The Wilmingtonian., 1886-07-03
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SATURDAY JULY 3, 1856.
Philippe, "A COnpirator.


expelling the Napoleonic and Bourbon
princes
Philippe, Comte de Paris. the heir to the
French Monarchy in the conclusion of that
reasonable manifest published on his de-
parture from France said oWith the aid
of God and the cooperation Of all those who
share my faith in the future l will accom-
plished it,
The Republic is afraid. In striking me
down it marks me out l have confidence
in France. At the decisive hour I shall be
ready"
The it referred to in the phrase 4 will
accomplish it is the overthrow of the Re-
public and the restoration of the Bourbon
monarchy.
Is not that treason to France? Is not that
more than sufficient argument for the ban
ishment of the Comte dc Paris?
This dangerous man has the open, overt
endorsement of 3,50OOOO Frenchmeu. Is
not that nucleus of disorder. Is it not an
element for continuous fermentation of po-
litical disturbances And is not that the
history of things for the last two generations
in France.
Is there not treason in the Legitimist de-
puties assertions, do they not openly in the
Senate declare their fervent hopes of a re-
turn to monarchical conditions, the upsettal
of the Republic and the coronation of this
same Philippe, Comte de Paris, in Versailles
as King of France
We, in the United States have been in the
habit Of considering ourselves extremely to-
Grant, and very pattern of national ma
gnanimity because we Withheld our hands
from the hangman's rope which it was pro
posed to encircc jeff Davis neck. We
habitually fatter ourselves as the most tol-
Grant government and as an example to the
rest of the world because we allow "South-
ern brigadiers" to occupy seats in Congress-
But, really, all that is a mere nothing when
compared to French toleration of eno,nies
to the French Republic.
French Royalst deputies actually acclaim
ed the Comte de Paris in the midst Of what
-shnnld he tho sAoret1pass ~, S.. .
Would Americans tolerate in the halls of
Congress the individual expression by South.
ern members while standing in their places
and addressing the House, an invocation to
the memory of the Confederate States and
the assertion straightly spoken of strong
desire for an infraction of the bonds that tie
the North and the South together of an as
sertion that the Federal government il mi.
quitous and uuhplly and the sooner it were
abolished the better
And yet this is what the French Republic
can government had daily to endure from
the followers of Philippe and Prince Napo.
leon!
Is it strange then that banishment is de-
creed
What is strange is that there should be
found journals in this country to sympatize
with those whose definite purpose is the 70.
mentation Of disturbance in a sister Re
public
What can the French think of US when
one OF our most prominent journals, the New
York Herald, in the most ignorant inc nti.
nent manner seeks to criticizs harsbly the
administration of NJ. de Freycinet in this act
of expulson
These princes have proved themselves a
cause Of definite and continued disauiet to
the Republic. Peace is impossible while
they remain within French borders. This
fact is undeniable. The Comte de Paris in
his last manifesto had the audacity to im-
ply that 100000 Fenchmen would come to
him when he re-appealed on French Soil as
King of France! That alone proves the
justice Of the sentence uf Punishment.
There is tile fullest truth in his statement
also. There are undoubt dly that number
of lesitimists in France and thry all viii
flock to his banner if he should in tie future
have the audtcity to land On French shar
with the intent of claiming the crown!
Suppose there were Z. 10000 Southerners
III open and clamorous sympathy t1-
day with the idea Of a 5 utLern republic, and
that these malcontents were led by per-
sstent and angry section in Congress
How long would We tolerate such poit-
ica position.
Yet such is what France has tnerat ID for
the past years until the present moment of
exreme aggravation has evolved the sentence
OF expulsion!
We fail to see how the act Of baasment
is, as some claim, an evidence of weakness, N
the politics of the French Republic.
On Monday, July 5Ih,
The steamboats, Brandywine aud Whining
ton will each make three trips, the same as
on Sundays, leaving Wilmington at Gas, 10