The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-25
The French Crisis-The Resignation o
President THEIRS.


reached in the affairs Of France. Yesterday
the debate which was commenced on Friday
on the Interpolation was resumed. The Hall
of Assembly was crowded to excess.
Excitement stood on tiptoe when President
Theirs mounted the tribune, and when he
gave emphasis to the remark of his Minister
on the previous day that the time had come to
make an end of the provisional government
and deinitively to proclaim the Republic, the
cheers from the Left were deafening, but the
Right was silent. After the Presidents
speech the Assembly adjourned until two
o'clock. At two o'clock the Deputies reassem-
bled, when an able and energetic speech was
made by M. Casimir-Perier, the Minister Of
the Interior. M. Perier, of course, justified
not only the recent appointments but the gen.
eral policy of the government At the close
of the speech q vote was taken, when 1852
against 348 voted down the simple order of
the day, which had been proposed by q member
Of the Left and supported by the government.
This, however, did not end the fight A
motion was made by member of the Right
to the effect that the present form of govern
ment was not under discussion, and regretting
that the reconstruction of the Ministry did
not afford conservative guarantees. This
motion was adopted by vote Of $50 against
344
On the announcement Of the result it was
Proposed that there should be night session
Minister Dufaure declared that France would
not be let, without government. There
was Repubho, and there was
President; and the Ministers would be
responsible for the maintenance of order.
The Right demanded that as the
crisis was serious the government should
promptly decide A night session was ulh-
mately agreed upon. At eight o'clock the
members reassembled. Dufaure announced
that the Ministers had rendered their resigna-
tons to the President, and that they
had been formally accepted. He then
handed to M. Buffet message from
President Theirs. In this message, which
was read amid the profoundest excitement,
President Theirs formally rendered his resig-
nation, sending back to the Assembly the
high functions with which he had been en-
trusted General Changarnier and the Duke de
Brogie moved that the Assembly Immediately
appoint successor. Amid the widest uproar
it was moved by the Left that the resignation
of the President be not accepted. This
motion was rejected by vote of 368 to 339.
The resignation was then formally accepted.
After motions had been made by the
Left and the Right-the one for delay
and the other for immediate action, the AS
sembly proceeded to vote for a successor to
President Theirs, when 800 voted for Marshal
MacMahon, the members of the Left not taking
any part in the vote. So for the present the
matter stands. President Theirs has aban-
doned his post and the high position has been
rendered to the late Napoleons leading gen.
eral
What is to be the result of this change no
man can tell. 1t is impossible to refuse to
admit that in fair fight the monarchical and
conservative Right have won the day. On no
former occasion since the establishment Of the
present government has the attendance of
members been SO large. All that could be done
was done by oil the factions to have in the
House full representation, and the figures
show that some seven hundred voted
It was test of strength in the Assem-
bly,. President Theirs and his Ministers
are responsible for bringing about the
crisis. The recent ministerial appointments
conveyed challenge to the Right If there
had been doubt that q challenge was in
tended that doubt was removed by the Ian
guage of NJ Dufaure on Friday and by the
repetition of the same language by Presi-
dent Theirs yesterday, that the time
had come to make an end of the
provisional government and to declare
the Republic. The Ministerial appointments
provoked the Right and gave birth to the
Interpolation. The speeches Of Minister
Dufaure and of President Theirs put the Right
and the Left equally on their mettle. The
voting brought out the full strength of the
Assembly and the result proves that the Right