, 1872-01-09

NAShu, II pGOplC WEI6 nOE 0nIl0ed &c wade 10
our shops to pay for what they required in pa
per-" the great Baron being Haussmann,
and the only interest which this enlightened
Partisan takes in the political system under
which he lives depending upon the amount of
the months receipts. l tind the following view
common with this class that NJ. Theirs is at
heart a Monarchist; that he, therefore,, wishes
to disgust the people with the Republic that
moment the snow began to fall he saw his op-
portunity. II will allow the snow to remain
said he, cunningly, "and show the Parisians what
their Radical Municipal Council is worth, and by
means of the Hooded cutters of Paris will | float
the country back to Monarchy" This is about
the average conception of a great stroke of poll
cy among this particular GLASS, and they are con-
frmed in this opinion by the fact that the Pre-
feet Of the Seine and the Project Of Police have
had a quarrel over this especial subject, and
that M Ranc, encouraged by the fact that be
has not yet been arrested, has taken it up. AS
for the President himself, the Paris BOURGEOIS
~labours, as l have said, under the STRANGE delu-
sion that he is still a Mouarcbist, and is insidi-
ously trying to bring back the Orleans family
secretly, by opposing them openly. "What
stronger proof Of his affection for the family
could he give than by preventing the Princess
from taking their seats in the chamber and by
keeping the streets full of snow ?" say thew.
ms Is the last great combination which is to
Dflng about an Orleans restoration, and it is use
leSs' to try to convince the burge0ls of the Boul-
eVard to the contrary. To a less prejudiced OBJ
server the late policy OF the Government seems
rather directed towards an Imperialist than an
Orleans Restoration. The Minister of the In
terror has given NJ. Rouher an immense lift in
Corsica by first violating the law in regard to
the date Of the elections in that island, and then
sitting discussion by forcing a vote on the Or
der OF the Day. These are tactics which will
not succeed 10 the long run, either in the Cham
Der or out of it. The laws of the Empire hav-
ing been abrogated, it is in the worst possible
taste to invoke one of them, which is in every
respect Objectionable aud anti Liberal, for the
express purpose of taking advantage of it's arbi-
trary and unconstitutional character. The eff
feet Is to give the Imperialists the grievance
they desire, to publish to the country at large
shat NJ. Theirs is afraid of NJ. Rouher, and to
disgust the House, which, while intensely anti
Imperialist, has a truer instinct for legality than
the Government. The Deputies feel indignant
when the latter has made a mistake to have
the Order of the Day forced upon them as if
they were school children, and to be exposed to
the alternative either of voting against it, and
thus compelling the resignation of the President
or of endorsing a policy they disapprove. But
this is not the most reprehensible feature of the
system by which, while calling itself Parliamen-
tary, the Government seeks to impose its will
upon the Assembly. The effort invariably is to
avoid Parliamentary discussion. A "question
6rulamie'' is never to be allowed to come before
the House, but is usually referred to a Commits
sion, and it is upon this Commission that the
whole weight Of the Government is brought in
the most unconstitutional manner to bear. For
instance, there is the much debated question of
the translation of the seat Of Government to
Paris. Much may be said in favour of the Gov
eminent view in this matter, much that it
would be desirable for the country to hear.
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