New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-21
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
THE MoNARCUIsT CONSPIRACY.

A MINISTERIAL CRISIS AVERTED.
IrRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THR TRlBuNEI
PARIS, June 1.-THE battle between the Govern
roont and the men of the Past, those who, calling
themselves Conservatives, belong to every subver-
siye faction one can name, began with the attempt
10 underlnine tho revision clause of 1850. This
failed. as we know, and NJ. Dufaure's energy and
straigbtforwardnesS las well as parliamentary
strategy vanQuished the coalition. But these peo
ple Royalists and ClericalS, are never thoroughly
put down. because they are irresponsible, and can Ill
fact achieve nothing save disorder Besides the'
are al this moment moro yenomous than they were
a week ago, because they are smaTtmg from theH
defeat on the Public Instruction bill. What has 10
he looked at is, what they are aiming at. not any
one particular gain or defeat
The real subdivision of parties in Che Senate is
this: Apart from the sharpshcoters of the two eX-
tren,lties, the wild demagocues about six, the
mvst,cal Icritimists labOut ten, and the furious
PonoportiSts lover IJ)-apart from these who,
rs vet vote unseasonably and do not act on any
combined plan-thcre is a knot of some so or 10 So
called "ConsttutionalistS,' who, In truth, could
almost certainly sway the majority. The Due de
Broglie is the chief of this battalion, and usually
IL manenvers very obedienty under his orders TIL
the last hour; but mostly, at the last hour 1t dis
solves and that under the influence OF NJ Duiame
and of that power which, in France has such ever
lasting Wciglt-tDc OONtlHlHtul' W. b"i'N'''
who is. as | have often said, not implicitly trusted
when the question is one Of some measure wherein
The ultra Republicans are interested, is, by compensa-
zion almost universally regarded safe by the mod
crate Pcpublcaps by the real Constitutionaists"
by certain portion of the Orleanists, and, when IL
comes 10 the scratch by Marsha! MacMahon'
But whichever way each contest may be decided
the pnrpose of the reactionsts is clearly evident
War is mcart--waF TO the knife.
The University reforms of the Minister OF Public
Instruction are now before the world and are as
complete as it would be feasible to make them IN the
actually existing condition Of the fine Y balanced
parties in the Assemblies. The one chief necessity
of obligatory education's now accepted by VI. Wad-
djprton. although two months back he said he did
not think the time was yet materially ripe for TINS
IyeDfurcd 10 predict at that moment that NJ. Nad-
dinrton would he impelCd TO adopt obligatory edu-
cation but would probably be so forced by the
majority OF the Assembly. lie has in feet been COM
PEELED b. the weight of public opinion. Free sch9ps
must follow. The State cannot subject the head OF
family 20 execute law which he has not the bare
means Of obeging.
Here is another most important part Of the war
carried on by the Rcactioniats against the spirit q"
our modern age The man who commits no mistake
in an this and who distinctly fOresces what Is I'M
pendinr. is the Bishop of Orleans, Mgr. Dupanloup
He keeps his eye on Waddington and the latter
speoL, no word makes 10 move, that the Bishop
does not at once understand and dcnonnce. lie has
lust now given out pamphlet entitled, WHITTIER
are We DGhiug?n in which he makes desperate at
ternpt 10 induce all "bclievcrs" TO join together III
ahoy lcacueagainst Liberalism and the Repabhc,
and in reality against the auii-ccIical current oil
ideas in modern are.
For the first time. Mgr DUpanloup is fairly fright
encd, Tor he sees before him a mana qiet, con-
.c;.-+;,,,g rc.,.p man who will do what hc