New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-21
FRENCH AFFAIRS.

v,r,rIoS- SPONTANEOUS SYMPATHY OF THE
MASSES FOR THE SUFFERERS BY THE 1NUNDA-
TONS.
trRou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TUE rRihuNk'l
PARIS, July when in tue early days Oh lis
,resent session the National Assembly was asked to
s;oIats q standing law and the ilhereht national
,;ght of represe ntaton by forhdling partial cleo
lions the mover of the resolution to that effect was
reauested to amend it by adding ixoG date for DIS
solution He answered that moral date was
implied in the resolution itself, which was morally
true enough and cloaked with this smart phrase the
motion passed. At that time there We're lo' thefe
are now 20 empty seats in the Versailles benches
and their number by the law OF mortahty VIII III
crease al the rate of about two per month. VINE
now the combined LET'S in favor of an early ds-
solution the demoraEzed ROyaiists seem more All"
more disposed say die. Their hopes u res-
rection in the new general elections are anything
bus lively. The present House, though sadly fallen
from lis high royal state of four years ago. stll holds
more Royasts than by any calculable possibility
constituencies can be found 10 seId to the chambers
of the Constitutional Republic.
To-day or tomorrow the bill of Complementary
constitutional laws up fcrdebate on the second
reading The desire and purpose OF the combined Let's
old and converted Repubcans-istO abbreviate the
debates as much a. they docently may yielding, - IT
has all along been tlleir policy, Important though
not essential points on which they have good r'gho
10 insist rs4her than to prolong the discussion or
risk success on the final vote Their wish and policy
are to pass the Complementary constitutional laws
the Press law the Budget, ard such few other meas
ures ~ press so as to exhaust the docket by mid
August This would leave time for the election by
the House of the rs members Of the now Senate,
which must take place month before dissolution,
and for making everything ready for consultation
Of the nation by the general elections in the
course OF the coming Autumn So that Trance, alter
five years Of provisional eXpedients ana nafassing
ipcertitude. would enter on the year 1876 at 'S'
Possessed Of herself-a working constituted he
public. For observe that the so-callcd republican
Nallen-Dufaure Constitution exists OILY on paper
rs vet, and still wants complementary organic laws
for its functional activity.
Ii is To prevent by abortive measures OF by aboT-
tive neglect the normal birth into healthy, lcsal.
auth, ritative controlling vitality of the paper Gnu
lryo Of constitutional Republic, that de lrogiia's'
of he "m0Ia order, ana hOnester bat less ingenious
Cbamborlists both not unaided by Imperialisis are
mere or less frankly endeavoring by help OF pro-
longed debates on minor measures, by this and the
other parliamentary trick and preteXt, 10 stretch the
duration of the present Assembly into the late Au
tumn. That point secured, lis poor life would
be prolonged till next Spring. Between now and
Spriug-n six months and in France what new
charter of accidents may not openf
That great tide IT renei0us sympathy for the sui
ferers Ly the Southern foundations, which | spoke
Of in my last sweeping over all france, ~ sill
rising What, in the matter If money, 1t has
brought in the last ten days eminenty creditabe
t. this war-w0rn taX-burdened, "heartloss, fTivO-
lous.r penny zsaving French people. The Committee
presided over by Madame MacMdhon had received
two days ago 1927 900; the variou- receiving OFF,
ces OF the National Treasury elle,6Oo. lie Temps
newspaper S2G 600; lie GaaiOis, $1,000; l. LHirerS.
81, 100; lie EGPpd. 81, 800; H. honitear, SG2"0.
The municipality OF Paris gives $4,000; Marseiies,
Havre Lyons and the other large towns proportion
ately as much little villages and mere hamlets, in
their municipal capacity. pr0portionaiely more.
Bankers and great merchants have cmulaed for
once though they do yet equal the generosity OF
dramatic actors. Of mechanic WOTanien, and women
working on small wages and short commons. The
daily manv-colnmned subscription list of lie Hdppe
"a republican paper circulating specially among the
working people with larger daily sale than any
other three daily Paris papers. offers touchmgiy in
terest.ng evidence of this noble response.
The notorious ingenuity Of Freneh device cxhausts
itself now for charity sake. The variety. multi
picity and univorsalty OF ingenious, kindly tricks
played Cd one, in every way and at every corner
one turns in his daily career, all for the benefit
main INDEPENDENTLY charming So that, hav-
inc gwen you give again; not meaning to give any
more you mad yourself yet giving You drop into
a cafe after dinner for your coffee and the evening
journals. Having drunk and read your FILL you 20
OUT paying for the coffee, adding The supplementary
sous for the waiter You learn tomorrow that all
the money received at that cato and that al the
Profits for the day other cafes have been received
for the benefit only of the poor dTO@ned-oat folks
vi the Garonne. 4 dozen, more OF less OF French
folks are brought together any day, for any one
reason OF lack of 1t is the asscniblage III
judges at an assize tribunal, or OF the Jurors, or
Of the witnesses OF 1t is the gang OF young con-
scripts for this years military CONSUMPTION il is
any half dozen OF many dIi1en Of human Frcnchinen
met by purpose OF accidentally awedding or funeral
for business OF FOX peasure-it is al one i'll these
days. SO soon as these kindly, quickly sympa-
tIetic Frenchmen are together, tie first act of
some one OF these gVOd-natured people IL
10 express sympathy and give material aid for the
inundated. In instance do the rest fail to follow
And mind, this noble and strictly national charta-
bic movement primarily steers itsolf 1t springs
from real sympathy and is in 10 way constrained
1t grows and goes swelingly, not by Government
impulsion though by side ofand always gatifyDgly
well ahead of the accompanying movement en-
conraged by Government.
There are spots on the sun. TO the veritable
grandeur Of the senimentally expressed and the pc
cuniarily proved national chaTitahleness Of the
French comes in nasty contrast the pitiful party
quarrel into which some silly Republicans and
silly Imperalsts have fOolishly and alphabetically
thrown themselves and striven 10 sink the humani-
tartan valne of their common nation. The national
failing il here shown the party Frenchman even
the thougitfully able party fTenchman, Is PARTISAN
FIRST and Freedman next. W. H. H.