New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-08

the centennial peace which oyerspreadl
} America, these non-naturalized alien!
deem it best to declare their intention te
become citizens of the United States I
this thing be correct, it would account
somewhat for the reduced number o.
aliens which appear in our State census
! We should be sorry to lose these
Frenchmen. They have always believed
themselves, we understand, very fa1
superior to the mere Creole, and have
translated to him the science of the
drama, the cook book and politics.
For ourselves, as plain Saxons. with.
out one spark of Gallo intelligence, We
are very outside barbarian in all those
mysteries which it is the prerogative Of
tho Frenchman to teach. As for the
haate polHique Of France, we know nc
more Of it than of the mysteries of the
goddess silva or the beauties Of Buddhism.
It was Scotch woman who, when asked
if she understood the sermons of her
minister, asked, would I have the
presumption" 1t is our answer when we
read about the right, left and center and
the constitutional government OF a
country by called session of Legis-
lature. We have the advantage Of q
French paper which explains to the
Creoles the state Of affairs in the mother
country, and dictates how they shall
endure the execrable government from
which France can not at present ex-
! tricate them.
We have with our myopic faculties
painfully perused one OF these explana-
| tons. We find that even in the Partisan
| paradise they have troubles. There is a
Chamber which has had for some years
| past nothing to do except to prosecute
Communists, defeat the intrigues Of the
| Bonapartists, evade the blunders Of the
Bourbonists and keep the rag doll of
republic erect on its pedestal. We see
that the Legislature has deposed one
executive, elected and fixed the term OF
another without having submitted either
to the people. 4 person by the name of
Gambetta seems to have given immense
trouble by an i'll advised speech, and Mr.
Bourgoing has been on the gridiron of the
committee on elections for some years
past, for all the world like our Senator
Pinchback.
The difficulty in compromising the
"high politics" of France consists in the
metaphorical style in which the political
conflicts and combinations are described.
We Will give few specimens.
The Republican party having separated
itself from the revolutionary party formed
a combination from which chemically re.
suited a majority. but this product was
very fragile:
The red spectre which Mr.. Buffet made
to jump about before their eyes, and an i'm
prudence OF Mr.. Gambetta. made that ma
jority faint.
The Republicans fear the 1mperialists.
or Bonapartists. the most. because they
will be more formidable before the cleo.
tors than the Legitimists and Orleanists,
who constitute staff without an army.
The weight of the statement induces us to
suppose tina. the Bee considers the Impe. !
rialists the most promising party in
France.
Here is the proper way to describe the
conflict of parties:
The left should have awaited as a simple |
spectator at the combat. so as not to have
endangered its own success, but Mr.. Gam. |
BETA, who had been very prudent under |
other circumstances. champed his bit.
As it appears that the groom could not
hold him, he rushed into the row, and
!ashed out lef: and right against The adj
ministration and the 1mperialists.
The mask Of moderation which he had
fastened on his phiz with so much care
has fallen, and the revolutionist has ap-
peared in all its fury. We should con-
slider this change OF metaphor from the |
horse loose to the man in the mask some 1
what contrary to the rules of rhetoric, but |
we suppose it is all right when used by |
such authority.
There is, however, military sum-
mary Of the situation which may provoke
a note OF inquiry from the German EN-.
peror:
The chiefs Of the lett will rally to the re.
public certain number of liberal monarch.
lists. but they will find it a more difficult
task to rally to wise and moderate policy |
the grand army of pure Republicans. This
is the rock ahead.
This is another sudden change of fig
ures. Why an army should fear rock Or
a quicksand we can not imagine. Per-
haps, as an English writer once said, they
order these things differently in France.
We are compelled to say that while the
Creole population obeys implicitly the
direction Of Frenchmen as superior
race Of political instruc tors. we would
prefer they should rather look upon the
United States as their country. We do
not see much prospect Of its retrocession
to France at present, and think they
should content themselves with the infe-
rior society Of Americans until, by some
unforeseen strategy of haMe politique
or military success, they shall be cnce.
more united in the maternal bosom of
France.