The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-07-15

sion FOR new Assembly. The people will
oe sunni oned to decide, not whether they
wlsn republic or a monarchy, bat whether
.ne repuoiic shall be entrusted to the ex-
and will save France from the rnin into
which Gambetta aud his crew would en-
gun ~. Ine decision will be- waited for
| Win anxiety, but without fear on our part
| ihe rrepch people, we believe, are sound
| at heart, aud have no wish to resign them
serves INTO the hands of men who fear not
| 200 norf regard naa save as con venient tool
TOT their own ends. Meanwhile, however,
me utmost c!rcumspec. ion should be exer-
cisco oy the Dew government. Prince Bic
marck Ia eDraged when he sees France
sire hening herself; he is delighted when
ne oshoids her Weakening herself by in
ternaf cissensfons. Thus growls of die.
pleasure at the check given to the Gam
0etta party have already been heard from
Berlin, ard the German press has been
instructed TO represent that the new French
administration intends "to restore the
faPacy, through the humiliation of Ger
many. The Italian government, troubled
with bad cnnecience, INDUCES in similar
anticipatiops; AID the fret duty of the
Duke Decazes has been to reas sure these
cabinets and to point ous that the French
government wishes simply to devote itself
10 the domestic interests and safety of
France. We believe that this is the plain
truth. If Marshal MacMahon and his pre-
sent advisers are sustained, France will be |
saved from domestic ruin, and her saliva
ton will go far towards checking the reyo-
luton in other countries.
Tho time will come, no doubt, when
France will again assert herself In Euro
pean affairs, bot with q wisdom gathered
rom her terrible Eeverses and humiliation.
For those reverses she had NO one but her.
self to blame. They were the bitter fruit
OF an overweening pride, and OF the de-
sertion OF those eternal principles of
justice and right, and Of the faith
that embodies them, close adherence
TO which alone makes nations truly great.
France Is coming back to her faith and
with her faith will return her greatness,
Der nationality, her life. Before, however,
she can make her voice heard in Europe
she must speak in clear, calm al d not dis
;ordant tones. Sac must be nnitcd in her
'elf, one nation, Que people, with one
leart and one soul. It is this that Ger
many breads of all things, and conse,
lienty the threats and intrigues of G er.
many ard Italy will be exerted to the ut. q
most In aid OF Gambetta and his faction,
Who, indeed, have much strength OF their
,wn. While we are far from thinking that
me contest will be an easy one, we have
little doubt as to the final Issue. The re-
'ubtic Of order in France is the Catholic
rp1biic. The French nation is Catholic
All tue real glories of France are indis
oiubIy linked with the Catholic name.
Her greatest disasters are as fatally linked .
with the party of which Gambstta is to-
lay the osteasibie leader. l5 is time for
catholic France to gather herself together
nd arise in strength that she never be-
ore had the opportunity of possessing.
he way is open. She stands now quite
ntrammelled from alliances with any 6y-
asty or name. Her fate lies in her own
ands, and the honest soldier who has g
uarded SO we'll her truest interests will
OF betray the trust placed in him by his
0HnfrYtnti.