, 1877-06-02

Of tho Revolution, antl Il ras In a eo]cmn and
sacrrt spirit that tho people of Franco ns-
scsnhlcsa At the ele@tIon-urns. IN The light ni
recent revelations, there nfe crave reasons to
believe TINT France even tllen voted a0afrtst tho
Empire Of the Bonaparscs; certain It IS that tln
most outrageous fasihcntfon Of votes occurred.
.nil,,,. ane trained rseesf' s9a In
boxing" the First Emptro In only too wcll,-a
thr a.s ns,trEatIon Of Napoleon was "fn,iorscd"
9yaoW, 900 votes, with only between 3,oU and
The gooI people who had voted in good faith
agalnst h[s assumption Of power were aglhast Mt
Their = 9wn r, apparent weakness. They ToFv
hopclcsslY-feeh1e minority.
After Sapolcon's exile, there were fatils At
tctnpls made 10 Eafvunizc Bourbon and Osicnn-
iar ss an @ aate. fts1a IL s .hs hit enao
seasscrtcsl itself, s,nid the joyful acclatnatfous
Of all France.
Louis Napoleon. by the aid o, crafty md
methods, continued to get control Of this same
elect!on-inachinery Of Pcriects, Mayors, Inspec.-
ors,. etc.; AMI the second grand :" ba,Iot:box-
e. ihe Bopapafes xss planned
hhnmetui history OF thesc tbinga has hrcn ex-
posed, and tho s'plebtsatcs OF Louis Ma
polcon ate shown to have been accnmpI!al'c1 by
acted Al Inc election ot tl!e unels IN 1iso,
The prcstid!Qttators Of French ballots returned
"thc nephew Of ILLS uncle" ny the trI!ltng ma
lority of 500, GOO votes. Franco ana the wuT,d,
the .lne;. and tl.e petIured Louis, sworn to pro-
tcct and defend the HcpublEc, desl. nyru It with
In year by the Infamous coup d'ct.t of the ID
or Dcren, 9er, 1881.
More haliot-hoxfn0 was necessary to "ratify"
this midnight deed. pu6!!c appeal to the
people, an! private Instructions to the Projects,
were Issued 1t the satne timc... The great Re.
sss Ss ssse,asd L q se pos 1S" The ,e M nos
quite as tough a. tho last one, and the experts
neatly counted in tteir man by 900, ,0u ballots.
~ nr1sy trained 70 exact obedience suppress
cd fctcely al! mnrmurs Of doubt; public opinlon
was absntutely voccless; and 50 the country
settled into stotd acG,afcscence, trying to mako
thu lest Of things. The Republic WAS again
postponed lot another generation.
| And now occurred the humllfatng conduct OF
many Anerisans abroad, which astonfshed
Europe. and iil1cd thousands At home with feel.
ines Of deep shame; ! fawn'ng affection for,
trappingt Of the seeond Empire, marked tic
conduct uf uans citizens al this country In
France. and, loud in their pra!sca Of things a.
Aey appeared 10 them, American citizens asserted
| openly thclr darling wish to ace something like
ea 11uperlal Government tnaugaeatcd at home.
Alcn of Charles Summers nohlc nature, the
statesmen OF F!alice, devoted IN silenrc to tho
| grand Ideas Of the Rcvolutiou, looked upon
this behavior Of Americans with dIsrnaY,
Foort radical Louis Blanc WIS laughed at snd
dorfded. IN London. BY Americans, Ii, 1853, ,whcp
he uttered this auhtlMc prophecy, since fulHllets;
~ saw," said he, speaking OF Isis, 1.-THE Re
puhlc restored by the yolcc of Frat,cc,-a yoIce
| which went 10 to Heaven with such power thut
[ the raycu. at the atr fell t1eat fntt the cnnrt
yards OF Rings, I cannot but irlicyc In lii
resurrection Of that Republic, for tho finn ia nai
fnr distant when, the play bc|pu orer The ncfors
| stripped OF their gilt frippurics and no lnngcf
painted, will appear 10 afl what thcy really arr
| aud France also will appear What sho rcolly ls,N
SINGS Thtery. Jules Simon, Gonlntta. and
| otheF patriotic Ftenyt,nen hive et,ccceflc1 IN
restoring representative government and The
CONSERVATIVE Republic TO France fos different
from the rntlfeal Communicate notion Of yoycrr.
ncnt as light from d3rknces), tho .sctjt irinncr.
}ea u have Indeed been torn uway, tho mseraI,ic
| frauds and ba'lot-blxinH exploits Of III. Donu.
| parties cxpoaei]. uud t.EEAnec appcars what aha
really ts.ss
| And now the obstinate soldier. Macylahon.
| with q priest ut one elbow, a Uour,,on az thn
other, and a BcnapaFte ju the bsckrruund rrady
| to snatch the prixc. prrparcs Frarcr fnr crcntt
| full Of tragedy and humiliation. Tho Frefscts.
Sub-}'rcfccts, and inspectors arc now hotn1 Ar.
pointed to orvnrtxo Tho machiucry Of rct m.
other grand aballot-toxing i cf,tefprisc, wl,ose
inspiration il drawn from ~ LSs d. Vano;en..
e,tus,H A magnificent arrnY. rendered efficient
by the cstpns Of 1870, ID to be made tho tsnl of
usllrpatton, IL poasItllr,-an army drilled aud
ecl,oolcd Into Implicit Obedience to tic Execu.
tive Of France,
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