The New York herald., 1873-11-11
THE SURRENDER OF THE WHITE FLAG.


Well, the great surrender has taken place at
last, and Henri V. has followed the suit Of his an
cestor, Henri w.. who recanted ,the faith OF his
early life, observing :-'PdriS Udut bien uae
naesSe." To have announced the surrender
couple OF months ago would have been to afford
the republicans and Bonapartists an opportunity
OF sinking their differences, closing their ranks
and Offering q formidable battle front, with the
democratic party cry Of Dissolution and appeal
to the country.n As IL is, the alliance OF republi-
cans and Bonapartists is too recent for mutual
mistrusts to have healed and for combined action
to have been settled with any method. The "dem-
Ocrats as the two parties have begun to call them
selves were allowed to believe up to the last that
the Obstnacy OF the Count OF Chambord would
jeopardize all the fruits the iusion SO each half
kept shyly from the other, and the whole legion
was weakened. 1t was clevery managed on the
part OF the royalists, and one may say that the
white nag mas been dropped just IN the nick OF
time. The original intention wasto postpone the
sacrifice till the lst of November but some OF the
minor royalists who were not in the secret, were
growing disheartened, so, instead OF making the
surrender tally with the meeting OF the Assembly,
the Assembly will meet at once because OF the
surrender. From all parts Of the country members
viii be trooping up to Versailles to-day ana to-
morrow at the summons OF the telegraph; and just
about the moment this reaches the United States
the $50 lawgivers Of France WILDE lighting out the
question as to whether Frenchmen are to remain
citizens OF Republic or call themselves once again
HIS Majesty's subjects.
HISTORICAL PARALLEL.
Meanwhile the last OF the French Bourbons, lay
ing down his 0ld-time principles to win the crown,
reminds one IN more than one point OF the founder
Of the Bourbon line aburing his Protestant creed
after repeatedly declaring that he would be hanged
FIRST 1t is not yet three centuries since Henri TVS
famous bit OF apostacy was accomplished to the
general satisfaction Of religious people, and II the
walls OF the Louvre ever fall to meditating about
public business they must contrast the Paris which
refused Henri ~. because he was not Catholic
because he was too Catholic and conclude that this
is 2 mad sort 0f globe after al. It is on record
Professionalism the Leaguers who had closed the
barriers Of Paris against him. laid down their
arms, and the King rode In, amid loud cheers,
over his breastplate to mark mis- thorough con-
version to the popular principles OF the day; and,
M 20 q saq Of
stinate Leaguers, who mistrusted the sincerity Of
s. s y s sonofs o Ma fd
merry rogue, the king .wagged his head and
esa to
answered the other .'fcr II it did should never
lts' W
queer hit, and, remounting again, went on to @ a
tnree O'Clock dinner at the Louvre, where he found
s,eTytng ready " 70 h% s 4 he had been
sitting down to table and turning towards his
favorite Duke, 'who would ever have thought it
only have guessed 1t might have recanted ten
years ago and been firmly rooted to my throne by
Who enjoyed ali the pysss and
Irlend. "Let Your Majesty wait ten years more
before you talk OF nrm rooting;" and these words
n fnR a f&Arv y0s,<1o
lac. now there exists well known aS picture nsas Of
and Q companion painting would not come amlss
next winter showing US henri Y. proceeding to
as eight for the advance in the dinner s hour has
saying to his friend and confdant, N. de sis Ia
simple it would be to stow away that white rag
might have got the job over in 1s4S, that is ave
S but 70 Re e %
may answer as Crillon did, "wait the nve and
wspy sDsyS sr sTs" For even Henri
be In quarter OF century rom thisf
ROYAL SUPERSTITION.
known among his ntimates that II he ascepded Dde
ana get the M Of 'I1e al
before before the the PR. present & year is7sl y ended: The
the coincidence between the two '74s would be OF
evil augury, suggesting vista OF troublous years.
to be closed anew by that anti-regal instrument to
which DR.. Guillotine lent his name. IL is natural
that kings should always ieel dlstaste for such
parallels.
THE sKIRMIsHNa IN THE LoBBrEs BEFoR. THE
PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE.
At the time when the Count Or Chambord's
grandfather, Charles x, was reigning, q liberal
paper one day remarked:-"His Majesty
is safely guarded on his throne by the az
lection OF his Partisan subjects and BY ten
regiments-eix OF infantry, two OF cavalry and two
OF artillery.n An equal number Of regiments, or,
perhaps, more, will assist the loyalty OF our now
aday Parisians In restoring Henri v. to his an
ccstral crown, and ! already hear that the COM
plctest precautions are being taken ITO protect
the Assembly against factous influences from
without" Thus on the day OF the vote squadrons
OF cavalry viii surround the two railroad stations
IN Paris tina: lead to Versailles and the road be-
tween the Versailles stations and the palace OF the
Assembly will be kept clear BY lines sf troops and
~ batteries OF artillery. All crowds VIII be dis
persed ana no one will be admitted within
sne precincts Of the Palace unless he has actual
business there, either as Deputy or as reporter.
Incre can be no doubt that q vote hedged In by
sucn projections VIII be Independent enough In all
be voter