, 1877-06-13

HISt III OlCdtuS anu men M. Q6 Mdfcofes
1t was fondIy thought that he was u%nlearn.
ing the maxims OF camps, and that he
might IN time be able to play the part Of
a constitutional ruler. That expectation
was strengthened FIVE months ago, when,
after the defeat Of NJ. Dufaure, he gave the
chief place in the Ministry to so long.tried
a Republican as NJ. Jules Simon. The
feelings OF hope were soon chilled, no
doubt, by a Ministerial crisis in which he
psremptorily refused to dismiss the Minis
ter OF Wa at the bidding OF the Chamber
OF Deputies, and minated that he deemed
himself the supreme Judge Of what was
necessary for the Army and the Navy.
Still no serious shock was given to the
general belief that the Marshal would
honourahly observe the Constitution.
But, unfortunately, no has allowed him
Bslf to be guided by unparlia neu;ary in.
auences. H has never really dismissed
tha councillors who made him President,
and who strengthened his DISLIKE to the
Republic. The Due de Bfog.ic, N, Buffet,
and NJ. de Foartou have, it is thought.
beeDa power behind the Cabinet, and our
Paris Correspondent tells q sinister story
Of their influence. The R0yalists bore NJ.
Simon's accession to power with compare
tive calmnes', because they believed tha9
a really Ropublic4 IN Ministry would soon
let loose the .atent %violence Of the Cham
Der, and thus give o pretext for the return
Of themselves 70 power. They would
have been still better pleas d, perhaps, if
The Marshal hal chosen NJ Glmbetta, and
they would haga been delighted to frigAtea
the middle class by giving Office to VI.
Louis Blanc. The Royaljst preference for
Radical rather then Conservative r publ
cans lie an old tradition. for i was expressed
by Marie AntoineCte. But NJ jules Simon,
rs they might have known, was the very
last Of meu 10 be indiscreet, all his tendeu
cies being towards skill Of management,
and his powers Of Cancellation being as con.
spicuou1 as his intellectual vigour. He
has, in truth. kept a tight rein on the wilder
Republican spirits, and been punc;iIiously
polite to his opponents.
Il must also b. confessed that, on the
whole, the Republican Parry has sho 1n q
rare seIi-commAnd and moderation Some
months ago il allowed the Senate to invade
the financial province of tho Lower House
rather than provoke q dangerous conflict,
asd il has steadily refused to be tempted
into the ways OF R4dicalism. At the same j..
time it has gradually, but persis'entIy,
applied Republican principles, and the
recent ralds of the clergy into the field OF
politics were a sign that the Church was
unpleaaant'y feeling the rein o: the civil
power. Still, q dangerous coof ct between
the Chamber and the Church WAS avoided
by the prudence alike Of the Ministry anu
the Republican, Party and thus N. Jules
Sjmon's Cabinet promised TO LAST until the
time should come for the elect N Of the
Municipal and the General Councils.
Thes bodies are Of high political impor-
lance, not only because they choose the
Senators. but bscause they help to lead
opinion 10 their sew raj districts. AS the
Executive power is usually able to de-
termiue, in a great degree, the political
character of the elections, the leaders of the
Royalist Party are naturally unwilling
that they should be held under a Republi-
can Ministry. Hence, according to our
Paris Correspondent, these partisaus have
caused the Marshal to drive N. Jules Simon
from power, and have dictated the letter
which the President has signed. We wish
we saw grounds for rejecting such a theory;
but, unfortunately, it ia only too consistent
with the triviality Of the causes assigned
Gov Tho diorioeol on1 NTH tho tootics Of