The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-11
KING HENRI V. AND PROGRESS.
French Freedom Under
the White Flag.
"a CRITICISM UPON M. THEIRS.
STAMFORD in Favor of Religious, Edu-
cational and Commercial Liberty,
with Universal Suffrage.
Liberty, Not License, for
the Press.
PARIS, July 26, 1873.

CIlO H1CSS.
PARIS, July 26, 1873
Legitimacy in France is sleepless. 1t
watches for the opportunity to rouse French
enthusiasm by presenting the last Of the old
Bourbon princes as the actual King of France
by right divine, and to take the field with him
Tor the crown so long alienated Should
events seem to justify the step, it is probable
$he Count de Chambord will soon publish
formal acceptance of the sceptre to be ten
dered to him by the chiefs of the party. He
Fill still, of course, with his sombre mono
tone, maintain that ''only the monarchy can
Have the nation" 1t has been said that if
hnan will only stand long enough in one place
br by one opinion all the world will come to
him, and Chambord promises to be the man
10 give this notion practical trial. His
steady faith in the power Of the monarchy
and his adherence to the requirements
pf his conception of duty in plainly
Ind openly procaiming it, with what
The republicans, doubtless, regard as
E'damnable iteration" have in them some
Ching of the old singleness of purpose
That made many lives sublime and it might
make still another life sublime, but that
France seems to have lost the taste for old
tunes, and wants new music altogether.
Recent events in the political world have
led me to look over some notes 1 made of an
interview 1 had with His Highness, as o
HERALD correspondent, shortly after his
famous visit to his chateau near Blois, when,
st will be remembered. he issued his procla-
anation putting himself and the s'white flag
before the country At the time the pressure
bn my attention Of several other topics pre-
*ented my writing out the interview; but
lind that the views he then expressed are
apparently quite the same as those he holds
now in fact, that he is one man in whose
Opinions the whirligig Of time has made
marvellous little change, so l give you what
was said on some leading points.
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
We spoke of the Assembly, and 1 touched
Upon the common doubt as to whether it
really represents the country-especially in
relation to what is called its ''reactionary
Tendencies
His Highness said:-''The Assembly now in
Existence was chosen in circumstances pecu-
liarly adapted to give expression to the real
natural sentiment of the country
As wondered how he saw this, he con-
tinued:-
s'No people are so easily satisfied, SO domi-
hated with the spirit of content when all goes
right, as the French people are; but when
things go wrong this gives way to most IRA
jtional excitement, and they are then ruled
only by the one idea of opposition-a blind
mad, furious impulse seizes them to simply
throw down what exists; and through this
peculiarly of their nature they are often at
such moments as election time deprived of
bven the ordinary use of reason
81 believe Your Highness judges them
4indly and accurately"
'.But have you not observed in what differ
emit circumstances the election of February
x1871) took place-how it was free from
the disturbing element of party passion?
There was, indeed, no government to cast
blown. Even the delegation of Tours was
already PROSTATE. We had only the enemy
before us, and the only impulse of the people
WAS patriotic one to choose the men who
would do the best for oil in Kidding us of that
snemy."
Here did not altogether assent, as was of
opinion that this desire to be rid of the enemy
disturbed the calmness of popular Judgment
quite as much in its way as would anv other
earnest DESIRE But the Count proceeded
on another point to develop his view of the
choice of the Assembly.
"Another ordinarily disturbing fact was
here put aside. Previously elections were al
ways held with some government in power
and the government, holding all the official
machinery, corruptly used it to pervert in its
favor the expression of the national will. This
did not happen in February. Never were
Elections SO free. so honest. SO entirely without