, 1875-08-28

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dread the former, and their emotions to-
wards its most conspicuous supporters,
the Radicals, are as hostile as can we'll be
entertained by one human being towards
another. But towards Comparison
towards the system, and still more towards
the men-they cherish a peculiar anti
pathy, and they dread its sitting grasp at
least as much as the loose violence Of o
Republic. The consequence of this dis
position is, that whichever of these two
powers seems for the time in the ascend
ant is likely to find the majority Of the AS
sembly arrayed against it At the begin
ning of The present year public opinion had
been yioleutly stirred-though each man
strovo to conceal his uneasinoss-by the sue
cesses of tue B0napartists. Their candidates
were returned by influential Departments,
and even where they failed they came
very near the successful Republicans and
LETT the RoyaIi8ts far behind. They had
an organization which differed little from
q conspiracy-all the personnel of a Gov
eminent was said to be ready who knew
whether there were not heads at work
planning another coup d'ctm? Actuated
bY this fear, the Assembly hastily sacri-
feed its own predictions and accepted the
principle Of Republican Government.
The stability Of the Executive Power has
become a necessity, aud It could not be OBJ
tanned except by this compromise. Some
of those who voted L2r it were probably
mortified at the relief and satisfaction with
which the nation regarded the settlement.
Five months have passed, and another
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Whatever may be the real influence of the
Bouapartists, they have not of late so
much affected the Imagination of their
opponents; the exposure of their practices
has done them harm with the electors, and
the legal recognition Of the Republic must
have it's effect on that large class which
desires to range itself on the side of power.
Consequently, the eyes of the Conserva-
tives are now more open to the dement's
of the Left, and their suspicion of Radicals
has returned with nearly all its force.
They cannot 90 back to their fusion;
even the Septennate is a thing of the
past but their instinct is still to hold
to the actually existing, to yield nothing
more if possible, and to save themselves
from the annihiIation which they fear q
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They cannot bring themselves to believe
in the moderation Of the Lett they know
their own sentiments towards their adver-
saries they have a moral certainty that
the Radicals are equally intolerant, and
they shrink from the smooth words of the
Radical leaders as if they were the SLAYER
of the serpent upon its prey. 1t would
detain US too long to mention and explain
q variety of incidents which exhibit the
increasing jealousy of the Conservatives
as the inevitable day of Dissolution ap-
proaches, and they become more and moro
apprehensive that the Republicans will
prevail in the Election. The Government
could rot avoid in SOM measure sharing
this feeling. There is hardly a public man
in France, certainly not one drawn from
the Order to which Marshal MACMAHoN's
friends chiefly belong, who does not think
that universal suffrage as at present or
ganized threatens the stability of admins
~tration, aud that under the Republican
system universal suffrage is most free, and
therefore most inconvenientin its operation.
Now, all the Constitutional legislation in
France leads up to a Dissolution. People
may talk of the PRESIDENTS powers with
regard to war or treaties, of the constisu-