New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-08-17
Orleanists and Bonapnrtists.

Writing from Paris on July ~, the Lon,
don Times correspondent says: "The feud
between Montagues and Capulets can
hardly have surpassed IN bitterness me
mutual and long standing hatred OF W.
leau;sts and Bonapartists Republicans
and Legitimists regard each other with
contempt and dislike, and are quite ready
to begin throatcutting at the first tar OPP.
porturity. The atheists and SOCIALISTS OF
the extreme left are considered by the
pious 1Dousouetaires of the exalted right
much as the tawny followers OF Mohammed
we're by the Crusaders-as 10 better tnan
savages and something worse than dogs
whom it was meritoriOus to eXtermlnate.
The men of the fourth of September, from
whom the last Imperial government ted
when Paris was convulsed by the news OF
Sedan, are objects Of execration to the
Bunapartists, who are at this moment
engaged in venting their venom on the I'M
lucky and ill-advised Jules Favre. But all
these and other enmities are inferior III
viruleuce to that existing between the re-
representatives. Of the July monarchy and OF
the second empire.
Paris has lust been amused by sharp
onslaught made by the Bonapartists on the
Princes of Orleans The former re scan
da!ized at the prominent position lately
assumed by the Princes, and by their int
macy with the President Of the Republic.
Their very modest and retiring attitude
while VI. Theirs was IN power renders tLe
change the more remarkable. During the
last few weeks, and especially while the
Shah was here, they have been seen every
where and usually in uniform. AS friends
Of Marshal MacMahon, which ,hey appac-
emily are, he has a perfect right to keep
them near his person al reviews and other
public solemnitIes, and, moreover, their
position in the army gives them precedence
of all other officers below the rank OF
Marshal. They entered the service young;
as the Kings sons their promotion was nat
urally rapid, and the Dukes of Nemours and
Aumale are nowthe senior Generals OF Div.
isior. With e military man for President Of
the republic, il seems most natural thing
that the senior Generals should form part
of his hahitual suite. Were MacMahon less
simple aud plain than he is, one might sup
! pose it pleased his pride to have T inces of
royal blood riding with his staff. 1t is more
! probable that be feels sympathy with the
personally unmerited misfortunes OF dis
| tinguished family, and that he likes the
| princes, who are not deficient in the quail
| ties that conciliate good VIII. Be this as it
may. more has been seen and heard Of them
! in Paris during the last four weeks than
! during the TWO previous years. AT the
review they rode with the Marshal.
and will not have failed to notice the special
applause gwen 10 the squadron OF cavalry
| which marched past under the command OF
| the Due de Charities. At the gala perform
| ance at the opera the Due de Nemours was
| in the royal box. At the Elysee, at the
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the fetes. in
| short, one saw the familiar faces of the Or
leans Princes. Some people say that they
have thus put themselves forward in com
| pliance with the advice of the Due de Brog-
| lie, whose dynasty partialities are no Sc
| cret, and who thinks that to show them
selves frequently.to the army ard to the
| public may be advantageous to their inter
| ests. BY whomsoeyer given the advice
seems judicious. 1t was not by keeping out
| of sight. by 'etfacing' themselves, as the
| French say. that they would improve their
| chances. In al! scrambles the luck is for
| the forward; and there seems no reason
! why, in the competition for supreme power
| in France, the Orleans family should not
! have as good a chance as any other. Were
| a vote taken Tomorrow in the Assembly
| for defnitive form o. government. it is
| probate the largest number Of voices would
| be & ven Cor the Cr,eanists. There would
| be more republican. certainly, but these
! would divide .heir sutfrages among two or
| three Gitiere Il. kinds OF repu5 Bile