, 1873-12-28

A1hAEt nQlIA EHttlGI HlllEk@fY DlQtHtOfs
ship, OF evon tho Commune, than tho abaolutism
OF tho old bourbon rllc.,
For tlno tho struggle will. 60 on botwoon
tho two great pnrttop,-thozo who cnll thom-
solvos LegitEmlats ind ttloso who fanoy tloy nro
Republicans: MEANWHILE thero Ia n third faction
whiting and hoping for tho Inauguration Of tho
rolgn Of tho
EMrERoR NAPOLEON w., ..
M Ml,o ta now boy Of Ii years, going to school In
: II Froneh Liberals had nny just conception Of
what Republican form Of uovornment roaly
is, thoy might 1nuator atrongth and in
huonco enough to try tho experiment. But they
are gnoranst md utterly unGonseoas
prosidont md Assembly, elected by universal
suffrage, with tho Ministry responsible to tho
minority pnrty in the Asaombly; with al oxoou.
tive power concentrated in tho hands Of the Chief
enforce "ordor and auppross liberty Of tho
press and Of spoeoh. This sort of government
ts IN lnoongrtiity and an illogical piooo, Of ma
;clinory. It is too strong for Republic, and 1t
1oxibility Off Constitutional Monarchy, in whiol,
Tho King belongs to no party, but rules
through a Cabinet, in accord with tho
sentiments Of tho Assembly, changing as 1t
changes, And 1t rosts not OIL THO will aud airoc-
tion Of the citizens, but OIL tho bayonota Of tho
standing nrmy. Aud abovo NIL, It. 1nakos no pro-
tilty OF
LOCAL HELF-aopEnHStENT.
No country cnn DO o republic where thfp Ia not
dono. The ctitzona must manage their domestic
and municipal affairs for themselves, FREQ from
control aud interference Of the Central Govern
mont, just "a family must be permitted to
manage It's own domestic mattera without tho
Intervention or diotation Of anybody. The poo
pie m,lst select tlor local representatives. such
rs Mayors and Common Councils, Township
dsstees County State on.
MI otoJ
agents. how muoh local aud special taxes thoy
aro willing to pay for tho support Of public eri-
cation, OF tho poor, OF caritlea; for tho con-
atructton Of roads and bridges, for wator, street,
public health, cleanliness. locomotion, anl edu-
cation. They must detormino how mich money
shall bo gpont in enforcing the ,lawa aud ordi-
1ancoB. and tho preservation Of property against
must devolyo oil Courts. Policemen, slleriifs,
and Constablos of their selection. In short. thoy
must lenrn to
GOVERN r11EslsE1vEs,
ta1 themselves for tho support of such govorn-
mont, aud look only to themselves for civil gov
ornmcnt, and not be involving tho did Of Jupiter
to protect them or Hercules to holp them. The
only standing army. beyond moro akoloton,
should be tho mittis,-tho people thomBelvos,-
No such form Of govarmont % u,'i1 as ths .has ever
boon trlod In Franco, or doomed possible. In all
tho matters hero mentioned the central authori-
ty takea tho initiative md dictates. It provides
local government for tho pcoplo; lovios such
as 1t ploasos; ,rouloyeH thom when it ploaaos;
neyor eonaultB tho will and pleasure Of tho citi-
.zens about any public affairs, but fronts thom
'aa minors md children, incapable Of
tse Of tho and md do ther thinEnF for hom
Il thoy object or complain, bayonor is thrust
down thoir throats. II . newspaper criticsoa
tho central management of public matters, 1t is
summarily flnod or nuppresaed. If tho pcoplo
fairs, or conanro the administration for its neg
llgonco or oppression, tho meeting ia promptly
diaporaed by tho military, and tie leaders ar
rested and thrown into prison. And all this is
down III tho name OF order " BY
THE CONTINUANCE
called the y Republican Government Of Franco"
10 call such centralized tyranny Ropublic Ia
GROSS n1isnomor; and yet thero is no
gasty t9 T. Franee proposing ANYTHING bettor
idea OF solf-govornmcnt as practiced by tho peo-
pie of tho United States has not entered into
tho minda of Fronch politicians. It is not iu tho
platform or any existing or proposed party. Tho
ferent conception from tho American theory Of
aelf-govcrnment. It means social and property
equality, ,-leyeltng down tle highest and best to
TIC grade of M tug lowest and worst bringing all
ciasBos to the standard Of tho majority OF num-
bers; aud tho establishment of some kind of m
irreligious Utopia utterly
IMPOSSIBLE OF PRACTICAL, REALIZATION
while the human race remains constituted with
tho existing mental! moral, mud physical difcr-
Under no circumstances will tho farmers,
and employing classes accent tho
Commune: nor will the farmers and Com,nun-
lists tolerate Bourbonism Of tho old regime.
The present Provisional Assembly, which Inns
outlived tho purpose nnd time for which it was
oroatod, but 10 determined to hold on to power
notwithstanding, 10 under tho control Of tho
hoya'ists. It iu plotting and schoning to do
prive tho people Of Franco Of whatoVor little
popular. liberties they possoss. It intonils to
reduce tho right Of suffrage to small propor-
tionB by sweeping Acknowledgement at lenst,
that is tho present outgiying. Other measures
OF repression, compression, and oppression,
stitling the press. controlling aud packing thea
governments, and other echemca Of
repression. How oil this will end ia not lard to
predict.
THERE WILL DE AN EXPLOSION,
IA usual, under Huch provocative circumstances.
Tho Fronch aro tho most nervous aud cnlotionnl
people In the world, md endure with tho least
patience tho arbitrary aetH of their opponents
and, when they, break loose from constraint,
beings. And yot, at othor times, thoy aro rs
gentle and quiet as lambs. At oil tines their
actions arc full Of poetry and sentiment. It is
sometimes comic, or epic, or tragic, or melo-
preBBiblo and sentimental.
Tho history Of France since 1880 furnishes
tho strangeBt and most dramatic chaptera Of any
nation III any ago. 1t has baon succession Of
most
STARTLING PANORAMIC SCENES.
During thia period Hhe has fought all Europe,
sometimes with ono power alngly, then with
several, and again with combination OF them
all. Her armies have entered and plunlorol
every Capital in Europe, except that of Great
Britain !; and tho armies Of Europe have ro-
turned those visits md plundered nor Capital
Not satisfied with upsettng oil tho other Gov
ornments, sho has overturned her own half-a-
dozen times, and changed ita form Htill oftonor.
aho has tried evcry form under the anu, from
soolalistio Anarchy to Military DeBpotism She
las experimonted with liberty without law. and
!aw without liberty; there romainH but ono
form yet untried, and tlat is local self-
government, which secms to DO beyond tie
comprehension or roach Of this eccentric, rest
loss, and versatile pooplo. J. N.
Tho Queen'a - Oha,nplon.u 4
Tho doath Ia announced, nt tho ago Of 10, of