New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-05

no danger that any sinister use Will DO MADE
OF them.
In the meanwhile an incidental just occurred
at Versailles which affords another PROOF OF
tho evil destiny which pursueS the 30 -calou
Conservative party in tho Cbamber-as IL
faction could be called conservative whose
object is the destruction of existing institu-
tons. When the matter of the Lyons Munich
paity was under discussion, M. Le koyer
a member of the Left, spoke somewhat irreV-
erently of the report OF the Committee, char-
acterizing it by an epithet which the caDie
translates for US as " trumpery." This style
of criticism did not at all suit the Duke OF
Gramont, who, with all the dignity OIL
man whose escutcheon dates from the cru
sades, called NJ. lie Roger an impertinent"
NJ. Gr6vy, the President of the Chamber,
properly called the Duke to order for this unpar-
liamentary language, and the entire Right,
thoroughly outraged at the spectacle of Duke
reprimanded for merely insulting Republi
can, rose and threatened to leave the hall.
M. Gr6vy, whose conduct during the whole
session has been singularly impartial and Dig
nifed, not willing to endure such an aifront
from large section of tho Assembly, closed
the sitting, and tho next day resigned. lie
was Immediately reelected by large majority,
but insisted upon his resignation, and NJ. Louis
Joseph Buffet has now been elected by the
Right to succeed him.
BY this course the Right has simply lost
firm, moderate and impartial parliament
tartan in the Chair, and gained on the floor
Of the Chamber an able, brilliant and p0pu-
lar opponent. No man in France is more
universally respected and esteemed than
NJ. GrGvy. Ills life has been pure and con-
sistent protest against every form Of tyranny
and corruption. lie early distinguished HIM
self in public life and when, on the advent OF
the Empire, he retired in disgust from an
arena where there was no place for men
of honor, he devoted himself to the
practice of his profession with such
signal success that he became, in 1863,
BatOnner of the Order of Advocates.
As the Empire neared its agony he reappeared,
with other good men, In politics, and was
elected by an overwhelming and startling ma
iority in the Department Of the Jura, this
being the first great defeat which the En-
peror had suffered in o rural district. He was
IA second time elected almost without Oppo-
sition, and when the Empire fell he was one
of the men upon whom all eyes were naturally
turned as the proper recipients OF high Office
in the State. 1t is such a man as this
that tho Right have publicly afironted
III the interest Of such u person as the
Duke of Gram0nt, whose only merit is in
his name. He has made merchandise of his
high descent. The Emperor dearly loved
lord, and when he could find one to wear
his livery he loaded him with honors and
Office. SO Agenor de Gramont prospered be-
came Envoy, ambassador and Cabinet Min
lister. He let the nation drift into war be-
cause the Empress wished it; he allowed Le-
bGuf to deceive him about the army ut home,
while Beust and Bismarck laughed at
him abroad. He announced war to the
Chamber with jaunty nOnchalance, while the
French had no army to rely on and no ALI
ances to hope for. He has not even yet dis
covered what happened i'll 1870. Yet because
he is a Duke, the Right precipitate crisis
rather than allow him to be called to order by
the President of the Assembly. The world Is
growing too old for nonsense of this kind,
and this fact will not be much longer in ar
t;vinO at Versailles