The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-26
THE WHITE" REVOLUTION.
From the Courier des Etats Uns of TODAY

IL ID uOne. Inc "Wnte" faction has made
| Its revolution against national sentiment
| against the electoral body, against France,
against the Republic; more than that against
the new-founded order, against peace, against
| confidence within and without; against re-estab-
| lished prosperity; against triumphant credit and
| against that supreme aspiration of the country
the liberation Of French territory by the hands, the
| wisdom and the honor OF the Republic.
Ali without doubt the moment Is well chosen;
1t would not have been fitting wait longer before
| making o last audacious stroke with view to
| restoring the monarchy. The time is, per-
naps ripe to foment disorders anew, to
kindle civil war, to render impossible the
final payment OF the war indemnity,
to sign new bail bond to the Germans in the posts
that they occupy to bring them back to those they
have evacuated; to destroy, in nne, the fruit Of
two years OF toll. patience and resignation at the
moment OF its bursting forth. Yes, such Is the
aim, and SUCH in the provision sf the monarchists
is the result OF the coalition-let US call il con-
spiracy-which has just eventuated in the
overthrow OF NJ. Theirs. Our brows would
redden with indignation and shame II
this act, monstrous in Its egotism and
ingratitude, were the work OF France. Happily 1t
Is only the effort IN eItremts OF q faction, OF an
infnitessimal rootless, unauthoritatlve minority,
pushed even by the feeling Of its feebeness and
effort ola handful OF representatives in conflict
with their constituents, and who have the over
presumptuousness to make their pretended sover-
eign rights prevail against the true and sole
sovereignty-that which emanates from the nation
and dwells therein
Happily, also, this victory Is not and cannot be
but an eye.deceit, a mirage an Illusion about
which the insensates VINO believe they have grasped
1t, shall be promptly undeceived. We shall soon
see what they will do with it; and they
will find 1t rude work to hew out the
road OF usurpation. In which labor they have with
such temerity engaged. We have recently said
that n the Right, by stroke Of majority, forced
M. Theirs to lay down power 1t would
be more embarrassed by its victory than
he BY his defeat. The case foreseen has
arrived and the dif1culties are beginning fer the
presumptuOns. In the first place their deceptive
majority, which is only mosaic, made up Of three
minorities In revolt, will lack cohesiveness and
fall in pieces the moment 1t ceases to be
cemented by the common interest OF q victory
to be gained But, supposing even that
the three coalesced factions continue to agree
is it possible that the $50 votes Of which the ma
jority is composed govern against q compact
minority OF 344 votes, which is in reality an i'm
mense majority compared to any OF the three
elements struggling againstit, and which has behind
1t the will Of the nationS And II these 34 voices
which have already abstaned from voting in the
case OF the election Of q successor to M. Theirs,
resolve to abstain from all participation in the
Of the Assembly, what authority will the
acts Of this mutilated Assembly haveS Let
US go farther. II these 344 send
In their designations in body what
will the $50 dor VIII they eonyoke the
electors, or will they continue thus numerically
reduced, to consider themselves the legal repre-
sentation OF the country In the latter case they
will become the jest OF the entire world; in the
former they will, by the return Of the 3A resignng
members receive from the legal nation the striking
afront and crushing condemnation they have so
well merited
In the history OF representative government
there probably cannot be found another example
OF situation SO abnormal and OF such q revolt by
constituent body against the constituency from
which 1t emanates. We have had all
sorts Of revolutions, Of the street, the Church,
the barracks or the palace. We now have q
Parliamentary revolution, and 1t Is against the
electors themselves that the Paramcntarians
have conspired. The most significant act OF this
revolution is the overthrow OF the Elect OF
these fathless representatives, who has CON-
mitted the great crime Of remaining faith
ful TO the nation instead OF making himself the
docle instrument OF the conspirators who betrayed
it. Let the shame and responsibility or
the evils which their criminal attempt
may engender fall upon theml As to
him who has been overthrow, history
will say that he has guarded to the eud the sane
tity OF the oaths by which he engaged to preserve
the integrity OF the public liberues coAnded to his
care that he has contributed more than any other
man. and as much as was humanity possible, to
repair the mlsfortunes of . catastrophe which
would have been prevented had his councils
been hearkened to, and that he has fallen victim
to odious Vaccinations Matched in hate OF the
good he had achieved and that which remained for
HIM to accomplish. BY a rare privilege history
need not wait for death to strike M. Theirs before
being just to him. and posterity to glorify him will
need but to sanction the Judgment Of his contem-
poraries.
One WORD more on the events which have
transpired. The nomination OF Marshal MacMahon
to the Presidency OF the Republic remits 1t Is
true, the material power in the hands OF the
majority, which remains master OF the
field, and so takes Its precautions against
the mob. But we have no fears
this head. The people and their leaders
will not commit the fault Of furnishing o pretext
for disorders which the whites" would not ask
better than to provoke. The people have right ON
their side moderation and legality are the best
weapons to make 1t triumph. Never have the
monarchists been In situation 80 critical
o. that wherein they are placed. With
emptiness around them, they are absolutely power
less to govern, still less to make laws and no mill
tary force prevail against the passive and legal
resistance OF the country. It Is clear that
the majority, In It's present position, con-
scious Of its want Of accord with public opinion,
woald no trecoil from civil war In order to
dictate its will to the people; but we are certain
that 1t win not md, 1t any price, people servile
enough TO submit. and, despite the msnscing en-.