The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-20
The Crisis In France.

| hoped to rush the decree OF dissolution
through the Senate with such speed that
the Assembly would not have o chance to
take any action and that the republican
orators would not even have an opportu-
nifty to air their vocabularies for, the
assent Of the Senate once given. they
would have instantly decreed dissolution
But the routine of the Upper Chamber
has proceeded with such unruffied placidity
and deliberation that the more energetic
spirits Of the popular body have had the
opportunity to make their effective denun-
Citations of the course Of the government
and to pass vote Of want of confidence by
IN overwhelming majority. Their mod
crate yet we'll drawn and forcible
impeachment OF the position Of the gov
eminent, supported by vote Of 1863 to
153. makes tremendous record tor the cam
vass before the country to which the Minis
try appeal. For the government defies the
Chamber by the declaration that it is
indifferent" to any order Of the day that
may be adopted, as well as by the previous
declaration that the Marshal has right to
his own policy ms apart from the will Of the
body that represents the nation. These
declarations repudiate the principles
of the republican constitution and
present the Ministry as actually in an atti-
tude Of revolt against the law, as virtually
standing by no other guarantee than that OF
the force the Marshal commands. Their
position thus taken would be very perilous
if by any accident the Senate should fail to
agree to the proposed dissolution for disso-
luton is now the paramount necessity of
their case.
But the dissolution will not fail. AS the
Ministry obtained month of existence by
the propagation decreed on May 16, which
prevented its collision with the hostile ma
jority in the Chamber so by the dissolution Of
the Chamber it will have three months more
of grace, and to the two events it will, there
fore, owe such a period Of power as may
enable it to prepare for much more respect
able battle against the republican party than
it seemed possible little while ago any
faction could make. None can know better
than the men now in power in France how
much may be done at elections by the pos
session of the official machinery, for the
party that possesses that and will use it
without any scruple whatever can scarcely
be overwhelmed, whatever the weight of
hostile opinion. Indeed, the great growth Of
the republican party within these few years
past has been due to the fact that that party
while ostensibly in power has been also so
far practically in power that it has been
able to secure fair play for its candidates
while the strength of the republicans in the
Assembly that made the constitution was
due to the fact that that body was the issue
of elections held in the presence Of the
public enemy while there was q truce to
internecine strife. Consequently the cleo
tions were fair, and the real state of opin-
ion in the country was represented by the
result. 1t is impossible for political in
trigue and official audacity to undo imme-
diately what was done by these several cir
cumstances to give the republicans a fair
field but n return to the old tactics pre-
sents the only hope to the hostile
elements. Hence the sweeping changes
made by the Ministry in it's month of
power. These changes will be Of great
service if the elections can be held without
previous counter changes, while if the dis
solution shall be decreed the circumstance
that this Ministry i'll be in power till the
elections occur and will have the manipula-
ton of all the official machinery will be of
incalculable importance.
The immediate dissolution of the Cham
Der is therefore SO essential an element to
the Duke de Broglie's campaign against the
Republic that every possibility will be ex-
hausted before the hope to summarily dis
miss the Deputies is abandoned. 1t may be
true enough, as has been said hundred
times-and as Gambetta said again on Sat-
urday--that new Chamber will contain an
even greater republican majority than this
one does; for it is probable that many con-
stituencies now represented by opponents
ofthe Republic would send republican Depu-
ties if consulted to-day; for the growth of
opinion has been in that direction since the
last elections. Doubtless the evident vio-
lence and trickery of the recent Ministerial
proceedings have given an impulse to that
growth nor is it likely that the extravaganza
into which some republicans were driven
on Saturday will shake the allegiance
of lovers Of order, for they can see as well
as other men how great was the provocation
and from which side it came. But the
possibility that the new Chamber will be
more hostile than this one is cannot deter
man of De Broglio's temper from the pur-
suit of his scheme. The likelihood Of defeat
does not prevent an cnterprising soldier
from risking battle. Possible failure is
always one OF the conditions of the movement
that may end in splendid success. In the
making ola new Chamber, and in the mere
chance that it may be made less republican
than this ,na liac Tho oplv rosoihibtv Of