New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-02
FRENCH POLITICS.
TIE sOuRcEs or DIsCORD.

| PARIS, sept 1O.-IteaYny lnCIeaStd 10 htr huf-
den Of taxation has been by the necessity OF meet
ing the interest on the enormously increased national
debt and other expenses Of the last Napoeons dyn-
asic wars Franco is in high state Of material pros
| perity. The great mass Of her people ask nothing
better than TO go on developing and enjoying 10.
| And so, If they did not hail with enthusiastic de-
| light the OFeanzed- Republican Constitution they
welcomed It's theoretical adoption by the Assembly
as the sign and promise Of as least years Of re-
| pose The honest Marshal President, who was
always demanding il, SCENE i Iced in no jealous
haste to have il put in practi al operation and his
| Chief Minister Buffet, who efficient in prOcur-
ing les existence paper, acts very fnuch like one
of those friends from whom il needs 10 be saved.
Two sets Of professional politicians more active
in their opposition to 1.-THE Utr-Rcpublicans and
the Bonapartiss. About half a dozen members Of
| tho Extreme Left Of whom Louis Blanc and NJ.
Naque are the most prominent have broken from tho
traces Of Gambetta's discipline They protest against
the real concessions which Gambetta and the major
! ity of Republicans have made 10 tho Royalists
for the sake OF obtaining the nominal adhesion of
the latter Orcarsis 10 the Republic NJ. Naquct has
recently in letters and speeches aired his views Of
what the right duty of Republicans is, OF how it
differs from what most Of his Republican colleagues
have done by their votes, Of what night Republic
can Constitution should be, and Of how lomontnDly
the present differs thercfrom. N. Louis Blame.
principally in a banquet speech uttered some six
weeks ago, and IN = notable letter to The LOnd1n
Dai'y eos published three daysago sets forth similar
views in better FORM You viii observe that in this
letter NJ Louis Blanc likewise protests against the
apuellation Of iIrccCncilabcSD commonly applied
to ha, NJ. Naquet, and their few Assembly fellows.
Nay lie breaches union Of all Rcpublican3-pontng
TO the fact that hitherto in important instances be
and his immediate associates have acted with the
other Republicans.
The Monarchical Conservatives harp on these dis
claincrs and rejoice in the split which they trust
forbodes war in the Left wing. The fact is that tho
spit between tho concessionists and parsts-prac-
teal politicians, OF whom Gambetta is the leader,
and political theorists Of the Republican party
has always existed, in the nature OF things, and
was as real year ago, wren al Monarchst5 being
tolarably united against them under the Dc Br0slio
regime they acted haImOniOusly against the
common enemy. 1t is not perhaps, mis-
taken policy the part OF the Gam
boctists and other branches Of the Republican
parties TO pretend TO the Importance of this
spit" by the paucity in numbers Of tho Assembly
members who are the promoters Of it, 1t
may be wise FOR them to regard the movement with
affected Indifference 1t would however, be gross
error in us outside observers to overlook here other
clements Of gravity. France is a country OF uniyer-
sttulional grumber, 50 the Frencbnan il naturally
Quick at cricism-nOt at the criticism which evenly
discTimnatcs but at the criticism that quickly dis-
Gems defects lacks OF symmetry The present pa
pei constitution gapes at every hand on that SHE.
The principles OF pure republcanism set forth in
contrast by The Eaquets and Louis Bancs are fog,
simple, clear, and easily apprehensible.
rs might be expected, the Bonaparti5ts on thu
other hand ere promoting az much discomfort they
can. These are acting with steadily two-fOld pur-
poso TO dscedit the theory and, 50 far possible,
delay, impede, and prevent the working Of the new
constitution; secondly. 10 give prominence TO its
promised revision, and thus create tic impression
that it is a makeshift.
A meeting of Bonapartists at Eyrcux was arranged
for last Sunday. The cleveTcst of ell tho Bona
partist men of action, Raoul Duval, was
Uhe appointed chef speeeMn3ker for the occa-
sion, which ir tho calculated maneuycrs Of tho
party, was grave ono. AT this banquet was road a
letter addressed to the organizer Of il by Admiral do
Ia Rcnciere 10 NCury, written and dated from his
flagship Magenta of the Mediterranean squadron.
The letter is clear in wLa itsays and implies. Prom
iuent among other points are these two TIE Ad-
mral cordially sustans the Government, SO long ~
the President continues to resist the encroachmcn5
of Reuublicans but no holds himself ready e. assist
in establishing better form Of government when
the tine comes for ovcrtU-uing the Republic which
rcndclslt impossible for France 70 resume Ler duo
high place in the congress Of European nations.
Was it wounded vanity or wounded ccnsei'pce--it
mcht well have been bolh-Which this iEslb0r-
duate letter so piqued in the Marshal President,
il overlook him on his holiday hunting az In I6rcti
Straightway from its receipt he returned expressly
10 Versailles his martinez mind made up about the
matter little time OF waiting was necessary TO
call in the absent Minister Of Marine rival admiral
Of dc Ia Ronciore. 1t is Enthusiastically
denied, and thereby all the more beloved
that Minister BulEt family objected to promptly
removing tho Admiral from his command.
The Marshal whose sense Of political freedom is
dull but whose sense Of military discipline squic-
whose sense of personal selfrcspoc was for the rest
cngavod in tho casc-would, however, tolerate no
delay and accordingly removed the Admiral from his
command All liberal journals express rather more
delight than worth their while at this punishment
that has followed SO swiftly the unucky Admiral.
who had tho fraullneSs TO express what Others IN
power believe.
On the whole and looked at with such hight ~ 10.
day gives u.s. the prospect shcpefrl The Bouaplrt-
ist campaign Of agitation promises 10 defeat itself by
the excuses of it's leaders. The common sense of
Trance, which controls bourgeois, peasant, noble
evcn and artist, more AMI more converts and cnists
for the republic moro or less politically stupid
otherwise sufficiently intelligent rank and flo Of
Frcnchmen, who are getting 10 learn that a republic
can is for them as good, at least, as another form
Of government. W. IL. II.
NECESSITY OF FORMING NEW PARTY.
UdftOr O FtbHae