New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-25

after his grandluqueDt manifestoes hao ceaseu
to be read. If be had been utterly deserteo Wy
fortune, he would have been pitied as the iucA-
less survivor of the ancient court but lnashuon
az the opportunity for ascending the throne Oh
Henry ". came TO him and he lacked either the
courage to regain his kingly rights, OF the VIII
10 adapt himself to circumstances, he was
laughed 1T from one end of France to the
other NJ the most helpless and the fussiest OF
Royal Pretenders. His solemn proclamations
and piOus CALCULATIONS were received Win ue-
ris;ye smiles. His sombre devotion to the white
flag which had waved above his cradle ana
must be allowed to shade his tomb, was looked
upon as idle mummery unworthy of practical
age, wherein kings have constitutional func-
tions to discharge; and his name became in the
end Renaissance Of dynasty that had deliD-
erately refused to regain its historic glory.
The death ot this most absurd aud helpless
Pretender cannot of itself be regarded as po-
litical event of any Importance. SO long as he
lived the Republic was. not menaced with Leglt-
imist plots and he had ceased to be considered
q formidable adversary. His character precluded
any serious attempt to effect Restoration or to
disturb the present order of government. But
his death entails reunion of the older and
your ger branches OF the Bourbon house, which
may be destined to affect mos: powerfully the
future of France. The Comte de Paris is now
not only the grandson of Louis Philippe, but
the direct representative of the House of Bour-
bon and the real he al of the Royal family. Ten
years ago when he paid homage to the Comte de
Chambord, he explained to his friends that he
went to Frohsdorf to preserve for France, in
tbp hap 1a Of % in,
the principle of Legitimate Heredity, of which
she might some day stand in need" From that
day he ceased to regard himself as in any sense
rival Of the Comte dc Chambord. lie has now
become tho successor to the head of the Bour-
bons, while as the representative of the move
ment which carried his grandfather to the Tul-
cries he stands also for the principle of Const-
tuti0nal Monarchy. He ia Prctender who can
offer France a substitute for the Republic, if
any now catastrophe arises. The Comle de
Chambord could not do this without a sent-
mental sacrifice which he was unwilling to
make.
President Crews title to the executive of
fee is not based upon popular election, rs
IS the case in the United States. 1t is Par
liamentaTy title. He is elected by vote of
the National Assembly under a Constitution
that has never been directly ratified by the
people Louis Philippe had asevalid a title
to the French throne, for he reigned, not by
virtue of divine right, hereditary privilege or
plebisclte, but in consequence of a resolution
OF the National Assembly. If his descendants
ever succeed in obtaining similar Parlia-
mentaIy vote, they will exercise an authority
~ legitimate that with which President
Grevy is now invested The traditions of le-
ultimate heredity will aid them in some
respects, but may also prove positive him
drance. The monarchical factions will be
united, but hereditary pretensions may preiu-
dice public feeling against family that once
regned by the power of the National Assem-
bly, and might be reasonably expected TO do
so again.