New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-19
SPEECH or GAHDETTh.
HE DECLARES ADHESION TO THE THEIRS GOV
ERNMFNT,

Full reports have been received OF the re-
markabc speech OF Gambetta, delivered at Bordeaux,
on the 2sh Of June, tho present position OF ahans in
France. The following extracts contain the principal
points Of the address:
The same question is to-day put under diff rent
tn France Dcc she wish more to nbdicote and to
fan back into the beaten track OF dynaSties WIN what
ever name you disguise things YOU see ~ SUI rms qes-
ton have DOes France VIII herself To govern
herse does she wish 10 surrender herself up and has
the terrible experience which she has forth,
bleeding and mtated at last taught her 10 manage her
of the excuses which have been committed and the
crimes which have marked the fall of the Commune OF
Parsin spite O the torrent of caluny which has been
let loose against the Republican partythat, even In tho
midst Of civil the country has preserved its Gang
1i0iR The municipal elections have atCsted that on
the morrow OF this frghtful crisis the country did
moi allow itself TO he carried back to reaction.
between the different shades of Republican opinion we
can give to France the spectacle of a party well
and resolved upon everything to convince France
Of ne g0Tgrnn p Ssp t word party accepting
We must maintain and support our GoYernment-the
~ etciio9 S' "rG M S@WlHhOut ds,usslng que
Guided, milarGs arc raised. Justice done iios SUP.
pressed which would have suc@d TO oyeriurn iomonar-
clnesy Is Government, established amt Legitimate,
S'h its pq acts emsa GSSF' This 44a ove$ Sat
demands the respect of al; and Who yer menaces
under Republican Government changes IT, character
and moGtes its nature ana plans OF acton it ought to
remove the bad Of al ils-ignO.ance-
whence issue alternately despotism and denagog-
inferiority OF our national education which has
brought us to reverses; How can we expect that
whose only knowledge of society is obtained
from that aspect which rritates tbem-that of in
sufficiently paid labor-should not become embit-
tered and OF length allow their passions 70 burst forth
in the public pacesl Therefore declare that there will
be peace repOse and order until all classes OF society
shall he led 10 participate In the benefits Of civilization
and knowledge, and shall consider their Government
legitimate emanatiOn OF their sovereignty and not
jealous ana greedy master Uhul then, by continuing
in the fatal course in which we engaged, you will
oceHps 9etdt ana sometimes The auNiliaTies
OF violence in the streets and we shall re
scious and misguided mHltitudes destroying everything
around them, and without respect for memorials of
faction of impossible desires and therefore them
selves by heapilg mp ruins Then we shall do vel to
responsible for the caastrorhos which break their
midst, Just as those badlygOverEed towns which allow
icnees which ensue" As for political error or in the
peasant 1t has the same origin as in the workman
tie monarchial parties, 10 the Bourhons turn TO the
peasant ana disguise tnG pretenses while ths pc asant
peculiar to the ptasant lie has been fod fepaaiadiy
leon He Is not man who can mark nice shades on dis
tnc0n he cOniOunds BOnapdFte and Revolution; he has
not mind for discrimination and criticism. but he
has perception of gross results end to know that his
grandfather bought the land and was able to Keep it
under Napoleon L., while under the invasion he was
neudced with the loss OF that farm, the defense of
which, under the Republic, he had heroically Shed his
blood saving at the same time his properly and his
country. TIE pea SaH knows all that. He also that
Whenever the restoration or the Old regime reappcars
tie DIVISION II not the possession, of land is meuaced
For my part have no fears OF what called the an
tagonsmS between the town and the country and far
fr0m believing III It's supposed pefpetuation, / reyer
5G9k OF &c 6G5 to re ar II sax ,at hGTe exists
who take advantage Of the iSnorance on the one
the creation OF dynasiic parties an Invention aud
speculation OF our enenics ana 10 VIII disappear boro
@ Il lined for The nrban indvidualitis with u Just
sll NJ influence
ton 70 nave no other desire than 10 do good ana TO
force Others to do it for feel desire greater than
that of exercising powers, and which Is to overlook an
sense. ana to see the most striking reioins accom-
plshed under the simple pressure Of ideas and public
Yiyseif l would willingly accept that task ADMIT.
under political condition IN which the kepnblio was
accepted legal Government; Tor against right there
only rise up icgitmae pet2nsi0ns and therc can
only be opposed to cast It down and udnple IL under
foot either consent obtained from Ignorance and weak
neS c1D II Hdi by prince, or an Instruction in the
streets In tha sense IL is that the Republic may be said
be above the aggression OF force or the caprice o he
multitude II the Republic il, pa. oIceiie,ce, the Gov
ent If right, cannot all parties une mitf st not
the only Government in which access to power Is open
to those Who nder thf a. eye OF publ; GPnoR, nave
fore, cannot We turn TO those VINO nave progressed oIn
ions contrary to the Republic, and say to them " An
Wel we only ask one thg OF YOU tHat - 10 aokhow,
edge when you snail have once recognized it, we viii
Willingly accept you at the head OF the Government, for
we wish 10 present the country that spectacle Of Re
pubcans by birth remaining III the Opposition, in tAe
hesOn Of the Republican party and the legitimacy OF the
Republic AID in the reforms il demands" That gen
deserves trial. From the day in which shall enter
that political system the Bepublic would not be in
danger even who before not very ardent
lovers it, But for that the Republican party must be
vigorously severe in matters OF principle, and at the
same time iudulgent 10 persons, and always ready
open the door to those who shan come over TO MS.
We viii admit that men may have abandoned their
ons social position accept sincerely the consequences
pf be
flexible. AL these things are possible if they hon
estly praCtised only say that on sch matters must
not he Satisfied with declarations alone. From the
that there is contradiction between the acts Of
the Government aud its public declarations that
Judge Of it, II this close watch is kept around the
Institutions he convinced that shall maintain tie Re-
public much better with Republican minority, firm,
energetic, and vigant toward the acts OF the majority,
than with lukewarm and inconsistent men, OK,
elusive with respect to persons, and easy to
accept compromises on principles. After this
he country Nv the reasons / have already in
dc3ted that at this moment there possibility TO at
tempt any DINER reforms han those OF education ana the
arning or The nation. On seeing hose two reforms
comr!ished, would wait patiently for the decision of
forred, and which are subordinate 10 the reaza-
WRat has low to be an" done capital z 10 nSe@s5
the blood, bones land ana marrow Of France To that
The people, DC sure, Will not begTUdge the millions
required Tor the education of those who suffer in
those whose designs tend only to monarchcal res
toratOns, To luxury and the Overburdenng Of the
cOuntTy-that, by the way, gentlemen is OF the
why monarchy cannot be restored in France
cannot AFFORD It, We shall have thus solved the mos,
vital of oil problems, which may sum up follows
We shall have cqualsed all classes, dssipated pre-
tended antagonsm between town and country, supN
pressed parasites, and, by the diffusion Of KNOWLEDGE
among al, have restored to the country its
political yieor You will have thus effected a double
Insurance; the against crime, 10y the elevation Of
the standard of morality; tho other against the
risks Of revolution, by giving satisfaction
hand, and TO legitimate aspirations the Other
SucL IS the programme, at the time radical and
conservative, that the Rfpuphc alone can carry out
Them throughout the world, the friends OF France may
be rcossurod she will issue reSencrat.d from those