, 1869-08-13
s.GiRlS.
Formation of a New Ministry.
Account Of It's Members.
Foolish Course of The Emper0r---
A Divided 0pposition---
Their Plans.
Influx of Strangers,

Influx of Strangers,
fFEox oCE GEs coRnEsrosDEHT.]
plKr3, July 81
Cur political complications the dsst scenes Of
which described IN uy last letter. still continue
and more mixed than ever, 80 that tt IL almost
impossible TO make OUT anrthtng distinctly. 1t
much resembles one Of the broad, muddy e1panses
u ere seen Oh the roads In stormy weather.
No matte. how hard one looks he cannot ind q
spot where he c2n put his feet without sinking u
some 4uaam're- So hardly Know where to begin.
There is no salient point whence could begin q
description OF the political medley which agitates
France.
! TIE NEE M1S1sTRY!
Af1er ten days OF attempts, failures a1i trials
the government has al last produ{ej 8 Ministry:
but one which Is almost still.bota. So ill.con-
struc,el + it. olspsuroft1onatey Ind evident
u unit for use thBt no one not esta tAs Ministry
1ssel1. takes the matter ser1ous.E.} There are In
the ctst place. i've members Of the pa adnlnlstta-
ton, and amopg them Foscade, Minister Of the
lbtcnor, Who vas one Of the chief 4lorers Of the
grrat fault Of the day, to Wit, the Pleasure on the
elec11N. Then there are four levi ones, chosen
hcre a1d everywhere, acortliDE 10 fhe capEIclous
breath CT Imperial caprice alone.
TIE Vice EE1ptrur, Rouher. Is appointed PTe61-
dent Of the Senate for year. TheJ la properly
promised him to make HIN Pfeslfeut tor life;
tus at the moGent OF nlguing thei decree some
bueybody discovered that 1t Vas Unconstitutional.
That WIS really pty. 1t would haYe been iuter-
e5t1ng IL have SEEN tlt President ot the Seuate,
the guardian Of the constitution, begin hts labor
Of patesnh vigilance By slola.lrgI this poor old
| daughter.
The Senate has bsen called together to meet
next week ioE the purpose ot examining Anat.i4
Cuh-u!iuu, which, It Il eatd, Will 80 II. terially
| modify the CONSTITUTIONAL charter hs to gre US
| genuine republican constitution, according to the
| Imperial servants. ! have eeEetfI1es seen new
clothes made out Of old ones, ani The result WAS
not attractive, tut to make youn3 taiss oat Of an
old eIs1, republic out Of 80 old empire, seenaa
] impossible to me.
| Then, strangely enough. Rohher. vito wa1
| dropped from the Ministry Oh acetaut Of his un-
| Popularity and illiberaty, is the man whose
special duty II l., aa President nf the Senate TO
preside al tit confederation Of these new liberal
| mcasureR, against which be fought while Minis
rer II ts true however. that, lf1s Crabs and ser
peEtx. be changes his shell or skin, which will pos
stbly enable him to eDJoJ, as President, wnat he
| could 1ot digest as Minister One must not say
I Ill Of The future. The ex- Grand f!zer may be-
come the faithful champion ii liberalism Ills
friends already assert that, at the last Imperial
Council. be presented measures 60 liberal that
tba. body was perfectly hoE1l1ea.
INTERNAL FuLLuS.
The truth CT all this Is thar The government Is
tnIuigiug In one Of Its cts OF fatal
regeneration Which DESTROY empires as
! well d men. The country, speaking
at the polls, anu through this great public uur-
| mur, which Is SC well understood, though not put
| IN words demands freedom AMI economy in pub.
| Lie e1FepseR. The Emperor u1cks, In Order to es-
| cape Ill economical etste!r, which IL opposed 10
his Instincts, aad pcssopa liberty which IS fatal
to hts icspotlsm. But the daT hns come. Llkc
desperate debtors, Who. wishing at any price 10
AVOID bankruptcy, borrow money for short terms
ri FUNGUS ra!es, tie Emperor has put on doing
hIs duty Thus, 1e tirat sent IN liberal message:
then be removed Ministry ;ipEorog1led the Corps
Ieg1sktif, In order to Keep III quiet for \ few
MOUTH at least, and then called together his
SelattElal seTyuUts, TO set up With them some In
polect phantom Of freedom: Vain e1orta. Which
will te[p him no more ulA1 these recent riots
which hr allowed to gain gfonnd bnt which he
was not able to use 10 &C. hack 10 ubsoutlsu, any
more than bis furious pgess rosccuilons or the
recent electoral pressure, ltt1use nothing eau
atEt PIT !c opinion. The more be cheats, II Order
10 delsY the rising Hood, the more he runs TIC risk
Of berg carried away hy 1t in tts victorious effort
TIE OPFo+I1I0i.
Thirsa would have been much further advanced
Il The encIDics OF the government Houl have |
come IL an understanding. 1'ut the Noras feature
In Our situation u that At this moment tho gov
e1rmeat Eeems to he ignorant OF what it tioes 1ts
tllnercLt oppontptA are no better oil, and, not /
knowing tat to do. spend riuc In fr1tless move
1nent4 Iauch like those Of squirrels IN revolving
cage. They iurn, but do 10 advance, aud only }
Lnuse :he spectators, or they would IN this case,
II we tnharrily were not a'so rsi.orers awaiting !,
our hulr,
NoDKRArR 1NfRnI4f1sTA
The OppodtiOn Is ma11e up OF Two great fac- !
ious-ope dynaEt!c, as II calls itself aud which |
wEscs 10 open tie door u tl'r cage hut to stay
there. The other w'shcsi to 80 out altogether. /
The first, which Is The most numerous but the |
weakest, the most 1nlh ami tho ]east rattonal,
Il made up, In g1ea; part, OF Mcu who
hupe 10 beeule 3tlu!5tsfa. There are about
hundred OF these place ntcI1, who nrc perfectly
wiling TO gtse themselves up to the Emperor u he
Will give them positions, aud are willing to s1de
with tic extreme left II they can become FresI-
dents ol future renhlic They were the ones WHO,
by threatening 10 make frequent demands OF the
government. dlsturbed everything. hoping to yet
iouhrr's Place. Their hloH, weakly directed u
night huve teen earectui. was w4rlcl u erc1 |
before II xas given, lec1use they believed they
could seizc power 1n4tea't u that they are pro-
rosuel, tuat L, reduced to silence. Nearly all |
we1c unable to obtain Places, aau they have re-
celyed on1y iwentT-1so hundred francs for their
Fix nuuths' 1ato7. Thcf asr grca,eiy dissatisfied
But since sheJ peculiarly uu!d AZ well as AMI
bilious they rr1uaIu IL thelr discomfort without |
making precise and ChnuItc liberal progra mlne
They had meeting, md after various tnconcrcui
speeches decided that tscs would persist in their
like sheep before atorm. II
they we're to ia taken for rryola-
,ousts they would lose alI access to tho
TuIer!es md Soodby - tlelr Possible portfolios |
KErCgI1cAHH.
The second divtalon, the pa,t left, bo1der, r,orc
slulel, with better Ge1ned tdeas, but rach less
numerous aul HOE divided, IL mostly made Up |
1+,tu par Thnv atunt I
forty in number; the nat Of them Ike Old Rasral.
lost IN the fogs Of Socialism, md the last OF whom
are still On friendly foourg With the dynast.cs
who still 60 to the fui!enes. They have mef
eight or ten times, Il the Chamber OF the!r own
houses, al restaurant wthcuf being able to come
TO IN u,rIesstandtng.: even 10 dine we'll Many
unan!;ettoes Welc rtz.i: upe wAs too weak, and
one too strong: old too long and another TOO
brief; While the nfrh Has too explicit etc, They
sttl meet, hut rhev have shown onis this Sterile |
Gis sisiou which III Substance "a In foEO, In whole
as III dtail. is the stumbling block OF the Reppb-
lean r:zts. They ncc, II :. trre, embarrassed By
irs fcar OF fonenting dot, which would proTe
fsta& 10 ther party, and the fear OF boinS found |
umti 0. indifferent ty their l'srtsans; but there
was Medium between these rEo alternatives,
aad taes have not heeu ahac 10 alopslt-
The Opposition. Ike the government, lI coz
fused. II the Emperor were 10 ciear:y, reso:ulely
aud honestly propose and carry cut liberal meas
utes, the republic wo1!d again be postponed, Each
one would say, "Tnere 4 ar In the cage. l am
Pretty we'll o1 tacrc, and. xcre outside, DO not
kpoK how should get oE VITA these Socialists.
II t. q Nuisance to hsye master, ha. ne does not
mairrea1 me- And lets lis out occasionally. Coust-
quently, on confederation, will stay wherc nu"
And France and the empire viii recc1 their con-
jugal Enon, not t1as C. tho s~eei days OF their
fooeyEeou-they have Eosc forereE-but u SOFT
of 3 chance medley rn!oc, IKE 80 Raas Others on
this earth
IL, when cur daJ las come We nUss depart II
s<4t13 a5 Il the breath OF leet.y WAS growing !
stronger and stronger II Oil E3rope- "Whcu
GoEeruNen<s arr net wise e1orRh 10 bring coost-
tut1orai institutions rum the other side OF the
Chaane, republican Institutions cross tho occaa-"
THIS is lac Of The Las: trclarks Q! Theirs. Il Wa4
the idea Of Saro!con the F!Ett, a1l tscT say that
Napoleon The Thtrd has recently prophesesi the
rerut,:c. He talked IN . friendly why with soue
from tie centre :e1t, CT Isnasuc party, whom he
eednced ia;o the prospect OF POSITIONS Said be
10 1ne OF them, "You want me 10 pull out ny
teeth and tsiIi E:y cla*a, W vas done With ihe
lion IN the fable, leaving &c only Dy mana But,
gentlemen, this ocans the republic" So We arc
taostrg IN 1ha: direction. It's Tie s1ll. cloudy
aatusn, yeiled with foEs ard risIs aad h.1I!y
vLbe but It Is at ieskt In AuIuEa for the obscure
sty Of oil Europe. The birth Of republics al
Nsdr.1, F.sr2ec, Vienna a.l paz1 would be
tie tes, solution OF the lnsulub1e E::-
nent involve Es 10 ihc b:cod!est CT Ears.
trputrctulsN ald federation. That - the hope, |
the 1ulIie AID, tr13t soon, The object a.ard II
By Eurcpe. Nj. cos you. who came fruI1 among
u, and VITO orghE 70 VISA peace TO The ao7st o.
your fathers, stretch OFT TO rs = friendly t4nd, IS
did our tathess. lefore l'sa, sd Jou II yocr ua-
uouai AID republican birth.
TIE NEW MINISTER'S
eve yo1 cow 3 .Ae.ch pI the focs new Minis
.erB: I
u. Durerstet, who replaced Rs1ocee II the
Departures: of Juscce. - IN o,t, very old, lac Of
IS yeats. uc is esteemed aot es;tI81.e, honest |