The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-01

already pronounced itself on tue subject touched
s"t wRsn Gsmc SsSa quoted 'v' writer
wao q fortnight before the elections, declared
tnat the Assembly had no authority to entertain
any questions OF government, and in reply
to turbulent cries for his authority, cited trtun
phantly the Gazette de France the special organ OF
the legitlmist party, there arose understandable
tumult. the Right being greatly excited and the
Extreme Lett clapping hands with intense delight,
proving thus that In both the m0narchical ana the
republican camps the idea was secuted that an AS
sembly thrown haphazard together, elected by sur
ho%a Oh he ss II hrss Se Tss
Gambetta asserted that when the electors saw, to
their . surprise, how their Deputies exceeded the
striking proofs Of their dssatsfaction. Tney
elected republicans to the Municipal Councils, to
last out or is4 new elections te the
House, lis republicans were returned. The
to the constitution Of t9s Councils t'V Gem
eral-now democratic for the first time
nom the Right that he saw In that q proof that
hencelorward AFFORD TO renounce the spirit of dis
exclaimed, THAT conservatives will not listen to
these words. You pretend to be the advocates OF
g e an SS
rebuSe was well merited. There was sound sense,
spoken in sHI his most peading toncs that II the
higher classesles classes dGtlte-understood their
situation their part would be, not to separate
come to see universal suffrage-the source
Of a. sner oo to the the
GUS hints given 6y the people tha IT. they
the speaker boosted amid the derisvs laughter or
the Right, that his party mad collected more than
NEXT week. S he added "You are very dtci1es in
the way Of petitions. There was once great AS.
semby which dissolved itself at the expressed
wish OF l75,000 petitioners; but at that time the
Deputies wished to be In concord with public
opinion, with each other and with government.
As for you" the orator exclaimed, turning to the
various parties composing the Right. "you are not
yov views % OF
n'etes d'accord que pour ne pas neo'utr." This tell
ing climax, delivered with incisive irony OF tone,
stsy delighted s the Lett b ou you pl0P SnoW
tie the orator exclaimed with pr0vk1ns auietHdsa
ment invncible ? The country vbrated
with Joy on hearing the Presidents Message you
Of e snd he
the country replied to your fighting policy''-po-
tttqus de comoat-" BY petitions which no order Of
acts within the limits Of tho law it does not un-
derstand parliamentary fnessing; 1t has arisen bv
Republic which was threatened by your fighting
policy" After giving definition Of the w, word
OF the Conservative Republic. 1--WE are devoted
to the Republic that we wish it to penetrate.
all; we wish 1t to he established by the
authority Of it's benefcence." Shouts of laughter
the speaker turned round and said, "YOu may
laugh, gentlemen; remember, he laughs longest
who laughs last" His manner grew more earnest
and impassioned as he went on and the Interrupt
ti0ns continued to increase In equal ratio. "ln
voting the order OF the day the Assembly would
only secure an armlstice, Tor the country would
continue to fight with legal weapons until the day
came when the Deputies themselves would be glad
to obey and to separate. There can be no order
without confidence, no confidence without settled
government; the mOnarchists are incapable OF
accept Il or people to raiy it; their only chance
Is to wear out and enervate the country so that II
may throw itself into the arms Of saviOur
adopted, and it was wound up by the
significant sentence, But 1t is not among your
are foreign nations" NJ Gambetta continued, "to
support France when the very existence Of gov
in Eaope calls out for che %
the ChamberS" He then referred to the rumOrs Of
coups a,etat which have lately been rife; and al,
their probability, the very suggestion Of the idea
seemed to drive the majority OF his hearers mad,
are, indeed, many things which, however well they
may be known, must never be mentioned Thus
General Ducrot was received with great dissatis
faction and his citations from MN. Dufaure and
MOntalembert were interrupted because they were
thought to be the expression OF his own ideas
l fancied that the manner in which he was wor-
ried led him to close somewhat abruptly;
ing words:-''rhe day Is not distant when you
yourselves will be prepared for sclfsacriice. To-
rage to recognizes her own children She viii
choose between those who have wished to retard
mate triumph of the Repnbhc.S With this threat
M. Gambetta left the tribune, to be warmly sha-
ken by the hand, after French fashion, by all his
It was the dullest speech ever heard from him.
He wanted obviously to be moderate and para q,
STYLE in virtue OF which, as an orator, he Is nothing
II not violent.
THE POSITION OF THE RIGHT.
M. d,Audidrct-PcSQuierfO followed. He Is quite the
type Of country gentleman and provincial law
snce Of the Assembly It had been against
that the present pctitoning for IFS dissolution was
not spontaneous; that the hostility to the Assem-
bly, had been most persevering.
They dare say that mandat has been limited by
Shame w mot to b. s ses Sen y6S ST
manaat You has just made him
a Of ~ s ea IL
Of the right Of petitio1ngIhes who when dictator,
demanded the elections do not Dispute he right o
ne
na ' Sse 81 the % he
military law and other organic Laws Accomplish your
part should regret The dissolution OF the Assembly for
Ilave yet much 10 say to you respecting the Contract
Turning towards the Extreme Left, NJ d'Audif-
ret-Pasquier exclaimed with energy
ss S s Sps Sc
| leans but you not
The speaker was interrupted by the Extreme
Left with loud cries OF "Sil Str'
| M Gambetta-we desire universal suffrage with the
| Republic and by the Republic.
NJ d'Audffret-P asquicr-I have among tho Left many
friends who republicans do not wish them to be.
| lieve that confound them with the radicals You
Always advance the theory Of numbers, which Is the
sense. I repel YOU not because am monarchst but
| because / am liberal. I reject you in the name Of
mune tho consequence Of the theories You pro-
fess. reject you because you are-Athcism Radical
ism lie the denial Of everythngof propriety Of family,
OF country repel you because your doctrines lead 10
servitude After you, Caesar You demand
dissolution because yom have lost all hope Of conquerng
conservatives and radicals Let US then, unite for the
day when doctrines of radicnlism shall triumph the
Conservatives will be lost and society with them
M Pasquier spoke better than Gambetta, for ne
| has power also on q lower oratorical key. He 10