New-York tribune., 1876-06-03
THE FRENCH CABINET.
THE ANTI-REPUBLICANs ALARMED.

LIKELY TO BE PREMIER TIE BoSAPARrIsr
TACTICS.
TFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT oP THE TRIBUsE
PARIS, May 12-Politcal passion and political in
trgue beginning TO show themselves afresh since
the last few days, and Bonapartists waxing
wroth at the honest decided attitude of the Minister
of the Interior being followed in their anger by the
ulra-cerical Royalists. The hope OF all these par
ties has always rested their mistaken notion of
the disnclnation of all members of the Government
to assert openly the fact of the Republic. Long
habits of servility and social corruption have made
a large class of so-caed society" in France skep-
tical to the existence of genuine conviction any
where so that when the present Ministry came into
power the minority would not believe that they were
going to be really in earnest. They thought they
would be compelled by the Marshal to deal vaguely
with true Republicanism. The first shock they got
was given by NJ. Waddngton-but then, after all,
he was only Minister of Public Instruction They
were uneasy about Icon Say-but then he was
known to be n Radical and, after all, he was
but Finance Minister! They felt that Dufaure
was always President Of the Council, aud they felt
sure he would keep rampant Liberalism in check.
It was deemed moral certainty that NJ. Ricard who
was weak man-weak in health and In mind
would be led entirely by NJ. Dufaure and by the
Marshal; and naturally, NJ. Rcard, as Minister OF
the Interior, was the only Minister to be cared for
Bat all of a sudden out bursts NJ. Ricard with the
most pestilent circulars that can he conceived.
Three Of them! A circular about the Mayors, talk
ing of the "precious liberties" to ber stored to the
COmmunes; circular destroying all VI. Btuiets
prudent measures with regard TO the hawkers OF
newspapers: and lastly, as the crowning crime cir
cular hurled at the very head of all the Projects
telling them point blank that they represented the
li,h ha established govern
mcnt of the country and they must let all men
know il.
at is your duty to say who and what you are"
These are the Minister'S very words. and you may
imagine at this hat a storm OF rage has broken
forth among the dssidents in the Chamber. Inc
Bonapartiss declare the country betrayed the Con
stituton violated I'm these cases the Impcast5
so tender of the CONSTITUTIONAL The Royalsts Of all
shades discuss ravoly the attack made on the
privileges Of Parliament" and all opponents gen
orally unite in wish 10 impeach VI. Ricard, II II
were but possible for having outraged the law Of
the land, and forgotten the famous clause Of the
"Revsion" Of 1880.
This is the last, the only hope. and sorry one it
is while Republicans show the strong political sense
they have hitherto done.
Ia view of contingent changes in The Cabinet
there is one man lying in wait Tor the opportunity.
This is Jules Simon, and his game Is a double one.
lie Is ready for either the Home Office or the Minis
try of Public Instruction. II evasion and Pheasant
rcachery again 10 hc the card, who shall say t.
simon Thou ar, not the mlnp II ~ a succo S,or
to W. Ricard a Minister il required who can sIt
both the extreme Right with its clcricals and the
speculative Left and live comfortably with the
Marshal and NJ. DUfaurc. there he Is; jules simon
can live comfortably with anybody. He has The
genius Of bland pcriidy. Therefore as Minister OF
the Interior strange IT may seem, he may be not
wholly without a chance. if the two extremes OF the
Chamber can outyotc NJ RIcard, which do not be-
licyt they can.
But here does not lie Jules Simon's great aim.
What lac stcalthily lives FOR now il TO ,uppaut VI.
Waidiurton Tn, calculation il simply this: In
the struggle which - opening now with the clergy
there may bc many ups aud downs, and they who
are in the end inevitably destined 10 triumph may
bc worstcd several times before they dcinitiyely
succeed. II is just possible that coalition OF clcri
calls may rise up against NJ. WnddinPion and MP ms
plans in the bud. This Ia scarcely likely, but II IA
possible, for you never quite know where Jesults
hide. and there are ccrcals even among Rcpubli-
cans. Should this occur jules Simon is at hand.
He the disciple Of Victor Cousin, the champion of
Obligatory and secular education through hi, whole
life till he rose 10 opowcr-he, whose sole ttle to Office
WAS that he Was held To be committed to popu-
lar education and who, from the hour Of his bccom-
ing Minister betrayed the cause INTO the hands OF
the Church TO such a degree that the late lapal
Nuncio Mgr. Chgil used to declare that the Chnrch
never had 50 excellent Minister of Public lnstrnc-
ton-heis the man who in the case alludc 70, would
probabIy De the successor Of NJ. Wadding'on. Bat
there il also another contingency. II II. Waddng
ton were outvotcd on the very question Of obligatory
education (which he has as yet rcseryodh jules
Simon would come in Ia enforce 1t. The two sltu-
ations are you see, absolutely contrary each 10
the other and therefore Simon Is the only man III
the French Legislature who would be- found ready
10 undertake the responsibilities Of either But the
real ground ON which jules Simon meets a large
number OF his colleagues Of both houses is the
vague feeling Of dread at coming power. There Is
such Am crnanation Of force about the AngloSaxon.
such aniet good -hunored sefrcIiancc that friends
and foes have the instinct of a future chief; and
b,f,re this friends 10 the full as much as foes recOil
What Simon is aiming at he may possibly achieve
that is hemay worm himself into Office III one way
or another: hut whether he does or not, It VIII
probably not be at the expense Of VI. Waddlngton.
On the contrary what will most likely be the end oi
the struggle il this: some disagreement wili sooner
or LATER upon some purely clerical question, remove
NJ. Dnflurc from his post aud then the chances are
that N. Waddingon will supplant him.
Here will come fresh complications of form. Since
the establishment Of the Republic the Pnme
Minister as You know, is longer Nice-Pres'dent,
a. was NJ DE Broglic, but President Of the Council.
For long years il usual that this dignity should
be attached 10 the Department OF Foreign Alalrs'
Under Louis Philippe Marshal Sout instead Of being
War Minister was made Foreign Secretary, in order
70 have the Presidency. This custom has been
broken through more than once, and NJ. Duanro Is
at this moment President though only Minister OF
ha4 he DEPARTMENT
publc Instruction risen to such hign hOnors, and 1t
l., oI,,o,,s rarl,cd hitherto 40 one of the peiitS