New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
LEADING TOPICS IN PARIS.

lFRoM the REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE i'i"'''
PARIS, Oct. SILT is unfortunate that Inc M
yanccd Radicals are rearing their heads so hlgh pu'
~ the gene al elect long way of, and n the
Senate will not pc renewed for some time 10 co"e'
their attitude cannot materially strengthen the re-
dictionary parties which are aiield. lheIe Is huVn
os the straw flame in the French character. Pas
sions rapidly fare up and consume thehseNes'
This amnesty agitation, if not met by
the Fxocut,v, and Legislature with Obstinate re-
s,stance. will be dead and buried against another
anneal il made TO the country which feels its power
aud knows that il is not of easy Ignition OAK logs
are not readily set on fire by the blazing OF httie
straw which to take effect on them, must Oe con-
srantly renewed. Rural electors are perfectly wen
aware that in choosing the Legislature their votes
prevail over those of towns which are centres Vi lh-
temperate radicasm. What, therefore, can IL
matter if Humbert is returned. as Henri kocheiort
recommends. by Vaucuse district 10 the House oi
Depnties in the room of NJ. Aphonse Gent, the new
Governor of Marlinique3 lie will GO and sit on the
crest of the mountain. near NJ Naquet and Louis
Blanc and two or three Others, and. II he would
retain his constituency. assume an attitude which
must neutralze the influence his undoubted talent
might otherwise command in the discussions IN
committee and at public sittings. There Is nothlng
so much weakens strong man as forced eccen-
~
party discipline is a necessity Of the first order.
Humber is bound either to be eccentric or to break
with the electors of the vaucluse should they fol-
low Rocheforts advice and send him their repre-
sentative to the Palals Bourbon. In the Municipal
Council his position is a different one. Extreme
Radicals there form majority. They can afford TO
attitudinize and to show more barking than
biting oapac city, the Project of the Seine
being independent of them, and invested with the
power to hold them in whenever they appear dis
posed to break bounds. a point which they seldom
reach There is a deep substratum of worldly Wis
dom in most French agitators who have got be-
yond the Quarter Latin phase of manhood.
Blanqu is an exception. and le is an Italian. Few
of them are reckless politicians, for ii is very rare
in this country to find a man approaching middle
life who has not direct interest in public order
and the stability of the funds. unless among thc
class Of workingmen and artisans, who spend their
earnings in drink and low debauchery.
have just met n staunch Republican of world
wide rerute. NJ. Henri Cernuschi, who would not
follow Mazzini in pronouncing for the House of
Savoy and not 20 be subject Of the King Of Italy,
was naturalIzed q French citizen on the cay on
which the Germans occupied Paris. Cernuschi Is
DISCOURAGED at the attempt made by the advanced
Radicals # the towns 10 rehabilitate the Com
muue. and fears that it will serve the ends Of
Clcricals and Bonapartisis. As he Is one of the
shrcwdest and clcarcst-headel men know, very
generous, not iu the least timoigu-. ANA has What
sgilnr. call Wcaihrr-tNe in pniltirs. II was sig
rlt,,nt fo note 10 what extent he was dIscour-
aged. However. he WAS pernHps more Affected
imam lie otherwise might have been hY
ls i'." oaf'ctiouafe regard Tor Chandcv's mem
ogy. Cernuschi was the warm Irlenu oI
poor Chandey and Wien, IN consequence oi
The denuncatious of Lo I6re IuchtRe, be was shot
in the closing days OF the Commune, opened ms
purse 10 the widow and placed at his own expense
her son IN college. The youth dlues With ms
large hearted bcuciacfOT every SunGlN. Ntihuethl
observed with a shade of sorrow thar humhert had
not denied that no was The author OF
the denuncIahon In lie I6re DachenG Recurring
10 the advanced Radicals he SAID They are I'M
practicable people" | replied that they were, but
that the mischief wrought by the clause Ia
the Amnesty hill limiting GTevy's power to confer
amnesty To April 30 IL II had been extended Tor
some time longer the President and the Ministers Of
Justice would have been bored and there would
have been demand for further egsla non, 10 OBJ
tain which IL would have been necessary TO agtae.
take oGvonfnFe of this necessity to serve up arti
cles highly spiced as devled turkey legs. They
have a speclOus excuse Tor dealing IN these inialn-
matory wares. inasmuch rs the " lists OF those de-
serving to be pardonod" were drawn up by NJ. lie
Royer's subalfeIns at the Ministry OF Justice, III
Lot haste. Mcn received the Oeneht OF the
Amnesty Act VINO were unworthy of 1t. Others
who were worthy were EXCLUDED. luinDert Woulu
neVer have been elected by the Quartier
Javel If Rochefort had been ainnestied. Gare was
elected al LYONS not because he a Socialist or
a Communist - three other Socialists IN
three Radical quarters of that town
having been defcatcd-but because he rep
resented bis noD-amnestied brethren Cersnucni
admitted that the Waddiugton Cabinet had not
dealt with the question winch Is now cause ot
fever IN a narrow and unstatesmanke spirit.
sore was undoubtedly kept open which pienary
amnesty would have closed. If all tie
Communists had been allowed to return
they could not have done mnch HARM
/ hose detained because previous TO the commune
they were found guilty of felones and petty laTce-
mes would have soon again fallen into the hands OF
justice and been sent back 10 NeW-CAedOnla IVr
common law offences.
Humbert's wedding was purely civil ceremony
and took place at the Mayoralty of Neuilly While
II was in progress one could but feel regret that
Humbert had been the associate of Vermeseh IN
bringing out the bloOdthrsty, the ignoble the
| obscenely worded I6re DGoh6ae. man OF educa-
ton calling himself a Republican, and friend Of
the people, must be an arrant humbug, and some
thing worse besides, to address the plebs
through the mouth Of Le I9ro Ducl6He.
70 DO so IS TO give child asking for bread a ser
| pent. Humbert is a grandson of the French Gem
eral of that name who was sent by the Directory to
assist the Irish III the Rebellion of '9S, and who
landed at Killala Bay in Connaught. The hero of
the bridal ceremony yesterday whom the population
of the Faubourg went to acclaim, Is still young.
His profile. the shape of his curled hair are
| Byronic Nobody could have guessed that the
handsome and aristocratic bridegroom was q Red
| Radical and had lain down for three years I'm the
same dormitory with fellows OF the worst descrip-
| ton companion of his for SIX months was Moy-
aux who to punish his wife for having forsaken him
flung his and her little daughter into deep well.
| at Bognotet a few Winters ago. Fortune PLAYS odd
pranks in this country. So l thought while the
elect of the Quarter Javel was standing before NJ.
Daix, the Mayor Of Neuilly. who had arranged
| the tri-colorcd scarf in which he was
! grit in such manner that only the
red stripe appeared. This civic officer Is
retired schoomaster and delivered a pedantic
/ ,ba oupIa nd fha