The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-23
FRENCH REPUBLICANISM.

4. CRITICAL POSllicN.
trr6m the New York Herald.l
,u,s Feb. 3.-All the courts anC
f anats Of Europe, excepting, perhaps
capln.e..borities Of the Swiss Canton, who
the au ~ nroperly constitute court Oh
DO ~. are alarmed at the result OF the
cspI,Jh elections for the Senate, because
trenona lactions have unquestiOnably
these The Republican party in power
placua aoant electoral struggle cannot be
Inc briefly and, at the same time,
NOR accurately described than as q
t,pial Of strength between
n aAMBETTA AND NJ. BUFFET,
.h;ch M. Gambetta had gained q
IN WIT WILT advantage. Whether the scare
m @ilh he Republican victory has given
wl .,,a Mon;lrchists Is not o little IRA
% Wy and premature must be considered
uon i,'ita another question. One of the
as lrast aspects which the popular tri-
clea ''h presents at this moment is the de
unPn ~ the Bonapartists, and, should
iea. have been permanently abated,
YAK them goes the principle Of personal
wl.'.aa,rnmeut and the feverish thirst for
g .;,'tarv glory out and away from French
lIln llI;asi' 'That is certainly an important
sinr and there are other considers
! inns equally weighty for the diplom-
u .0os 81 the Old World which grow out
VIZ s;a careful study Of this Senatorial cleo
., !" business. It has taught the various
uu. yn I factions which have been fight
ra for the crown in France to know
.hss,r own strength, which, perhaps, the
. naytv chiefs knew well enough before ;
R "t' fhe rank and file did not know It..
Woreoyer, the country ut large did not
suow il, and il any ten intelligent men
had been asked what were
THE PROSPECTS OF FRANCE
,voak AGO nine Of them would have
aar"swered that they saw the Empire
SSominr back within a period more or
I isss short. but assuredly not long. Now
n,.obody believes that the Bonapartists
hove any chance at all. Their chances
NOV NOV indeed revive some day, because
nothing Is impossible, but public opin-
i'm has pronounced itself peremptorily
against an idea Of an imperial restora-
tIsn at present. No sophistry can get
"yer The plain meaning Of the fact that
Inc imperialists have had u fair trial of
forces and that they have been
beaten. They can no longer indulge
seriously In any illusion on the sub
iect, There was. up to the close OF
iast month, q very general and appar-
emily well founded impression thatParis
was secretly Bonapartist. It was
thought. not without show OF reason,
that city inhabited chiefly by those
classes which thrive best on the luxury
and splendor OF court would have re-
joIced to see Napoleon Nv ascend his
hthers throne, IL only for the magnifi-
cent ceremonies and the enormous ex-,
lsA..c. ,s,1ta1 xua,,1I houn ottnnI.,L
his coronation and the immense. influx
The world who would have been attract
ed by II. The imperialists have no doubt
cherished this hope, and even specialized
freely upon It. 1t was probably looked
upon as the best Of the security which
could be given for
THE BoNAPARTIsT LOAN
which was recently negotiated in Hol-
land. But how vain it has proved can
now be estimated, for Paris has just
conferred the most splendid compli-
ment In history on the Republican Victor
Hugo, who is not only the bitterest but
the most powerful and the most prom
lnent OF the enemies Of the Napoleans.
Paris, supposed to be really the strong
hold of courtly influences, actually
elected M. Victor Hugo az her sole del
egate and representative Ono such trust
having ever before been confided by
great city to a single citizen), and sub
sequently the Department OF the Seine
elected five Republican Senators, and
absolutely refused to record q vote In
favor OF any one Bonapartist or other
monarchical candidate.
WHAT MAY FOLLOW.
Ihave dealt first with the overthrow
Of the imperial party. because no one
entertained either hopes or fears that
the Legitimists or the Orleanists could
win a victory. But the issue of the SEN
at0rial elections carried the French
people far beyond the rise or fall of b.
bipartisan. Marshal Mcmahon has been
not less completely worsted than the
son Of his old master at Chiselhurst. It
snotorious that the President and his
Prime Minister, M. Buffet, are bitterly
hostile to the permanent establishment
Ola republic. Possibly MacMahon, be-
Ing family man, with a fine son and
heir, might be himself induced to &C.
oept the imperial crown OF France II 1t
were offered to him; but the Marshal
does not disguise or attempt to disguise
hts prediction for the monarchial form
~ AvSelHIiltub ONcL tHdU VI ~ lCpuuilC.
Well, the French people having been
Of the Marshal's sentiments on the sub
Nct have now publicly rebuked him,
and unanimously refused to give his
monarchial Premier, M. Buffet, a place
IN the Senate at all. Both the Prime
Minister and his right hand man, Du-
hure, have been ignOminiously rejected
by the popular voice solely on account
oftheir anti Republican opinions.
4 SOLEMN WARMING OF DANGER TO THE
MONARCH1ES.
Now herein is bitter nut to crack for
the courts and cabinets of Europe.
Should French Republic be established
ona firm basis, with President at a
ynall salary and universal equality, the
people Of neighboring States will. or
may begin to ask themselves whether
they also cannot do without kings and
queens, civil lists and gorgeous sine
cures, useful for nothing. Possibly,
probably, the sum OF human happiness
nay not be materially increased by q
change Of one form Of government for
another. Abuses. ministerial and other
use Will never cease from the world.
gut this series Of events may now be
expected:
First-The courts and cabinets Of the
Old World will do ali that craft and
pQrage can urgelthem to do to upset the
dated.
Second-The Republican majority in
eot0 branches of the French Legisla-
Mle being unused to tho cautious and
uMsereet exercise Of power, will abuse
in fr,r of ~
wcrush their opponents out Of exist
ence, and their opponents TINS hpinp