New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-26


will decide, or has already decided to meet this in
terpellatiOn, and flood of leakage from his note
books and private conversations, running all
whithers indicating as one says that he will antic
pate the demand of interpellants by generous self
provoked Senatus Consultum; another says that he
will yield to it in fact and save the form as another
is confident that he will resist to the uttermost; as
your correspondent ventures to say, that we are
come to the breaking up of hard Win
ter. Logically, the Personal government is
ended. Practically it is visibly breaking down.
Formally and chTOnolOgeally, it is like to last
while yet. How long will depend. among other
things the ability of the Left Center leaders to
lead yet rather undisciplined party, on their
pluck and his Majesty's prudence and on the action
of the Left. Then the pures do not sign the Third
Party Interpolation which Immediately demands
only an extension of parliamentary freedom, not Of
popular rights whose managing editors, for ex-
ample, refused to include in their category of de-
mands that Mayors of cOmmunes should be elected
by the people-a vastly more radical, efficient, and
vitality pregnant measure of democratic reform than
any never large concession of parliamentary prvi
leges
The Left however so far from embarrassing the in
terpellants, will doubtless support them by their
votes if the Interpolation can be brought to discus
sion and vote in the Chamber. The Government
such discussion and VOTE Two days hence it may
look quite otherwise,
1t is by no means certain that the Gov
eminent has any fixed policy for treating
the Interpellation-not certain that it has O
fixed purpose Of any definiteness. Meantime
its play is shifty and uncertain to the last de-
gree. No one should be much surprised if Mr.. Rou-
her came out tomorrow declaring that he and his
master had alirGys been of the Third Party What
will rather surprise us when it comes, though
it is now q commonly expected sooner
or later coming. is ROuhers resignation.
He is so remarkably tenacious Of Office, and a
so remarkably able, ready advocate of any measure
and enjoys a conscience and memory of such remark
able lubIicity, that it is difficult to guess how he and
his master can bear TO part with each other
Let alone gratitude, Rouher has strong
hold by convenience on Napoleon, who,
short of going straight across his habits and
customs of eighteen years into the goldfish bosom
of the Left Center and Throwing over his very self
as it were, has but brief list of names from which
to make up ministerial "slate." Rouher is at the
head of this list of old servants of whom ROuhers
enemy, Persgny, Drouyn de Lhuys, and three or
four others are the now scant survivors.
II ever man was punished whereby he sinned, IL is
Just this Imperial Son of the Church. Selfshly de-
voted to the planting and propping of his dynastic
liamentary nursery of ministerial statesmen, but
strictly forbade and suppressed for eighteen years any
free culture in that kind in public popular gardens
What is the result OF men who can serve the
Empire, and are willing, the number is lamentably
small. OF men who can serve the nation, and are
willing the number is considerably larger Several
of them have been educated TO the service-where
his Majesty was where his little boy was not-in
exile -..t-.. -t -t-.
And here is another sign and wonder showing how
different is to-day from six years gone. Baucel tho
"irreconoilable," he who was borne into the Cham
Der on the foaming crest of great popular wave
aroused and foaming against Emile Olivier because
this last was suspected Of bowling too deeply 20 the
power that is-was forced out TO speak apropos Of
personal question in the Chamber two days ago.
And the man, himself an exile of the coup d6tat,
spoke at first and for little while not much in
defense of himselfas with dOwn-OOking calm scorn
of his personal calumniatOrs, and then rOse 10
high eplogum of his fellow exiles. Of Quinet
and others. and then Of Victor Hugo.
Think Of generous, lofty euogy Of Victor Hugo, Mt
tered in a French Corps Legislatif-and respectfully
listened TO Rghtward sitting men capable OF
speech deemed it best not to respond and rghtward
sitting men without gift Of tongue deemed it adj
visable TO listen COY, to eat the leek, and not bring
into play their wonted eOquence of rafting paper
knives and shutting feet. Almost as significantly
indicative in its quite other way, this forced
listening of unwilling ears to the lofty speech Of
Bancel, are the funny PREDATORY words of a Mr..
Werl6 that same day. Mr. Wcrl6 sat IN the House
from 1863 TO 1862 on the Right benches.
He Is reelected member-reClected with
some incidents Of scandal in the canvass. These
incidents coming into discussion the report of the
committee for verifying" his powers" Mr.. Werle
gets on his legs for sefdefense and he. Werle, hav
ing rested his other parts member OF the House
for an entire preceding term of six years, revealed
himself as an orator in these Words Gentlemen,
when, for the first time, speaks in this House,
certain emotion is quito natural, and beg my hon
orable colleagues" etc, etc. Up to day before yes
terday there probably not in France outside of
his electoral district and of the circle of
his private and business acquaintance Depu-
ty Wer6 il business manager Of the Widow
Ciquot her champagne, It's sael, ten persons aware
of Werl6s existence much less of his existence as
faithfully-voting legislator Of France on the
benches of the Right Werl6 is revealed. That soft
of men have got into bonds to do something say some
thing be some positive thing henceforth.
l could fR more space than THE TRIBUNE pos
sibly give to such matters with perhaps anus
ing but not more noteworthy anecdotage babble, IL
Illustrative and significant of the deep strangely inter
esting evolutionary et us hope it is not revolution
aryl fernent we and things and French Government
are in to-day.
Prophesy by human is form Of hopeless absurd
ity that our war of the Rebellion taught your
spondent to avoid years ago. The whirl and flood
Of rumors we live in this week confuse calculation,
make mock Of guess work, and defy definite anal
ysis But the fore legs of runners are everywhere
visible to the nakedest eye One needs to be Gen.
Dix, or an intelligent American traveller stopping
AT the Grand Hotel not to see them We are not at