New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-08
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS

pAMBETTES ELECTION DECREE Nh'''--'
MEMBERS OF THE PARIS GovERNMhNi nv prp
- ,>-v, ,,r,AToRY SPEECHES ID iNhD
,Yn,,c,xe IN PARIs-ANoTHEk honi-
T,rpp, w,vrEp-FRANCE CAN oNAi
SAVED BY THE GUTLLoTlNh' ,0-,
LONDON Tuesday Feo y i0'i'
-. paqas, and Emanuel Arago
NIL - - this morning from Paris NJ
C-1,u;orv who left Bordeaux last h's"' w ",''
80. ool,ooones of the Paris Government Oh 'ne
ronte and retained with 'lein -,
,,,,.rs Of the Paris Government lmmedi-
e., ,beir arrival in Bordeaux, telegraphed
rr.sects of all the Departments last night
.nnuIljpg the Bordeaux:decree of the Slst OF
T,ry rolative to electoral dsqualiticatons as IN
no.tible with the principle of universal suffrage
IN. Paris decree of the Goth of January is main
tanned.
1,;pister Ftenne Afago has issued a circular III
,rb;cb he maintains the validity of the DEGREES
,,oling members of families once regnant and
immortal oiice-holders ineligible to the Assembly
The circular adds that the decree of exclusion
extends to all members of the Bonaparte family
The London telegraph has the following informa-
ton from inside Paris Sd inst: Although the cleo
.;o,s are TO occur on Wednesday next, up to the
nresent time everythinghis Sin confusion, with
general tendency to reject the members OF the Gov
eminent of National Defense. The meetings winch
sre held in various halls becoming more demon
strative Some of the speakers demand the
arrest and trial ofa.tthose who surrendered
ut.. L Inv11l M
mttee has declared that the Government OF the 4th
of September should be arraigned by the National
Assembly to render an account Of their conduct Oh
the defense of Paris, and to give their reasons for
agreeing to the arnistice. The Committee also de
clare that no treaty ratiyngl the cession of Asaoe
and Lorraine should be signed and that Paris should
continue her defense and refuse to capitulate
At q meeting in the Sale de Ia RENE Blanche one
orator declared that France demanded Robespie1Te,
and that the guilotne alone could save the country
This sentiment was received with enthusiasm by the
audience. The Deputies who favor the continuation
of the war are loudly appauded atgal the meetings
Gen. Trochu declined the candidacy for the Assem-
bly, in letter in which he says: 81 only consented
to retain the Presidency of the Government because
it was my duty to share with my colleagues the
common responsibility. am about to be discharged
from it, and my part must finish with the events
which gave it birth" The meeting at which this
letter was read shouted as with one voice, The
members of the Government are towards"
The following are among the candidates of the Re
publican Alliance, the Central Republican Union,
and the international Workmens Association: Louis
Blanc. Victor Hugo, NJ. Rollin Felix Pyat, Henri
Rochefort. and NJ BIissac, the editor lie Combat
NJ. Delescluze, at a meeting in the Casino Gail
lard in Paris, declared that the Government were y
bandits. who had sold Paris. He also denied that
there had been any Prussian victories before the
city, and demanded that the elections be held forth
with in Paris.
The walls of Paris are placarded with such inscrip-
lions as d" has les Democrats" The ultra Radicals
repudiate Victor Hugo Louis Blanc, and Rollin and
favor Pyat, Deescluze and Timaldi for the National
Assembly.
German officials in France have been instructed
to abstain from the exercise Of vigorous censorship
over the French press while the elections pend
ing, and many journals which had been suppressed
or had refused to appear have resumed publication
The municipality of Ronbaix have nullifed the
Bordeaux election DEGREES.