The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-23
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OH. BULLETIN.
A BIT Of FRENCH HIS TORY.
why fhe Monareliteai Rarty Rnued
tn Embellishments y, Objection 10 q
bourbon Restoration. ~ ~.
from the London World.

y Tie failure of the NOpaTehiea patty 10
! October, 1873, when the pear WIS so nearly.
trlpe, and when they were ON the point Of
plucking II, has never been sufficiently ex-
planned; but lnformau on In our possession
enables Us to solve the enigma, and perhaps
In doing 70 we shall be throwing new
| light upon the present situation. The
ostensible cause Of the sudden .eollaps, OF
the combined iOya!ists forces was, as win
be remembered, the pu, iIeation OF the
| eOmte de ,thamb0rd's letter rejecting the
| tSisaie. nag, hat why 81 th~ islnt iiiuiScat nc
should have made that daInniBg announce
iaent we have not yet been told. Tersiycr-
sation and trimming have never been the
characteristic Of this pretender; and no one
can reproAch him with having sought the
throne either by impatient mahGuvres or
ambiguous dec arati0ns. Now, In the period
in eilately folio wing the fall Of NJ. Theirs
and The submission to hi, Legitimate ALL
thority Of the Orleans family, the comte de
Chambord had carefully adopted that Ian.
glage OF compromise and concession which
we are Accustomed 10 associate 10 + gland
with the policy or Wing statesmen.
"IIis Nerpmeni, 2 ne said, "gould not,
AZ his enemies alleged, lea government Of
priests; 1.-THE could not bring him ,elfio talk
Of limited monarchy, be had no hesitation
In speaking OF II ~ "t.mbo,>e." Many who
were behind the scenes had no hesitation
nprsilctiny tn. II he assembled the throne
be would sompose hls first nlnIstfry from
members 81 the left centre party In his
conversation with NJ. Chesnelong and the
depI talon who had come to7him on the
eve Of the decisiveyotc, lie had gone more
than bal tway toward accepting the tricOl-
or nag In word everything pointed to
the conclusion that he was satisfied that the
time had come for him to ascend the throne,
and that, in Lord Pdmerston's phrase, he
would assume power with its engage.
ments." Why at the last moment, were
NJ. sneIong and his friends unhandsome
" thrownoyer the language Of concession
withdrawn, and everything changed? - -
The truth We believe 20 be that in the in.
ter val something very important had o..
CURED. THIS emperor Of Germany, accom-.
panied by Prince Pismarck, had visited the
emperor Of Austria at VIENNA where the
great exhibition was being held. With his
usrlsi polite irankness, the great chan elor
look the opportunity 10 announce that
Germany would not tolerate bourbon
restoration, declaring that his views were
entirely shared Ivy the Italian government
both powers were ready 10 ads. 'fhe Ktis-
,risn court took alarm. for il IL obyious hat
nothing eoul d have been more unwelcame |
- the Emperor Francis Joseph than TO see !
a second invasion Of France, aud at the |
same time the principle OF legitimate mon.
archy subjected TO new and humiIisting |
defeat. The duke OF Modena was summon
ed, and urged to warn his intimate friend
and near relation OF tue imminent danger, |
and to mplore him at oil hazards, and even |
at the eleventh hour, to escape from 50
critical position. This is the elucida
ton Of the mystery which has hitherto en- |
yeloped the princes sudden change OF
front; and II appears to US hardly probable
that Prince Biz marck will be more disposed |
than he was exactly four years ago to look
with favor upon g military consp piracy,
arising ont OF = clerical intrigue, which
would give France government with no
other excuse for its existence but that Of
pursuing = policy directly hostile to the
Interests Of the German empire. In favor
Of the comte lie Chambord great influences
abroad were at work, which, as We have
already said. do not care to stir finger in
favor OF NJ arshal MacMal0n. II sno secret
that the French crisis once more formed
the subject OF an exchange Of ideas between
the German and Austrian ministers at
sazburg; AMI if every other hope should
fail, we are confident that Prince Bis
marck, by letting drop some timely words Of
warning, will save France from the perils
TO which al unpatriotic eotere would not
scrunle IN eypose her.