New-York tribune., 1875-02-23
THE REPUBLIC IN FRANCE.
FIRST ALLIANCE OF ORLEANlsTs "iin
REPUBLICANS.

,,,,>,s,-rr,,r,o,,,I scurME-MoDHRATIoN OF
THE REPUBLICANS. nrxv,
lrRoM THE REGULAR coRREsroSphNr' VI ~ -" n:o a.
p,p,s Fab sWben. ten days ago, the frince ue
Jo,nvile was about casting his ballot against 'no
Iaboulave amendment, he is reported 10 nave s'''u
what be might have truly felt, Kno" tna' ".n
voting for nv own exile" Thetearoi the Empire is
evidently the beginning if not the whole OF 'ne WIS
49, With which the Prince and other Royalists were
-, 80 90 tor,lily inspired on Tuesday and Wedues-
Sv ~ tho past week Then they retreated toward the
Ponubbcan camp. Many Of them doubtless, were
nlsased to see the first WALTON amendment, which
tbev amused pass by its majority of one. Ihs re-
,oved them in q sort from the obligation longer to
resist as point of honor. The national demand Tor
some fixed form of government, by obstlnatey oter-
ing their favorie form, the acceptance OF whch Dy
the House. as we'll as by the nation, had at length
become to their eyes patent lmpossioulty ior 'no
nresent Some of them now honestly assent toa
repnblican form, on the grounds which NJ lAiers'
NJ Casimir-P6rier, and the earlier converts saw
were tho only tenable one. Some seeing that the
only choice lies between Republic and Empire are
honestly ready to take the first and make the best
of it others to take it and make the worst OF i''
as the preparatory course for an Orleans royalty
In the list Of the new majority is the name OF the
Duke de Broglie. IT is an ominous sign. DencacY'
nnt IN q
induced iris man at least to abstain from voting Tor
anronosition leCalizing the Republic. The actual
constitutional scheme is essentially
the roDrnduotion of the DufauTe-Thiers scheme,
against the adoption of which he marshaled the Goa
Gtion that overthrow Theirs. The principle OF the
assumption OF the existence OF the Republic, Win
recognition of tho need of constituting 1t lmpersoh
ally this intense hater of repubhcanSm has always
by all means at his command, unscrupulously ana
zealouslv opposcd not relaxing his active hostility
up to the last moment preceding that when, oy MS
vote of Wednesday, he seemed to approve IT. mat
b final acceptance of it at this last hour IS honest
submission much more conversion to 1t, no one can
believe. any moro than We can believe that the
Duke do Brogle despite the ptiful failure OF all MS
ingenious schemes and intrgues, hitherto Denied
bates one lot of his confidence in his profound IN
eepuity as a politician and his divine right to rule
a. a statesman The serious trouble here is that,
although tho most unpopular man IN the country
and in the Assembly, hated by Republicans
despised by Imperalists, hated and despised ey
Legtimsts and not liked by Orleanists he is stll
influential with many of the latter. and has been
until very lately if he is not yet in these days. the
most trusted adviser of honest President MacMahon'
II is said and perhaps truthfully enough, that
lust now the President principally consults with M
Buffet as to the formation of his future cabinet
NJ.
where he has proved himself really able presiding
oaioer-rather partial and unjust at times in his
rulings against the Lefts and for the Rights but
this not by freaks, but principle, as becomes a
good Conservative SO far as his political prlnci-
pies can be learned. they monarcbical, but con-
stitutional whether to he exercised under Imperial
or Oreanst rule is, with him, a comparatively in
different and prudently reserved question. The
general notion is that acting under Bullets advice,
and from his own honest head, such as it is the
President is disposed If il cannot be helped, to
make up a cabinet, in which Dufaure and one other
Left Center man, with possibly one thorough Re
publican from the Moderate Left, should be MEM
bers besides Gen. dc Cissey Ito whom there is no
great objection from any party, the Duke Decazes,
whom all admit should be retained, and other Or
leanists L. e. late Right Center men. The President
is blamed by Republicans for not already letting MS
condemned, stOp-gap. overholding Ministry CO. and
Immediately forming o new one from the newly
formed Republican majority. Gen. MacMahon
troubles his head but slightly about popular CEN
sure In this case his lesurely delay to throw over
a ministry waiting to go, that represents no ma
iority in the Assembly, and does not even pretend
to represent him to it, has excuses.
The majorites obtained last Tuesday and We'd
pesdavare as yet anything but compact de6nitive
The Dufaure- WALTON Constitutional bill has been
passed Indeed on a second reading and ordered to
a third reading by an overwhelming majority.
This is undoubtedly real progress toward the
adoption Of republican Constitution. But the
openings left for various interpretations are patent.
To close these openings tight insert new clauses OF
equivocatioD exclude existing equivocal clauses,
will DO the object of amendments to be offered by
outright Republicans, by prudent middle men. by
subtle followers of the Duke de BrogIie. AS to
the Duaure-Wallon constitutional scheme, its
working efficiency for so much day, its vitality
for sOsnuch start, and the especial operations
and results of its continued activity, are all condi
toned and dependent on the Senate. The organiza-
ton of this Senate or Second Chamber has to be
discussed and settled. Neither De Broge's
tangled device nor the not much less ingenious
and impracficable later scheme reported from the
helpless Constitutional Committee of Thirty can be
forced on the Assembly, let alone the nation. The
idea and purpose of both of these rest all schemes
comingfrom the Monarchical Conservatives must,
on the principle of restricting universal suffrage
mpressng the people that they are regarded as
natural enemies by their Government History,
which is rich in such instances, has, perhaps never
before shown striking instance of judicial
blindness as intelligent French Conservatives per-
sisteny display to-day in their obstinate refusal to
recognize that, whatever else may be doubted, uni
yeIsal sufrage-dIsagreeabe but crude herald
ing of the triumph of democracy, has arrived.
Sagacious Theirs, whom the Duke de Broge fiat
tered'hmsef two years ago be had ruined said tly,
the control of the future belongs to the wisely pru-
dent. The surprises which the Assembly has enter
tanned the world with in these late days are illus
trations in proofoft the old statesmans apothegm The
prudence that has marked the conduct of Republi-
cans Of all shades in the long campaign, Of which
Tuesdays vote was their signal triumph-though
perhaps not final yctory-testiies most hoDefullv To