The New York herald., 1869-05-31
FRANCE.

The French Electi0ns-J0uruais aud shc Can.
didates-Political Gatherings How Con.
ducted-P0lice Inferfercnce-Unpopuiar Of
Rochefort-Young and Old Representatives.
PARIS, May IA. 1859.
every one to his taste' Is an old plain spoken
principle that cannot be too warmly upheld; for
tastes are varied IN the human mind. and, though
Of them can scarcely be conceived. still no one
can dispute them. Less irrefutable, however, are
mans political optics. for thousands are looking at
the same object and seeing 1t differently. IL is not
matter taste choice between the majority and op
postion 1t is matter Of truth. The Paris papers, for
instance, are all telling different story about the
elections and as there are as many shades of opinion
among the official organs as among the opposition
journals, 1t would be positively impossible to give
your readers . reliable and correct account unless
nothing were here repeated but wha'As through
an impartial medium whose vocation it IL to cross
this capital day and night In all Its diagonals and
recount only wnat he has and what he has
heard
The assurance OF the Constluttonnel that the elec
tions are going on in perfect calm without any ex-
traordinary agitation Is unfounded. From the be-
ginning Paris has been In high state OF fever as
the police would allow and since the opposition
paper, Le Roppei has appeared a great deal more
Is told In O mastery way to electors than the
Gauios and Figaro had before ventured. Each
OF these liberal sheets has ITS peculiar
hobby and favorite; the Figaro Is
strong advocate for Lachand; the Gaoaofs Is for
Picard Jules Favre and the return OF last sessions
opposition i've; while the Rdppet has taken up Gam
beita, Bance and their more advanced opinions.
The most stormy meeting Of all took place on the
18th inst for the triumph OF Emile olivier over
Bance IL had been looked forward to for some
time, and every precaution had been taken by the
government party 10 get all Emile Oltvier's friends
Ia the spacious theatre before the doors were opened
to electors outside. A formidable crowd waited In
"a SnS e % Sa
thrown open, but they were not thrown open
at all. Side pa sssges had but o two thou.
been conveyed to the tribune from which
he addressed his constituents through one OF
struck up the .Marsellaise," the 5000 had sweed
into 1900. and cried for Bance they were answered
oy uyais ana cries cru iSr Vvier. 60 70 tne i,, anii,
beat in France II did in the long crowded lines OF
people assembled. The police. unaccustomed TO 30
orderly still resisting mass OF citizens, hesitated
no onence was given, still something was brood
ing Had one arrest been made fearful conflict
must have ensued. Towards eleven O'Clock, ~
whistiing proceeded from the windows round the
square and laundering applause greeted every verse
OF the MarseIlaise," rolling echolng, "vive Ban
and the police considered IL high time TO
commence an aggressive movement. They
first invaded Drener's brewery or caie turning all
present out into the rue de Rivoli and Boulevard
Sebastopol. was stationed here watching the pro-
grcss OF il-wil until hali-past twelve. when ali the
stores were shut up, and ] was prepared for some
tragic conclusion. The author OF the 'Ninetcenth
January" had left the theatre the speech or rather
the play, over, he had had the house TO himself
and had modestly departed by dark passage.
Tnis was the moment for the police TO dsperse the
crowd. Down they came the populace with
clencned nsts kicks and brutal violence. the bouses
OF the worKmen VINO turned on receiving q blow
were rent In pieces. and though truly women should
not have been there, women there were who met
with no softer treatment. TINS the real election
time and triumph OF Bancel, for m answer TO every
blow distributed by the officers OF peace, the crv
.'vive Banceln echoed along the Boulevard down 10
the rolling waters OF the seine.
n does not seem probable, but II IN nevertheless
not impossible, that the Official papers VIII call thus
calm election meeting. BY whatever name II may
he called II has proved that II can still protest
against the present political programme and that
there spirit In France reused against the regime
OF arbitrary authority. IL IL said that the
elections over we may look out for the supremacy
of the tiers etdt. De II what intermediate etdt It
will. the etdt c'est moi ~ irrecoveraby over.
The feeling against Henri kochefOrt " very bitter.
| lie n taunteh with having been made famous only
| by the nJudicous prosecution OF tue ex-Miuis-
yer Pinard. lie II told he is not really
scholar; that the French will never forgive the
make them laugh II did at first; that u In easy to
abuse the Emperor. but not dscJss his acts. aud
| even one Of kOchef0rrs past associates turns on
him to say that one OF the new candidates great
failings is that he resides IN Belgium. Ths anluses
the Rdppe, exceedingly. in which Paul Meurice says
"voltaire inhabited England. Prussia and Switzer-
land for the greater part Of his life for there
witty Frenchtnen who are 80 very French that they
| carry large portion OF France away with them In
] their hearts, and whether far or near bees follow
| them every where"
But truce TO elections for the present and young,
| intemperate candidates We have got some new Old
possessed zrd0r for their nominations, aud have at
last obtained them. Among them IL Baron Taylor,
! whose turn has at last come though few know how
deserving he u for having founded 30 many useful