, 1875-12-25
The View French Senate.

u
iority over both imperlaIists and re-
pubIicans in the new French senate,
with the aid of the influence Of the
perfects of departments. The present
assembly Is not likely to send many,
! if any, imperialists to the upper house
of the seventv-fYe that the senate law
makes it their province to choose.
Dispatches from Paris to the CAL Of
the last few DAYS, in mentioning the
senator's thus far elected by the as
semblv. look very favorable to the re-
publicans and to those who desire
the republic to be maintained. On
the first day-the 9th instant-only
two senators were chosen, but these
were elected by such majority for
the left, or republicans, that the men,
bers of the right were astounded at
the result. These two were chosen
from that class who are or have been
presidents or vice presidents of the as
semb!v-M. Mariel and the Duke of
Audiffret Paseuier. Though the lat
Ter is an 0rleanist of the right centre,
he has for the last year been a strong
adherent TO the republic, having been
elected to his present position of pres
ident of the assembly by a combina-
tion of the left with portion Of the
right. He was probably elected to
the senate bv similar combination.
This renders it evident that the repub-
licans are cOnciliatory, and can count
upon the aid Of the progressive ele.
men; among the mOnarchlstS. The
Duke merits the honor be has received
Of being made Senator for life, for his
mercilesS exposure OF the frauds COM
mitted in the purchase of military sup
plies during the war with Germany.
He was in March last elected one of
the four vice, presidents ; and his elec-
ton last month to the presidency of
of the assembly, and now to the sens
ate, must be severe blows to the Bon
apartists, to whom he has been such q
violent opponent. He had been urged
upon MacMahou by republicans rs q
member of tie cabinet, but without
success.
About twenty more senators were
elected on the 10th, in which the left
was very successful in the chioce Of
some of the ablest republicans in
France. Among these may be men
toned Messrs. Edward Laboulaye,
Earnest Picard, aud Cassimer Perrier,
all members of the left centre in the
present assembly. LaybouIaye is one
of the most eminent men Of France, a
great liberalist, scholar, AMI, philosO-
pher-a great friend of America, the
author of a work, among others, en-
titled" Paris in America. " II was
he who recently delivered the fervid
and eloquent address at the Paris
banquet 10 promote the undertaking
of erecting a bronze statute Of liberty
on Bedloe'S Island, New York Har-
Dor, which produced ten thousand
dollars on the spot. ii true Ameri-
cans viii rejoice at Mr. LabOuiaye's
election, Both he and NJ Picard had
filed positions in President Theirs
Cabinet, as Ministers Of the Interior,
and the law Of selection confines the
choice SO former Ministers, AmbaSsa-
dors, Generals, Admirals, QgeS;ers,
Presidents and the ike. VI. PO;huan,
also of the left centre, who was once q
minister, having been Secretary OF the |
Navy, is elected ; while the same
party have succeeded in elacting two
Of their Generals. The right, on the
contrary, only elected two senators on
the l0th-GeneraIs Aureile de PaIa-
dimes and Changarnier; and the latter,
an 0rleanist of the left centre, is over
eighty years old, and much further on
in his decline than his ancient cotem-
pcrary, N. Theirs. The latter able
statesman has for months past given
the impression that he would not ac-
cept a seat in the senate, or he would
doubtless have been chosen before
this. He says that at his advanced
age he only thinks of preparing for
death, but will accept q seat in the
new assembly, if his constituents so
will It's. +. Cal.