The New York herald., 1869-06-06

M. Jules Brame anu M. 0eS ROt0urS are etecteu.
ROUEN.
NJ Corneille (officiap is elected.
The Military Vote Influenced by the Govern
The opinion Rationale OF Paris, under date OF
Nav "a, states that the the gendarnes OF the
guard OF that city officially ordered to vote In
battaons, headed by their officers. and that all
cases OF voting contrary to instructions would be
punished by the cuprits being sent to the regiments
of the line. For general Information it is perhaps
well TO refer to artlcle thirty-nne OF the decree
dated February 2. 1852, which runs as fOllOws:-
'Those who by arts, violence or menaces against an
eector, whether by making him fear the loss Of his
position" &C., 'may have caused him to abstain
from voting or may have Influenced his VOTE shall
be punished by Imprisonment varying in duration
10Of to l,0O0f.
The English Press the French Elections.
The London Times, May rs, says:-
The French elections are over and the results, as
far as PARIS ana Lyons are concerned, are known
with sufficient exactness. They prove beyond all
to the opposition, and not simply Pariiamenta-
ry opposition, but to dynastc opposition. The
of personal government has thus failed 10 conci
iatng the inhabitants OF these cities, and 1t may
even be inferred that 1t has some efect IN pr0v0k
ing them to increased hostility.
Whatever may be the weight to be attached to the
fact IL is plain that Paris and Lyons have declared
against the empire. There were, indeed, but four
out OF the nine crcumscriptions INTO which the CAPT.
tai Is divided where an official candidate so much as
presented himself and even these four government
candidates were far from satisfying the standard Of
su6servience to the empire which prevailed In the
last chamber
the empire, and the more energetic the opposition
Of the candidate the more assured, on the whole.
has been ms success The candidates who % are S a6
letan, Simon ana Gambetta, belong, more or
less definitely. to the -extreme Left, and Raspail
failing IN Paris Is returned at Lyons. On the other
hand, NM Thiers and GARNER Pages have to undergo
a second election before thay be returned, and
@ Se or fne ms t Lyons 70 bs
attributed to these factsS 1t would be premature to
form decisive Judgment upon them now although
1t must be observed that they can scarcely be az
fected by the returns from other towns whose
smaller size has permitted the government TO manlp
possesses OF prescribing at pleasure the boundaries
OF each constituency. The returns show that the
chief cities OF the empire repudiate the idea OF the
empire. This must be admitted as a significant fact
II Is indeed the fashion say that Paris Is longer
France and to derde the influence OF the capital OF
the empire; but we believe this fashion springs from
very short-sighted view OF the state Of affairs.
Paris was never more truly the expression of French
intellect and ability than It is at this moment. The
increase OF railways has added to the drain of energy
and power towards the capital. The cities which
so long retained the independent character they
possessed as the capitals OF the ancient pro-
vinces have relatively degenerated In politics,
IN letters In arts, In sciences, even In business, the
prominent men in Paris are immigrants from the
country. Paris, thus drawing TO itself all that
tributes to form the opinion Of the future cannot be
contemptuously thrown aside. The revival OF poll
teal energy, which has first become manifested
there, has resulted in verdict which must be re-
garded as condemnatory OF the system OF personal
government. That system has been tried under
every condition favorable to its success and the end
has been that Paris In utter reputation, is seen
violently Tying to the other extreme. 1t has pro-
voked an unmistakable reaction.
The London Daily Ne,rS, same date, has the fol-
lowing:-
The manner in which the elections have been con.
Quoted rejects credit upon France. The universal
right OF suffrage has been exercised with near ap-
served: We have seen people too often loosely de
scribed as ''ungovernable" traversing this brief
paroxysm OF permitted agitation with calmness
and prudence acknowledged even by those who
pro.essed to dread the unwanted absence Of re-
every borough in England might despiay At nomi. %
nation; with two or ,uS., smee snlmp0rtans ,o,tan
creating disturbance barely sufficient to
alarm the most tmorous middle class in the civil
peace and its good sense, mistaken alike by the
vehemence OF few revolutionary fanatics and BY
ally and so decidedly has 1t manifested its deter
mlnaton to make o change in the administrative
system under which 1t has labored for seventeen
years. and to the direction OF Its own AFFAIRS
that even the candidates most agreeable to the
government have been obliged to decline, or
70 disavow Its PATRONAGE and to declare
Even the sovereign HIMSELF In his electoral
manifesto at A. Chsrtres; was was fain to Identity his
that Of order National sef-government. as opposed
to autocratic caprice parliamentary control. as op-
trary will-sucn has heen the dominant note OF in-
telligent and serious gpblic opinion throughout
even the officia candidates have been reduced, for
decencys sake TO respond TO II In their speeches and
addresses, combining devotion TO the Emperor and
gratitude for all the great things he has done with
the homage OF pservice at least to the principles Of
an independent opposition. Had the Emperor
successful In his undertakings home
abroad and In the results OF his undisputed
supremacy IN the state, as he appeared TO be during
the first seven years OF his rule, he might, perhaps
have remained In secure possession OF almost
nominal legislature and have serenely dehed the
tents But the history OF the last ten years has con-
vinced all Frenchmen VINO have families and fortunes
10 lose however desirous they might be OF closing
the OF revolutions or OF preserving the Napoleonlc
dynasty, that personal and arbitrary powers the
worst OF all securities for the permanence of national
welfare and prosperity and that to be forever at the
mercy OF one mans win to treat their country like
a gambling table, where hundreds beggared
daily, and the bank wins always-till 1t breaks.
The London Telegraph comments on the elections
In these terms:-
We cannot doubt that the virulence with which
the opposition In Paris attacked every liberal re-
former who was not prepared to JOIN crusade
against the established government told strongly IN
favor OF the administration throughout the provinces
We would not attach much weight TO the notion that
the existence OF the empire IL guaranteed by the eX-
tent to which the French NOWADAYS invest their
breeches-pocket loyalty was shown at the downfall
OF the Bourgeois monarchy In ls4s; and though the
holders OF government securities are not likely
TO raise barrcades they are still less likely TO
storm barricades when once erected But ali
accounts agree In representing the vast mass
OF frenchmen TO have an almost servile horror OF
revolution. There IL no alternative which they
would not accept sooner than repetition OF 1859 or
1s4s: and the rumor that the ''Marseillaise''
has been sung In Paris recalls the fears which led to
the coup Gedt. The nation may not be satisfied
with the existing government, but IL has no wish TO
change II for another at the cost Qf an interval OF
anarchy; aud, therefore, the Liberal opposition
weakened Its hold upon the constituencies so soon as
the leaders Of the party showed their colors and al
lowed 10 be known that they desired reform only
as a stepping stone TO revolution. How far Paris
may still be synonymous with France for
any political purpose Is point not yet as
certained: but we do know that the whole
tendency OF the Imperial policy has been 10 develop
the independence OF the provinces; and thus much
is clear, that under household suffrage the provincial
constituencies are but little Influenced by the exam
pie OF the metropolis. on the contrary, the revival
OF agitation In Paris appears to have impeded the
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