New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-08

signs too numerous to mention of an apparent reac-
tOn in the Imperial mind from his July attack of ap-
parent MISUNDERSTANDING which signs is the sub
stantive token that it seems fixed determination in
the councils of Government far as anything is fired
in those councils not to call the Legislature
together again, till at some indefinite
date after the 25th of October, the legal date of
its convocaton-taken in connection with the SEEM
ing solidity of tenure by which the actual Ministry,
composed for the most part of notorious holdbacks,
hold their plating all these takings in
- confederation accordingly" furthermore, linked
to new-furbished war rumors of fresh "cOmplica-
lions" respecting the welding of the Baden ducal
coronet to the Prussian crown, ingenious French
men have OWNED the preparations OF new coup
G{tat. To any cool man of common sense, the suspi-
cion seems absurd because he the absurdlty in
itself of the thing suspected-non sequtur di8nGaa-
mus. Misunderstanding my quality of man of COM
mon sense-tha the coup d6tdt would be absurd, and
that it Will not be made-pTobably is not meditated;
nav if sufficiently meditated. would surely not be
made. There is the knot. During this strange in
terregnum we are existing under, between what was
and what is to be, we are, almost more than at
any time since 1852 exposed to the acct
dents of a purely personal government. The
Constitution of 1862 was constitution after
sort. 1t no longer exists even on paper The new
Constitution, of which the rather enigmatic. last
Senatus Consultum is the chief chapter, only exists
on paper 1t does not begin to "fanctionner as the
Frenchsay till the meeting of the Legislature, which
one of the unrepealed articles of the old Constitution
positively provides shall not be later than the 18th of
October, which the Power that is has, for the mo-
ment resolved shall not be till some later date Mean
tme that Pocer reigns and rules sovereign is liable,
like any other one poor human bundle of inc0nsis
tency and weakness to rheumatic attacks" of body
and mind and more than that, to be devsing devices
quite to himself that the most cool ingenious of
French or other men-even journaSts-can no more
than suspect 1t is telling proof of the defect of
such Government that they cannot do less let stocks
fall or graver harm come from their guessing.
Meanwhile, some are impatient, and wonder that
they hear no official word OH the situation from st.
Cloud. They are needless of the past. They shotYd
know that speech from the master of that house is
as enigmatic as silence or Oracular prophecy.
Whether they do hear forbear' comes TO much to
the same thing, so far words of his reveal his fu
ture acts Listen rather to these words of his, ut
tered in proclamation of his, posted on the dead
walls of Bouogne in 1913. 1t is too long to be tran
scrbed here in all its fair proportions but note these
leading traits: Brothers and citizens it is not a
pretender to the throne that comes among You. 1t
is not in vain that have learned. from meditation
in exile. that pretender is a scourge l will never
be yours will never be ungrateful nor infamous
1t is a republican, sincere aud ardent demo-
Graf, that present myself to you. take the great
shadow of the man of the century to witness the
promise / here sOlemnly make yOu And
it was a Frenchman, Dr. Dubourg writing
to his Friend B. Franklin, in 1;76 who
said, speaking of man whose fidelity
he commenting to b. i. for the
Colonies service: He would have given me his
oath for it, if l laid stress upon Oaths; but
have regarded them otherwise than the last
resource of ars.J The rights of every man shall be
my rights. The democratic Republic will be tho
object of my worship l will be its priest. Never
will try to wrap myself in the Imperial purple.
Let my heart witber in my breast tho day when |
forget what owe you all. Let my tongue ceave to
the roof of my mouth if l ever pronounce a word,
blasphemy, against the republican sovereignty of the
French people," etc. So mote it be- Amen and Amen.