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
cestor, Henri w., who recanted 1.-The faith OF his
early life, observing g:-"PaYis uaut bien une
nlesse.n 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 formidable battle front, with the
democratic party cry OF Dissolution and appeal
to the country" As IL is, the alliance OF repub
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" the two parties have begun to call them
selves, allowed to believe up to the last that
the obstinacy OF the Count OF Chambord would
jeOpardze all the fruits OF the fusion; each half
kept shyly from the other, and the whole legion
was weakened. It was ceverly managed on the
part OF the royalsts, end one may say that the
white nag mas been dropped just IN the nick OF
time. The original intention was'to postpone the
sacrifice till the 1st 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
win 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 lawgvers Of France WILDE fighting out the
question as to whether Frenchmen are to remain
citizens Of Republic or call themselves once again
HIS Majesty's subjects.
A HISTORICAL PARALLEL.
Meanwhile the last OF the French Bourbons, lay
ing down his old-tme principles to win the crown,
reminds one IN more than one point of the founder
Of the Bourbon line abjuring 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
enough with the Paris which rejected Henri v.
because he too Catholic and conclude that this
msa as soSn as 81 aa
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 bis breastplate to mark mis- thorough con-
having dismounted at gover's shop took his.
stand at windQw TO see couple Of hundred OBJ.
his thew the Of
that tlme), file out with the honors OF war. 10
one Of these. VINO was Gascon and looked
shouted, aBetter stay with us, man; yonder road
doesn't lead to heaven" mo, certainly"
SaSs met You Henri w. ausnsa At aeSs ns
queer hit, and, remountng again. went on to
three O'Clock dinner at the Louvre, where he found
in possession all his lite. "Ah, Crtllon said he,
sitting down to table and turning towards his
was so easy as this TO become kings II could
only have guessed 1t might have recanted ten
this timeS THAT'S % not SO sure, replied the blunt
Crton, who enjoyed all the privileges OF candid
Irlend. "Let Your Majesty wait ten years more
were ominous, for exactly ten years afterwards
Henri ~. was assassnated BY the fanatic. Ravail-
Henry w. sitting down to hts inaugural dinner,
and O companion painting would not come amiss
sS.S Us a. s
AZ eight, for the advance in the dinner hour has
Kept pace with the great march OF progress-and
Rochette, "lf could only have guessed how
simple IL would be to stow away that white nag
and twenty years ago, and been finely consoli-
dated by this time" But to this N. de la Rochette
may answer as Grillon vd did, .wai , the Aye and
v. should be restored next month, where VIII he
be In quarter OF century from thisf
ROYAL SUPERSTITION.
Let tt bc noted Dy the way that the Count OF
Chambord, being superstitious, 1t has long been
fbe tnrone AZ All he would take care to ascend
and get the formalities OF proclamation all over
before the present year nS7sl Is ended. The
memory, began his il-starred reign in l774, and
the coincidence between the two 74s would be OF
evil 0uGury, Suggesting VIStb VI JIOuUiOu6 years,
to be closed anew by that anti-rega instrument to
which DR.. Guillotine lent his name. IL Is natural
that kings should always ieel distaste for such
parallels.
PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE.
At the time when the Count Or Chambords
grandfather. Charles X, was reigning, liberal
paper one day remarked:-"His Majesty
is safely guarded on his throne throne by By the a.
regiments-six OF infantry. two OF cavalry and two
OF artillery" An equal number OF regiments or,
perhaps, more will assist the loyalty OF our now
aday Parisians In restoring Henri v. to his an
cestral crown, and ! already hear that the com.
pletest precautions are being taken ITO protect
the Assembly against factious innuenccs from
without" Thus on the day OF the vote squadrons
OF cavalry will 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 win be kept clear by lines sf troops and
Dy batteries OF artillery. All crowds WIN be dis
persed ana no one will be admitted within
the precincts Of the Palace unless he has actual
business there either as Deputy or as reporter.
mere can be no doubt that a vote hedged IN by
sucn projections wlil be Independent enough IN all
conscience but the question now comes, VIII there