Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-02-22
The House of Orleans,

The House of Orleans,
The new order Of things in France renders
the prospective succession to the head of the
government somewhat interesting, it having
been almost positively settled by the result
Of the late election that the monarchial form
is still to be preserved. The Orleanists and
the Legitimists Cor Bourbons) having formed
coalition to defeat the Republicans and the
Imperialists, and having succeeded, the
House Of Orleans, driven from the French
throne twenty-five years ago, and now rep
resented in the person Of Count de Paris,
grandson of Louis PHILIPPE d'Orleans, will
in all probability be reinstated.
The revolution of 1889 caused the crown
of France to pass from the Bourbon branch
Of the Capetian Kings to the Orleans-BOur-
bon branch-Louis PHILIPPE, who assembled
the throne that year, being descendant, IN
the fifth generation, from the brother Of
Louis XIV-tbe Henry the Great which the
French had always idylized. As before stat
ed, the Count de Paris Is the present repre-
sentative of the Orleans branch Of the B0ur-
bon family
The Legitimist or Bourbon branch is only
represented By the Due d'Chambord, who by
direct succession would be Henry V. He is
married but chiIdIess, approaching old age, and
has lived for many years in Geneva, Switzer-
land, under an assumed name. Any one
who can comprehend the distinction between
the u Green Mountain = Morgan and the
" Woodbury. Morgan will readily under
stand which Is the - better Morgan in this
case But on whichever side the advantage
of g blood - may rest, the latter having
transmitted none of his, and being himself
too old to mount throne, the young Count
dc Paris, who is perhaps 80 years of age, is
no doubt . the coming man after the Ger
mans are through And as many citizens of
the United States set eyes on the dethroned
Imperialist and lived, SO did many Of our
soldiers, including Vermont boys, in the
earlier period Of the rebellion, behold the
coming King Of France, who with his broth
er Robert d'Orleans, served on the staff Of
Gen Mcclellan, with the rank of Captain.
Since making the above notes the arrival
of the Count of Chambord at Brussels is an
nounced, and his appearance is promised tc
mean a contest, in which he cannot hope tc
succeed, for the French throne. He is the
:. miraculous child" whose posthumous birth
saved the line Of French Bourbons from ex-
tinotion. He is accounted wealthy, and hall
century after the murder Of the Duke o.
Berri, his father, he returns to vex the Or
leanists, but that he can compete with theil
greater resources is hardly to be supposed.
The talk Of a Provisional Republic with
Theirs as President, only reyives the ghosts
of former efforts in that direction, and gives
no weIl-founded hope for a permanent Re
publican success. NJ. Theirs as politician
has always been a soldier of fortune, and BY
turns monarchist and republican. lie fgur-
ed as a supporter Of the Orleans dynasty and
then as a leader of the opposition to Louie
Philippe, but finally endeavored to save him
when the revolution broke out, and gave II
his adhesion to the Republic when that be
came the source of power. He voted foI
Louis Bonaparte for President, plotted
against the Republic, and now comes out a,
the heaviest champion Of another Republic
which promises place and position. Surely
the trimmers and time-serving politician
are not all absorbed by the United States
but how much stability any kind of a gov
eminent might hope for under such head i
question that might well suggest doubts.
4 dispatch received by Secretary Fish sat
urday afternoon announces the election of NJ
Theirs by the national assembly Chef d
Pouvoir Execute de la Republique Francois
with power to choose his council over whic
he Will preside. Favre will continue az min
lister Of foreign affairs