The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-06-07
FRANCE.

France ha. com menced another revolu-
ticn-it is to be hopei peaceiul-,he epd
OF whstwe may reasonably expect VIII be
the Monarchy. Thier. was, more than any
ther great leader in France, imbued With
Tie true civilian impnlses and conservative
craftsmanship II his devotion to civil
rights and the wi-e and Just government OF
law, as contradistinguisbei fr,m arbitrary
power, could not satisfy the French, what
sort Of republican or what sort OF repuLE-
anism will meet their wishes? II is plain
that lac WAS too wise, too conservative. for
the Red Republicans, and too much devot-
cit civil liberty for the Imperial SITS These
two parties combined and elected him from
the presidency. Now, what have they
and what will they have1
The scenee OF the transition from the
republic led by civilian statesman to the
republic under the authority Of the grand
marshal OF the army are described as n
most exciting wFanger. Theirs contem-
plated 1t ali, and preserving his undannted
courage through the si,ting- Of the Clam
hers, vociieratei his responses to uuerances
that impigned upon his position. lie was
pronounced the protege of Radcalism, and
he responded 10y telling his accusers that
they had amongst Them something worse
the DIke De Broglie-who was the pre-
tege OF Monarchy rhe Duke is the Sec
rotary Of Fore isu Affairs under McMahou's
administration. --
Thiers plainly show d hi- fears Of bloody
strife AS the result OF the change in the Gov
eminent, 1t is probable that in this he is
mistaken. The military rnler will | likely
take measures to prevent that. ... 3D..
McMahons speech on accepting the
Presidency smac>s OF the arbitrary will =
lie informs the deputies that mo immedi-
ate change will be male in existing laws"
bit of Information that would have come
better from the ia,o.m liking department -
lie speaks OF relying on material order
sort OF order Numerically opposed to the
Gtoplanism OF the French Radicals 1t is
a. that solid nature that we see in big gun
snd massed battallions lie, Furthermore
Is very condescending in informing the
deputies that he connts upon tn I'm upon
their patriotic assistance" They should
rather count upon his executing their laws
and maintaining the order they M ay pre-
scribe
Marshal MaMlhon NAV mean only that
lie will MAINTAIN the legitimate relation OF
the Executive office, using in his spec ch
The phrases which prevail in his profession
hut when we ste how combin alton OF the
extreme OF radicalism AMI imperialism
have placed him where he is, it may be sup
posed that he will b. force to one or other
Of these extremes. Nobody can suppose
that he will turn raiica and therefore We
DO not suppose it will be long before France
will he under arbitrary government-the
only sort Of government, indeed, that suits
lac or that can loug prevail in any con-
siderable nation in Europe O.
Bloudshed in civil strife il what France
has often had The world would deplore
the repetition OF this cad feature o. her
history But we think the only good res-
son to hope that she will now escape is
that Marshal Mcmahon is strongly sup
ported 10y the army, aud too sagacious to
be surprised 10y an outbreak OF the dread
fu French anarchists, who are more OF til
gers than men. The news from France
will be looked to with great interest for
some time Redmond Dispatch
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