The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-24
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PARLIAMENTARY sPATs.

q t PARIS, April Z, 1862
s'2is PARLIAMENTARY sPATs.
During the week we had q few Pa:'ia-
; mentary boxing matches. The nrst was q
!. stand.up fsht on the purity OF eiec'ions
Government. and only revealed that in this
4 rsanect The opposition itself was not like
Caesar,s wife. Opinion was unanimous that
the debate ought never to have taken place,
and turned out, as was predicted. to be o
ssrnuch ado about nothing.n However,
eSwhen tho general discussion on 1.-The budget
came of, the great political captains OF
the age" braeed on their armor for the
f ssrifa. There was q great deal Of "viewy"
oratory, and the usual apostrophizations, to
liberty, Sc. NJ. Thiers, who prepares MS
phiiippics month beforehand, was IN hne
heather; but the little man got hot and
! angry, especially when ne ives reminded
that what he condemns now he formerly
approved and practiced. This goaded
. on the Orleanist chief, and he became
:, so violent that NJ. Rouher called upon
: him at once to "proclaim revolt.
ton. Indeed, semi-oficial journal
observed, that the Presidents bell should
Give way for guillotine." NJ. Rouher
replied, and made o mastery unprepared
- speech, and paid his rival the compliment
Of hard hitting. 3ules Favre followed
later, but as he soon gets very angry, much
n Of his eloouence loses its force. The whole
"a thing is q comedy-an election ruse-a Sc
ries.of addresses from the first hastings IN
the Empire. The Government has undoubt-
edly come off the best. The Minister'S defence
was simply this When the second Empire
was established society was in state OF dis
organization the first duty was to reassure
T, it. and az years rolled on these harsh mea-
sures, once necessity, have been gradually
repealed and relaxed that the Emperor
will at all cost uphold order, but desires to
associate with his power all fair liberty,
when the nation shows that it is pre-
pared to worthily employ it. Well, this Is
pretty much the opinion of oil moderate
thinking men. The French want to be
educated up - to the common.sense en-
ioyment of political liberty. BY receiving
r it in small doses they will be the more
7 thankful for email mercies. If Parislans
were to.morrow-and they are France-to
have unbridled liberty, the barrlcades
would be up before twenty-four hours.
This mode Of obtaining the balance OF lib
erty which stands to their credit is unfash-
ionable. Better for the orators to take up
thcone hundred amendments on the budget
to try and gain as much money as possible
for education and works of public utility,
and to expend as little as possible on war.
COMMUNISM.
M. Edmond About has done good this
week by publishing very mastery article
against communism" which will find its
way down among the masses. This able
writer too often wastes his talents on mat
ters that he ought to leave to the "chronl-
oilers of small beer" His article is timely,
as there is a section of the working classes
that desires full discussion Of the ques-
ton. TO the idle, the unfortunate, and the
discontented, the attraction of sharing the
proceeds of another's hard work, without
sharing in the pain, is very great. 10
share the triumph without the peril is not
glory. Carlyle says true work 10 true rell-
Cion. About tells those who desire to make
an equal division of unequal earnings that
the talisman for the poor to get rich ought
to be o scapular, on which should be en-
graYed the words Work and save" Pub
lie meetings do not produce anything but
phrases-i spring from the silence and
solitude of the study. The problem to en-
rich the poor by robbing the rich, without
giving anything to the one and taking no.
thing from the other, is but folly.
SPAIN.
The Spanish Ministry is showing more
and more that its tendencies are to fall
back upon the army. Some speeches OF
late by the several members Of the Cabinet
have created much irritation throughout
the country. Serrano accuses his country
men of having only Platonic affection for
liberty, and Prim twits them to make
friends with the military. The Constitu-
ton and its ll2 articles form but lame
and impoteut conclusion for the triumphs
of the 18th of September, 1868. 1t is
birth, but not an existence. 1t halts be-
tween two opinions-it tries to reconcile
impossibilities, and must share the fate OF
all half measures and expedients. Mean
while, Don Carlos has decided upon the
uniform to be worn by his partisans when
they will enter on campaign ira los monies.
The tunic will be Of conyolvulus blue !;
trousers red, (shade, garance, as worn by
the French soldiers with black stripe, and
the famous white and blue plumes that the
Carlists wore during the war Of succession
from 1888 to 1910. Truly, Mdlbroatgh sen
ua-t en- querre. Her ex-Majesty is quite
happy. She takes her walks on the Boule-
ward with some Of her lords in waiting, and
orders largely from the shops. She made
extensive purchases Of flowers yesterday In
the market, and ordered them to be sent to
the Pavilion Isabelle. She will be doing
the marketing by-and-bye.s -
ITALY.
The accounts from Italy are again be-
coming bad. 1t appears that every one is
conspiring there. Those who have con-
spired will ever conspire, and Italians seem
born for this work. All the beautiful con.
spiracies in ancient history are the work o.
Italians. Half the Roman eenate consplreo
4 against Cesar when he was stabbed. AL
Italy knew three days beforehand OF the
death of Caligula, and entire Sicily aided
in the celebrated vespers. Since Mazzini's
day there are few Italians who have moi
sworn ten or dozen times in the depth Of
!. cave to poignard priests, kings, and en-
) perors. From Milan to Reggie all is now
oonspiracy-the peasant against the wal
taxes, the soldier against the Consumption,
the middle-class against the providing. OF
the Piedmontese in every ciroumlocution
Office; the Government borrows gold and
silver everywhere; the clergy having been
deprived Of their lands are naturally hos
tile-sll conspire for q republic, for the mon
archy. Francis the Second wants Naples
and Naples him-the Genoese and Vene'
tisns desire to be free. Poor Victor EN-,
manuel, whose beautiful Rosina costs his