The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-05

ties who will publish no notions but their own.
Printing and paper, however are still moderately
cheap In France, and ideas plentiful; so 1t has
como to pass that every one who has an idea and
few francs TO nourish 1t gives birth to PAM
pniet.
Hyou happen to stop before the shop windows Of
any Partisan publisher you cannot fail to be struck
with the prodglous quantity OF pamphlets which
display, through them, their multicolOred covers
and their sensational titles Where do they come
from and where do they 60 to- Nobody reads
them and still they follow each other In an unin-
terrupted succession.
friend OF mine who has acquired some expe-
rience In the publishing line. and whom ! CHANGED
to question respecting the origin and destiny OF
the various brochures which had noticed IN the
front window OF his shop, undertook to answer
me In the following terms:-
AT the time." he said, ''when there was King
Pope very simple way Of gaining admittsnce to
the drawing rooms Of the noble ST. German Fau-
bourg offered itself to young man DESTROYS OF pen
etrating into this shrine OF French nobility.
He enlisted in the holy brigade which mounted
guard round the Vatican, and two or three
years later returned at to canvass for bride
among the dowagers' daughters. Now this pro-
cess can no longer be followed because Victor
Emmanuel's soldiers have relieved the holy brigade
from It's duty, and 1t has thus become necessary for
the youth above mentioned to supply the def
cheney. That they do by changing their swords
for pens and they now turn pamphlet writer's as
they became soldiers in the army OF Plus TX. four
or ive years ago. They, OF course, generally write
nonsense by the yard; but that does not matter
much. The only important point is for them to pro-
TESS devotion to Divine Right, Indignation at the
political claims Of the radical party and convic-
ton that but for the prompt restoration OF Henry
V. anarchy viii soon raise several OF it's hundred
heads in order to devOur mankind, including the
d0wagers' daughters. When those three main
subjects have been commented upon the whole is
printed lat the expense OF the writer. by the by),
served out to the inmates OF the noble drawing
rooms, ana the author will be very unlucky in
Decd II his writing does not prove as successful AZ
his soldering, SO far marriage business Is con-
ccrned."
This ingenious explanation is, OF course, ques-
tionabe, though it would be df1cult to account,
without It's help, for the phenomenon to which It
refers. At all events 1t does not apply to certain
pamphlets which are brought into light either by
the names OF their authors or the Importance OF
their contents. These read, not, perhaps, so
much as the "Femme de Feu'-a sensational
novel, Of which $4,000 copies have just been sold
but sufficiently to allow people to trust that
Frenchmen have not forever given up serious
writings.
In this category Of pamphlets that Of General
Trochu, "Pour la verite ct la Justice" (or justice
and TRUTH deserves to rank foremost. 1t Is an
answer OF the Ex-Governor OF Paris to the various
charges preferred against him In the report OF the
committee instituted to investigate into the acts
of the Government OF National Defence. Alter
contrasting, In bitter terms, the harshness shown
in the Assembly to the men OF the 4th
of September with the leniency displayed toward
the men OF the 18th Of July he date OF the declara
ton OF war;, General Trochu complains OF the
manner In which the investigation was carried on
The various persons called forward to give evi.
dcnce before the committee were examined out OF
his hearing. He was not even allowed to contra
dict their statements. and still he would have been
able to oppose 10 their allegations the many facts
to which he points through his books. report
drawn up on those conditions cannot be serious
contribution TO history, ana General Trochu relies
upon .Justlce and truth" to prevail, sooner or
later over the distortions to which they have been
subjected by the committee
In order to be more consonant with tho contents
OF this book the title might have been completed
by the addition OF these WORDS. "and for myseli,n
since General Trochu. while endeavoring to clear
his political character, does not miss the opportu-
nifty giving to the world that he holds In high
esteem his military abilities and prophetic powers.
This last faculty he proves by extracts from letters
he wrote before or at the beginning OF the war,
and which were confirmed by the events OF that
time. Perhaps 1t would have been better for the
gallant oficer to let people conclude from these
quotations that he was far sighted; the public do
not like to have such conclusions forced upon them.
But the brochure is interesting well and honestly
written, and 1t would have been stll more noticed
were not public attention chiefly taken up by
passing events
Referring as 1t does to present politics. the PAM
phlet or NJ. Grevy "Monarchy or Republic" had
better run. NJ. Grevy is an old republican. gen.
orally credited Tor his moderate opinion and his
political erudtion and lately President Of the Ma
tional Assembly. When from three two are sub
tracted there remains one. This arithmetical tru-
ism sums up the reasoning Of M. Grevy Alter
stating in q calm and undemonstrative manner,
rather uncommon with French political WRITER'S
that there are bur three forms or govcrnment-the
despotc monarchy or empire, the constitutional
monarchy and the republic, the author proceeds
to say that as the two former have failed the third
is the only one which may be applied TO France.
Unfortunately while people agree on the first term
OF the subtraction, that is, IN the fact that there
are but three forms Of government, they generally
disagree on the second term-I mean on the gov
ernmenta forms which have proved unsuccessful
NJ. de Cassagnac IN his pamphlet entitled "Repub-
lie or Empire" endeavors to establish that repuD
lie and constitutional monarchy are inconsistent
with the present state OF the French mind. In his
eyes the empire is the only government capable Of
conciliating the progressist aspirations OF the
lower classes with the stationary tendencies OF
the upper ones.
NJ. dc Cassagnac Is the chief editor Of the Bona
partist print, lie Pays, function which he COM
bines with that OF Imperial challenger mean
that he writes with pen in one hand and foil in
the otherresorting to the latter against his con-
tradictors when he does not succeed In senclng
them with the former
1t would be rather long ana tedious for the
reader to review all the pamphlets written on the
question OF the best government for the future
Political doctors are not wanting in France. and IL
Is surprising that this country, having 80 many
eminent physicians at her bedside, should be
brought, so often to the very brink OF death.