New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-08

were the first to gain Dy thb Iatai orrVi v.
the monarchy, but the Bonapartists were not
long in organizing and resping their part also
of the advantage. The reason why the failure
of the monarchicsl intrigue aided the republic 10
too obvious to dwell upon. The country saw for
moment the peril 1t had escaped in king 80
Maynard and so arbitrary that his own parti-
sans could not influence him to decent re-
spect for tho opinion of the nation. Better
before than after tho coronation. was tho gen.
eral commentary on bis exhibition OF AFRO
gance and bigotry. It was only natural that
thousands of Conservatives should have con-
cluded to vote for the republic, as the only
form of government possible under the cir
cumstances
Il cannot be denied that the Bonapartists
obtained q great success by tho coalition
which through their aid elected Marshal Mac
Mahon to the Presidency, and by the vote
which afterwards confirmed his power for
seven years. The Republicans were ready at
once to establish the republic. The mon
archists were moro than ready to bring in the
exiled Bourbon whenever he would let them.
But the Bonapartists are not ready to re-
establish the Empire. 1t is q part of that
system of false pretensss which has come
to them from Napoleon ILL.,, that they
should clamor for o plebiscitum which
they do not want, and in which
they know they would be defeated But
knowing it will not be taken. they put them
selves in the position of being the only party
which trusts the people and desires that they
shall be consulted. The young Prince whom
they call Napoleon Nv. has not yet completed
his education, and has shown no indications
of the physical or mental vigOr required to
assume tho reins of q personal government.
1t is desirable on many accounts, therefore, to
prolong the popular propaganda of imperialist
principles for few years longer, and to de-
lay that long the decisive appeal to the pub
lie. The Septennate is an admirable
cloak under which this fight can
DO made, and if the Bonapartists
should feel strong enough for revolutionary
measures before MacMahon's term is out, no
sort to them. They have this strong point in
their favOr-that large proportion of the
local politicians and office-hOlders throughout
the country are Imperialists, trained to the
conduct of elections for the last twenty years.
Those who have been dismissed, of course,
vork with the utmost zeal to restore the state
of things which was formerly 80 profitable.
and those who have retained their places i'm
agine they will be safer in working for a
Bonapartist than for the Republican OPPOSE
ton.
They have been making for some time past
substantial progress as against the Monarch
lists. They do not seem as yet to nave
encroached upon the Parliamentary strength
of the Republicans. They have gained and
lost about equally where the two parties have
been sauarely opposed to each other. But
while the Republicans have become moro
united and harmonious, there are symptoms
of a somewhat serious schism in the ranks OF
the Bonapartists. This may not be bad sign
for their cause, as it may indicate that they
feel strong enough to quarrel among them
selves. The old animOsity between the En-
press and Prince Napoleon has broken out
into open hostility, and her first overt act OF
war was sending Prince Charles Bonaparte to
defeat the Red Prince for the COuncil-Gen-
eral at Corsica. The contest was bitter and
violent, but the discipline of the party was
stronger than the influence of Prince NapO-
leon, and he was defeated. The Spanish
widow of the Dutch Napoleon has proved her
self stronger than the true NapOleOns In the very
cradle of the race. Once before Prince Napoleon
has found Ajaccio place of bad omen. 1t
was his speech there IN 1865-in which. by
the way, he showed political insight which
would have been invaluable to the Emperor
that caused his disgrace and retirement from
Office under the Empire. He has never been
well-disciplined cousin, and perhaps the
Empress and NJ. Rouher have acted pru-
IDENTIFY in publicly repudiating him. Having
beaten him at the polls, they will not be long
in taking his birthright from him, and his
presumptive hership to the throne in case of
failure of issue to Eugenies son.