New-York tribune., 1877-08-09
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
MoNAHoY,s APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE.

WHAT MCMAHON OWES 10 iiib"o'
TFRoM an OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBUNEl
P,Rts July 1.-THE Tower Of Babel was GER
family not a scene of more hopeless ot noisy
Confusion than is az this moment the camp of
the self-stylcd United Conservatives Through
ont France the Lily, the Eagle and the Cock
are vaging fierce war under their respective
banners, aud money bags are dying throngh
the air-moncy being after all the most nudeTcus
weapon of the whole arsenal. On one side II. Me
ner the hero of cheap chocolate, hurts eight thon
sand pounds az the heads oi the Boya.stS ana
Cetunschi Of The >iice follows with four thousand
pounds and more, aud the monster manufacturers OF
the Eastern provinces are ready With any amount
OF coin; while on the other hand we have men like
Count Snedu6he. the Marquis de TalhOuet and the
Due de Bisaccia hacked by nothing less than the
house OF Rothschild in person. But here comes the
weakness that has been so inevitable from the hrSt
Tie Republican subsidies 60 to support the conpac'
Republican army all over the country, whereas lhe
funds given to the Conservatives are restricted
to one of thcr three component parts. 1t IS mostly
the Lily or the Cock that gets the big share
of the Conservative purses. The Eagle Is. OF th'
three. the least favored and when about week or
ten davs since the IicWs came suddenly oi sufl
candidatures as those of Baron HacsSiuan'i' ana
Jerome David NJ. de Rothschild declared to MS
friends IN his own house that he should co and
signify 10 NJ dc Fourtou that not farthing more
would he contribute 70 the cause of " moral order
il surh candidates rs these were pat forward And
60 he accordingly did, and 6e Spoke ms speech ana
he the man of ducats laid down the law toT rather
his law 10 the man Of Official dccrecs but the latter
was obliged 20 admit that the Government was no
longer the master. and that there was no Prac.cal
means of cOercing tie party Of the Eagle. Now 10
the house of RothSchld the house OF Orleans
represents the particular monarchy 10 be set up ii
al a|Tr
10 be tolerated in so far it gives the c0nsccratng
strength Of hercdity and legitimacy to the Younger
one; but the Empire is thing absolutely not 10
be thought ol
What may perhaps surprise tho foreign reader is
that apart from such giants as & RotischhdS the
overwhelming financial force is on the side OF the
Republic. There are among the pure LcGtiutStS a
few but "a very few. families oi enormous territorial
wealth The Due dc Ny6s possesses about s'mo 900
OOO sterling year; his lucle the Marquis de TAI
bouGt q revenue equal not superior has; the Mar
quis A.i.lc anj hi, brother Tire Marquis de P"mo-
'rou, over 100000 year; the Dur de Dondoanulia
nearly 10000 per anuum, and perhaps one might
name dozen such wealthy Landlords; bat these are
mere indiyijuals-heads OF houses whose fortunes
are when not Withdrawn by boarding, spent on pure
luxury alone. They are not disseminated; neither
do they serve the passion. which Burke assigned 10
riches of d" q displacement OF forces and Of labor
With the OTlcanisjs again, there are bat few large
fortunes. not o9teu going beyond. at the utmost,
El0OO0 or E1j,90J a year, such, for instance, aS
the BrogIco; buj in the ranks of The Republicans
are found throrehout the country innua cradle
large fortunes. Money is cyerywlcr. ia The Repub-
lean army; the rank AID d.c are an rich. Men !ac
FIoquct and Ferry and kgsHcr and Others have
either married wives with soue 10000 sterling
year or, like Senator Picta po -eSsrd 1iOUJo a
year In real estate Ia Paris, or ike Nenier, hay,
made IN trade over c1OoO0J pr annum. There Is
in IT,. much-deccyci Municipal Council ot Paris
probably not one member possessing less tan
e20OO a year, Yet these men alc haughtily called
"gutt,I-hraol' 5y the aristocratic panpcrS Who
cyntally sell their names for gold, gained no mattef
how.
ihc poorest Of The Conservatives are the
Bmapgti-,s. Their rank aau Sic are almost
wi.Aou. exception adventurers. men without pecu-
MARY rc-ources. save what ChisrlhurSt and th.
Committee, can afford them. Hence their iurbn-
}c.ec and uoi.ncss They proceed b. Intimidation
and intrigue. and hence their capital weakness
that 10 b. powerful they r-quiIc 10 be steady i'm
powcr. Incv clu do little uule7s they dispose
of the resources Of the Government and
the state. Bat there is another portion
Of society I'm France which is 10 na full aus wealthy
a. the Republic. and that is t!ie clergy must eN-
plain: the clergy 81, clergy. is NOT wealthy, bu' It's
every member. from the arrhblshops down 10 The
neediest village vicar, can command The purse of
every true believer in the country. THIS however
cannot he cou,lricd as live money; ID is on the con
trary dead money; 10 crr'ud, Is nothing beyond pd
crimaqes and Peters pence, and. therefore. while
every live-ilanc pierre of Republican is worth 1T
least double ITS material, intrinsic value the clerical
fve-franc piece is scarcely worth half its nominal
value Clerical wealth stasuates because of tEe im
placable undvnc hatred Of the enormous majority
of the French people for cieIcI,ism in every shape
whereas Republican wealth j, expansive and cara-
bic of fructifyng what surrounds if, because the
enormous majority of The French people are daily
tending more and more toward Repubhcanism.
The divisions ina the Cabinet are really growing
wider every hour. and the rival factions of
Orlcanists and Bonaparists are ~urrriug ou
their chiefs injo al but arm hostility.
The Due de- Broglic is beginning now7tO onnose NJ.
de Fourtou sharply, and in the Cabinet h. is sup
ported by the Due Decazcs and above all by the
War Minister Gen. B,itha1d. The Rouapartists
are both bitter and violent. for, logically enough
they see that in such adventure this into
which the Marshal has been thrown, nothing short
of violence can procure success hut they bitterly
disappointed, for tAey see clearly by this time thar
what they would call thorough dare not be at
tempted. They are driving hard every day ~ The
commission Of acts which would plunge the country
into revolution at once. They cla'uor for tie mmc-
date suspension Of the Paris Municipal Council and
above OIL for military demonstrations. But 30 more
have they vet obtained than the silly though not
very formidable words Of the late order of the day
TO the army 10 D. fair that il should bee known to
whom this comparatively correct behavior is due;
il is due to Gen. Berthauld, the Minister Of War
Whom the Marshal tuTped away his Ministers on tine