The New York herald., 1878-10-14

a mote which 70 no. thsre you havs beam in your
own eyei You forget with singular ease the palace
revolutions ana changes OF dynasty, eveau far more
grave than the repscement Of one President oy an.
other In country where the power OF the President
Is very vigorously circumscrbed Even IN the epocns
when The monarchical principle Was above all CON-
petition and discussion, when the boldest thought
they could change kings but not get along without
king ths TRANSITION from one reign to another almost
always brought prof Disturbances The minority
oil IA monarch was u national calamity. To-day, after
many revelations within SO short time, however
cevs in the present state OF mind and of anairs
OF any minority OF sovereign which would
not lead 10 revolution nor dream oil
change OF reign which should not be at least
change Of dynasty. DO not try to persuade US that
language IGN. beat the defenders monarony up 70
1774. From that date how many legitimate heirs
nave nH more shan Sunarss
Their names wero Louis XVI and Charles
Louis xvi xVI the duration " dyaa.syi Fifteen years.
or speak more accurately, i've years live years
proceeded BY i've years q AGITATION 20 establish
tho reign and followed by i've years OF agitation TO
overthrow Il. This 10 an experiments which We have
made times In thrss-fourths OF . century. And
mind that you not destined again to see these
happy shores. Not one OF the monarchists who at
this moment are mptng France would dare 70 prom
Use a duration Of three years n N 7. ets &
..s ..... MONARCHY DEFINED. .sss.1 tgEt
A monarchy Is . hypothesis which can be cherished
who IL is actually existence and Is rendering use
ful services but which human force revive
when IL has been suppressed, discussed, replaced
compared. Tho Committee OF Nine, presided over by
General Changarnier, or a Committee OF Ways and
Means manared by M. Rouher, might recall a pro-
,ender; reac,ionary and monarchicai Chamber
certain number OF millions, rebuild the Tailicries
and I'LL them with Cnam6erla'ns from basement
70 attic IL might display white flag ornamentsd
with the eur de ys. or tack for the third time an
ssglo on the staff Of our sri-coored flag But wnat
viii never restored France II the monarchcal
faith-that kind OF religion Tor which men will lay
down their lives, and which personidss the father
land in q AS the prestige Of the Napoleons
let any one aud trace OF II at this time The adven
turcr has killed the hero. In the land OF universal
suffrage in the world Of common sense there is no
room Tor dreamers 1s4
Anolher strange objection to the Republic is tnat it
would condemn US 70 ISOLATION IN .hs great european an
eibowed by tneAnaicsty OF the people II would DC
caumny upon the majestes they see too clearly for
that. II would be forgetfulncss OF history to invoke
an ancient name against new truth There s no
more Aagreat European family;'' the. Empire has
conquest and seff-interest Europe wishes TO know
whether we are wise or nckie. Tor every agitation
among us overnows our boundaries. Europe taxes
note OF ourstrength and OF our weakness, since we
are rich country, at once industrial and agrcul.
tura wariike, with 3s, 000 600 OF inhabitants placed
bctw cen England and Germany at the head OF all
the great routes Of commerce, and whioh, IN
spite OF all that may pc said has not iaen from ls
| primacy in the world OF thought .sa ~ tt
l3s3 y THE REPUBLIC MEANS PEACE. fs
e
ike England Spain or Italy or federation IKE Ger
many Or reppS Y tna, form Of ,Ss Ss. me
Of French government that which adApts itself tne
best to our ideas and 70 our interests,
chances Of adursSihts. Europe Knows that a
monarchy needs war and q republic peace;
need IL y such sayings are the sports OF princes.
France knows their price, having paid u twice within
lions and tho institutions they have chosen. Her
foreign policy consists IN thtsto preserve peace at
WD%s within ana 'sSe nID VIII be respected and powerful
abroad. rhis pretended impossibty Of man ntatning
ana so
dsproved by facts that II is scarcely necessary to re-
futc them. None Of those partisan arguments has
any influence on the masses. VINO believe what they
soc, who peace for seven years past But, IN
order to trouble them, 70 frighten them, two phan
toms have been coDJured up There was only one up
to I370-the Terror Now there are two--the Terror
aud the Commune. @*f ~ testesn *4 r1&
Terror and the Commune not the Republic As
to the Commune. it was vanquishsd by the RepuDlc,
and 1t is not proven that monarchy would have
ceeded In retaking PARIS J. Eacn party has It's
blo0uy annals, which II Is wrong to recall unnecessa
riy becaus Sc il is wrong STIR up hatred Is Is as
unjust 10 axe all responsp pie Tor The Ter
TO blame ali Catholics Tor The SAINT Bartholomew.
This Conceded we do not hesitate 10 declare. IKE
our enemies the great bur len and obstacle OF
the Republic 10 neither the coation OF the monarch
lists nor the clerical hatred but the Terror aud the
Commune 1t Is Terror aud the Commune with
which charged. THIS IS UNJUST TINS is absurd,
this contrary 10 common sense and to All svidence
but u Is y fact Tho Commune, which We have over
thrown, which we have crushed; the Commune, which
| no longer has Q bullet, sword, frane, or part
| san who dares TO show his head the Commune,
which longer exists nevertheless combats by
day, thanks TO the persistent aud envenomsd caum-
all occasions by our words, ny our acts, hat We are
the mplacable enemies Of disorder the friends the
servants. the defenders Of the law tho friends and
the defenders oil the family oil property and Of liberty
OF conscience, when Is the highest and most absolute
! form OF religious liberty. ts3 ar ..
5 .ayat. BE REPUcLIcANs ,l %fr t.,5s....
We may still hear 81 Ihisrs announcing TO the
Chamber, 81 he victory will be to the wisest," and
particularly to the republicans, You cannot perish
except BY your own fauit. You republicans are con-
| servatves. say SO, SIMPLY, but firmly, since ir is
true since II Is often denied, since II Is weI II not
for you. VINO think yourselves ABOVE suspicion, at
least TOR our cause, that All tho world should
| Know the truth Advanced republicans have to
| overcome much rcpugnance before they avow
| themselves conse ervalivss. They do not iixo q
| name OF which their enemies had taken before But
this name Is your property. You must claim H. for
Il 10 yours Those who now desire ether the Empire
or the white flag red flag are the real revolution
lists; you yourselves the conservatives Was tlic
Empire moro careful 70 guard property and the fam
reign OF money changers and titled courtezansf Are
not commercial honesty md domestic purity
virtues essentially republican, You arc proving
every day Tor years by your acts that you
conservatives; display then your flag since you be-
long to he regiment. Conciliatel coneilatel Neither
tribunes CDsars; uether carmag noles nor blood
stained purple manifest neither revolutions nor coHp
public-geniai, lovable, open 10 all, respectful
10 the sacred principles on which society
rests ana 20 sne naiienable rights Of conscencc rec
oRnzing other empire han that OF tho laws and
other sovereignty than that OF reasoni Whom We
have sucn a programme NJ heart We shall accustom
ourselves to have ever on our ps Happy the parties
which Improve ncquaintance, which ask Tor moth
Ing but common sense ana whose cause Ia identical
with tho demands OF justice.