New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-09
slirht hr merely Withdrawing from public life.

and condemning himself to "a course of sulk-
ing and yachting. When the Empire fell, he
fell with it, and really exhibited somo
little energy in his denuncations of
the Men of September, whose &C
ton bad cost him his revenues and his
rank. But his Nominations afforded little
more than amusement to the public, who were
used TO fine words from the faneant Prince.
Ii waS not reasonable and not quite digniRcd
for the Republican Government to be startled
into an ilegality by the advent in Franco Of
this clever and indolent gentleman. His ban
ishment was clearly illegal There is no law
making ii crime for Bonaparte TO live in
France. There was nothing in the cireum-
stances of the case TO justify this resort to
arbitrary force. NJ Theirs himself said,
in effect, when he laid the affair before
the Committee of Permanence, "The Prince Is
mot a dangerous man; he is simply incon-
'veDient" To the venerable and able Chief
of the Executive Power, this seems reason.
enough to explain any exercise OF authority.
He prohibited meeting at La Rochelle, where
Louis Blanc was to deliver lecture. NJ.
Blanc printed his lecture, which was full Of
wise and moderate counses 10 the republican
would have done no worse il no had been let
alone. He has not popularity enough to fight
against the current. He would have been
more likely to have become Radical Repub-
lican and beaten tho Imperialist candidate
from Corsica at some future election. .
When the movement in France toward the
consolidation of the Republic is marching for
ward so steadily and hopefully, it is sincerely
to be regretted that any difference should
arse between its different supporters. 1t Is
not now possible to doubt that President
Theirs is honestly and cordially devoted to the
establishment of the Republic. IL is not that
he prefers it to another form of government.
lie makes no such professions. He only says,
what all sagaciOus men can see, it is the only
possible system for France. Any restoration
would mean civil war. This fact is more and
more clearly recognized by all intelligent
Frenchmen, while the masses long ago ac-
cepted it with that instinct of self-preserVa-
ton which leads them to stand by the system
which offers least prospect of change. But
while the moderate and conservative body OF
the citizens. recognize this, they still regard Nj.
Gambetta as the evil spirit in person Even
so Independent and liberal man as M. Ernest
Renan, in recent speech before the CayOur
Club in Rome, expressed his adhesion to the
" Republic of NJ. Theirs, but not the Republic
"of NJ. Gambetta" 1t is very difficult to see
exactly what is the difference between these
two suppOsititious forms of government.
There has been as yet no breach
between the President and the ex-Dictator
on any matter of principle. NJ. Theirs has
expressed his decided disapproval of VI. Gam
bettas speech at GrenOble, and has prohibited
his speaking at Chambery. But it il the tone
and tendency of his discOurses the appeal to
class and sectarim prejudices-in short, the
stump element-which the President finds in
them which causes him to condemn them. But
NJ. Gambetta, like some other great people we
know, has two styles of OratOry-One for the
rural districts, and one for the Parliament. In
the Palais- Bourbon there is no man who talks
with more sense and discretion. 1t il to be
hoped that there will be no rupture of the re-
lations between the President and the leader
of the Republican party. They have need OF
each other. The time il not for disfnnt ,l"~
the provisional form of government VIII be
laid away, and the permanent Republic will
be set on foot. The overwhelming success of
the Republicans in the partial elections shows
clearly what an imposing majority the Repub-
lie will have in a full Congress when France
is allowed to express herself freely as to her
future destinies AS long as NJ Theirs and NJ.
Gambetta both live they are reasonably sure
to fill important functions in the political life
of the country. They could hardly annihilate
each other. if they tried. 1t would therefore
be folly for them to neutralize their great
powers by exerting them against each other,
instead of in favor of liberty and peace.