New-York tribune., 1869-06-17

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OOO The fidelity of at least OOO1oats with their
faith in the administration to which they are an
chored, only sure to be equally faithful to what
ever new one takes its place. The Opposition is
made up of Legitmists, Orleanists a large num-
Der of Conservative Liberals called by the latter
name, but without attachment TO the Orleans
! family; Moderate Liberals, advanced ditto llo-
cOnCileable Republicans, DemOcTat-SOeiallsts nan
tipOles-theSe last exactly correspondent poie0 "
the thorough retrogrades of the Napoieonic pai
represented in the press by lie Pays MANY u .nis
| Opposition would support the 0oVerhnenV - :"
would permit them to- In FREQ government VI oncy
would be the lawful constitutional opposiIoh' ii'
| one makes no room for them Revoitng AZ sIaNish
submission feeling the need OF action, uho Vehuenoy
of Covornmept pressure is to drive them into the
growing cap,p of its declared enemes-thelr unnat-
nral forced allies. 1t is difficult to measure with
or,rovin,ate accuracy numerically the Importance
If tbe Socialist element i'll the gross total of the mi
nority. That it is q large, growing, and if not
already destined to be a ruling element, is hardly
TO be disputed. Pity that sensible men would not
count with it instead of wasting time and breath
in bowling at it. The professed Socialists and
the Democrat Republicans closely allied already
united and blended, have, in general the advantage
over all other parties of faith and youth, two sources
of energy and growth Apply another test to the
value of the minority millions Eighteen departments
where the number of male adults who can't sign their
names is under ten per cent have elected 81 opposi-
ton to 27 official deputies; twenty-five departments,
where Minister Duruy's chart shows that the con-
scrpted soldiers of the class of 1896 numbered from
10 to 25 per cent who could not read write elected
2s opposition to 43 official; fortyeght departments,
with from 25 to Go per cent of such benghted men,
send in 50 opposition to 1O7 official deputies
DIX DINES-AND TALKING
A great dinner in the big dining room of the Grand
Hotel was eaten last Tuesday night by some 300
Americans of the combined sexes in honor of Major
Gen. John A. Dix late Of 1.-THE Diplomatic Body, now
packing his trunk preparatory to his to-morrow's
departure for New-York. The company was we'll
dressed and well-behaved. The dinner was we'll
dressed and welserved. Mr.. Cowden, the chairman,
spoke piece properly and with the regulation lines
from the poet Minister Washburne, who directly
he got on his legs seemed to think his foot was on his
native heath stumped the audience with eloquence
of q markedly Western flavor. Mr.. Burlingame
spoke gracefully and geniay, with laudable omis-
sion of the shop and China, EX-GOy, Bullock phil
beta-kapped the rest in the proprieties of Boston
classicism and worked great deal of sound sense
and right feeling INTO his phrase. The dis
tnguished guest was by far the most graceful
and polished orator of the night. His caTefulypTe
pared discourse was elegant throughout. aTtstiCay
finished yet with only tho slightest smell of gas
celo7e arten Otherwise it may be divided into two
parts the first and larger of which IS sensible and
undebOsbed to a degree quite unusual with eXtempO
raneoqs speeches prepared foT such occasions the
second part is the other part. This again subdydes
into twO-a eulogy on Napoleon and eulogy OF Eu-
genie prettiy corresponding to the two ornate vases
of SevTes china which he had received few days
before from that imperial pair. Let me remark In
passing, that Mr.. Dix did not receive these vessels
and his dinner at the TueIies till after he had left
the official service Of our Government, and there
fore Is not obliged, rs Mr.. Commissioner Beck
with was with his IeglOn-Of-HonOr ribbon, to
deposit the gift in the Patent Office ut Washington:
In his eulOgy of the Empress. the gallant General
pluckcd flowers ofrhet0Iic from Ed Burke Sir Henry
Walton, and the "Courtly Claudian," last of Latin
poets to adon the picture his fancy painted OF that
gracious lady and her semi-diNine attributes. His
laudatOn of the Emperor, If not so ant, was more
original 1t speaks strongly in favor OF the illus
triOus sovereign whO for the last % years has held
IFS Frances) desneS i'm his hand that the condition
of the people, materially aud HttlCCiudH has been
constantly improving The opinion here expressed,
if meant to apply TO the intellectual movement of
France as compared with that OF other civilized
countries does not coincide with that of one man IN
ten of the men distinguished for intellect either IN
France in other countries. Relatively 20 England
and Germany for instance II Is certain that France
has not more than held her ground in bellies letres
while in most departments of science she has notor
ousy run behind her two neighbOTs during the twoast
past decades The eloquent General also played with
The pretty fancy that the Emperor more liberal than
his Corps Legislatf and than his Ministers. 1hon
why in the name of logic and his Const tuition does
not the iustriOus sovereign change his Ministers,
nation be made freely without the excessive pres
sure Of administrative restriction, menace heIe IN
dulpent favor there, etc, without end MaJoT-Gen
Dix, his afteT-dlnner ayerment OF inc uhquai ilued
freedom of debate enjoyed by al members OF t9e
Legislative, is more extraordinary Than the courtY
mission he has Just retired tIom ana mas not iOr
excuse of its sngularty that II was an aiterdnner
impTOyisatiOn. Every word OF this literary effort,
most creditable if looked at only IN us literary
aspects was in PRINT before IL left the speakers
mouth, unless in private reheaIsal. lNhlch, by me
way reminds me, in the interest OF q suffering
dining humanity. TO offer again, IN brackets here,
my old suggestion that all eXtempoiane0us alter
dinner speeches should be printed, ana placed win
the bread in the napkin Of each guest 50 mat h0so
who have taste for that sort OF talent can shake
them ont and read between the courses, leaving
those who prefer the pleasures OF conyorsatlQnal
sociability at the social board TO Their KIND Oh
f6e eicauent eulogy on the Emperor Of this realm,
pronounced last Tuesday night before the ce Of the
mobility and gentry Of the American colony 10 PaIls
10y the OK and extraordinary Envoy our proud and
lappy Republic, eliminated IN IOulng periods when
he reminded his hearers Of their debt OF gratitude
due TO his Government which permitted them 10 re-
side peacefully and spend money freely, within its
jurisdiction, where we are required to pay nothing
directly 10 its support" UtStiRgpGHus General
Americans as Americans, arc not personally called
on to pay direct taxes, unless indeed they hire un-
furnished apartments-as many OF rs dO-ln which
We do directly pay door and window tax Other
WISE are taxed, and very properly just as much'
and so far as our conditions the same, just as
resident transient natives are The OctTOi for IN
stance yields lOOOOOOOO francs yearly. Nothing that
is brought into Paris 10 be eaten drunken burned,
or used in the construction Of houses but what tax
is levied on. The cost Of that handsome American
dinner eaten in your honor augmented largely
by this octroi tax the price the managers paid for
the room that night was augmented by tho diverse
taxes the prOpretOrs and cssees Of the hotel pay to
Government If you meant 10 say that Americans
should be peculiarly grateful to Louis Napoleon for
letting them come and spend money III Paris under
a peculiar exemption from taXaton-but no. that is
not possible if you meant TO say that Americans in
France owed a special debt Of gratitude 10 its Gov
ernment for treating them just yOur own Govern
ment treats ten times as many thousands of French
men i'm America-as all civilized and most sCmi-civi-
lied Governments treat strangeTs nOw-a-days-but
no. that is yet more absurd, What in tho Diploma