The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-19
THE FUTURE OF FRANCE.
PRINCE NAPOLEON raE COMING MIN.

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trigue Between the Bonapartfsts, the
Orlean'sts and the Dourbons-Ths
Present Situation and Probable Effect
OF the Fusion.
Correspondence OF the New York Wordl
LONDON, January 27.
/ am in position where / see daily-with'
out touchlng-lhe threads of most com.
plica,ed and interesting Intrigue; an intrigue
Of which The object is to decide The future
government OF France, and In which are
figuring long list of NOTABLE personagea, each
playing Tor himself and against the others In
manner which reminds me Of that now per-
haps forgotten game yclept "cut-throat
euchre." When I cay that among these in-
trguants are the Empress Eugenie and her
partsans, OF whom n. Rouher is The chief; the
Prince Napoleon and his followers, Of whom
| 1t would be difficult to name the chief but
among whom should be named MN. Abelon
and Maurice Rlchard-the latter the minister
| OF finance under the empire; Victor Emanuel,
Prince Bismarck, Cardinal Anlonplli, NJ. Gam
BETA, M ThIera, and the happy family OF the
BourboHs Iand the Orleanists, who are now
miraculousIy ''fused" together; when say, l
repeat, that these are the parties In The In.
| trgue of which / daily see the complicated
| threads, you will believe that to keep the run
| OF the game is difficult, and I'd Judge who Will
come out winner is almost impossible.
| And now ! chafe-as correspondent
against the obligations which bind me not to
| disclose the name or even To hint at the per-
| sonality OF another party 10 The strange game
| of political chess, In which The players are
princes, and in which the stake is not one,
bnt Two, nay, three kingdoms. This player
who must not BIZ nImed Is not prlncei ne IS
an Eoglshman. but he plays like the best OF
The princes, and if the game goes as think 1t
may he will pocket at least one OF the stakes
Patience The day will come when all hid
den things shall be revealed and all secrets
he brought 10 light.
Before going any further, may as we'll say
that the following 'inspired" paragraphs will
appear in the Morning Post Of Tomorrow,
| and that the same information, In other
words, will be published in the Times:
1--WE can slate from The most certain
sources that The greatest emotion exists at
present moment in the BOnapartist party.
The latest dispatches from France declare
lnat the long.lalked Of iusIOn amongst The
Bourbon family is actually effected. This, II
true, will much modify the conditions OF poll
tical parties In France, and will produce
amongst party leaders some oil the most un-
expected changes. There are two divisions
of most distinct character In the Bonapar-
iist ranks. The leaders of The one group
themselves around the Empress Eugenie. and
the others around The Prince Napoleon. The
we'll known decision of character of the
Prince Napoleon induces ns 10 believe that
he will in no degree vary from the line OF
conduct traced by us 10 our issue OF the 18th
instant. He will keep himself entirely aloot
from any movement not under his own direc-
tion, and aDy agreement between himself and
the political friends OF the Empress appears
to us Impossible. The statements Of the
Bonapartist journals in Paris do not at the
present moment In any sense convey the
truth upon these matters. Within very
short time the events In France will demon
strate the exactness of our information.
1.-The manifesto which has appeared In
several oil our contemporaries protesting TO
emanale from Chiselhurst Is not only aoso-
luiely without foundation 30 far as the Prince
Napoleon is concerned, but we have reason TO
friends of the Empress. The Prince Napoleon
has been detained In London solely BY The
delays 10 completing business arrangements
-coneeQfeet oa Inc d-aih of the Emperor. and
to which 1t was his duty, as head OF tue inm,!J,
to give his beat attention. His affection Tor
the deceased Emperor has bound him TO DO
everything In his power TO avoid pain ana
trouble 10 The Empress and the Prince lmpe,
rial IN winding up the late Emperor's aflairs."
These words mean everything they seem TO
convey when one reads them ior tne nrst
time, II one reads them second tlmo lhey
will seem to mean still morei 10 lact, one
should read between the lines.
The truth Is that Prince Napoleon Ia the
coming man for France. How soon! All !!
that Is another question:
Let me 20 back little and tell you an
an.cdote which will one day become his
torical.
TWO months ago the late Emperor contract
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had no difficulty in obtaining the money; q
large portion Of 1t had been paid at the time OF
his death. Immediately after this loan had
been contracted one Of the most intimate
friends OF the Emperor, former Minister OF
the Empire, paid HIM visit. Said the Empe.
ror, as the e1-Minister was about to leave him:
sRevenes je vous en- prie. Dams deu1 mois ou
lie serai mort ou je serai-quelque chose"
(Returr, pray you, in two mouths. lu TWO
months shall be dead Or somsthing.) In
word. new coup d'etat had been arranged.
All was prepared. The army was ready to pro-
pounce; Mcmahon, who would not come to the
En- mperor's funeral, had been taken care Of; and.
in the opinion of those who know most about
cessful. and the Emperor would to-day have
been again on his throne, and 'splebiscitum"
would have given him larger popular sane
ton than ever. This is what the Emperor
meant when he told his surgeons" am ready
to submit myself 10 your hands-but what is
done must be done quickly" It was done
ouickly-and the Emperor sleeps in his tomb.
The situation in France, which has daily been
growing more and more critical end interest
ing, is to-day as follows: Despite the secret
opposition OF the Orleanist princes, who view
with the utmost distaste the measure, which,
il 1t succeeds, will throw them far into the
background, the "fusIon" between their fol-
lowers and the Legltimlsts is accomplished,
and the whole strength of the parties thus
united is to be eXerted TO place the Count de
Chambord upon the throne as Henri V. am
able to say with posltiveness that Prince Bis
marck is disposed to give the strongest support
to the Count de Cbambord if certain assur-
ances in regard to his attitude towards Italy
and the Papacy upon his ascending the throne
can be obtained. Prince Bismarck recognizes
the TACT that IL would be- perfectly hopeless to
attempt to obtain these assurances from the
Count de Chambord himself, who is ran ut
terly without guile, and whose whole soul is
wra OF up IN the two ideas of his divine right 10
rule France and OF his equally divine duty as
ruler of France to restore the temporal power
OF the Pope; but the mon who will surround,
advise, and perhaps to some extent control the
Coun. de Chambord, should he become king,
are believed by Prince Bismarck to be more
amenable TO the arguments which he can place
before them, and he has within the last few
days opened negotiations with some OF these
man in the sense OF promising them bis sup
port for Henri V if they, on his part and with.
out ASKING bis consent, pledge themselves to
present, 30 far as in them lies, tho armed and
active intervention OF France on behalf of the