New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-02
FRANCE.
PARIS TRANQUIL.


PARIS Monday, Nov ], 1859.
The city remains perfectly tranquil All symptoms
Of agitation have disappeared.
WHAT THE EMPRESS HAS TO DO WITH CONVO-
CATION-THE RRECONCILABLKs AND THEIR
TALENTS.
PARIS, Oct. 15-The saTcasms and angry remon-
strances of the irreconcables, in the RGppel, the
R(forne and the Rereil the sensible arguments and
earnest depreciation of the moderate liberals in the
Moiteu the Steele and the Libert6; even the admis-
sious. apologies and muddy attempts at defense of
the utra-cOnservatiye and imperialist organs the
Constitutional and the Pays have not been able to
draw forth from the Government either statement
Of reasons for the unconstitutional and unwise pro-
longaton of the time for calling together the Cham
bers or proclamation of a change Of ministers, the
only device by which, under the circumstances, the
unfortunate decree Of the I'd of October could be
withdrawn and the evil results to which it is almost
certain to give rise be lessened if they could not be
altogether prevented. For even conservatives like
the Constitutional admit, in substance if not in fOrm
that the pushing off the conyocatOn of the Chambers
10 so late day as the Goth of November if not a
crime is at least bunder, and blunder, too. for
which there is no good excuse TO be given. One
reason for the choice of late day was early set
afoat by Madame RumOr: that it was to enable
Eugene TO kill two birds with one stone-tO go to
ciltable when the Chambers are called together. If
the day for their meeting had been the 10Th of this
month she could not of course, have made her East
ern trip; and, indeed, it said that when there
seemed reason TO think the earlier constitutional,
date would be decided upOn Eugene at gave up
her Journey and only resumed her preparation for it
when assured by her husband that he would not
allow any absurd predictions III favor of
his own Constitution TO interfere with her
wishes. That Eugene had anything to do with the
final, unlucky decision, has been strongly denied.
with semi-oficial air by. believe the POfrle and
il was added, at the time, that the popular
notion that the Empress exercises great influence
upon the policy of the Government is equally mis-
taken. doubt if this point-blank assertion found
many so creduous to believe it. That Eugene
has always meddled in politics. and that she still
does so; that she is, as is quite natural, always
maneuverng for her SON and that, in a regency
is for any reason, made necessary she will make a
stroke for the regency in her person. that she is
the life and soul Of the French movement against
Italy and that she sent the soldiers TO Rome. and
kept them theTe-whO outside of little circle
of Imperialists, does not believe And
the belief of whole population,
strengthened by years of observation upon
passing events. is not to be broken up by simple
newspaper paragraph What makes it likely enough
that the wishes and interests of Eugene may have
been consulted in fixing late day for the cOnyO
cation, that it is the only reason which has been
suggested that has any reason in it. 1t cannot have
been on account Of Louis NapOleon's health for that
was as completely restored week ago as it is ever
likely to be- The Legislative body then, will have
10 wait for the return of Her Majesty as the trains
for Versailles had to wait the other day for her
departure! / may add. here, that if the French
people are expected to believe that Louis Napoleons
wife plays part in politics. the Italian people.
eording TO all accounts, are by no means of that
opinion. Officially her reception in Vienna has been
all that could have been desired, and the people
have thronged in crowds to see the fireworks and
Examinations, but Eugene herself has been treated
by the people with merely respectful polteness
mingled with a natural curiosity.
1t is greatly TO be regretted that the brilliant
complished. and thoroughly earnest men who lead
the party of the rrecOnciables do not possess the
one gift of tact or common sense for it is only the
lack Of this that prevents their being leaders in the
best meaning Of that word One dislikcs to see men
who can show the wit the keen perception of the
political situation, the tenacity of argument, that
are displayed every day in the RGppe lending them
selves to such silly devices dating their paper
"24 VendGmiaire an IS, and talking about COya
ROchefort and CitoyeH Lisajaray. while the same
number will bear the date " 18th OctObre, 1907 and
speak of Jules Ferry and Jules Fayre as MeSSieurs"
This attempt to force the new wine of
the Nineteenth Century into the old
bottles of the Eighteenth will only end ride
ulOnsly all such experiments must. | can hardly
believe that such men ROchefort. Philippe Burty
Auguste Vacquer6 Edgar Quinet OF, even, Charles
Hugo. really wish 10 see the days Of ~ return in
FTaace, or the guiotine to I've set up again in the
Place de la COncOrde. They talk rs If they did or
at least their newspapers do. but if the dead past
Iould once return in reality, they would MT like IT,
What they want and what all fair-minded French.
Ten want. what even Conservative Frenchmen are
willing 70 is a revolution and a thorough one but
only provided that il comes peaccaby and slowly as
all good things come that are 10 last aud il really
looks if such revolution were being brought
about In France to-day. Still. 40 one knows what
day may bring forth. G.. G..
GERMANY.