The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-13
FRANCE.

Legislative Contrasts with England-States-
manship in Youth and Natured Age-NaDc-
leon Leaving Cnmp-Disiinguishe Arrivals-
Seizure Of N Newspaper.
..Place aux Jeunesn Is the subject Of an article in
the Paris EpoQse the writer, M. Clement DuvernOis,
insisting that nothing could prove Of greater utility
both to the French government and to the Chambers
than an infusion Of youthful blood. In England, he
argues men arrive at power at an age much less ad-
yanced than in France Fox was Minister at 49,
Lord Palmerston at 29 Sir Robert Peel 20; Pitt, 49,
Lord Stanley s Mr. 81 and o hogd
career in England much earlier than In
France, as out Of sos members OF the House
OF Commons in 1885, 70 had taken their seats
after So 224 before 49, 152 before &c. and 81 before u.s.
As the number in the lower house Is $685. the writer
Omits all mention Of 160 and without assigning any
r. S Ior So sk always
to guard two or three portfolios for younger men.
Then instituting comparison with the great pub:
lie bodies in France he afrms the Senate to be of
necessity set aside, since, as M. TroplOng once de-
clared TALL the members had one foot In the grave"
found there that has not passed his feth year. In
the general administration the age Of men in the
chief places Is still greater.
The Paris Lfbefts by no means agrees with the ar
guments set forth the EpoQue and taking as its
device phrase OF ProudhOn's 'The essential quality
of statesman Is sound common sense,'i proceeds
to reply in these Ierms:-"The question was one day
asked in presence Of Pitt what was the faculty most
desirable in Prime Minister; One said e LOG
Pitt replied, NO: neither eloquence, nor knowledge
nor labor, but patience We know that long before
the English Minister Button had considered
patience to be genius ITSELF The theory OF youth in
political positions. put forward by our contemporary
Is vicious very foundation, for youth and age
are relative terms, since one man is old at twenty
five and another young at eighty. We have excellent
personal reasons not to say word In encouragement
OF youthfuness. But We know that In every career
In all fields open TO individual notwithstanding can
take the place OF the experience, camness, seipos-
session and serenity of mature age"
The AreUl National speaking OF q Dbl now be-
fore the Legislative Body to abrogate article 1,7s1 OF
the Civil Code declaring that In disputes with
workmen should be believed on their simple allrma-
ton, observes that down to 1913 IL was quite
natural that the article in question should form part
OF the French legslatlon for as the system OF cleo
tera qualification reserved to proprietors and IL
censed traders paying 200 francs In taxes, the mo-
nopoly OF political capacity and prudence, the pre-.
sumption or morality ought to vary according TO the
different classes of citizens Some vain attempts
had previously been drected against tne enactnent
but the revolution OF lsiS alone could give them full
!. satisfaction
from the camp OF Chalons on Saturday evening" June
u. The following letter gives an account OF the pro-
ceedngs before the departure:-lIis Majesty got on
precsey and passed the troops An review for the
last time before leaving. They were formed in q
large hollow square in front of the imperial quarters
the infantry and cavalry massed on the.sides, the
artillery In two lines at the bottom and the engineer
corps opposite this latter The weather was msgnid-
cent and the spectacle Il grand one. His Majesty,
accompanied by Marshal Mel and Generals Fieuiy
and Douay and the persons OF his suite,
tons and passed along the four sides amidst
constantly renewed cries OF 1--WE PEN
pereur ~ BY his orders the colors and bands
were then taken to the centre and his Majesty pac-
ing himself on that spot, distributed considerable
number of crosses and military medals Imme-
diatey after the whole OF the troops filed or be-
fore him with repeated cheers. shortly after the
Emperor went to the railway station in plain
clothes to proceed to Rheims and thence to Fon-
.tainebleau.
The Queen OF Portugal arrived from Germany in
Paris in strict incognlta.
The Duke d'Albe arrived at Paris from Madrid, and
proceeded immediately to Epntainebeau
The first number OF Me Eecteur, q journal
brought out in Paris under the auspices Of NM Jules
Favre and Heron, deputies, had been seized on the
charge of exctation TO HATRED and contempt Of the
government