, 1880-09-04
THE GROWTH OF THE FRENCH Re-
puNfIN

TIE GROWTH uF IdE FukNVA LIZ
PUBLIC
Two speeches hnyo been made recently in |
Trnncu which practically anil significantly !
Illustrate tho solfA growth Ut tho new Ilc- |
public, ind emphasize tic will Of the people |
rs expressed III tho recent elections. Ono Of |
tlIes0 WIS ,uatle by II. Qambetta upon tic |
occaslon of the Cllcrbourg f1tcs, and tho
other by II. dc FrGyclnot nj a balaquct given
him by tho municipality, OF M0ntaubnn.
IlDtl, arc remarkable 1T their way, the ono rs
affecting thP future Ut France, tho otller as
showing whit sl,e Inns rcnlly accomplished
sInce tic prcscnt republican form Of gov
crnn,cMt WITS 0rynnizcd. Thu most notice.
able declaration in II. Qn,nbetta's speech wna
Indirectly uiined Mt Germany, AMI Ii summed
III, III tho announcement that France has 50
sufficiently recovered from Tho WIT with
Germany tint stlo catl now calmly nnd rulet-
ly ble her time. The remark WIS evidently
lnattu In no spirit OF aninosfay or braKgA-
.locfo. but Its effect upon Germany Is already
shown by tho Sedan pronunetanaento
IT tic Emperor. which, 10 say the least, was
hardly warranted by the circumstances. II.
t;n,nbcttn evidently meant no more tlnn tint
France l,as now rcabilftntcd herself alttl his
once ntpra placed herself abreast Of my Of
tho Powers, with full Freedom 10 not upon
lcr own melton In European politics; that
she Is conscious Of hcr strength; TINT she Is
1l0 iongcr intlulglnu III p0liEyof adventures;
anl TINT she has established lasting peace
ulltl material or,ler ut llomc and become MIS-
trcss Of hcrseii, which Is the foltnfntion
principle of rcpublicanism. No clearer EVIL
tlu1lces OF her present. strength can be Afford
ed tlnn her ilnallc1al prosperity, her to
Join in my alliances, l,cr prompt withdrawal
from tho proposed coalition Of tho Powers
to apply coerciyo measures 10 Turkey In set
tllng tho Qreclan question, and tho emphatic
manner III which tho people nj the recent
elections to tho Cuu,,cits.Generat sustained
their Government In Its decrces against tito
no11-nnthprizeh religious associations. All
these results aro evidences TINT France feels
herself nblt to stand alone, to have a policy
ut her own, aI.tkto bttte her tin,e.
1{. tlo Freycinet in Ills spcccis, na,io only
few wcuks ngo, contributed mich interest,"
Ing information upon the present condition
of tle Republic. Ito showed that from tho
very moment France BECAME Republic sllo
commenced to recover from the prostratlon
caused by tho war will, Germany. Tho cleo
tl,,ns proved tl,at nil tho parties in Franco,
with tile exception OF the Republican, hatl II
merely nominal existence, and that tho re-
publican purty meant to nvniA nil extremes,
having no sympathy with the reyolslttonlsts
either of the Right or Left. Tic steady
growth Of her prosperity l,e Illustrated
With statistics showing tho expenditures for
public works, aatl III the iacc Of these ex-
pentlitures tho stenly remission Of taxes,-a
problem of tho reycn,le our own lcgtsl lAtora
might study to advantage. "trl,o progress
from year to year," snys VI. do Frpycinot, "is
rcckuncd by hundreds 0f millions Of francs III
proportion rs workshops arc filled up and
multiplied. III 1877 expended 100 millions;
in lS7o, 100 millions: this year VIC aro cx-
pending 500 millions; next year wo shall OK
pend 400 millions; In 1883 ws shall expond
600 millions, ind shall keep at thut level to-
lilo cMt1, which, according to my calculations,
will be nbout 1S90." While making these
ENORMOUS expenditures for public works
the Government Is engaged upon an
other work which Is utmost With
ut parallel IN tic political history Of any
country-nn.ncly: tho remission OF taxes,
that Il, diminishing receipts wlailo the oNt-
1ay Increases. Upon this point n. dc Froy-
c1net saga: "1ll tho ycnr lust elapsed VIC
have nsket tic Clan,bers, which voted them
with patriotic cagcrness, for 100 millions Of
renlisslons; but we aro quite s1ro TINT the
country will give tlicM buck to ns III the
s,npo Of increased consumption, for this
country IL Misunderstanding IL lost, Every
facility granted 10 1t Is Immediately tra,ls-
formed into fresh effort and fresh progress,"
Another ono Of the ,,l0st essential contlt-
pfot,ttit.p of
lIcan Institutions Is thus alluded to by tho
speaker, who In thia matter speaks with MI.
thurity: "'rlo democracy want tn be edit
Gated md to bo enlightened; We aro there-
fore p!cntifully ditfusing cducntlor, primary
| as well MS scconslary teaching; Soc
ontlnry as wcll rs higher cduca-
tim. We hope that In few
ycars cEtlzen who Is unable to
read anil wrEto will be phenomenon lts.-
tlscovcrable IN the French Republic. we
calculate tint onr htgll~class establishments
will IN no wny yield to those Of other colan-
tries, and TINT Slate teaching will not have Ia
fenr tho competition uf tho religious OrLers.h
| In tlleso matters Ut business prosperity and
/ ctlucnti0nal growth 1t Is evident TINT tho
French have a rca1lzEnE sense Of tho prlncl-
| pies that lio Mt tho foundation of strong
| IlepubIic, and how well they can govern
themselves Is shown BY their una1fmity In
supporting tho Government, and by tho 'nnil-
l,er In which hostile tactt0lls lre giving way.
It shows that the Government Itself has llatl
tho wisdom to ayoill the rocks upon which it
| WIS thought the nav Republic would split
| Nuthing could bo nlor0 admirable In tho way
Of u.lyicu than tho following close Of the
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