The New York herald., 1870-09-07


streets and bou1evards, and fountains, and
museums Of art, and railways and Canals. and
theatres, and free press, and a free church.
and all the Embellishments of modern capital
Of great and Aourishing State. 1--WE expect
that few years hence the trayl over the
Roma Campagna will find its 1dllgsma drained
off and the plain sparkling with its villas, cot
tages and fruitful gardens, and that he will
find the ragged beggars of the streets Of
Rome vastly diminished In numbers, and the
banditH Of the neighborlng mountains trans
ferred to Greece. Hence we consent to the
removal OF the capital of Italy from Florence
to Rome, but with the distinct understanding
that the Holy Father shall be well provided
for and shall not be rudely disturbed in his
dogma of infallibility. If any one shall so
transgress let him be anathema.
Th 10 New Provisioual Governmcnt Of France.
The provisional government which the
| recent astounding events in France have
brought Into power is composed, with but one
| or two exceptions, of men of well-proven
administrative capacity. In this respect 1t
differs auspiciously from the provisional gov
ernment of l84S. which was headed by q poet,
whose Utopian views were shared, and in some
instances exaggerated, by his colleagues. All
the members Of the new provisional govern
ment are, of course, to be counted among the
most liberal French politicians. But several
| of them have evinced moderation and good
sense to degree which has at times compro-
missed them in the opinion Of the more fiery
irreconcilables Of the late opposition. This
very fact, however, gives assurance to the
world that they will use their best efforts to
maintain the admirable GOODNESS and discretion
with which they have entered on their difficult
and responsible duties
Grevy, the President of the Council of
State, an able advocate, became, in 1848, one
of the commissaries Of the government He
was also a member of the Assembly and
member Of the Committee of Justice. As he
had proved the earnestness and sincerity Of
his political convictions by fighting, while
student, at the barricades in 1880, so he sub
sequently was always moderate and firm in his
tone, although usually voting with the Left
General LeAo, Minister of War, is a native
Of the south Of France and served with
distinction In Algeria. Becoming mem
ber of the Assembly in 184S he was
honored by the republic with diplo-
matte mission to st. Petersburg. After the
coup G6t0t he was regarded as so dangerous
an adversary that he was expelled from
France. He remained In exile until 1859.
1t remains to be seen whether he Is gifted with
the genius requisite to reorganize the demoral-
lied remnants Of the regular army, and to
improvise other armies that shall emulate the
| glory Of those Of the republic of 92. Jules
Favre, the Minister Of Foreign Affairs, is one
of the most distinguished lawyers and eloquent
orators In France. The details of his bril- liant
career were presented in the biographical
notice which wo published yesterday. His
parliamentary talents aud influence are inn
mense. His courage is equal to his great ex-
perience, and his fidelity to the advanced
ideas Of his party has always been consistent,
while he has never consented to be 80
trammelled by partisanship as not to oppose
with all his might-in the prosecution of Louis
Blanc, for example-the periIous impractica-
bilities of extremists. He has now an oppor-
tunity to prove that he is capable of being
statesman as well as an unrivalled special
pleader. Pierre Magne, Minister of Finance,
originally lawyer, has made political
economy the study Of his life. Ever since
1885 he has had practical experience in
administrative work, and he Is as eminently q
solid man, q man of facts and figures, as was
| the late Joseph Hume, Of the British Parlia-
ment. He is an invaluable accession to the
provisional government. Crimieux, the Minis
ter Of Justice, was also Minister of Justice in
the provisional government of 1848. His wise
old age and weIl-known moderation, and the
generosity which led him in the days of Feb
ruary to support the regency of the Duchess
of Orleans as sympathetically as he had
before espoused the cause Of his prosecuted
Hebrew brethren in the East, will lend special
weight to his voice. Jules Simon, the Minis
ter Of Public instruction, brilliant successor
Of the philosopher Cousin, has long been the
acknowledged head of bevy of young and
learned professors whose republican proclivi-
ties prevented them from retaining their
professorships on condition of taking oaths
Of allegiance to the late Emperor. Each
of these disciples Of Simon has in his turn be-
come the centre Of wide moral and intellec-
tual influences, and the sum Of all these
influences will now be brought to bear in favor
Of the newborn republic. No man in France
is more thoroughly competent to be Minister
of Public instruction than Jules Simon. Leon
Gambetta, the Minister of the Interior, is q
young man with an expanding future before
him. He has already attained distinction by