during this transient Imperial
sTa see nothing but cOlOcate series OF stagnant
POOLS mirroring back their own stagnahtly WOIul
views. There are Observers OF the VPIinsU PcIsu
sion equally intelligent. foreign ana uaSH1eIltIy III
their speculation. who see only one grand uanq1l
lake mirroring back the lOnged-t0r paradise OF tneH
Boston dreams-a provdenu9l lmpeIaI9r' saE d
and n Grand and demimOnde OF people waking on
Ire exouisitelv trimmed aud shaded border paihs,
yUhD 10
happv if France were not the best governed country
In the world. -.
kept such eyes as he has for helps TO read open
nov hse II wears on this same French history and
thinks he observes that IL is not mere series OF Sc
gregate puddeS nor yet one tranquil AXE Dut thaV IL
has deep, continuous current stea9liE moving d,
TovS INT of late runs very perceptibly swelling and
ewiftcning i'm its fatal drift toward hOeTy; VINO
undertakes TO dam 1t are patiently IKE 20 DeIIiu-
manly and "so-to" speakng-cOndlgnly damned by
&. V,.rr of 10 set
this not in the way of protane swearing put OF
solemn wrath and pity say OF Ylrtuous anger
and nexorable repIObahOnl the damned
set That such Is the opinion OF the
Emperor on the current case, has often been nam
tanned by your correspondents Inc recent llho
Oifels numerous new bases Tor JhaJ maintenance
The broadcast one, perhaps, viii be found IN com
parlson of the dOings of the Legislative bouy
Il its this years session with the do-neXt-to-
Nothing OF the sO-called Legislative in the first
year of its Institution; or. TO make the arfti-
ment handler, compare the reports OF thls
wears session with those Of the first annual ses-
sOn five years ago OF tins very Legislative
whose members were chosen IN 800 OF YET
IN make the argument still handler, compare
the doings OF this Legislative IN TINS
its present month of action, with those OF the hrst
month Of its this years session. MemDeis VINO WEE
set upand poled in as Government candidates IN SO
And who for years aftcrward showed no sign OF leg
islative vitality 10 the outside public beyond silently
dnopping I'm dumb "devOuOn' 10 Government
white Affirmative bulletin into the yoting-bo2 when
Minister RoIher closed has speech with cal IOr
ffeir customary contribution, have mounted me
tribune and have spoken their own thoughts, ana I'D
the interests Of their constituents, WIN freedom
and force OF expression which. If they still fail short
of the English parliamentary goal, marx DN Il YET
broader interval the advance made from the point
where the elOQuence and intiuence'Ot majority mem
bers halted a little year ago.
And there are numbeTiess reasons and promising
signs for bopng-nay, believing that Government
that is, the Emperor accepts the advance An ehlh-
ent sign in this kind nSeds and merits an lnteIpreta-
fine GoYernment candidates al the general cleo
in he IN
and pushed 10 triumph with more cOTdlallyIendeTed
official boasts than MessTS. POnyer QueTtier and
the brothers PereiTe. Mr. POnyer-QueTuer was a
wealthy hTst-cass conservative NapOleOnist ana
mighty cotton manufacturer before the LORD IN the
ROuen country. The PeTeiTes, long since con-
verted Jews OF Portuguese descent were pets OF
Napoleon I'LL. the ingenious OrglnatOIs ana
prom0tiye operators of the new-type bold business
financial devices and enterprises of the new Empire
the founders OF the Credit MObiher. and OF me
sOciete ImmObcre, and the fathers OF all who dwell
IN the tents Of high specuiatiOns.
One year ago there was not one French follower of
The published reports of the Legislativ who could
have told Won oii-hand whether Monsieur Power
9uertier left the neghborbood Of Rouen with w
han the COnquerOr, or was sun dOmlclleu III iiat
BeighbOrhOOd. He broke into distinguished notice
during the great debate last month between fIee-
traders aud PrOtectiOnists. All OF sudden the Dig
bfOadchested man sprang from the devoted minority
benches 10 the tribune, ana champion Inele
pro arts ct fes spindles and pudding fur-
naces showed himself TO the unpleasant surprise OF
ministers fOTTnidably capable Of stocking three
hours speech. not otherwise lacking III decent
rhetorical 0Taces with the most obstinate map oicleV
erly coGrdinated business facts and practical infer
ences that theoretical free-traders on the Govern
ment side had ever had 20 make head against. Ills
main point he did not then carry, but MS eOt is 10
b. counted in for the chiefest auxiliary element III
that sub-triumph obtained by combined Protection
lists and Liberal opposition az result OF that debate
anOtale political triumph 10 wit. the grave cOnces
sion by Ministers that in future, Government would
take the representatives into counsel before fixing
tariffs by treaty Puddle and late viewers OF current
French potical history since December 1851, can
alone be unaware Of the significance Of such CON
eessiOn But now we have one more strIklngIy sig