The New York herald., 1872-12-20

way and recognize and acknowledge o. thing be-
s Isse py s
snce or coalition with tho republican minority In
the Chamber; or else that y. Theirs must seperate
from the Right and initiate policy clearly reac-
tionary. He has acted on half measures either
puSnacioas and obstinate Right, profoundly appre-
henstve that the country e slipping away k0M It,
means 70 strike while striking can be easctivs. .
speculate, but the indulgence Of speculative
fancy In this field should be avoided BY ali who
Is
easy. This is especially the case II the specuators
have to make the Atlantic trip, since the telegraph
news and may make 1t ridiculous altogether. Il Y
at present true that events In France are SO muSn
surprise 4 in the next fourteen days we should have
a social republic with wholesale massacres OF the
Turas, and an army 80 divided between its ten. en-:
Monarchy as to be useless for tho preservation OF
order, or monarchy declared at Versailles, with
other hand, though it would be more surprising It
is yet very possible that Thiers finding the Right
more obstinate than himself may yield 1t last and
40 A POSSIBLE COUP D'srAr.
Should Theirs yield, accept the programme Of
substantial triumph win enormously encourage
and strengthen the partisans Of monarchy; but on
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country. and out OF that ierment disturbance
wond III ,ns,yitab s,a come Should Thers however
quasi republican policy the Right, obstinately per-
sisting In annoyance where 1t cannot force .
possible, and WIN thus present case that win
Justify Iniers 10 the extreme measure Of dissolu-
Sn q ysa ne s7 Ass1S sss S BEEN y sSS
Gated BY the London Times II would be strange
to see the Republlc-above all the Thiers' Repub-
founded bis dictatorship, and which, in France,
has led the way to two empires or course the
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state Of public opinion; but there was pretended
good purpose In all the other cases also, and who
can say that IN this more than In those there may
not be unfortunate stumbes oefore the steps Of the
new dictator bring on the next election5 More
may be accidents. With the Assembly removed
ert there VIII exist nothing having the sanction Of the
s Of Ud U 81
OF any soldier who will venture one bold stroke to
make another empire. For such man 1t will be
make new republic. How Bazaine may wish, at
this jIncture, that he had kept the good viii Of the
We now oe Gs q noas
it is Ducrot looms UP as the only figure with pro-
portions suited to the place. -s~
appears not to Be- on the cards is 4 per
tqpn tRa9 are sh TO T
triumph there is no doubt. because temporary
triumph Is to be won M In the assembly, where their
larger field and the country comes into the game
they must fail. In civil struggle the republicans
will overpower them and they cannot count upon
q repetition Of the Holy Alliance II any outside
Power interferes It win OF course be only Germany,
which holds mortgage on the country, and II the
Empire
An indication, however, has already been given
comes General Ducr0t's order issued to his SUBJ
ordinate commanders when the crisis began has
made for supplying the men with cooked rations
and ball cartridges In case II became necessary to
move colum at short notice "to maintain order.n
gendarmes OF the district to furnish him list or
the known repubhcans-in short q prescription
LIST These two orders are sufficiently significant
OF what may come if the country rises, as 1t Is
likely to, against the programme that the Com
mtttee OF Thirty shall present But it Is doubtful
Chisehurst will gather the fruit Of this military
preparation, for an alliance to the Bonapartes and
SitiOn.