, 1877-06-13

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the most percmptory epistles ever address
ed 10 u statesman Of NJ. JULES SIMoN's emil
nence. We doubt whether any Of the
Legitimate Kings of France ever sent a
more unceremonious message to the chief
of his servants. The Marshal writes that,
on looking into the Journal O6icleI OF
yesterday morning, he was surprised to
see how little opposition had been made
in the Chamber of Deputies on the prevl-
Gus day, either by the President Of the
Council or the Minister Of Justice, to
the repeal Of the P.ess Law which NJ,
Buffet passed in 1875 for the protection
of s. social ORDER" The Marshal was the
more surprised because at several Cabinet
Councils NJ, Jules Simon had, he says,
undertaken to resist the repeal OF that law
Room for establishment, he adds, had
already been given by the Prime Minister'S
absence from s~ittings in which the Cham
Der Of Deputies had discussed a whoIs
municipal law, aud even dec'ee1 that the
meetings o! the Municipal Councils should
be open to the pubic. Hence the Marshal
is induced to ask whether II. Jules Simon
has sufficient influence over the Chamber,
and he peremotoriiy demands an expiauaa
tim on the grounJ that, if he is not re.
sponsjbla to Parliament, h8 is responsible
to France Such o summary OF tbs
5Earsh2l's words eau give but a faint jJea
OF their dlrectneSs ana yigour; aad il
tfulh, they could scarcely have been more
poremptorv il N. Jules Simon had been &
aub4itcrn ia u Regiment. Ihe purpose
OF the letter was, OF course, understood.
aud tuo Prime Minister instantly rendered
his resignation. Il expec ed it and &c.
cept IT," our Paris Correspondent says, was
the reply. Bur NJ. Jules Simon has not
quilted Office without writing such an
answer as leaves him the palm at Ieast
Of courtesy. lie says that he was absent
trom the debate oH tho Municipal Coun-
els BIZ because hO was unWell, aud
because it was understood that the quas-
ton respecting the publicity Of debate IN
those boIies would b. discussed in anot1or
sitting. AN this" he says i" is known
to everybo iy." IL might have Nidoi
that it wa known to the Marshal, because
it was explained in the debate. Respect
ing tina law on the Press, he invites the
Marshal to remember that he hal objected
TO the rep al OF it only in so far as il dealt
with jibeIs Oh foreign ooyereigus. Finally,
h9 ventures TO add that he may be succeed
ed by u Minister teiongjng, like himself,
10 the Conservative Republican Party.
Such is by far the most momentous
political correspondence that has appeared
in France since the fall Of NJ, Theirs, and
the nation will have reason to be thankful
il it should not be the prelude to greater
disasters. The real causes of the dismissal
are to be found IN neith' r OF the letters.
They will be obvious to everybody who
has followed the recent Parliamentary
struggles Of France, and they are frankly
stated by our Paris Correspondent.
Marshal MiclEahon has never pretended
that he liked the Republic A Eoyalist
by family aod a Bonapartist by training,
he has shown a leaning by turns to a
Monarchy and to an Empire, hut never to
Republican institutions. The Royalists
put him in the seat Of power for the very
purpose OF preventing those institutions
from becoming a reality. They wanted u
soldier at once popular and firm to over
awe the Republican Party by covert
threats Of a Coup d. Etat. In NJ. de
Broglie and NJ. Buffet he had Ministers
who did not hide their hatred Of the Re-
public and their determination to use all
their influence to replace it by a Monarchy.