The New York herald., 1877-10-14

HERALD, SUNDAY, OC1
are told that this Ministry is not subject to clerical
influences, you viii remember the indulgences and
prayers placed publicly at the services OF the
Official candidates and you will reply:-.we do not
believe YOU II you are told tina. republican cleo
tons would plunge the country into troubles and
candidates. all enemies OF the republican rt0tnses
and conceaing neither their aims ror their hopes,
and you will reply, we do not believe you' II
yon are told that the government guarantees order
order prevailed before the l6tn OF May; that 1t
has not then ceased to prevail despite great
provocation, and you will repeat with the late NJ.
Thiers that the only omentors OF discord are those
Electors, you will vote Tor the $685. and you win
everywhere protest against the Official candidates.,
which are an insult to your liberty, to the dignity
OF universal Suffrage and to the sovereignty OF the
nation"
THE LEADERS OF FRANCE INTERVIEWED.
1t has seemed very curious TO note the confict-
ing opinions, respecting the result tomorrow. of
persons high in ofice-people best able to advance
stable views, Of influence In the parties and the
editors OF the principal daily newspapers OF Paris,
who receive Information IRON their correspondents
In the provinces, II there is any Of importance, or
from the political group they represent. To endeav
or to collect and group these views your cores
pondcpt made what may be called the grand tour.
DIFFICULTIES or INTERVIEWING rRENcHxES.
The task undertaken was long, tedious, delicate,
because French editors and statesmen do not un-
dcrstand either the system usefulness OF the in
terview. An American statesman appreciates the
.interviewer," as general rule, because 1t Ia an
easy channel through which to convey his wishes
and IDEAS 1t was long, In this casc because OF the
great number or persons seen; delicate, In the
sense that 1t failed to obtain the truth many Of
the responses made apparently with the greatest
frankness-that Is to say, the whole truth, devoid
OF subjects to which 1t is more or less sacrificed
here by the exigences OF STYLE there out OF respect
10 persons or the government.
GREAT woRR ACCOMPLISHED.
1t is suncient, perhaps, to state that tho aruous
work undertaken has been finished. Several OF
my assistants were sent into the country 80 as to
see gentlemen living at distance. In certain ex-
ceptiona cases friends have been called upon to
aid in securing data, by which means the entire
ground has been covered, as the readers OF the
HERALD will observe by the accompanying state
ments
PICTURE OF THE PARTISAN PRESS.
1t has also been thought advisable to add a few
lines geographically OF each OF the gentlemen men.
toned to aid the reader In his judgm ent In ad-
diton to the curious electoral question I send a
complete picture OF the Partisan press, an abso-
lutely true, impartial picture. Many OF the person
ages introduced will doubtless be greatly surprised
to see the reproduction Of conversations which, OF
course, they scarcely believed would be made
public In their entirety. Before introducing the
OF the press let me first lay before You series
Of interviews With some Of the men whose views
and leanngs are at present on the tongue Of every
one, and whose abilities are being weighed daily in
the scale by thousands OF Freshmen. . Sp7rr.s
JULES oREyY.
NJ Grevy, the distinguished lawyer ana states.
man, who was President OF the late Chamber and
OF the oldest republicans In public ife having
been elected from the Department Of tie Jura In
ls4s by an overwhelming majority, is sixty-four
years old. He is slightly bald and wears gray
whiskers man OF simple manners, he dcvotcs
his moments OF leisure to the game OF chess, OF
has been answering. In the Assembly OF
the Republic OF ls4s he was Vice Prcsi.
dent, and also a member OF the Committee
OF Justice. ne made several fine speeches, and
when President Bonaparte began the series OF in.
trigues which preceded the coup detat he found in
M. Grevy an incorporating opponent. After the
events OF the I'd OF December 1851 he retired from
politics to his profession Of advocate, and
did not rcappear in public lite for sixteen
years In 1868 he offered himself to his
old constituents OF the Jura, and In the
election that followed gained such a VIC
tory at the polls that the government
OF Napoleon III. did not enter an ofilcal candidate
against him IN the general elections OF the follow.
ing year Since that time he has been a marked
figure in the public life OF France. AS President OF
the Assembly OF 1871 and Of the late Assembly. he
gained universal applause. His manner, at once
conciliatory and nrm amid the stormy debates
which his Presidency witnessed, secured him the
confidence od all parties. He Is, however, a man
OF no initiative in the great political
sense, and allows himself, in q great measure
to be guided by events political opponent once
sarcastically said OF him that he belongs to the
category OF people one invites to dinner to avoid
having thirteen at table That he has been turned
to by the republicans with one voice since the
death OF Theirs and called on to be the leader OF
the party shows that this estimate is little absurd
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