The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14

could place. reliance for the preservation OF |
order, Marshal MscMahon, took his Fplsce. |
This expedient was supposed to be no more
than a temporary one, but the inability of
the assembly to dc ANYTHING towards
the establishment OF a constit ution and
the growing dread of the royalists to risk
dissolution served to prolong the Mar
shal's reign. Finally, on the 10th oil Novem-
Der 1878, in order to calm the general dis
content and apprehension of the public
caused by the uncertainty, it was resolved
to confer upon MacMahon the chief author
ity for seven years. In the meantime the
details of the constitution could be elabo,
rsted and the ultimate form OF the govern
ment determined.
The task assumed has not been an easy
one, and there is now every prospect of a
dissolution of the body that has so long
failed to accomplish it.. The very forn1a-
ton of the assembly is enough to show its
incapecity for action. There are, it is COM
puted, 100 partisans of Count Chambord, the
divine right candidate for the throne and
the last scion of the French Bourbons.
There 81 g 10 moderate loyalists who care
less for the point as to who shall be
king tLan they do for the establishment of
the monarchy. Since the fusion of the
claims OF the House of Orleans
into those of Chambord ard the
publication of the lstter's foolish
mSnifestoes, the royailsts' cause has per-
ceptibly weakened. Then there is small
and determined body of Bonapartists num-
bering about thirty and possessing a strong
AMI active party in the nation. The repub-
licans count up 800 members and there
rs besides floating element that votes as
circumstances guide it in political issues.
The last struggle in this heterogeneous
body resulted in defeat Of the min
istry on vote resolving to support tho sep
tennatic form of government and reserving
the consideration on bills submitted to the
committee OF thirty. One Of these bills is
that known by the name of its author. CAST
mer Perier, which declares republican
form of government to be that which shall
be established in in France. The ministers
have rendered their resignstions. and the
president has refused to accept them. sending
strong and determined message to the as
sembly, iR which the ever threatened subject
of dissolution has again canae1 p. Kke declares
in effect that they have chosen him to rule
France for seveE years, and ne has accepted
the trust that II is idle for them to waste
words in discussing his term of office or
authority, as neither they ror himself can
recede FROM thes5argain that has been made.
The people look to him tel peace and per-
manent order, and they shsll have it. The
intimatioR is that if the Assembly does not
proceed to its duty and organize constitu-
ton it will be dissolved.
MacMahons message must somewhat as
tonish the asseu- bly, and reSssuTe the public,
1t puts of the return of monarchy indef-
nitely aud answers the supreme necessity of
France in giving guaranteefor good order
and permanent. government The nation is
naturally republican, but s.le successive
revolutions it has undergone have created
morbid desire among the wealthy and re-
spectacle classes for quiet and security. To
gain these blessings they would serve the
strongest despotism. In the hope
of recovering them they would even
submit to the reign of a Bourbon
or hail the return of Bonaparte with de-
light. 1t would seem that under the septen-
,Eate France can enjoy the peace of the en-
pire without its tyranny, and still prepare for
self-rule. 1t is supposed that the fate of the
assembly will depend upon its action on the
report of Cosemer Perier's bill, which is to :.
be Immediately submitted.