The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-14
CAUSE OF THE EMPIRE.

An ImpcrIaIIst Manifesto M. Clement Du-
vernois as n Herald of an Approaching
Campaign.
From the Pal MaH Gazette, March 80.
NJ Clement Duvernois who for some years
acted a a kind of literary aide-de-camp to the
Emperor Napoleon, and was afterwards Minis
ter of Agriculture under the Regency, has ad
dressed letter to NJ Theirs, which may be
taken as a sign that the mporialists are now
prepared TO enter on an active campaign for the
restoration of the dynasty If not personally
the ex Emperor himself
Starting with the assumption that the chief
! necessity OF the hour Is n reorganization and
consolidation of the different sections of the
Conservative party In France, in order to make
head against anarchy and prevent the dismem-
berment of the country, M. Duvernois proceeds
i TO consider how this fs to be accomplished.
From the present Government he has nothing
TO hope. just as the Government of National
Defense occupied itself much more actively
7 in fighting against the Empire than fight
ing against the Prussians, so the Govern
ment which succeeded have thought only of
denouncing the Bonapartsts, instead of re-
pressing the designs of the demagogues. Re-
viewing the principal accusations against the
/ Empire he retorts them upon NJ. Thiers and
his MinisterB. 1t was they, he declares, who, by
their speeches, denounciDg the aggrandiZement
of Prussia, rendered war inevitable; 1t was they
who crippled the military resources of France
by their opposition to permanent armies, the
war budget and the contingent. VI. DuvernOis
also asserts that peace on favorable terms might
have been made alter Sedal II NJ. Thlers
and his friends had not overthrown the re-
sponsible Government, and reminds them
that for the miserable state Of Paris at the
present moment they responsible, in
so far as they demanded the arming of the Ma
tional Guards of Belleville and Montmartre.
National bankruptcy must ne the inevitable re-
suit If civil war comes To complete the work of
invasion; but with strong aud respected Gov
eminent, Government that could restore and
maintain order, and so fortify the financial
credit of France and secure free scope for in
\ dustrial activity, the country would soon emerge
\ from her present desolate condition.
NJ. DuyernOia then goes On to unfold the pro-
n gramme OF the emplre:-
The Empire, as we understand II, is not a party
It is principle and system. The principle is that
OF monarchy based upon the national viii directly
expressed; the system II the Cancellation OF classes
under the auspices Of strong power. We believe
that In country where the monarchy Is no longer
dogma of Divine right, and whicn does not again
desire the Republic, the only possible Government
is a monarchy resting on ,he national gnty.
We believe that IN country where socialism Il at
work it Is necessary, the one hand to protect the
bOurgeoisie and, on the other 70 take Into account
the aspirations OF democracy, In as far az they are
practical and legitimate. Wehaye neither hatred for
the people OF the great towns who are stirred up In
period OF quiet only TO be shot down when they have
beeR fairly reused, nor rancor against that enght
! ened, intelligent but emotional bOurReolsie which
passes part OF ts time In preparing revolutions and
the rest In groaAing over them. Bnt in place o
taking our standpoint on the one OF the other O
these two unstable clements we are resting on thai
which in ali countries OF the world ls tbs basis O
government-landed property. In England we woulf
be Tories, and in France Democrats, bee ius'
In England property is concentrated, while In FIR inc'
It is divided. A monarchy having for It's base th'
conservative Democracy, and conciliatlng the int
rests which the revolution brings TO the frOnt-tna
Is Our system What is there factious In it?'
AS long as a Government of this kind is es
tablisbed NJ. Duvernois processes to be indfferen
whether the old dynasty is re-established or thu
princes of the right divine restored. ALI h
asks is that the country should be saved by tn
union OF the Conservatives, and should then b
left free TO choose whatever government 1t pre-
fers but there can hardly be question in wha
direction his letter points.