New-York tribune., 1876-07-29
FRENCH NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
RECENT STORMY DEBATES.

pRUDFyT-THE MUNICIPAL BHL-FoREIGN AL
LIANCEs MOoTED.
iyRoM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBUNk'I
PARIS. July 1--we have had recently the beSt
IA the worst of every kind of debate. l cannot re-
Tember any sitting of the Assembly, since Bordeaux
:; 1871 that could be compared to the furious storm
~ the Lower House on the 18th OF this month"; Inc
oose lay deep and the effects were quite unaVOlu-
oII Under the form of special inquiry to be H.
tad into the isolated fact of the betrayal OF pro-
fnal secrets at the Polytechnic School there lay
:. r.oftv the whole burning question OF
CIoricolism against Free Thought and TO this was
odded an outburSt of passion on the part OF 'he
ponapartists, who really begin to find themselves IN
on. danger of failure on all sides. The mere Iact
of tbe nrobems for solution having found Their way
into other establishments than the foiy'e'hic
E'I,ol l', may probably be accounted for. without
1rncinp the Vaccinations of the JeSutS lnto pay
L. first place it is now found ont that this Is Tar
tn,, he;nc the only time that such moral felony
~ hon committed. and in the next the Jesuit
."hools arc by no means the only ones THAT have
Gtd nv, it. am afraid the cause lies really deeper
- tto, IN tba intriguing spirit of the Society OF
- I am afraid it holds to the moral weakness
- Ioo.c,ess Of the French character genciaiy
sIocs ANYTHING like secrecy perfect fmth between
- .o,,J man * concerned. Wien the 0hclal IN
-, which IS now instituted has done ITS work. We
baI Ibeleye. discover merely more perfect PROOF
NJ the lax principles and utter want OF "salcF "l
Frepcbmen in general, and III this sense tue i"4H''!
gill uerLaps do good but / doubt ITS bringing o"l
any authentic charge against the loH""''S 'i
Loyola However, the opportunity was too gooo
one 70 he lost and So Clericals ard AutCle'calN ne
labored each other to their hearts content 'h'
other day-so that an elderly English lady VINO i'-
turned to Paris in the same railway crHags WIN WIN
me exclaimed, "What capital debated" NeH' S''
not know word OF trenchJ
ia he inst if must be owned that the entire fault
y,os Gambetta's. When Mr.. Robert Mitchell AN in-
trpsve nsjgnife at political busybody) INDUCED in
= sIIy remark IIpon the date Of the Republic, Gam
betta should have let it pass with contempt-it had
no earthly importance At first l thought he was
go;nr 70 DO So for he hesitated a moment, but tLe
temptation of "big words was apparently
too strong. and the "poarritnrc DE- I@r'rc
came rolling forth with a kind Of urcs-St-
idle impetus / am certain he could not help
himself. and as certain that his reason Oid
not consent To what lac did lhen, indeed. the hght
was a fearful one. and universal, and " hght IN
very deed save only in the non-deveTy ol The
blows which flew about, hitting only the ar II IS
the one sole occasion on which have ever seen ~.
GpSvy lose his head. For several minutes he really
did not know What he was doing Bat one ot the
points to be observed. and one thai las oGiANeo i
importance tie scaudaious scene alluded TO- was Inc
scared attitude of the Bonapartists. Ihey seem
since the February elections 10 have mis!0ld All no
tons of genuine policy. They go shafp-shooting
about, first with one side and then with t'e "'her'
In the debate on the 4th they were CLERICAL
and in that on the Mayors this week they were
moro radical than the Radicals. One iaan alone OF
them all maintains dienitcd reserve and that IS
Prince Napoleon. His friends say he val one day
come out in wonderful strength upon the question
of Ultramoutane aggressious. and with such tact
that he wiz put the Christians and Liberal tatho-
lies on his side. Ii IS neither tact nor capacity that
fails him, SO that this may I've true. Meanwhile ms
conduct is that of man who is preparing for some
thing more serious than idle ,Sirnshing.
Now. as sudden and surprising in its absurd yio-
lepce as was the wild debate OF the 4th even so
unlocked icr and astounding was tie result OF ne
Municipal bill two days since No wc.l-di~clplE"d
Marty Of "practiced old hands in the British House
Of Commons ever behaved better when 1t came 90
the scratch than did the Government majority on
Tuesday and Wednesday The only thing n winch
thty failed was in scit-cousciousnesS and rrrdet'T-
mination. They took themselves by >uIpIise That
the Government hin would p3ss-tllat is. tbat the
adjournment would BE- out5otcd-was known a
few days before the debate but no one OF those
who formed the majority had tic least suspicion
oi how large the majority would be- There wds the
importance OF the whole mater and the victory lpr
the twentieth time Of the force Of things Of the
possible over the "Impossbe.' The real
treason for the success Of the Government Nuni-
cipll bin Law in the hru, upright conduct Of the
Marshal On both sides his weakness had been too
much couutcd upon The Right firmly believed he
could be led into the appeal t. a brps!c Cabinet II
the existing were ovsg,hrown, and the Left were
not altogether without hopes Though they were
faint ones that they might obtain something better
than NJ de Marccrc. But 81. DufauTeo name saved
everything. The Marshal, at the last Ministerial
council previous to the vote, most emphatica.y de-
clared that whatever happened, be would stand by
the "Dufaue Ministry" When ibis became known,
there was no u-o in plots and consprlcics. il the
Cabinet were outy0tcd, the Marshal would the hour
after iutru5t NJ. Dufauc with the formation OF a
new Cabinet-whcn would be the old ouc 50 where
was tie Ilsc! The one man WIZ was truly ypciplcNed
was Gambetta-for he ind been obliged 90 desert bis
own invention Of "opToItaulst policy and 20 over
20 the Radical opposition, rs not 20 lose all credit
with bis former adhereu.s. Stll, even IN tie face OF
the Presidential support. IL was thought the ma
iori;y would not exceed 30 or 90, and no one ever
dreamed Of the enormous figure it attained. The
most curious feature Of al is The Tremendous ma
jOriy iOr the abolition OF NJ de BIogie5 Municipal
bill. There are in this Chandler nearly 100 members
WHO voted for that bill in III Yet nearly all these
same men voted instantly against it now ior out of
tht minority Of - only, fair half was Bonapmtist.
Tie knowledge of the Marshals union with MS
Ministers. and tie immense majority Of wednesday,
viii probably ensure the passing OF the Waddine;on
bill iu tc Senate, but you must not suppose il will
make the Conservative majority reflect" Not tie
least the small MINORITY which will most likely
pcet the Education bill VIII Dc again an affair