New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-20

are now firmly intrenched in power and in pos
session of every department of'the Admnistra-
ton. The Government measure VIII undouot-
edly be accepted as a substitute for what Presl-
dent GTevY pronounces tyrannlcal law oil eA-
pusion. The members of former dynastles
will be classed as suspects and the Govern
ment will he authorized to deal with them at It's
discretion This action may lie supplemented
by the dismissal of the Orleans and Bonaparte
princes from their military and naval COM
mands.
The list of pretenders to the French throne Is
headed by the childless Count de ChamDord'
grandson of Charles X. Since his refusal 10
make the concessions which would have opened
The vay to the restoration of the Bourbon house
after the downfall of NJ. Theirs he has re-
NAMED in retirement, writing lew stliteu
sentences to his faint-hearted followers once
year and avoiding the personal rlsks oil return
to French territory. This busiest anu Ihos'
ridiculous of defenders virtually sigheu Ills
own decree Of abdication in his famous letter 10
NJ. de Chesuclong, and it is n NATTER OF small
concern to him if the democratic ra0ble III the
Assembly proclaim him suspect ana en-
mower their CItizen-President to arrest him on
French soil The Orleans princes, however,
will he serionsly Inconvenience IL the RepuO-
Iicans persevere in Their present plans They
are snugly established in their hereditary es-
tates and hold important posts i'll the Amy and
navy. The head of the house, the Comte de
Paris. il no longer IN sympathy with the constl-
tutional movement which made his grandfather
King in 1880. AS the heir of the Comte dc
Chambord. he Is inclined to pronounce Louis
l. md
Ecalit6 monster of depravity, and reverts with
ardor to the Bourbon principles OF an earlier
century. AS for his four uncles, the surviving
SONS of Louis Philippe, they are no longer dlS-
posed to celebrate the three days oil July, which
gave so mighty an impulse to the liberal tend
encies of modern France. The Duke de Ne
mours as the son of plous Queen and the grand
father of the future Emperor of Brazil, can
have only lukewalm interest in the success OF
Republican institutions. Like his brother, the
Duke dAumale, who presided over the Bazanc
trial. he retains his rank in the army and III like
manner, the Prince dc JOinviile is vlce-ad-
mirAl in the navy. The Duke de Montpcnsier. the
remaining son OF Louis Philippe, does not hold u
military or naval post, but remains III seeiusIOn
ON his estatCs in Auverguc. Several OF the sons
of the Orleans princes and priucesses have made
fair progress in the army, initiating in this re-
spect the two ambitions sons of Prince Napo-
leon.
The military honors and advantages enjoyed
by this wealthy family OF princes have long
been regarded with cnvious displcasure 10y
radical Republicans, and it is not improbable
that advantage may be taken Of Prince Napo-
Icons vagarics to deprive them of their rank III
the army and navy. Possibly they are not so
harmless az they seem, for if the Republic
shares the fate of all the recent regimes III
France in not surviving n single generation,
the only substitute for 1t will lac constitutional
monarchy, of which an Orleanst prince would
be the natural head But ey are not family
of conspirators. They are easy going princes
whose ambition Will never cause their wits to
go wool gathering for a throne. Ii would be
superhuous cruelty to cxpcl them from the
forests of Brittany and the ancestral seats
where they are living in peaceful sccluslon.