New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-08-11
TRMpORIZING MONARCHlSIS
THE PLAN OF ADJOURNING THE fkLN0h
ASSEMBLY

THEIR INABILITY TO CONoiiiN'''
PRESIDENT MAcMAHoN's POSITION IN kh"AhD
TO THE CASIMR-PERIER fKoro'iii'-
Drxr DE BRoGIIE AGAIN IN POWER
-, -, CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNE.'
p.n,s Irlv o7.-THE TRIBUNE of July 10 pubhshes
,,Wbr,s Message of the 9th. in which the honest
prosident Of the Republic says among other innings
p,t tho law OF November 20 must he cOmpie~u ino
.sembly cannot mediate tearing up It's engagements
Icttt permit me pressngy to remind IL OF the cn''
Cor the fulhllment of that engagement Inc couh'iy
demands the organization of the public powers anu
Questions which were reserved must be se'''eu'
r,rbcr DELAYS will depress trade and hamper the pros
perity Of the country. l hope the Assembly VIII, NV
fail to fulfil patrotically its obligations aulo i'' "
the name OF the highest interests OF the couhi'' w
Uberae without delay upon the questions WIN" ,uu'
no longer remain in suspense Tue Assen'p "uu w
Government are jointly Responsible "in u0S"0u ''
ACCOMPLISHING all my duties and my most l'npei"'''
duty is TO insure 10 the county
security, and calm. ,n
This number of THE TRIBUNE, reminding us Oh inc
Marshal's pressing words, reached me appoSl'rS
enough on the 24th of july On that DAY one Vi INC
Orleapist Ministers of the President announceu "
the Assembly that the Government would Ia'se ho
objection to the resolution moved and sustained ny
monarchist deputies, then before the HOUSE, pio'
yidinc for an adjournment of the debate Oh consul
tutional laws TIL next January. The questions
both of adjournment and dissolution "ere' ]" vas
generally supposed this morning, to come up lol
direct discussion and final decision tins aternoon'
wherefore there is great reason for thinking they
will not come mp this afternoon, ana that IL they uo
no final decision will be reached ! need not tell
my one even though only slightly familiar with the
current proceedings of the Assembly that what IL Is
generally expected TO do it fails to do; and that
final decisions on any question are Its favorite
aversions.
A few points which have lately grown evident 10
the foqrv situation may be worth notice. One OF
these is that however far away 1t yet may be- DIS
solution now seems likely to occur ct much carrier
dav than appeared probable ten days ago Inc
Casimir-Perier proposition being rejected by ma
iority of 40 upon the particular request" OF the
Government. the Immediately following proposition
for dissolution was defeated by majority of but
% II is certain that of these % are now ready
and probable that more soon will be ready to favor
not essentially modified form of that proposition
The inherent impotence of this Assembly ethclently
10 exercise its pretended constituent power has now
become so glaringly and pitiably manifest that
Monarchists themselves in accord with MacMahon
twho has again become nearly de Broglle's self,
seek 2 temporary refuge in a long adjournment. 1t
is not likely that six months hence or any less
number of months hence land the delight they
seem to take in varying their plans from
day TO dav, in haggling over and com
ing to ill-kept bargains and half-compromses,
will probably bring the different sects OF adJournlng
10 settle on shorter term than six monhS) the IN
conTuous monarchial elements of the Assembly
will have become homogeneous majority any more
capable of constituting than they have been for the
last three years But it is so much time gained for
maltreating Republicans, for devising monGrchlcal
schemes for waiting for something to happen,
Foremost among the arguments with which the
partisans of adjournment urge their scheme is the
propricty of Deputies personally mngliug with and
consulting their constituents before proceeding to
make a constitution for the country. With this all
monarchist orators make eloquent appeal to the
country in regard to the country's wants. This
sort of rhetorical appeal they almost to be sim
cerc in utterng-a curious instance of the com
mand of words controlling the fluent speaker, for
the primary object of these oratOrica country gen.
temen is to prevent the only appeal to the country
to which the country cOuld respond LatfeTly they
have relinquished in alarm their earlier purposed
open attack on universal suffrage, to fall back
their Senate OF Second Chamber scene every of the
many variations of which las the common
feature of subdung the vulgar deep bass of the
peoples voice to a display in chorus, and ee-
waiting the fine tenor Of the select superior classes to
controlling first parts. 1t is only because the coun-
10, would raise but two main loud cries yire la
RepuBliquel and rire rEmpereuri sweeping off the
face of French earth the old Bourbon and Orleanist
monarchy and stadtholdership, and branch that
these Foyalist interhostile, sentimental and
doctrinare intriguing party politicians are eager
temporarily TO subject their mutual hates and pro-
long their hopes and chances by long adjournment.
Whatever else might be the results of general cleo
TONS the return of so many half of the actually
sitting royalist members of the present National As
Se;i!;!y would not be one of them No one is better
aware Of the saddening truths Of this proposition
than the honest monarchieal President OF the Re
public and the Duke de BrOglie.
This last named enormously self-conceited, finely
cultured, undetermined, but not sagasous political
party manager has been for a week the Prime Min
lister without portfolio and intriguing factotum Of
the honest President of the Republic. In proof see
the Duke de Brogle's remarkably clever sophistcal
speech against the Casimir- P6rier proposition in
particular and against republcanism in general and
the as remarkably clumsy but distinct repetition of
its hostile ideas read in the same session by Mac
hahOns officially chief Minister that day.
Up TO the 10Th it was understood that the Presi-
dent would surely net pronounce against the Cast
mr-ferer proposition. On Sunday last when il
was sthl supposed that this proposition would come
up Tor discussion on Monday the best that its enc
nnes the worst that its friends respectively hoped
and deprecated was, that the Government would
rest neutral On the fateful Monday as you know.
the Government asked for an adjournment till the
next Wednesday and had its large request for spcb
small favor instantly granted Meantime. Mac
Nation had asked the Duke de Broglie to construct
new Cabinet for him, which the latter really did.
though the President was but at first half aware of
At, not seeing how a man who declined coming
into the Cabinet should be the man who made il