New-York tribune., 1870-04-26


ness. In the name of public peace and liberty, in
the name of the Emperor, demand of you all, our
devoted colaborers to unite your efforts with ours
Ii is to the citizens we address ourselves-not as
ordering but as offering patriotic counsel our object
to assure to country tranquil future, to the end
that the throne, in the humblest dwelling, the
son may succeed the father, in peace and quiet"
1t is reported to-day that the disaffecton in the
party of the Left has been healed and that the
bers will all vote alike.
In public meetings held here yesterday to discuss
the Pebiscitum, the majority of the audiences de-
clared in favor of abstainng from voting on the Sh
of May. Signor Cernandri, the Italian banker, well
known for his republican proclivties, has presented
100000 francs to the anti-Plebiscitum Committee.
Prince Pierre Bonaparte yesterday gave a grand
banquet to the COrsicans belonging to the Guards.
THE QUESTION OF TIE PLEBIsCITUM.
IRON OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
PARIS, April Ill believe have once, at least
disclaimed any pretention to set up for a prophet
but almost wish now had ventured on predic-
ton or two 'twould have been so pleasant to see
my vaticnatons come true! For really think we
are looking on at the last scene of the Olivier
comedy, and that the pretty jest of the Liberal En-
pire is soon to cease making us laugh. 1t has GER
tany been a remarkable thing to me- at least, that
with the French and love of logic, the
crisis we are in to-day should not have arrived sooner
but there could never have been any serious doubt
that one time or another, 1t must arrive
The Cabinet of January has begun to fall to
pieces. NJ Buffet the able Minister of Finance, has
sent in his resignation, and it has been accepted.
which, for the nonce proves untrue ran every
where yesterday and the day before that Chevander
de Valdr6me and Daru had also resigned IT'S not
true to-day but tits writ in the book of fate that they
must 90, and they will not, you may be sure stand
long upon the order of their going What has brought
about this crisis is the determination of the Emperor
against the wishes of the Cabinet to have recourse
to the Plebsctum and appeal directly to the people
to know if they prefer the Liberal Empire
of 1870 to the Personal Empire of 1852.
The Senatus Consutum was universally hailed by
the newspapers here, always excepting the wide
awake irreconcilable journals, whose eyes are not
blinded that they cannot see negroes in fences, as
great advance toward that liberty which the Second
Empire has been so long promising TO establish;
some Of the newspapers, indeed the very hopeful
ones declare with tears OF joy that the new gift was
the actual crowning of the temple. But alas, it
contained fatal provision, which has been an apple
of discoId since it first discovered and which is
far from having accomplished all its evil mission.
This is the right of recourse to the pebcte contained
in the following words under lire ~ concerning the
Emperor: The Emperor is responsible to the French
ppOplp to whom he has ALWAYS a flgilt 10 appeal
The insertion of this plank in the platform, to use an
American idiom, is due entirely 10 the Emperor. In
spite of all argument and resistance he would have
IT, and Olivier resigned himself TO the necessity of
Welding as well as he could OF course he could see
as well as the Senate and the Corps Legislative that,
so long as the Emperor had this right of appeal,
neither the Ministry, the Senate, nor the
Corps Legislative have or, can have any
real power, and that however it may
be called, personal power is at the helm
OF State as much to-day as year ago. lhe friends
- ola l1kyifh ot
had equal share with Olivier III constructing
the Senatus Consutum and that, indeed there had
been a serious crisis in consequence of ROulers re-
fusal point blank, to consent to the Senatns Con-
suum iii its original form, as drawn up by Olivier,
TO retire completely from public affairs i'll
consequence of this threat said the ROnhertes there
hAd heAn 2 compromise Olivier had abated
little of his demand ROuher little, but very very
little of his and the new decree was the result.
need not tell you that the air has been ful OF r-
mors of ministerial changes ever since for suppose
tions on this favOrte theme; What the cable conld
not convey to you, however has Decn the uIy
of the newspapers. IT'S the first time SINCE August
that there has been such paper war. III Is nOuce-
able however, that there IS NO journal rep
rcseDting any party that fully and completely
approves the Plebsctum. do not count Jour
mails like the Pdrtement and the IeuPe
Frqncoais among party friends, they are merely the
representatives Of NJ. ROuher, and speak for him
they are his Voices his organs ;ud there is no
heed to he taken of them But the actual parry
journals with accord snih at the fieblscituni.
of course the Rappet the lierei the Mdrse'ttd'se
make wrathy fun of if, knowing well, that, under
tbe Empire. the Plebiscite can never be anything
bur delusiOn and a snare; but this time they are
moi alone, and indeed it is plain that good many
more peope than would care to say SO IN plan WORDS
are Incoming sadly conscious that the iTeconcllabes
have something TO say for themselves. IT. is pam
that they have not been so very much mistaken iter
all $50 some of these good conservatives are mutter
np il is to be feared indeed, that our boasted re,
forms NAV not turn out the great things we hoped
them. 1t is really quite melancholy 10 read e the
a, ho,, haan uD he
NJ Olivier to the Skies and crying shame on Iie
wicked men and newspapers that stontly refused 10
believe in the good faith of the one OF IN the sagacy
of the other changing their own vote ana sadly
limiting that they fear the Cabinet of jan
nary. and the Reform of January are
doomed to disappear. And, oddly enough they throw @
the irreconcables but upon Ronher and the reaction
lists. "When," asks one of them, VIII the I'm
neror learn that NJ. ROuher has always been, ana
will ever he. his evil geniusi" Even the Pays and
the other Imperaliss do not relish the turn aIlrs
have taken, for they naturally think that their
boasted IDOL the Emperor, that paragon OF men, does
have so profusely attributed to him. lhey
never would admit the necessity OF the recent tho
conntry was doing very well without them, and that
il did really look little like weakness for the En-
peror to We'd as he did to the outcrles OF his enc
! mics But having once yielded, they cannot now
see any reason for asking the people TO approve wha
he has DONE and though they say as lttle ABOUT IL
| as possible, because they can't 90 far without the
| necessity of making unpleasant confessions they
show plainly enough that they don't like it.
| Nobody knows yet what the Plebiscltum Is 10 CON
tain but that it is decided to have Plebisctum IL
beyond recall AS told you, NJ Bqiiet has resigned,
but this cannot be the end. There has been, as was
likely to be in the present state of French finances
good deal of talk all along about NJ. Bullets resgna,
ton He has stouly opposed himself to all efforts at
| diminishing the taxes, and this has Ilade MN uli-
popular but no minister they may get In his place
M Pareu is his immediate successor Will consent any
more than he to diminish the taxes unles he can pre-
vail ON the Government TO reduce expenses and that
| is NOT hkely All that they have been able TO WIRING
| from Cen, now Marshal, lie BGuf, isa reduction n,
| of 10000 men in the yearly conscriph0n Inc
| Gnnncns of paris as is well known, are IN "a