The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-09-30
ThIerS. In Another Role.

The London World Of the I2.h inst. has
sn article which puts Mr.. Theirs in q very
singular light. 1t asserts that the facts
which it recites come from a source that
absolutely guarantees their correctness.
We quote:
"Shortly after the dismissal of the Jules
Simon Ainistry'on the 10th May, when the
Chamber Of Deputies had been Prorogue1 lor
. month, and it was known that Marshal MAO
Mahon would probably ask the Senate TO
authorzs him to dissolve the Chamber, an scs
which he could only perform with the senates ,
consent, Monsieur Thiers cent for gentle-
man who bad held off in the late Emperor
court, aud whom be knew to be-in-intnate
personal relations with the Prince Imperial
To this geutleman NJ. Theirs suggested tina. ne
sh ould proceed 70 Eugisnd. soc the Prisce lm'
perial and invite him to throw the votes OF tne
1mperialist Senat who were sut1clentiy no
meroas to determine the majority. into tne
&C ale against q dissolution, that Marshal
MacMahon should be left face to face with
Senate opposed to his policy, and an openly
hostile Chamber. which he could not Dissolve
:" This must" said Theirs, produce STU. ettH
compel him to resign" when he 81. Ihlers)
would be proclaimed President of the kepuo-
lie. "In that case" said d. Theirs, am
prepared to make sn fmperialist MarshaI-
whom he named" Commander in Chief of
the army, with the command AT Paris, aud to
give two seats in the Cabinet to lmperiaiists,,
naming q person whom he would Wisn 10 9o.a nt
one of these seats. 1" SHOULD do this" said h.
Theirs, with q view to leaving the empire
my heir" (R,on heritier). !" for am convinced
that permanent republic will be made im-
possible in France by the excesses OF the hso-
cals."
The Uorld goes on TO say that the gentle
man who had been thus approached By NJ.
Theirs went TO England communicated
with the Prince Imperial The Prince po-
litely and with sundry kind messages de-
clined the ctfer. His party had already
made arrangements with the Government
for the coming election, which could not
honorably be repudiated.
According to this account, NJ. Thiers, the
great Republican, was willing to make the
Empire his heir he had no hope for Re
in France. The great Repub
ican patriot covenanted to appoint an
[mperialist 10 the command of the army
and to the supervision of Paris, ard to give
Two cabinet places to Imperialists. This
speaks 70. itself, the only question being as
to its authenticity. Certainly the World
would not compromise itself by publishing
such a statement as facts communicated
% US from a source which admits no doubt
Of their correctness )" unless their confr
nation was within its power. It was q
matter of too grave an importance, involv-
ing excitements of too intense character,
to be Lightly dealt with by any journal of
bility. Error on such scale would
be sure to call down the indign ant rebuke
Of an outraged humanity.
. . ho
publication Not ripple on the surface
,f the sleeping Ocean of Radical indigna-
ton. The telegraph has tripped lightly along
without noticing it,-very judiciousiy, no
doubt, considering the facility of proving
the charge if true. Radicaiism is redhot
kind of commodity, but wonderfully tenn
pered with canning when necessary. No
doubt it has been boiling over, since the
publication, with a rage which it is not re-
strained by timjdity from venting. 1t is
not timid, for it has almost universal pos
session cf the public ear in Europe. 1t
infects every grade of society from the
peasant to the prince, for it is nothing but
a revolt against truth and justice and God.
The spirit of the world, hating God and
hating his Church and hating all legitimate
authority, calls itself Rsdicalism.
Its quietude ir face of the Thiers expo
sure does not Tesalt from want of confidence
in the forum before which the charge would
have to be tried-tbe tribunal of public
opinion it is, much more probably, the
result of conviction that the charge il
true.