New-York tribune., 1874-07-31
TpF LATE CRISIS IN FRANCE.


ICAN CIVIL WAR.
lrRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRrBUNE'I
PARIS July l5-Jast Wednesday an order of the
dav accepted by Ministers, and declaring the reSo-
luton of the Assembly 10 MAINTAIN vigorously the
powers intrusted to Marshal MacMahOn for seven
wears by the law Of November 1878. rejected by
vote of Ss $50. Here a defeat of Ministers,
10 say nothing of adenal of the septennality of the
McMahonarchy. That befell at five and a half of
the clock. Then old Gen. Changarnier moved the
order of the day pure and simple, which was passed
by $50 to 3l5. Here was approval of the con-
dcmned Ministers, That befell at six aud half of
the clock of the same afternoon. But Ministers be-
ing nothing if not parliamentary. would not be COM
forted for their defeat half past five by their vic
tory such as was at half past six and in their
resignation 70 the President of the Republic. which
the Marshal peremptOrily refused 10 accept. That
befei in the course of the evening of Wednesday On
Thursday the Marshal sent his message TO the As
sembly in which he informs that queer BODY with
quite much show of respect as they deserve that
however iTTesOlute majority OF them may be, ne Is
resolved TO maintain vigorously his sepJenma
powers IN respect of which sovereignty has irrev-
ocably gone out of them and Is lnviolaby hXed IN
him. He then urgently admOnshes them TO use
their remaining parcel of sovereignty for the making
Of some constitutional laws in accordance with the
promise they long ago gave u him and the country
adding that his Ministers will adyis, their Commit
tee of Thirty OF the constitutional points which he
thinks essential. Read IN connection with the same
authOr's recent address 10 the army. this message
has a certain military emphasis. sort OF Shoulder
arms - ring to 1t. a tone Of-menace! MdcMdhOHi
soft qui mai pens6
The coup detdt which certain journals have gra-
tuitously couaseled the honest Marshal To make,
il quite unnecessary. 1t is virtually half made
. H. latrpl sucr
of his on the rights Of the misrepresentation As
sembly, but by its own tenacious impotence. He
"peremptoly refused" to accept the resignation OF
Ministers as they knew he would when they offered
IT, and most properly for Assembly tha can CON
stitute no 1Olerably permanent majority, and that
can be dissolved only bv It's act renders parha
raentarv government with a responsible Ministry
impossible. He. in fact, probably could dissolve It
and possibly nay if il viii neither break mp Of It's
own sweet will nor give him the right he now asks
s one Of the essentially to he Insisted points OF the
new t.utlonal laws-without any extTa-egai ex-
er,ise of bower For j. after more weeks OF months
of byzsntiDe discussion tue Marshal became finally
hopelcssly convinced Of its constituent impotence
message simply expressing that conviction ana adj
visnr them 10 disperse would morally force that dis
tracted body 70 decree its own dissolution.
For the moment there are various motives lnhu-
enciuc him. as well as considerable groups OF depn-
r.
dissolution He, in common with most other reae-
tionarics desires to have new electoral law ana
second chamber hat shall be largely of bis packing
the law To be am obstacle the return at the next
general elections OF a majority of Republicans and
the Senate as "A deteuse against and with hnnseh
controlling force over such majority nreturned tOthe
lower that is popular chamber. On another hand
the Left Center still hope TO carry the Casimir prop
osition, the first point Of which is deciara-
,ion Of the defnitive Republic, and Will not
I'll that hope is annIhilated vote for dissolution
In common with several other groups the Lett
Center has fine gilt of hoping and an ingenious
Talent for abstruse mathematical calculations tend
ing IN prove that two and two under presumably
tavorable circumstances are likely to equal hVe
and that if given number of inches be cut clean OF
from the cftward list, and as many be attached 10
the richtward selvage of their partl-coored Dahke'
twill become so much broader as 10 cover MAJOR
itv of eprawling bed-fellOws. Another reason why
some of the Left lately favorable to dissolution are
10 longer so Is the growing fear las though the
danger were likely to diminish OF rlsklns general
elections that would be he'd uhCeT the supervision
nav natronare not 70 say control-Of the present
administration. Leaving out the honest Presl-
dent Of the Republic, whom no one has
vet accused of being a Republican. we
come 10 his Ministers, in whose hands
beis supposed TO be- of whom there is not one who
IL not hostile to RepublicfnIsm. BY far the most
imuortant member of the Cabinet so far as elections
are concerned is the Minister of the Interior NJ.
Eonrtou who now holds that Office. Is perhaps not
more reactionary than his predecessor aud former
chief DE Brogle but more frankly 80. More than
half the prefects under him are old lmperlast ON
cials of the remaining mOiety not one III hve Is
thoroughly Republican. Ii may be worth notlng
bere that ON the motion for dissolution proposed last
Thursday. after the reading of the Presidents Mes.
sage Inv NJ. Dayal an Independent member. but oi
Imnerialist proch yitiesp most of the Bonapartist
groun who knew indeed that il would not pass
o,ped their affirmative votes to those OF the Lett
"a Ev,re,ne Left Had the Center Left joined
them il would have passed and-exceptlng that the
.;,,,,rI,r +roon Of performers at the Versailles
tbester are always liable 20 undo on the noiro"
,,bat they did on the eve-we should now be on our
clear way out of the woods and at the peghni"s Vi
tie end of this too long parliament
notion. rumor runs, not with much credited
currency guess. save among those VINO pa'ein"hy
wish il true that the President is rather inclnng
10 accept the Casmir-Perer proposlflon that s' "
move little center-leftward finding good COM
pany of select ex-Orleanists OF the hlgn' 0eh'ei
n,enarino 10 move half that way all of them avoid
ING Thiegs who opened that route ana must ln"aiS
grim y, zee them pass the sagacions old engineer lie
is ALWAYS for dissolution, believes az NC uiu Veoi
ls7O in the Republic, and is not AFRAID 10 Hus' i'S
Lext destinies 20 the popular nationai vote
| was lust saying that Minister fourtou was no'
less reaetionary but more frankly 30 than tue ia,e
DE Broglie. Frank is not the hlceiy appii''o0
word 70 bim indeed to other Frankish po'iic'a9
in these days. But he does occasionally turn tne
sf