, 1873-05-01
THE FRENCH ELECTION,

he hoad of whom Ia II. Thiers. Tho contoat
vas a remarkably closo and blttor ono. Tho
nomination Of II. Barodot wns considered to DO
! diroct attack upon II. Thiore, and, consequent
", tho Conservatives, under tito impulse Of this
dangor, ralliod to tho support Of
II. nemuHat. Tho Temps, France, Opinion
Nationale, Constitutional, and Aonitcur, all
advocated his election with great earnest
noan. III. Remusat himself wont Oh far
as he could toward proclaiming himself Repob-
lican, undor tho advice Of Ii. ThiorB, who thus I
showed tho first aigna Of wcaknoss by offering |
to make concession to tho Loft. Tho 1atoBt
foreign papers contain an address BY n. Rouu-
that to obtain tho su1fragos of tile Capital OF |
franco would BIO tho Inst object Of 1lH ambition |
and tho most precious Of all rewards. |
He has always desired liborty found |
cd on law, not on perpetual revolution,
and has hold that no government can DO durable |
except moderate one, deriving it's strength
from the confldonco of tho country. United by |
ffty years Of friendship to tho President Of tho
Republic, ho has adopted with conviction and
supported with fidelity thu policy 30 often act
forth by n. Thiors in his speeches and messages,
Up to this pout, tho address is clearly con8crya
Two. Tho ronaindcr, however, throws out a
tempting bnit to the Republicans, which WAS pro-
parod and authorized at a Cabinet ueoting. Tho
address says tho policy Of II. Thiore has made tho
Republic stable Government, and Il now ro-
quiroa completion by measuroa long since an-
nouncod mud recently taken Into consideration
by tho Assembly. Those measures, according to
tho Presidents Intentions, can have no other
object than to organize and consolidate
tho Republican Government by regular In
Rtitutiona conformallo to tho experience
Of all time and founded on The integrity ofuni-
uersal suffrage" This proclamation, however,
evidently came too lato to prevent tho nomina-
ton Of Barodet and especially to prevent the
Steele, which crculatoa largely in tho wino-shops
and among tho people, from supporting him. It
came out boldly in hin faro., uviaontly diHgustod
at tho tomporizing Of III. Thiers or olse
disbclieving tho sincerity OF hia offers
to tho Ropublicana. After auch manifest COT
date was mortifying to tho Government. Els
election by vory decided majority in tho City OF
Paris is not only mortifying, but posHeBRoa =
dangerous Significance, which tho Conserve '<iye
pross has already commenced to Indicate. The
Monarchical papers tnko tho aar4e view,
and declare that tho Conservative Republic
Is dead, In thia connection, tho Iocent oircula]
Of Prince Napoleon to his CorsicAn constituents
which also c1osos with m appeal in favor Of uni
vorsal suffrage, is Of interest. Tho Prince says
"Wo are prescribed because wo aro Toured
| Napoleon twice saved Franco. OutBIdo tht
Donapartist party thoro o11at only two rainori.
tioa-ono wishing tor order without Democracy
(the Control, tho other Democracy without Or
name Of Napoleon cannot bo baniahed from th
heart Of the people," Wllilo tho election doc
not afford much comfort to tho Right, It Ia vor
strong proof that the people Of Paris do no
place value upon tho services OF III. Theirs 0
his Government sufficient to induea them t
place any reliance upon their protostations i
regard to measures necessary to tho stability Q
tho Government. 4 ohaugo Of Ministry, pani
on tho Dourao, and tho placing OF armed patrol
in tho streeta Of Paris, growing out Of tho clo<
tlon OF q Radical Republican, and Monazchlst
) advocating extreme Republican measures at th
Hamo time, aro not vory aattcring signs for I'll
, Conservative Ropup}io. The Reme element
/ Which arc at work in Madrid undermining tt
Spanish Government seem also to be Ct work
, Paris 1t may not be Impossible that bot
Madrid and Paris may yot tan into tho hands
, tho oxtrome Ropubl icauH-an event which,
tho nature OF things, nuat bc followed by Il
4 ovoutual triumph Of tho MonarchiBta.