New-York tribune., 1874-07-18
FOREIGN TOPICS.
PRESIDENT MACMAHON'S POWERS.

PRESIDENT MACMAHON'S POWERS.
HIS DETERMINATION TO MAINTAIN THEM-oRDER TO
THE AEMY--THE WAY IN WHICH THE MINISTRY
EXECUTEs TIE LAWS.
GrRoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBuNE.l
PARIS July 1.-When on the Sth of September,
1855 Gen. MacMahon executed with great bravery
the orders he had received to carry the works of the
Maakoif and his position seemed perously diff
cult that Marshal BOSQuet sent him word of peImis-
SION 10 retire he is said to have returned the answer
Here | am, and here | STAY" Tins is the essence
of the proclamation issued by the President of the
Republic after the great review of last Sunday. 10
has, withal certain Louis XIV. perfume of EEtGt
ctst moi. and. as q political message addressed to
the army. a certain NapolcOmc glnpowder flame
SOLDIERS, am here with yOu for seven years TO
preserve order; and mean to stay and do it with
Won for years. This political order Oh the day
was posted by of the Minister Of the Interior
on tn dead walls Of Paris and at le maiies of all
French Communes. Its appearance IN this way Is
not unmportant in these days of small things
The Government poster is headed. in large capitals
"R6pubhque Francai,e" and then the authors
title President de la Republic has whole line
20 itself and i'm larger capitals than the subordinate
Marshal MacNahon." IL is a strikingly visible
variation from the display lettering Of the MarshaFs
noted proclamation last year-which pleaSeS hope
full Republicans much more than II does vcXed
RoyalSt or Imperial politicians. All of them
nearly, except the Lagitimists (who indeed voted
the Septennatc but only transient ark OF retuge
nnd a few Saturinc, critical Thcrs Republicans
(who object that the order of the day addressed to
the soldiers by the Military COmmander-in-Chief
j, combined with political message-not to say ap-
pcal-to the army which should have been addressed
if at all TO the Asscmhly-all politicians, say, with
..,1 l. a-ttf. Il 1xCifl he
manifesto In fact, however, they not very sim
ccrely glaiied. If al the rest are mahciously
tickied ut the LsId blow it gives to Chamhordsm
It's distinctly pronounced MacMahoniSm does not
greatly clear the hope Of any other of the contend
ing par ieS Tho expressed satisfaction of the gen.
eral public. inomentarily and in Paris at least, is
more honest.
MacNaho1'S So solcmnly iterated purpose to re-
main where he HaS been legally placed, to reign and
govern there, with constitution, if this distracted
Assembly can keep promise and make him one
without it and their impotence if moi, tranquillizcs
and comforts he average Frenchman. II Is not fixed
certainly. but is 'erably trustworthy guarantee
against violently disturbing revolutions for the
next six years.
Meanwhile il is to be remarked that honest
MacNah1n's unpa.liamentary working ministry"
of his own composition is notably more honest
than the Cabile: of which that renegade parlia-
meutarian. Duke De Droshc more or less disguised
"protcg6 Of the EmpIe,' the late inspiring
chief. 1t does not remove any of the lmperlallst
projects with whom Zee filed OGc-haf of all the pre-
lectures of France; il does not relieve the ~ Re
publican newspapers from suspension. interdct of
streeS sale and ohcr dacreed miSforuncs that befe
them in cx-Iiberal Gr Broglies time of power; it Is
not more liberal less reactiorary than the preceding
ministry, but is notably fairer. The actual Minister
Int. 1I.t
severity on Bonlparusts rs well Republicans and
has come so far Is to forbid the gratultous flooding
of France through the pOSt-OlfCe with the 6,OOO,-
O0O ~ photographs of the little Prince of Chise-
hurst-set oil with choice bits of Tutor RouherS
selection-wich his pOvcrty-stricken mother had
paid for. One of the mos, notoliOus post-oifce mis-
sionaries of This gospel Of the Empire is, it ap
pears hopeful Of that Scandalous Jdnvier de Ia
Motto. ex-Prcfect of the late Empire, report of
whose very scandalizilg trial is still fresh III
memory.
Imperial Tutor Rouhcr, who was a devoutly con-
WINGED Republican in 1889 is apparently too grave
and saclcious gent cman t. be visibly connected
with the Imperial Photographic OF secret central
committee business. Ii is this eX-Republican, ex-
President of the Imperial Senate WHO made swift
haste on the An of September to run away from un-
der the ruin of the thon falling empire who has now
become political u;OT and lc Ider Of the Imperial lad
of Cbiselhurst and who now SAYS that embracing
generosity would be the eminent feature III the
policy of the returned empire. The mtimatlon OF
NJ Rouher, who Imperiali,t partisan, fatally aI-
proved Of the bluShmcnt of inconvenient Repub-
Iicans and prncey distinguished Orleanists, Is that
the little Chisclhurst cub asks for nothing better
than to lie down with the Ofleaniat and Republican
lambs ald kids
The genial Paul Granier STYLED de Cas'anac) is
the petted favorte and intimate friend of the young
Prince Paul. recouutng his exercises at Chisel-
hurst boastfly notes his own particular half-inter-
views and sweet private communion with the
Prince Paul the young mans friend, u0t less bold
but somewhat more careless than the yolng mans
tutor. has, over and over again, blu'tad ont the
greedy purpose cherished by the pure lmperalists
of persecutinq and driving out to New-Caledonia
and milder places of exile all Republican red, Or
leanist blue, and other Inconyepient citizens who
stand In the way when the young man comes of his
triumphant ascent TO the Imperial throne
W. II. II.
NOTES FROM LONDON.
THE QUESTION OF HOME RULE FOR IELAND-DE-