, 1877-12-31

be the Financial Minister Of such 4 Ministry
giving as hi. reason no hI0h motive, but that It
Inhr: than l,azardInH It. The Marshal would
have to 10 without legal 1mhget- Ifc would
hare tn Impose fl,u taxes l'y his own-or At any
.as .n,v .ess an, TN, % III. ~ o ref
t" hay ltEhn. The tasc ut atl these reeu.ants
wDi1l,l he hstliEht fHf0rc the tribunals. Even
the French ttibunnla wnl1tl hartty hcci,lc that
,!!ere wa, the eEal authority to impose s'tsl'
The Minister Of Finance, Will, the whole t'ov-
errtnentt wn.liti lie responsible tu every shilling
Dt tfrr fortunes FIR Illegal attempts to cxtorl
sss Wsa be- Be- e,siI sn Il te a ;osesn.ens ~ @ Pc
cu,iHrIly responsible Inr all the Incidents and
t,,nsr1ticnect 0t that VAT. Th$ ctnn''atIc 3" Oh
turation' Of the Dl.so!rttotiat policy. md tht4
private l,uftcs Of the Mnrstai md hi. Minis
tera. struck mn awe :ntu tic President ut the
Republic. wIlict, the f)ukrl AuATrct P,.suu!cr's
inrc refined md ethical tilnnncr tf pressinH The
constitutional duties Ut the frestdrnt had tilitc
failed ~ produce. Ans! Tic result was, We ars
told, that The sarahal vAvc wuy absolutely, sent
auan fur N. Dufaure, AMI authorized him ~
choose his own Cabinet rs tD him might scetn
III, giving mn 2 promise to Sign At once t''c
1t Is further stated that tho Marshal lad, on
the day VI the brcnk-tlown, used these almost
pathetic wof'ts, tn rciail,n 10 his lVt,nranec uf
"Un tic 5iti! of Shy, 1sSl tic due 'ie ltroviic
told Ire itad been c!losei, ns the auEdicr who
VIA to rcae,le tic army FROM tile ha1,ls uf the
ltadlsals; That VIVA to defend the itnpesi1c,l
lhtcrestY Ut the country. like a scntlnci guarl-
Ing post, but Tint as 10 politics lie undertook
Vii ttlut. At tint moment. md ever after,
rcgarslcd II. lie brtIg1fr ~ eecolnl President.
was Tic Military rre*idcnt. As t. ha pulicy,
lart, understand nnthtng nf nll tllese tues.
tuns If lights and 1.rf,s, Right Centres ard
Lett CcntrrA. merely wfrlleH to rctnan faith
inl u tic watshwor.j atHl saya my ilonor:
Of tf whi,h i i" IT, moi cven m rerne,nTcr 'i,sr
the nltnf"r. md which made me- enter into en-.
Kaeen'ents Witch WY sully NY name, Y this
goes Oh, ! lave had CnsHIKll Ut II. Will have
10 more o! all t!,esr sclie1.cs. witch nrr too
sns>tle for INC. l aul mt achenIer; am d
ssltller.H II that be the substance OF what
Marshal MnrMalon really said. after listening
IL NJ. rou,cr.t2nrtler, he. ts--cveu now-inorc
10 be pttled ttan blamed. But wha. an In.
preston 1t gives vi The necessity for Immense
solidity anu for physical ubtf.lslsencss-to tt
spcak-.in the guarantees Of Constitution
wl,tcll IL u te worked through such agents d,
these! Ilad there been at, absolute nccrssity
for getting money to curry OH tho Government,
MI ul,suEnte in,poastbtltty Tor procuring It Inv
| fully, except with tho consent OF the Chamber
VI Deputies. and thy greatest pccuntnry rick Ii!
| would bc signing Ills "tas dc papcrsn still, un
conscious Of tho articles OF The Constitution
| or their hearing on wllat he ought to sigh and
| what he ought not to sign. Thu spur Of tinan
eating voice IT u. l'ouyer-Qucrtier. was the only
| instrument by Which tic Marshal was really Il
be rotycrtrd-tf, indccd, ho really has beer
corvcrtetl-to constitutional m.slcs Of pro
cc'lurc. That is what concs Of putting soldier,
IN tslr plnro III politicians. 1t Ii clear enough
II this aceuu,t III ilfe confessions bo autllrutic
that the Marshal was quite innocent Of AMI
opinion NJ to whrthcr VI, Gambctta was entitled
Or wus not entitled, to SAY TINT in tho end ht
WIS not apprecabir to thu Marshal, but was .lfa
pcrnetl for him by the political mud leguI adsls
urB whom TIC nUw accuscs of haYlug got hin
Into q host OF subtIettcs, fur the graspiuE o.
whirl, lie Is quite incompetent.