, 1870-12-25

oesired TO exchange back again Tbs other
party won1d not coneent; And xhils the horse
was standing in shed at tho vtllas6 tavern.
the monster went out, aud, with his koifc.
ripped open its abdomen, and let ita bowels
out upon the ground.
The Future OF Efnnce.
Ftom th< Lo,ldou Saturday Eesis4e,
Peace may bs near or far on. FtA1ca may
hGlt On il Pari. il taken, and, ret1eating will
her face to tho Toe, may die ! Thousand lin
Eerng deaths. But at last peaco m IS come,
and, in spite ef all the determination e1-
pIessed and often really felt, The resistance
Of France may collapse very quickly. Bat
what then? Even the Fsenchmen best ac-
Quainteu viii, Franco seem 10 have no answer
possible Sois monarchy, aud SO is ,u,-
FerallEm. The lucstio1 h.s even suggested
Itself to thoughtful minds whether thers is
anything to make us eute that the lot OF
France viii be any better than that Of tho
ordinary Spanish republic, unable to gaide it.
alike Of supporting and Of dispensing With
liberty. Two parties as in tho Spsnish re-
public, vii! be above all prominent There
will le the Socialist Republicans and the par
tikans Of the clergy. Nothing At present bnt
main force and tho dread Of a common ene-
daily collision. The Republicans Of Marseiltes
and Lyons e9pcf priests, ehut Gp clerical
echoole, fosbia the circulation Of cletic,l
newspapers. The Bishops aud their priests
lock Oh fissibAldians a. ma.efactorr. invent
thousand tun1ors to the discredit Of the reyo-
that the republic IL but no1ous weed
winch will die AWAY before the whe1csomcsur-
light wben pesce Is restored ". de Law
elese has written iu the Furfni3hNy a
Of France, aud be points out that the
two parties who will have derived increased
strength from tho war must bs tic two ex-
trene parties. The workmcu, the enthu.:-
asts, the anarchists, tho pit laa.hEopists, who
make up the revolutionary party, will ent IT
: on peace With bi'ter feeling OF ,he aunsis T.
tion to which they and their country hava
been subjected. But, although exasperatsd
and indignant for the a4ko Of Ffauce, thsr
will Laws i high and p.obably exaggerated
seuse OF the Resistance to tho encmS in :ta
! moment Of deapair which was in 80 largo 4
degree due to ths sr efIcrts and their our agc.
The Man Of Scd:n ruire1 France, ard tla.r
failed to savoh her: but, ., any rate, they tried
TO rave her. Tae7 made Ftatce fight when
fighting seemed hopeless. They eueceeded,
At aIy rate, 70 far that foraign j,urnals wha
blamed France for prolol girg tue fight, cana
round, forgot what th55 lad said, AMI
cried out that al the world must admire her
! spirited and useful Resistance. At tho .ams
time, the clAss I'll whose support the extreme
Republicans rect will, after the var, be ia tbn
mort dreadful Distress. French trade and
French wealth we're not built ia day, aud
viii not be rebuilt in . day. There vsll be
famine, disaase, despondency, tlatca hatred
OF all who are more fortunate, deadly jeal-
ouHy of those who, by daring to posaeea q
competence, perpetuato the memory of the
indiEidnous luxury which adorned the Court
ct tie second bonaparte. Tue anfarings OF
France after tho war Ia ever will DO terrible.
They may 10 Of the nEobstuaige sort. not
much noticed or described By uewsrGper car
rctpondents, but thev viii bo felt bitterly In
daily life, and cut T. ~ very roots OF family
peace.
There are thoee who see in all thia happy
augnIy. Franco. tho eidasr daughter Of the
revolution, will found the universal republic.
The workmen Of France are the true pioneers
Of human freedom. around whose standstI
the democracy Of England and Germany will
gather. The great question between capital
having ali its Own way, and Europe will iulitste
the great example, Ttis may be tue milea-
uium before us, hut surely it is \ millennium
Of the remote future. II tho revolution.
ny party ..will De strengthened by
! party be strengthened by it. II. le
LaTeieya appears to ho quite right when he
Gays that 1itae Of tuch cal1mtty - France
has t1Ayefsed will make men religious. Tae
kingdom Of heaven is Tor the poor In her
sfaictlon France will turn to thonEhtA Of the
sif5 the religion with which they are familiar.
! They are not guided BY ANY perception Of
| theological truth, u to which they are AZ in
different AZ they IRE ignorant They want tue
! tolace Of ssothet world. the gepose Of acting
| in concert with spiritual power. The terrible
Ses Of ae 1oaaa nnsas @s05 5x1o sg'k' n,ss IN ss
through that hour Of extreme
trouble = lively sehso Of 1aligion aud
pioua enthrsiasnn, aud as thsy we're from their
youth rpwatl Acquainted with no other doo-
t!1nes than those Of anglican rEotestantiau,
they passed under the dominion Of a sect, tot
because they bad found out tho iloet,ipes OF
Of the sect was the oulY religious Language
shey knew how to talk. The Church. more
over, in France. will come for EArd ~ the only
Ien nnsnersioE conservative, fone. The
Pope. it will be eaid. hts mathematical ali
modain ;ecas, Al! revolutionary spiras,oas. al
It j. the Republicans who are really
TO he d1e.ded AID repnblicanism Justly
'boAsts itself 10 be the 61a} Aosar
and outcome Of modern liberalism. The
purely Email ssltish conservatism OF French
men, aiwAJe 70 strong, will be stronger h,u
ever after the war. The desasted rfu.sians
hive taken 20 rauch that the first thing to eec
viii be that the still more detested Republican.
do not take AWAY the rect. This is not fancy
picture. Engtish correspondents from evsry
part Of Frarce. quite accidentally aud na,nr-
a11y. Ind without Auy thought Of acting III
unton. keen tenttng reports Of the extreme
reluctance with which. even in their intense
.a1d to serve the republic. They avox. in
the freedom OF pirate conversation, that
thay think the Reds are worse than
the p1nssians. II they have to
cede Alssce and Lorrline. 1t apy
rate they promise themselves the sAtissac-
t,f - L.
c1Atee down all the stepe that Iead to the
nethermo+t degradation. What ths terrible
| Rsma1k has said 50 often fs dsily repeated
by innumerable Frenchmen. and their coucln-
fion, like hie. Ia that thu Government Of Nj
tiopA Defence thinks Of itself. not Fssnce,
depends.
This may possibly he verr untrue and very
un1utt, but In nonentsIof great natioo.l ex-
element it signifies more Whist Is e1i3 and
fele than what ought to be said and felt.
lx.nce, in the list few weeks, has shown
heroic. 1t has even shown aide 80 unhsroic
that cven 20 clelE-sighted = judge ~
Count Msm4rk IL said often to come b&ck to
the calculation that il might put up With the
eo1diers Of MeMahon and Bazaine to restore
the Emperor. The herplsm Of France i. local
sna limited The South Absolutely refuses to
come to the re4cue Of Paris, the West ana
sort9 Pave eho*n no Ieal energy in the na-
t'ou.1 defence. Individuals have come for
ra1o With poh'a a1scfity from every part OF
pFe1ne ..ppeA to France has fallen dead ca
Ee!y large past Of the population. Lo-
ca interests ttd local sentiments have
pfeFa.!ed oveT tie lore OF COMMON couo-
~. fs!bsps no country wou1d have sho Fn
ttseH IN THIS reepect superior to France. To-:
| Who can eAy how INV cf1untrr would beha "a
il tried In 50 8etee ! 6re Of a:iietlon - this
through which France has had to pass? The
moet esncefe homage OF respect md adnir2-
tion ought 70 be paia to those Who did not
despair q France after Sedsn aud Metz, who
organized cr co.nFosed nav aru1tes, And were
feady to stake their lives on = contest a. to
the Issue Of which ther we're detpopdeEt.
But the proportion of Freuchmeu who have
no heart Tor the xa1 appears 10 rs TerT gre,t.
and the "hole weight OF such men
vll he thrpsn into the tca1e Of tia
party Of Eesesion when the war is ovss.
Ibis paay, too, will alone have a for
elgn policy which will otter iEumediate Gra,ii-
vii. Of course, endsavos, dleetly they hAyu
ehanee, to 1estcre the temporal power, a1d
| Efenchmen may, aS3s the Epnt pf men and
Eadons, Ike to comfort themselves for the
numataticn thty feel By the humiliation they
innet. II they have been trodden uader foot
PIE On Italians. l. very conservative Eovetn-
nent. 1ndor some Convenient Prince,
guided by the priests, aod aiming It
the restoration o1 the Pope 70 his
dominious and the dissoia.ion OF the
ltalian Kingdom, Ia. p.saaps, the most prob
1ole prospect thai France has hefnre heI.
sin be pezpe:u.l5 ioefcare. The respla.ioa-
aIy thme ent, also INCREASED in strength bJ tbs
VAT. will be theta to confront It, and not ono