The New York herald., 1872-11-24

French to the manifest unfairness OF the
proceeding, that their commerce was enjoy
ing privilege that they did not accord to
ours, and that, while they had the utmost freedom
s N our ports We
their current fashion, to the financial burdens OF
the Empire and saying that, alter all, we did not
lose so much as our commerce was so SMALL The
matter nOated between the two cabinets for some
months, until 0,despatch arrived Announcing that
France Sy taxinS All Ppencn % sSips who came to
American ports. The effect was seen at once.
French commerce was at once affected by It. SWISS
to go IN any but French ships. All the American
trade has been flowing to Antwerp and
woas nave sainea ntsy Sm Ses SeT sen
cent tax upon American ships. England and
Belgium wall be aided by it, and there is no way Dy
sembly meets. The moral effect Of the incident ls
to show the folly Of these uncertain, sting duties
commerce OF two great nations to meet sudden
financial emergencies, and the wisdom ana beauty
OF free trade M Thiers has belief in free trade
lie wars upon IL as bitterly as he warred upon the
railroad system when 1t was hrst introduced INTO
France, and thinks free trade will niure the ma
has been reeeding from her Tree trade. and this,
among other lessons, viii do her statesmen great
good.
The Germans are edgng themselves out OF the
Champagne country. For time there was doubt
as to whether they meant really to go, and Paris
has been in q distressed state OF mind and ON all
sides one heard Of the German Derndy. BY the
terms OF che treaty the departments In the Cham.
pagne country we're to he evacuated on the 18th OF
OCTOBER provited;a half nilliard OF the indemnity
about one hundred millions OF d0ars) was paid.
The money paid at once but the Germans
would not move. There were all sorts OF rumOrs as
to their obstinacy in remaining They had not
Gsl on sas a ey had no
received more attention; the huts were
aS a S e sut ns snt was aas % dg
government did all IL could to sOothe the French
mind by announcing every morning In the news
dispatches that the Prusslan garrsons were about
10 gO--wOud 60 next day-and so on. There have
been many rumors as to political difficulties and SO
ON, and threats to return and occupy Paris even II
Germany were not assured that France had no In
tentiOn to renew the strife But take 1t these
come from the antipathy OF the French towards the
tories have not ceased to inspire In France. The
news now seems to be assured that the Germans
have gone to the vosges departments. NJ Theirs has
used every exertion to prevent the appearance OF
any incident that might deta1n the Germans The
newspapers have been constantly entreated to re-
strain their rhetoric; and the other day the editor
OF newspaper, who meant to print an article COM
pairing the occupation OF Paris by the Germanswth
the occupation OF Berlin by tho French was i'm
plOred TO desist. And he did. He was told he
might offend the Germans by recalling memory
OF Prussan despair and defeat But 1t Is also pos
sibie that the desire not to bring prominently to
lie OF NapOe0n's most grateful triulnphs had
the Germans this government breads nothing more
than pleasing the BOnapartists.
MILITARY POLITICS.
There was an 'incident" the other day which has
made an unusual cOmmOtion. Belgian journal
announced that number OF staff officers OF Gene
raj Cissey, the War Minister, had, in an idle and
thoughtless moment inspired by wine and dinner
perhaps, expressed their enthusiasm for the name
OF Napoleon and their desire for an empire. The
incident was denied strenuously; but the republi-
cans will not accept the denial. General CisSey Is
denounced as q BOnapartist, and his staff are mere
creatures of the Empire. GambettasjOurnals says
Sazaine Should @ have " seen the the "a arrest Of
Clssey. BaZaine, you must remember Is the
victim of all the Bonarparte sins, and
Cissey could have no sevcrer Judgment passed
upon him than this pronOuncement Of the organ Of
Gambetta. As it is the radicals will clam0r for
Cissey's head, and in appeasement, and to some
extent in anticipation OF the clamor, he has sent
the stan officer who was supposed to have longed
for Napoleon upon "private mission" to Algeria.
until the storm blows over. And, as If to add to
this we have an order from General DucrOt, OF all
eher ane en IN e W% Th exact m a wos as
they may be freely translated, are e-"As to those
with whom we batted step by step from the Rhine to
not absolutely break our hearts by tearing from
our bleeding hands the dearest children OF
France.n This coming from general made a pro.
found sensation. II was said tnat Won Arnim, the
PrussaD Ambassador, had demanded an official
disavowal OF 1t on the part OF the President But
likely, and would be an unnecessary humiliation
to Thiers, who has kept his own rhetoric well in
foolish % rhetoric as Arnim himself. But have ave
seen no rebuke to Ducr0t. Now, II NJ. Gam
BETA or Louis Blanc had yentured upon
this vein OF denuncation Europe would
have rung with angry wonder, and M. Theirs
would have shown amazing vg0r But DucrOt is a
soldier, ana the mission Of the conservative Re-
public is to strengthen o regular army as one of
the only two remaining conservative institutions.
The army is one and the Church Is another. 1t Is
only by the Church and the army that "sOciety can
be saved" And 30 the Republic strains every
nerve and oppresses the people with taxes TO
an army " tSat viii be an instrument Of power and
not representative OF the nation. So, when an
army officer insults Germany nothing Is said
Had 1t been journalist or q radical Deputy, what
would not have been saidp
THE WAR UPON TIE ARMY-A NEW QUESTION.
On the other hand, while Ducrot insults Ger
many, and does not say word about republic,
General ChanZy issues an order which Is more
temperate. Chanzy is the leader Of the Left
Centre, which might be called 'mouse-cOlOred" re-
publicans, neither very red nor black nor white,
but mingng of many tinis and he assisted in
saving society by commanding one Of the divisions
which suppressed the Commune. ChanZy says
nothing that 1t would be useful to note. France,
he is convinced, needs great virtues and the army
parties; must serve the government as its sword,
obeying, like the sword tue VIII OF Its master AZ
the same ms while aheve onanzy adares his
the embodiment of oil civil and military
virtues, he himself prints an address as
leader OF the Lett Centre-the mOusecolOred party
before neutrality-suspicious. his programme There
is to be Vice President, in case Of Theirs death
limit to the Presidency, and perhaps an arrange
ment by which the Assembly Shall continue three
years-One-third OF the members being elected an
nualy, just as one-thlrd OF our Senate Is elected
biennially. In the meantime the republicans
assured by the recent elections, are making ready
for war upon the Assembly They claim that it
represents nothing; that its work was done when
the loan was assured. that it represents France In
q panic or rather In a passion OF terror
from the Germans; that it would, ip Its
inmost soul, prefer the Count OF Chamb0rd
as King and the Count de Paris as Dauphn
to any other form OF government II Theirs was
quite certain that Gambetta would not control the
new Assembly he would advise the present to dis
solve. But the elections show that a new class OF
men would assemble in Versailles in response to
new electoral summons-a class given to the Re-
public and meaning TO assure it, no matter what
may be the consequences-wth no kind feelings to
Church army, any institutions Tor "the saliva
ton Of society,"" The army is not loved by radical
France. The difference between this army and
that of Prussia s that here the army is something
apart frOm the people--an institution by ITSELF
without the right OF suffrage under the new law !;
Taught to regard itself as claSs-an exclusive re-
served, privileged class-and to be simple sword
In the hands OF the ruler. In the hands Of NJ
Theirs the army would be q toy, not weapon.
What woud it be in the hands OF a man like Napo-