New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-19
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
FRANCE.

petition for the return Of the orleans princes TO France
1 presume there was nobody who expected, or even
hoped for different result. and yet there is wide
spread feeling of disappointment and dissatisfaction IL
would he long anayze the situation and show the re-
ation OF men and parties TO this question; it Will be
done. no doubt, elsewhere, and by ADLER hands THAN
mine II is hard say what else the Government couu
have done for the result is the Governments DONG pure
and simple the majority" being only the pnaht tools
and servants of the Government holding their places
simplv by reason of their plancy), and it finds
its best excuse for It's conduct in the maxim,
selfprespryation is the first law of nature" II the
Empire really existed by the Intelligent VIII oil the
people and If looked up to with loyal respect
and affection by the whole nation, or by any considerable
portion Of it, there would be why men OF the
wectabshed character of the Orleans princes should
not be allowed to live freely in France. But, since the
DllBfScpi demonstrated that all the great cities Of
France. the centers OF wealth and intelligence are I'M
avOraby disposed to the Emperor and his family since
the army is known TO be dsafected and nobody knows
how much, it becomes very different matter, particu
larly the tcksh state of the EmperOr's health; and,
looking the question from his point of view, one may
easily see that he could not permit Of dis
turbance to enter into his distracted kingdom. The
Emperor has the best Of all possible reasons for not
trusting the promises Of the princes; II is natural
that who waded to his throne through blood, and
who shameessy broke his most solemn oath, should
not be ready 10 believe in the sincerity and honor of
that all of their complexion. There have been
silly stories aoa the effect that the Emperor himself,
IN sentimental mood had expressed a wish that the
princes might he allowed TO come back; there was
even letter printed which he said TO have written
10 that effect but its authenticity speedily denied,
and further attempt made to dress that fororn
personality in a magnanimity that is wholly foreign to
him. The order given to olivier to marshal ms
men against the measure and it was obeyed so well
hat on Saturday the House of Orleans had its sentence
Of Punishment once more renewed.
OF course the debate drew all the world 10 the House,
and been often that large audience has
assisted at sitting Of the Deputies 1t may be said that
public opinion was pretty well formed beforehand. and
so wen II understood that under no circumstances
was possible that answer favorable TO the petition
ers could be ven that the interest in the debate was
rather the state of feeling toward the exed family
that would he developed than TO the actual result OF
the discussion. The debate opened by NJ Dreole,
who as reporter from the Commission charged with the
examination Of petitions read long report adverse to
petition of the princes report which OF course had
been submitted to the examination Of the Emperor ana
bis Cabinet and may therefore be supposed to represent
heir views on the subject and 10 give their reasons
for refusing to accede to what ON the face OF
il seems very just demand. 1t is said,
however that NJ Dr6ole, in the excess of
bis desire 10 show his devotion 10 the Emperor had
written i'm vein TO be likely TO suit the pub
tic, and that it was necessary 10 clip and prune his
rhetoric not a little He 1nInedatCly followed Dy
NJ Estanceu. who made most spirited and moving
snccch i'm favor Of the exile and which certainly would
nave produced its proper effect in any but political
assembly. But rs ~ Martel, who rose 10 speak as NJ
Estanccin finished, showed the question was looked
upon by the Government not as sentimental one Du as
a potcal one the law exiting the Orleans princes was
not mFe by them, but the Empire had found It ready
made and it was impossible for them to repeal it with
mt the assistance Of the Government known To be ad-
verse Joined to that of the people, whose wishes might
be supposed 80 be not very clearly known. The
speech Of NJ olivier which followed, was
a. il admitted on all hands, melan-
,boIv piece Of work olivier, himself the son of pro-
rpt had 10 better reason TO offer for the course of the
Government than its conviction of the impOssbiity OF
he princes living in France as simple ctzens, no mat
ter how Loyalty and sincerely they might mean ana WISH
10 do So They would be surrounded by followers, inc
Count Of Paris would he styled Sire by his friends and
dependants and there would infalhby grow up an OF
eans partv &c need not waste any time on Oniver's
speech. 1t might all have been reported beforehand,
excepting always MS amazing aiuson 10 Dante, whom
Of all men in the world he lugged in to bolster by the
authority Of his great the need of sufjechng all
private interests the great of the public heart fof
peace! A strange 10 make Of Dante's name-DaLte
he man Of all men who felt the bitterness Of exile and
who has compressed that bitterness into those three
mournfjIl lines 80 often quoted;
"Tu proverrai 81 come "a di sale
LO pane altTui, com e dur0 Gale
''Yea thou shalt learn how salt his food who fares
Upon anOther's bread-hOw steep his path
Who treadeth up and down anOthers stars
And a stranger, USE still to make Of the famous anec'
lote of Dantes visit to the convent where being asked
nv one of the monks what he sought, he answered
Peace !" Surely VI. olivier, whose love OF quotation
IS not a little laughed at must feel that in the use he
made OF Dante's story this occasion he gave new
proof Of the pTOyerb TO the danger OF little learning
~ Jules Favre did of with his usual honors on
his OCCASION he ahOred under this difficulty that he was
)ne of those who signed the very law that he now seeks
% have repealed and though nothing could have been
anker or candid than his expression OF regret for
having done what time Of doing it seemed neees-
gary thing, and his avOwa that 1t were 10 De done
over again he would refuse to take part in it, STILL 1t was
hardly possible for him TO speak with the same force ana
conviction as he would have done if he had not been
obliged to preface his words with an apology NJ Picard
poke in favor n the petition but NJ Grevy raised ter
be storm by declaring that he could not consider the
princes Of Orleans simple citizens whenhe found them
signing their petition in the order of the hereditary sue
eson and unable either Deputy or as an indi-
vdual TO open the Of any ppetender to
ROYALTY whatever His friends cried out from the Let,
sYou are supporting the Government II am sup
porting the principles of republicanism," he re-
orted: 81 wish to be thought neither the duIe nor
;he accomphce Of the royaists" Where
lpon NJ Guyot-MontpayrOux exclaimed, not with
,ut wit: Here have the Jacobns OF the
Right striking hands win the JacoDms u liH ANIV'
And the debate ended in furious storm, in which
olivier looked on smiling the Left shivered into
fragments and the Government phalanx OF drilled
mercenaries stood firm l do not need TO point out To
gou that the Saturday had for its chief result the
,leyating OF the Orleans princes to the positions or
Acknowledged pTetenders TO the throne OF France 1t
Eas the other horn OF the Government dilemma, and
was chosen probably, deliberately, as being trouble
only for the futurethe future where there 50 many
troubles being stored up that one more could not be
looked on as much 10 he dreaded
lie Monde IUlsrt OF last week, although not comic
,oprnal devoted its doubepage illustration L. that very
- ,,ainted NV NJ won for Mr. A. T. Stewart