The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-25
The Due IAumalo and the Bourbons.

One of the Paris correspondents of the
HERALD furnishes us with letter of much
interest, which we print in another column of
this mornings issue. II the facts contained
in the communication are true, and there is
much reason to believe that they are, we may
ere long be in receipt of intelligence which
will cause surprise and regret to those who
desire the establishment of free institutions
and progressive republican form of govern
ment on the soil of France. The letter to
which we have referred announces that one
month ago the Prince de Joinville and the Due
d'Aumale entered the city of Tours, disguised
as Russian noblemen, and during their stay
in that city they were in constant communi-
cation with prominent members of the
Touraine nobility and the large landholders in
that section Of the country. Three meetings
are said to have been held, at all three of
which the Prince and the Duke were present,
and the result Of the deliberations at these
gatherings was favorable to the pretensions Of
the Due d'Aumale to the throne of France.
AT the first meeting there were only twenty
two persons presents at the second the num-
Der was increased to forty-four, while the
third showed still further increase to sixty
five. Archbishop Dupanloup, who was at
Versailles during the first two meetings, was,
it is rumored, present at the third and took a
part in the business of the sitting.
For some time past, we learn, negotiations
have been passing between the two rival
branches of the Bourbon houses with the view
of agreeing upon direct and harmonious move
ment in favor Of one candidate for the honor
of obtaining the first position in the gift of the
French nation. 1t has been asserted in more
than one instance in the public journals of
England "that the head of the house of Or
leans had recognized the rights Of the Count
| de Chambord, not only as the head of the fam
! lily, but as the legitimate King of France"
| Be this as it may, however, we know that the
Due d'Aumale never loses an opportunity, either
in public or in private, of expressing his readi-
| ness to accept at the hands Of the French ma
| ton the Presidency Of the French republic
| or the throne of French monarchy. In q
| letter published by the Duke some time since,
| which was published in the columns Of the
HERALD, he assumed this position, and we
have no reason to doubt that he still adheres
to the ground he then stood upon.
The final action taken at Tours by the
| friends Of the Due d'Aumale was the appoint
ment Of committee to wait on the Count de
Chambord and get him to retire all his in
terests in favor of the man of their choice.
If they succeeded in this the Dukes adherents
counted on that portion of the Army of YER
sailles which General Charette (who is loyal
to the Count de Chambord) controls, to be
entirely theirs in whatever movement might
be inaugurated to reach the desired end. This
movement seems comprehensive enough SO
far as 1t goes but we cannot lose sight
of the fact that the greater portion of the
French army at Versailles is controlled by
generals who have for long years been
identified with the fortunes of Napoleon
and are still strongly imbued with i'm
perial sentiments. Theirs declaration, too,
before God and man, that he would
remain true to the republic, if honestly
meant, is not to be regarded as an opposition
which can 80 readily be got over. There is
something more, then, in order to secure the
success of such movement as that which the
Tours plotters aim at than the fusion of the
rival branches of an aspiring house. Should
1t or any other scheme, however, succeed, aud
the republic be overthrow, those who now
rule in. Paris, and who urge it's weak minded
citizens to deeds of bloodshed, robbery and
sacrilege, will be wholly to blame for being
the instigators of a reasonable revolt which
checks the development of free institutions in
Europe for years to come.
SHERIFF BRENNAN does not go on the junket
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