New-York tribune., 1872-12-07


interpreted Had this patriotic author less years anu
honesty t might mean ct any rate he could safey iu
trate ts meaning by successful coup dtdt Inc mass
of the French people than any other WIN ali tne
revolutionary facility. impatient OF waiting I'D ho
ttude but they nevertheless quchy "e~y
OF their own agitation. and extremely aesnous l
OF even temporary repose. Ihey ia'ol i
partly because Of their intelligent perception OF nus a
Iy weldone work in high Office, much party peca"so
he is in tho highest Office lie is quite too honest od anu
sagaciousy ambitious TO attempt repetition Oh 'ne P'
which Lons Bonaparte had for years been renca sing U
fore his successful debut under partially but strhey
similar circumstances in 1851. Where the similarly
most striking between the Legislature OF 1881 ana the
nondescript Assembly Of to-day in respect OF he re"
tion TO public opinion
Poor old Cen Changarnier with his corsets and nicely
dressed false harhe and his kind exqustely SEN
stiye as to the dignity Of the body OF which they are
members and never hesitate 10 contribute their utmost
yyaoies OF personal vanity and reckless, petV party
passions 10 combine IN Of Its sessions e harmony
OF tho nursery and Donnybrook Fair, oil commune
Club and a Womans Rights Convention We all know
of scenes In the British Parliament and In the Amer
can Congress which we wish we dd not
But the brutal noise of them, however louo,
was never so shriu and discordaht hor 'no
infusion OF them disractedly tangled ana ploess
as those enacted the Versailles boards iast Monuay
To attempt the representation Of clear idea OF thein
goul bo eyinco az muCn I1duuesS he thO
the Assembly did venture only truthfully TO touch
on here and there point and feature of that solemn
row and its seeming presently accrued and future m
nent results Ministers, the President himself appeared
TO lose their heads " before 1t was over.
By proper parliamentary rule. strict observance or
which would have precuded its being moved Chahgar
nier,s interpellaton" simply asked the Government
10 explain its action in reference TO Gambetas speech
at Grenoble The question: implying OF course, com
laral aliotn ~ n
ment was pominally based the ground that tne
speaker had nsulted, with mpunity, the dignity OF
the Assembly IN speaking OF II as non-representa
tive Of the nation, fatally inefficient, noncon'
stituent and devoted 10 dissolution. AS lnauoita
bic propositions It is admitted that NJ yam
BETA was prevented, by rather strained apphca.lUn
Of legal means by Government from addressing puphc
,noo,ing at Cbambery; that he delivered the ncrim-
mated speeeh at private meeting OF individuals assem-
bled "under roof within walls" and with every otner
requisite legal limitation Of free speech that inc cross
ing OF these limits carefully observed by him ana MS
for the cake OF closing his mouth, would nave Deeh on
the part Of Government patent violation OF the laws Oh
TIC land that whatever abomnatlons ana uesoations
Issued from that bad mouth, they were, IN every iegsi
sense, the expression OF private Haus oPino"' " "
private circle OF friends
The queer lneIpcaDillty TO you is that 1he OoFein
ment did not meet this Interpolation on thisindispunpe
base and repe it in these words What we had egal
right and power do did in the way OF interdcuon
we have voluntarily added before the Commission OF
Permaneuce) our most full, thorough and earnest
deprecatlon and reproof; we are not and can't
be held responsible editors OF NJ. Gambettas
more or less detestable private opinions ana
10 close discussion on this mportuuate po.
TO say mpernen question YOU force on u.s. we demand
an order Of the day pure and simple" Ihat seems W
have been the original purpose Of NJ Theirs He hardly
goes beyond it in his speech In his second he was
3. 4. ,,,f ~ fragn
blow at Gambetta reassertion Of his own conservatism
and the chance of recovering the affections Of the Right
Center.
Finally what for eourtesys sake will style the de-
bate being exhausted, there were four orders OF te
day resolutions solvent OF the situation beiore inc
House. Intercaated with the various. In some cases
but decatcy shaded differences Of these motions there
were technical questions priority OF one over the
others What with distinctions OF principle and OF formal
procedure and the confusion, intensity, and fatigue
of the excited melee, 10 10 one OF the rev
clear things OF that days performances that
prettv much all the toregOne weary actors
from Theirs up and down had anything but clear views
OF what their votes meant. The Government rejected
that one of the four orders OF the day proposed in Its
OWN interest by Of It's most moderate and justly
respeeted supporters Admiral Juares. and accepted
another which was indeed passed between wlnd ana
wafer but TO nObodys satisfaction. IL expresses
barely enough confidence IN the Government as
IL has been, TO dissatsfy the extreme hgh''
enough Of blame Gambetta to ALLEVIATE the
advanced Left enough positive declaration to secure
hearty adhesion OF any party. The immediate enect was
to force the strangest OF bedeows together the purest
Iytramontane Letimists uniting with the purest ultr"
Democrats and Gambetta and ROuher were named
m the same negative list. The order OF the day
WAS passed by a lame majority OF 1H on general
vote In which but $50 Of the $50 members OF the Chaoer
took part nearly half of the whole House abstainng.
NJ Thers Sees and, more intensely than ever, feels
that such "A vote OF confidence secures him no base.
flo must and will have larger one or resign Because
he threatens to resign he will get it, for shall doubt Till
fact proyes It. that the numerical but discordant ma
oritv OF Monarchiss will the courage OF their
desires and dare undertake the formidable RESPONSE
bity before the country which they do not represent
of translenty carrying on its government 10 civil war
or Prssan tuteage. They have no heads OF their own
they have no royal head whom they can
nnite and 10 whom they submit "slates'
OF governing persons devised, or said to be
d.vised in caucuses OF the Right, are simply
to be inventored, sample news OF the day, mpracu
cal worthless, but significant of their dsarray sort
of military triumvirate, composed OF haeMahon Chan
GARNER and LAdmirault Is one OF those talked or un
der or with them are mentioned the Duke de Br0gue
and Duke d'Audrifet-Pasquer for Minister'S II serious
this would mean attempt at civil war; crushed by
military force with the reservation OF Bonapare for its
consequence. Doetrnare pariamentarians, blind devo-
fees OF constitutional monarchy no longer possible
IN France and fanaucal Legmsts are mad enough for
any transient folly but give them night TO sleep on IT,
and they wake up something this side Of mere stupid
folly
Although this may be decisive day Of the crisis
and we in Paris the hour Of writing, are yet Ignorant
OF what has been done is doing at Versailles don't
risk my reputation for prophesy in venturng TO divine
that NJ There President OF the Republic, will come
safe out of this contest; il is, perhaps, rather the
Assembly vet further weakened IN its moral or
otber authority The one man who has
relatively gained strength throughout this IDLY nerce