The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-31
PROSPECTS or YnE BONApARTISTy
Weakness of the Bourbon and
Orleans Parties.
NAPOLEON w. AND HIS FRIENDS.
POLICY OF THE EMPRESS EUGENE.

! POLICY OF THE EMPRESS EUGENE.
PARIS, Jan. Is, 1874
| There seems little doubt that the restoration OF
| Imperial government in France il nero question
OF time hold in my hand, as write these lines,
| a passport ISSUED yesterday by the English EN-
| bassy 1t is headed by a statement that Lord
| LYONS is Her Maestys Ambassador Extraordinary
to the emperor of the French" and over the last
| four words are coarsey dauDed with . handstamp
| "French Repubc.n Evidently Lord Lyons. who n
tolerably well informed, though not by any means
| q great diplomatist, does not consider it worth
| while to go to the expense OF having new pass
ports printed at present; and ths. IL MS OPINION h
to be estimated rather in accordance with bis
means or information than with reference to
the accuteness OF his intellect must DO
taken az q significant fact Lord Lyons, though
not sage, is, as the Americans well know, soma
sort OF man. of an intelligence indeed below tho
average Of persons who have thought and read
and acted busy parts in life; but he can see what
Is going on around him and he can understand. at
all events part OF what hears from day to day.
Now 1t Is clear that for some time past the Re
public has been steadily declining in the hckle
favor OF the French people. It's effigy-repre-
sented as sturdy, hard-teaturcd, vulgar woman
has been struck OF the new coins lately issued by
the mint
The nobility, the merchants, the tradespeople.
the artists Of France are all dissatisfied with the
Republic for different reasons which have so often
| been told that they need not be here repeated,
| and every well informed person IL expecting
| coup d'etat from day to day. II a coup d'etdt u
made the restoration OF the Empire may occur
much sooner than was anticipated few months
ago, for there are some symptoms that Marshal
MacMahon is getting tired OF the task OF govern
ment, and that he would be open to discreet offers
from the mperialstS.
THR TENDENCIES MACxAHON.
1t Is quito true that formerly he was supposed to
have strong lcanlngs towards Henry ", but that
dull prince committed blunder after blunder IN his
negotiations with the party in power ana thereby
rendered the restoration OF Bourbon monarchy for
the present impossible. He required the Marshal
ana his dukes to make an unconditional surrender
OF their ofnces, and would give them no assurance
that they should receive any tangible advantages
after they had done 80. Then MacMahon turned for
q moment to the Orleanists brought the Duo
d'Aumale into the front rank and gave him high
command IN the army.
But the princes OF the House OF Orleans are very
wary and economical persons The Due dAumale
himself could hardly be better OF than he Is now,
and during the existing interregnum he MAKES .
political system established upon more perma-
nent basis. He is very rich, and, therefore he u
afraid to mix in any Intrigues which mighs
fail and end IN the confscatiOn of his property.
The Count OF Paris who Is heir TO the immense e.
tates and accumulations which his uncle derived
from the murdered Prince OF COnde Is equally
nervous and unwilling to thrust himself for
ward. The Duke dc NemOurs Is mere
lay figure. He is very fine gem
tleman. honorable, high minded. kind hearted:
but lie has neither ambition nor energy. HIS prin-
cipal object in this life is to cut his beard the
same shape as that OF Henry ~. He Is more OF Q
royalist than his king, and such
AN INsIPID MoRsEL OF MIND
as he has got Is entirely devoted to the lmpracncP
BILE Comte de Chambord, whom he acknowledges
as the chief of his house aud Monarch OF France
by right divine. The Prince de Joinvllle
is extremely deaf and extremely lazy. Ho
is a self-indulgent, easy liver VINO does not want
for anything or care for anything. The Duke do
Montpensier Is heavy, parsimonious gentleman
who has long ceased to concern himself with
French affairs. The Due de Chartres Is a light
headed cavalry oflcer. The Dukes de Penthievre
and d'AlencOn are in sense remarkable young
men, nor are the ladies' OF the House OF orleans
gifted with that spirit or political intrigue which
has sometimes made Frenchwomen contemplate
adversaries OF skilful statesmen. To sum up tho
egitimists have no immediate chance OF power.
Tn cir chief is stubborn and unreasonable beyond
conception, and all their best men, such as the
Dukes de- Broglie Decazes and DE rOchefoucauld
have deserted from the white flag OF the Bourbon.
The Orieanists feel that they have real party In
the nation, and they are not at all inclined 10 try
uncertain hazards
THE REPUBLICANS
are so disheartened that M Gambetta is afraid 70
a
I night and put out OF the way. M Theirs is too
old and too willy to engage in fresh adventures
' not over safe in their management or promising
! in their results. He remembers how suddenly ho
was seized in bed and expelled from France on q
| former occasion, and has no fancy acquire any
similar experiences. M. Grevy, the greatest Of the
+, moderates republicans, is very timid
! and cautious elderly gentleman, not at all
| likely to risk getting himself into a scrape.
| On the other hand, the Bonapartists arc
| o compact and powerful party, composed
of eager, resoute and adventurous men, with the
| strong patient head of NJ Rouher to lead them.
| How well he has fulfilled that task may be seen in
the extraordinary fact that he has recently rec0v-
the present government and obtained a substan-
tal payment IN money The Bonapartst cause IL
in BY nee and eyen O ss
names OF those papers have been chosen
with , consummate tact. They are EN- en-.
|
OF them speaks in the language best understood by
large section OF the French people. 1t is danger
Gus to speak Ill OF the Imperialists III any public
| place, for there are numerous fre-eaters among
| them, OF whom Paul de Cassagnac, editor OF the
Pays Is the iercest, and 1t is not going 100 lar to
say that society In general Ii rather AFRAID OF AZ
fronting the imperialists. Another element
! Of their strength Is to be found In
| the acknowledged fact that no dynasty ever
rewarded its adherents 80 magni1cently or was
more true to its friends in adversely than the Bo-
| napartes. Napoleon Ill. was
| ABSOLUTE KING OF THE BLACKGUARDS."
| He was not dishonest man himself but the char.
| acter or MS mind was unusually lndulgent 10 al
! forms Of human frailty. Therefore, every aoe man
| of queer antecedents who had sinned past redemp
| ton under square-toed masters looko" TO
the French Emperor Tor patronage ana rehabiita-
ton II there was really anything in him ne seldom
looked in VAIN and the oldest people possible wero
perpetually turning up in high employments IL may
be safely aflrmed them that some OF the cleverest
and most INSCRIPTIONS people In the world may be
counted among the Bonapartists. They would be