New-York tribune., 1876-03-11
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.


MAuoNs CHARACTERISTICS.
trno,, An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
PARIS. Feb. 23.-It becomes evident now that 'he
,aal danger of the elections lies III the TACT OF the
Republican majority being too strong. Ii may once
more lead to policy of pure reaction. Ihe eiecuohs
Of last Sunday are in themselves the mere express
sion of the reaction provoked by NJ Bunets per-
,;stently silly and oppressive conduct. good tenth
of the new members to say the least world never
have secured a seat in the new Chamber had not Nj.
Budct so entirely lost all moderation IN his mode OF
administering the Home Ohce'
At the present moment nothing can exceed the
alarm that overmasters the miscalled governing
loyses II would be ludcrous, if it were not lamen-
,s,le 10 20 from salon 20 salon and listen 10 the
,.iups of the disappointed and terrified Conserya-
,;ves am hound to say that the Bonapartists are
~, Ear the most dguifed under defeat. They adj
;f frankly that hey are beaten, that the country
bos r.rounced them, but they do not, as do their
r,ororcbieal rivals go about wringing their hands
ora tearing their hair and prOpheSylng the speedy
and If tbe world Perhaps a slight sketch OF con-
yeraton heard yesterday IN one OF the very cehters
of conservatism may amuse your readers lts merit
lies in its being facsimile
Place: The draNmg-room Of a highly-boru, very
wealthy lady, whose husband has occupied the
highest positions under every Government IN France
since the year 1882. Time: -Four o'clock on the
reccpton day of the mistress OF the house. Actors:
Some fifteen men and women belonging to every
shade Of conservative opinion and three or four lead
ing foreign diplomatists. From five OF six voices
"What elections !-Horriblc!-We shall have the
Commune in a month 1T is to be hoped M.
Theirs more than doubles the Conservative eandi-
date-M. Buffet utterly defeatedV
An ex-Inperialist Marshal of France have
heard the Marsellase twice to-day in the streets"
The wife of an eX-Deputy Of the Right Center
GLOW lucky You are, Madame Ito her neighborl to
have married your son to an English woman; he
can 60 and live in England
A German Secretary of EmOassy-"Well, Paris
may still be pleasant place.
very rich sugar retncr, whose daughter is
duchess and who aspires to he knowing in politics
Yes with bitter smile, that is why we had Bis
marcks speech the other day. You can afford to be
condescending now. You can talk of peace now,
for You e1ult over our RUM you see us torn to
atoms by the revolution"
German diplomatst tries to expostulate, but sugar
Tedner gets Tabd besides which he knows every
thing about Germany and Bismarck so much better
than docs the German.
handsome Legitimst 1Iarquise-"The reyolu-
ton that is our only hope. catastrorhof That
NAV yet save US for"
stad officer" That is why hope we shall have
the Commune in o month, for then we lsrinlyl shall
have the mob, and then
Legtimst lady, enthusiastically Ah, yes; then
indeed We shall be sure of Henri v"
Stat Officer vehemently-"N Never, Madame la
Marquise never! France viii never submit to be
p,e,t-riddcn. We shall have the Due dAumale"
Master of the house, loudly" The Count de
Paris"
Several voiCes-"We don't know him. he fought
in America, and published articles in the RerUc deS
de,.r Hopdss in which he actually styled himself an
aid-de-camp Of Mcclellan So uE-princcly Fmgh"
staff Officer, cnergetically-"1be army knows
the Due d'Aunale and VIII follow him.
NiarSLal OF France hunies of, thinking the
army may compromise itself, and he, himself
be asked for an opinion ,
very important Russian" It is a great pity
Won do not know more of the high esteem in which
foreigners hold France as she has shown herself for
the last four years-yOu must, yourselves, at least
allow that the country never was so quct-vhy,
the very elections OF Sunday were so calm that
nobody need have perceived that they were going
ou~
A tumult ensues i'm which the Russian is sought
10 be convinced that this very calm and quiet is the
worst pant Of the whole and in which Ii Is proved
to him, scarcely politely, that the world OF Europe
every foreign country included IL watching vulture-
likef the dissolution of France. 4 little lady IN
. corner suggests coup d6dt by Marshal MacMahon!
But at this the whole party bursts forth in yitu-
pcration against "le Niar6chal," leaving only the
foreigners silent "The Marshal ndced~ "Thc
Marshal is not a man. "The Marshal is a Com
munard.s "The Marshal is an old goose these
me few of the CALCULATIONS.
A Bonapartist ex-Sinister says: I'VE are beat
en--beaten hollow and France is an ungrateiul
country but don't much fear the Commune, and
better times may be in store for there certainly Is
something left in this nation still'
The Russian, grayely-" France is a very great
country, believe me-"
An English attach6 soto roce-" And in a fair
way TO be the richest one in the world.'
The above is a simple photography of what
heard yesterday with my own ears. and the same
scenes will recur for the next few weeks
But what will facts shOwf That depends good
deal-but not wholly-on the Republicans. Let us
take the majority in a block, and say out of $50
Deputies that the overwhelming majority Of $50 is
attained; You will perhaps fancy that tho unhappy
Conservatives have some show of reason for their
fears Less than might be thought There are many
questions that will divide Republican majority
leven supposng it compact). Upon three points Of
the laurent Pchat programme (which is the kernel
Of the whole nut. there may be found such rTecOn-
cilable differences Of opinion as will parayze any
violence capable Of cndanGerng the Republic itself.
These are Compulsory education, the income tax,
aud the rcpeal Of the system of indirect taxation.
On these points we may see the most Heterogeneous
alliances, and the most nexplicabe separations that
can be imagined
10 begin with compulsory education: There is
not the absolute cohesion that might be supposed in
the whole Republican party though this is certainly
the point on which division will be least. large
majlTty viii nroLably De found fnr freedom Of in