The New York herald., 1878-10-14

ceeding two millions. When he was nominated Dep
uty from Paris 1868 hts election considered In
Europe as q remarkable event He had simply al
himself to be elected Some ore said TO him. III
win come TO 90 quesmon, sne nmpssos OF S"h sou IN
some outward display or strength, though really II
had commenced to Iemoie begged him 70 enter the
Council of Defence. He declared he would not enter
relations with that booy except on the invitation
OF the entire Chamber. The whole Chamber thought,
ike the that IL could not afford To over
look him In this time OF great peril On Septembsr
II requested him to preside a. its last sissng. The
provisional government IN ITS turn mad recourse to
hiin 1t asked him to be TO the people and soveregns
advocate OF France. DO had never sought popu-
larity; he challenged il. Every body, friends and
enemies knew that he was not only statesman, but
that his protection for us-a moral torce.
DOWNFALL or sAPoLEoxIsx.
The exciting scene Of the declaration OF the As
semby that the Napoieonic dynasty should not be
restored is vigorously told:-
NJ. Bambergor, Deputy from Metz, was In the
tribune protest against the trsaty of peace, "or
what is worse," SAID be, 'vhs treaty OF shame.
NJ BanDorgsr; % ger 'shis is Nspolooa Ill" aN.poicon
Ill would never have signed treaty Of shame"
cried Gaoni In an ins,an. ant the hall was in
on his feet; all spoke or shouted Al the same
time The public in the galleries shared the indig-
nation OF the members OF the Assembly, intermngling
their cries M. Conu slarted toward the tribuns:--a
'Gve way 10 himl lie, him explain! Let him JUS
tfy the Emperor Let MN dare defend those W no
have betrayed and lost Francelu
81 como defend with earncstness," I" said N.
France has proclaimed by four lpebissilss 10 whom
those abuse have taken the oath OF allegiance
u p.as. ana my a sd
hspe am certain, II will be spread throughout the
entire country.n .48E l ma4 fsA8a sfE. a4 a
..GIorious pastl" shouted N. vltet; .ssay rather
iorca Had not your Emperor taken oatn TO
the RepublcY What you call years OF peace
ranny. Psacel You have tour times made war
against France. Whom NJ Thisrs demanded the
maintenance OF dragged him from tho
tribunei You have lied SO as TO make warl You
have made senssiess without alliances, without
resources without generalsl You are responsible for
the blood Of soldiers, SACRIFICED through your
criminal folly; responsible Tor our humiliation for
our rum; responsible for the dismcmberment OF
France" 49,
M. Gallonb N. Gavini and N. Haenuens supported
n. CONT They alone wsre with him. M .s
NJ. Victor Hugo then arose and attempted to speak.
The President did try any longer 10 make himself
Caim The aowniali.'' .DowntaiIl' "DowniaIiio
This word SOUNDED all over the ball 1t rolled like a
the sruirways, among the great crowd which
had gathered in the Place de Tourny and
Under .ns arms u the apprsaoess to sSe
hall, repeated IT, The President suspended the SIT
ting was opened again in about hall an hour when
N. Grevy read the text OF order OF the day which
had been placed upon his desk Tee National AS
semOly takes advantage OF the ,incdsnt and IN the
unhappy events passing over France, In the lace OF
protests and unex pected reservations, confirms the
downfall Of Napoleon Ill and his dynasty, already
proclaimed by universal suffrage and declares him
responsible tor ruin, the invasion and dismem-
berment oil France. att@~@e y Rtft.e
BoNArARr1sM.
NJ simon's considerations upon the almost in-
credible fact that Comparison soon recovered from
discredt ana became an important power IN
this very Assembly are deserving Of attention.
After such q session and the effect u produced in
the country Bonapartlsm might be supposed 10 be
definitely and irredesmably vanquished. Inc repub-
s,itutonasts and egtlmsts N. vitet, ordinarily so
exact. and NJ 40 Ffancliep, remaining during the
,hs u0e moss excited groups Tne,r friends would
hardly counteaance Them. This condemned
parsy-scatssrsd. alshooorea by q, sols.na vote
In which all The other parties without ex
cspton had taken part-reduced 10 six members
IL the Assembly. aud having iot speakers only a.
Cont (who died shortly aferl N. Gavn and n. Gal
onI OF Istria neverthsisss destined TO become,
IN time, the most influential party in The Assembly.
1t at nrst got itself tolerated nv the monArchsts
use ul auxiliary their incessaat fights against the
Republic and republicans; then IL became necessary
now Il pronis BY the rulllsss campaigns of the Or
eansts iegiumiss, VINO seemed 10 Invite defeat,
aud finally IL renamed the prio cpai director Of the
manHuvres OF the Right and their eventual bsne-
hciary. atan TsAf@a
Passing over the interesting account OF the spre.
Inn narss OF peace, :, which occupies n Simons thTd
chapter, we como to the fourth, "Paris before the
Eighteenth OF March," which is chiefly devoted to
the antecedsnts OF tho Commune anu Its leaders
'sThe nsurrection Of the Comm une, which riumphed
VI tuo Aotu VI Aoiob, soJS "A' S'AAous NV W.
GIN on that day The sams actors are found pursuing
the same objects IN all the insurroctions which dis
turbed Paris in ruary and March, 1871; they were
concerned in the movement of October 81 and Janu-
ary 22. II would be an exaggeraton to say that
they took principal part 10 the revolution OF eptem-
Der 4. That tho work OF Tho entire people, q
multitude in which all parties were included, and
swayed by irrepressibIc indignation, which ovor
threw Abe imperial government without asking In tho
FIRST instance what they would set In It's place. But
the future organizers OF the Commune were there
They alone perhaps had definite Intentions and an
organization They wero the nrst to penetrate into
,hs Assembly. They marched TO the Hotel de VilIo.
with the purpose OF sesiug upon tho power They
had formed their government in advance, with
BIanqui and Deisscluzs principal chiefs, and they
were already tnrowinR ther iists through the win.
dows OF the St Jean Hall, when Jules Favre, ap-
pearing the balcony, was greeted by accamations
which made eli composition impossible. With q
bitter regret, which they did not attempt
- concssi, they submitted TO the creation
OF the governments Of National Defence, i'm
provissd on tho spot BY the 500, 900 men who
filed the Place de 10 Concords, tho Place de Bour-
gogns, tho quays, the Place de Hotel de lie and the
HcisI dc Vile ITSELF and which, with one voice. to
avoid hesitation delay, laid that burden upon the
deputies for Paris Dccmatcd alter the coup detat Of
the I'd Of December, by the prescriptions which were
the result they had left the liberal ubcsns and
the CONSERVATIVES wage by themselves the struggle
against the Empire. They took no part, either as
orators candidates, In the elections of 1857, Of
1858 and 1863 They had for the drst time a candi-
date OF their own % the partial elections Of lS64n
ISTERyATIosALa 1i
N. Simon proceeds trace the rise the Intsrna.
tional Society from the sixty workingmen, selected
by the trades-unons, who were sent at the expense
and maintained for two years after their return
Paris sort OF permanent reprssen tation OF the
workingmen. AT the partial election OF 1854 they
published sociastic manifesto and cast 4y5 votes
Tor their candidate, NJ. Tolain. II WIS then that
Proudhon published his book tho "Poli,cal Capa-
city OF the Working Classes" and in the same year
NJ. Tolain, a very intelligent man and skiui poll
ucian went to London with two colleagues, and was
present at the great meeting In 81 Martins Hall,