New-York tribune., 1872-10-12

preudices have hitherto been for constitutional mon
archy gathers special Significance rom tho occasion OF
its publication NJ Perer lately received, IA guests at
his country seat the Count Of Paris and somo other
members OF the Orleans family. As no doubt was Gu
tertained Of tho sincerity and solidy Of the already
pronounced Republican convictions OF the host IL
was believed that tho visit TO member OF tho Lett
Center was sign, proof OF the conversion OF 'o
| guests IL was conceived that the Count OF Paris
| more modern man than his uncles, might be enough
man OF his time heed its signs sink tho Preender 10
riso the patriot and by his individual ncs
| almost assure tho establishment Of sonu
| Conservative Government for his eoun"J
After his remuneration nothing would be left 10 no d"
yet unconverted upper bourgeose ana cohSus"'O"a '
monarchists but TO unite with the Conservative 'Po
cans, union against tho strength OF WHICH iHo.'o"o
Bonapartiss, Bourbons, and rannS Reds separately Vi
in partial coalition would struggle In yan' Hero was
something to tempt tho young maps hgh amDuoh' anu
why should not he TO whom tho partsans OF MS roya
claims attribute remarkable mental endOWheht anu cur
turc and the highest moral qualities have enough sense
and patriotism TO the situation and accept the only
solution of H. as do older men, friends and counseors
and ancient snpporers-men like P6rler and Theirs ana
R6musati 1t was noticed oo in further COMBINATION
of the possible hope Of such action on bis part that o
more than year there have been unreuted runors
Of dissent certain points between him ana MS uhce
d'Aumale the seeming political director OF the family
Finally, some commentators lay stress on tho negative
fact that the OeanSt Pretendor having done or ssu
IN the political way and publicly in the last two years.
absolutely nothing he has neither done nor said any
thing to preclude his doing something OF TINS SORT
Taking occasion of these comments on the Visit 10 wrte
the letter. NJ P6rer 1t in their respect only to say
that he has nothing TO say Of the Princes political opin
IONS but profits by to set forth his own In the satsao
tory manner illustrated by tho quotation above IL IA
hardly necessary add tnat tnU Count OF rars ana MS
unces enthusiastically slip this latest in long series
OF fine opportunities TO tell their fellow FTenchmen what
definitely are their political opinions.
Mr.. Ell. L1boulaye begins in the Debats today BIS
carefully elaborated series Of studies "The Situation
and the Parties of France" The general spirit and drift
OF them may guessed from his PREDATORY letter to the
editor Uere are two of its indicative passages:
at seems to me that tho first duty Of citizen, emi
nenty OF deputy, at the present tme Is 10 ascertain
the needs OF France ana the staIg oi opl,on ~
seek after the best means for Transforming INTO Ies
government provisional condition that cannot DC great
lv prolonged to direct attention to the problems IN
vOlvedin the organization OF the conservative lepuDe
problems that are more numerous anu comp tan is
generally supposed. For 50 years now we have been
ruined by Illusions it is high time for us TO turn away
| unless mean TO recommence the long series
| OF deceptions and misfortnnes These are INC
serious questions propose To study" But nothing Is
further from my thoughts than 70 present new pOnu-
cal system TO the public What would OIer loI ie w
Cos ernment aud ending with the revolutionary spIii'
is the experience of free ATOMS M0narchlst 0rIepn1
can, all parties live on the pasimthat is on memories,
regrets, grudges preudices" "Whether we IKE OF eo
HDS ISSe1 Ao Who IS Il tat uteTs this suspicious phrase
CHRISTIAN priest and martyr-Father Captler. Others
nav lack the political faith of the Rev. Father Caper
but every should be aware that is now TOO ato 70
choose BY democracy we must hye OF die, ~, wOou @
like 10 show that the organization OF demOcTauc gov
eminent a problem that has been solved IN America
and elsewhere"
This expression of opinion also gathers significance
from the time and other extrnsc circumstances OF It's
uterance Always Liberal in a reforming, never in
revolutionary spirit NJ. LabOulaye, kindred with Eras-
mus not with Luther Republican under the En-
pre is 10 doctrnare Republican now More regardiul
of things than labels, his objective s the same now as
then-liberal insttutons but in working for them he
fully realizes and gladly admits that the change from the
Imperialism to the Observation-Disclosures, and to
his tranquil nature peculiarly painful in the operating
| eIninently favors the attainment
The time fixed by treaty within which the people OF
the annexed provinces may have their option between
becoming German subjects remaining French citizens
terminates with this month. The options of the Alsa
tans and LOrrainers more numerous than was ex-
| pected-pcrhaps than TO be expected. 1t may bO
that the practically serious obstacles opposed TO the
prompt legazaton Of their declarations OF nationality
are to be laid TO the account OF the crowd Of app
cans whose multtudeIthe Prussan authorities had
not calculated and to whose extra pressure Prussan
official fQrmalty could not If 1t would hastily adapt
itself may be- too, that the belief nearly universal
with the French sensitive and irritable not 10 say pas
| sionatey prejudced in the case) that the Prus-
sian Government strains the treaty stipua-
| tions for option to hard literal construction,
|
with ngenlousy calculated cruelty has support in
fair consideration of facts. The unquestOnable points
in this matter Of option arethat the number OF young
OF Alsace and Lorraine who wish 10 remain French
Is very large; that the process of getting this wish for
them great deal OF time and troubles that the
conquest being triumphantly restored to the inerna-
tiona code of latest civilization, is bitterly felt wrong
by Frenchmen forced TO rest in the annexed prov
| inces and by all Frenchmen outside Of them.
fresh point prickng into those on the French side
OF the question has provoked irritation here these
last days. The celebrated author Edmond AbOct went
out one day last fortnight TO his house and lots at SveTne
in Alsace, 20 miles from Strasburg. After more
than weeks residence there, his house night
/ surrounded by military force and he next morning
was extracted from 1t by Prussan police taken
burg and incarcerated there III prison rOOm the samo
assured which was once occupied (snce 1881 by
stupdy reckless conspiratOr OF Srasburg who after
Providentia Savior OF Society The this arrest
has been the sensation OF the week. The only eXpana
ton OF It yet made public. although apparently well
authenticated, does not TO be crediDly possibly
genuine. Mr.. Edmond About bought and built up his
pretty home place Saverne years Born and being
French 10 tip Of his pen, he became Alsatian by
choice OF residence at Saverne which was pucked and
harled carly in the 1t Is not surprising that
he should have had certain warmth OF patriotic and
personal feeling, that he should have expressed IL in
ser1es OF fartcles-partculary in OF them-prned in
the feuilletOn OF Paris newspaper in the Autumn Of
1871 Honorable persons who think they know do this
has been this quite singulary solemn manner, seized
and imprisoned by Prussian authorities for that Paris
publication. W. II. II.