New-York tribune., 1876-07-01

YOU shall not act ~ and when he had well and dis-
tincty laid down that the Constitution was dehni-
tive" and that practically every single wish OF NJ de
Erancliens was forbidden him, and that absolutely,
he blandly said he was certain of how satisfied VI.
de Francen must feel. seeing that the Government
had such remarkably tender feeling for " all re-
spectacle hopes! !p and NJ. de Franciicn did express
hin self satisfied anG the whole unspeakab-y
ludicrous that when the order of the day pure and
simple" was put to the vote and carried, there was
one burst of laughter long and rrepressible that
scarcely any present heard the words OF tile
President giving out the date of the next sitting
This burst of laughter be 1t noted by the way,
about as curious o thing as any other part Of the
business for to laugh is not French There is In the
loud. bosterous shout of the Anglo-Saxon laugh,
something that jars the nerves Of the Gaul, and
confess that the outburst of last Wednesday seemed
70 me An unexpected approach TO the rampant good
hunor destructive of all malice bearing of the Brit
isb House of Commons If Frenchmen learned to
laugh or to cheer much might be hoped in the way
of physical vitality and we should he step fur
ther from the ribI ious" of Alexandra Dumas than
we are at present.
Bnt TO return TO the battle of the day before yes
terday: though il gained, and brilliantly so' py
the Government, you would be wrong 10 suppose
that this will discourage the opposition. lhey nave
begun their work, and they will go on with 1t. Inc
only thing they will not do is tn make the best or IL
and TO put up with the Republic They VIII Try one
coalition after another rs to dislocato the haor
ity and as | said in the first words of tins letter
provoke violence that shall call for repression
am firmly convinced they win not succeed IN the
end. but they will try skirmish after sklrInsh uli
the force of events puts them down.
The real strugele-that in which the adverse
Iyo fl..
clerical one. All Others will he comparatively par
tial and restricted. The small incident OF the lnu-
nicipal charities throws sufficient light upon this
OF course the constant attempts at domination and
the willy intrigues of the clergy are enough to eA
plain the desire of the mum, pal council to retail
ate But what has been the cDpsequencc OF The lnl-
patience thus shownG The Council votes sup
preston of the municipal subsidies to all oleiicai
establishments The latter, being for tue most part
scandalously rich do not fcet thc want "t hpidred
dollars here or a thousand dollars there. But they
cry out as though they were really hnrt' ana 'he
ignorant public whether orthodox or n"fl taxes up
the cry. Forthwith EgUO-lleavcn save the marx !.
-opens its columns 70 a subscription which in five
days more than covers the sum repudlatcd by tie
town.
This may serve "a the very best model of what III
the existing state of this country, would be the re-
suit of a sudden separation between thuIch duu
State. The first result would be the overwhelming
wealth and power Of the Church Toe exceSses 81
the latter would probably cause later ITS defeat,
but meanwhile France would be more distracted
and torn asunder than by event since the great
revolution Of which this is the logical sequence.
The political Republicans the Opporunis,s. as
they are termed, at whose head Is Gambetta-arc 81
well aware of this state of things that they are re-
solved To bide their time and not prccipitate the
quarrel even with the Jesuts. The present Pore
must have ceased to be before any radical change
can take place in the Catholic world for ~ long rs
he lives the clergy Of Hancc-yhl hlch IL the only
clergy Of any importancc-is not free; ard IN tins
question the clergy is clement that must hr con-
sidercd. We dO not know what the French clcrgy
ia at heart for it is silent and certainly np repi'-
sented by here or there an intoeIant bishop oI q
mao preacner. vNii ~. ,.slti.,al hnriznn cleared
the Church question may be approached t'rorgh
educational reforners. When you have once forced
the priest 10 know, YOU have annullrd him, Cor
science and Utramont1i,ln cannot coeNist. Bni II
il by instruction. by KNOWLEDGE, that the work
must be done, and of tins the political l. puL'icaus
are luckily well convinced