New-York tribune., 1868-04-01

tmes acclaimed held oae for limited period prolonged
Conf1s and bt Presidency both merged 10 ts EHps-a uus spec
,as, , 70 o az 20 ea.s aisr,a - .Ie 81 80 nan, S On
by sand bnrsis h from ihe lower layers q society sl resume, ~
answers an echo Tscof O lgot Tfe 10000 Of voters
which amaId she historians ,ofe First lI, inef a 70 ~
F Empire iecar - re Nsf - he Stond uniting 70 h person
h5osss With elective % From 3 l;s ls Ss5 SgSp9 % @
ss a yo', m Ty sH, oag gps, oss s. ~ TIC i''HD
These documents have already stated tsys sepeed 20 as vt
append the text y tie Constitutes - lss2 tine when that Con
ib En- peo Is made tis t.rse T sek more oreu and tn.
objective Of AZ be sao Of ifae5,s s' ,1s , ~ re-
cal the erelmst.aee, under which VS. rrodaeee
been Prince President M N" cortns himself TO apP 20
s apo5sr, n5Gs SI .la l B % set & & Whole system
slRIoPnals 70 ,.s Ptna.S' reg q TO- I % II p5ee On be
system e,eug The consular tradition OF
Ib~ ,tstsI no more 1nad The pfntples whence
ne Couiuoa il derived therefore The result Of freeiy-eon
But tas,e ba be fIel hey cannot be mssei Without PIE
6e The Emperor openly proclaimed ~ hc ,s.' ss ihs :' % OF
practice Of liberty Let g' sid Inst he deere Of No@'s' "
100 and 5e eer of Julsy l9 1901 have i1'e U At 5Sl's
IN other words, the edihce is cJowned' The writer
ne ccSstadau Of b. l4 Of January las2 h = Is tnoED be
o. yoveaert he. read in akrotg or snad,e several articles
which we're harmony gb ths asv ate q n.gS IL h
appeared useless Prt ont these differences The ntegepo' OF
Tor rodeos Of aoihes order they are e rcsnlt Of vsdoa'
Snaus Cousu and ibsy mark 70 SPEAK g stages Of le I'm
most important and cnumefatus the great
measures slich have been e almost immediate c2aseqaenee
de5,tes oi The Senate sol has permitted M on m o 10y
ters the Chambers special delegations % e extension to tns
Corps Legsatf " che right Of aTennt; 90 the power attributed
Senate to Corp Leauf for fresh examination
bills which appear 90 10 be defective. 0 the yons o we u'. W
opening te of the Chamber uppe1e OF
credits Cd tie law the Ehert, o. the G The law oH chtos
W fray bin which before TIE Legislature, aud whose
The vtos ofe.e dispositions emanc srssl, from the womb
%. shat Constitution which lends t'ri 10 ey no eneh q" e %
vbh 30 this has been iunoyaou ~ hardy ia 10
aplIea 'he n'eia. ehaactsI ol @ 'u y WY "
pare t N'ih tfc Constitutions OF preceding I1,HrceI ~, ,
scuiOcia prints bat the independent papers especially
The Ar'ir Nai'oaoi and the GGche &c idnct etlIese
iticse anything printed at the Imperial Printing Office
Ihe Gazette asks why the pamphlet says nothing anon,
be ranked among the claims OF the Napocomc dynasty
far above the Constitution OF the Year VIII.
uIE BiL,SCE-smEr OF THE rurlRE.
~ the very moment when the Emperor Is publishing
or at least authorizing the publication Of work in order
TO demonstrate the indestructbe nature Of his Govern
ment. another pamphlet appears with the somewhat
omnous title "BilaH dc rEmPir balance sheet OF the
Empire XplaninE its financial condition II consists o
80 pages, aud is from the pen OF sklim writer on
political economy, NJ J. Horn, gentleman VINO Is strong
in statistics, and who has az his disposal an array
of figures that takes ones breath away. NJ. Horn
IS years OF tbe Tk1pireI Including of conrse, in
befe Is wears Tie per6d between the oDtp dd 2d Of
December, 1851 and the Official PRONUNCIATION oi INC new
rtgime- has been enormous beyond precedent lie di-
vdes the whole time into periods Of hve years During
the drst that to 1s56 the public expenditure
amounted 20 9Gi31ST93. or yearly average OF l,Sls
S555gf Tho second from 1857 TO 1854 II was lO237CO
l72f-yeary average 2o27j O9H And the third. from
1872 TO 1866, lG s09 43Gtaverage pcr year, 222i96
9sf making the total amount spent In is years about
~ OOO,OOJf or an average OF 2Ot6N0WOf year
on comparing the second period Miih the hf.t. ~
will be that the increase is $40 millions IN the thrd
as compared with the second st further increase Of
2l millions and the third compared with The first,
an increase Of near a thousand millions aud halt or
three hundred mions Of francs on the annual ay
erage Of expenditure. Was the original starting pomt
low enough to admit Of such progression By no
Tor 10 the very outset the Imperial GUyernmcni
shot far beyond the Governments that went before it
Tho five years prcvibus-viz., isi7 TO 1851, showed
1881, ,OO0,OOof total expenditure, That IN its IN
fancy the Imperial Government began by spending
average 3J3 millions year more than It's prcdeCes
sOrs The progress will seem the greater -scttng aside
first 10 years OF the Empire with II normal years OF the
July Government During the period between lo32 and
1916 the total public expenditure Amounted 10 1850
ONooN The difference 10 he placed to ne account oi
period from 10 1866 is 1900 pons In other
words the Imperial Government has spent snO millions
year moro th1n tb6 GOlti ihtilt tltt ll,'t,ltnll
Mr. Horn disclams all idea OF proposing plans OF Imam
cia REFORM II is merely the balance 81 OF the I
pre, drawn up conscicnt4Gusly' ana lhituuay, "bIh
he gives aud he relies only Oh Official documcbtt HIS
conclusion is as follows; .. .,
Covc7ucn. bas spent % 01rtoo ~ france l@cm1 more
these s 3 , o pely thr.efogitis have heeu absorbed
e1pusss. either partially sterile teat Ie worse tlsn sterile
arns represent toisl oivtats lesa o DE
Ordinary refoareeshe sure art positive resources o Ae eoall
srr the rat Of ne mpo uuer e s .t n
pos. ou be srje consequent u Of 81 She
II most mst the eoiy obstruction, te) neglected e
calls uTon credit Hgr feq9,s! than ever 4ui b' capital Of h,
augmentation Of the aoaur debt which . - p vain
attempted 10 keep under oUoc On the oia hatd e tls,'
credit Of France and Der poca' ee arr 'n lover l' N,e '
internal condition characterized by general 'rlsuasert
during Is years We pe5 handy Nn. conclusion iau be
~ f or ,st % cor,it,s ~ We are myos,ble
mains Frslee Choice between reform and nau.TFi@'