Litchfield enquirer., 1872-05-02

er-o69cio members of the Senate to pc the President of the Republic on leaving of- flee; ex-cabinet ministers of i've years standing the Chief Judges of the Conr de Cessation, Cour des CoInptes, ana III bunal de Commerce.; the HrocuEeuIs Generaux of the Cour. de Cassaslon, anu Cour des Comptes member elected out of each of the five classes of the Institut de France the Doyen and sub -Doyan of the Faculty of Medicine the Archbishop of Paris, and four prelates elected by the Episcopacy; and the three senior Gener- erals and Admirals on active service. A President of the Republic elected by the two Chambers for a term of seven years, and not re-elgible.* 4. Complete separation of Church and State. A
 5. Liberty of the press and of public meeting.
 6. Trial by jury in civil cases, where desired by either of the suitors and ao- olition, in criminal cases, of ''Ilnstructlon Sccrcte. '' 'sSs sHfx efE. '. Munieipal independance each Mu- nicipal Council to elect it's own Mayor 8. Appointment of Prefects for term af five years, subject to goood behavior; and abolition of all sub-prefectorates 9. Compulsory military service for all ab1e-bodied citizens.
 10. Compulsory education
 II. Payment of such Senators and Dep ! uties only as shall make an affidavit that ! their income is below twenty five thOus- and francs. zss ere .. 12. Establishment of divorce, and sim plifcation of the marriage laws men to
 be considered. of age at twenty. one, in-
 stead of twenty five, and free to marry at ! that age without sanction from parents. ' rfi 1 cles that followed the above, which were only the more prominent items of a pro- | gramme that embraced reform and re- ! constitution, in all its branches,-the re- ! casting of the judicial system alone ab- sorbing 8 couple of dozen paragraphs. Never had the members of the cabinet ! twirled their pens so disconsolately over their plotting bookss Why was this new Cochin China minister always breaking | out in fresh places after this fashion, Most rueful of all to behold, too, were the Republican ministers. If this pro- I gramme were pushed to division in the
 cabinet the could not well help support | ing 1t and this must lead to a trial of
 strength, after which one or other section ! of the cabinet must retire. And they were all so comfortable where they were,
 and the compromise system, that had been in force for @ year, had worked so | we'll and there really was so little need | for sensational programme, or for re- l form in any shape An icy silence fol ! lowed the reading of the document, and the great parsonage sitting at the head of
 the table wiped his brow despairingly with
 his silk handkerchief. The count had not been quite able to understand the silence, | but he understood the handkerchief; one
 has not been man of the world all one's | life for nothing. He arose with an agree | able, though very superficial smile, and ! said their Excellencies would have time ! to think about it. Then the council be- 1 ing over, he went out and drove to the House.
 l But he knew that his days in the Cabinet
 were numbered, perhaps even his hours.
 If not sacrificed by the compromise pro- | clivities of his colleagues, he would retire ! of his own free will; for what could he do ! in cabinet where every effort of patriot | ism on his part was rebuffed? It must be
 noticed that the count, being Q French
 man, was little imbued with the parlia-
 mentary spirit, based on mutual conces-
 sions, and the strong pull, the long pull,
 and the pull altogether system. He was ! little able to perceive the ludicrous fea-
 ture of g minister arriving with consti-
 tuition on foolscap, and demanding all his colleagues to swallow it entire, under pain I of cabinet dismemberment He did not
 stop to inquire what it would come to if every minister drew up constitution, nor how far government would be possible, I if each minister absolutely refused to con | sider office tenable unless all his schemes
 were submitted to by the rest. He en- l tered the House, and made very freezing
 answer, in fifty words, to the honorable member who wished to know about the
 Republican who had escaped from the
 hulks. Then, with his portfolio under
 his arm, he went to walk about the Galerie des Tombeaux, which acts as principal | lobby
 l A minister inspires so much respect to
 the French mind that deputies uncovered
 themselves right and left as Count de Ris passed, and many pressed forward to give
 him news of the Count de Chambord, or of the Count de Paris, or of Chiselhurst,
 hoping that such might please him, and ! perhaps induce him to make Q statement 1 indicative of Monarchist tendencies. NJ. Gambetta, also, having somehow heard
 that he had got to loggerheads with his colleagues, came and shook his hand very | cordially. But the count was not think ! ing of Chiselhurst, and he had but mod
 crate faith in M. Gambetta. Hewas look ing for some man of sober sense, by con !
 excited mind. He stumbled across an
 English newspaper correspondent, who
 was skurying along with 8 notebook in one hand, an umbrella in the other, and
 field-glass at his side. He knew this gen
 tleman, and stopped him. r5sa
 eff you wished to found Q republic in
 England, monsieur he asked, Chow
 should you do it?'
 "We have republic, !" smiled the cor
 respondent: "every country where freedom
 exists with a respect for the law is re-
 public. The style of the person who
 nom1naily governs matters little. :" "fhen, how do you define republican,
 ism?" .sfr -
 'sIt is indefnable," answered the Eng
 hshman; ''but is practicable to those who
 hold to substance instead of shadow
 The correspondent vanished, he and his
 held-glass; and the minister walked on un-
 til he came to the model of Bayard's tomb,
 where, scribbling notes in book resting 1 on the head of that warrior, stood chrO1l-
 tQue,w of the Cig0re, M. Timoleon Tar tine. It was M Tartine who had written
 that the counts trousers were ill-cut. He
 would have escaped if possible; but the count had taken him unawares, so he bra
 zened it out.
 II know have been attacking your Ex-
 celency," he laughed; ''but I had a
 grudge against your tailor, an old enemy
 of mine.
 'fYou shouldn't attack those who arc
 for freedom of the press, as am; besides, trous CTS are not politics"
 They are French politics" answered
 M. Tartine; 'but," added he in huge dis I gust, freedom of the press, who cares
 for that, M. le Comte Every day of my
 life, and of Sunday in church, when i
 go there, I pray'for press-law which may
 make of journalists something higher in
 the social scale than they are now. Some
 year ago, held my head high; had | been twice imprisoned. and every lina