New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-26

found significance and with a promise OF more
than ordinary effect This was tne Speech
fortnight ago. OF VI. Constants, at Toulouse.
VI. Constans was Minister Of the Interior III
an c,rlier part of W. Cainots Administration.
In th,t office he won the reputation OF being
4" strong man. 1t was he who crushed the
Bouangst conspiracy, and VINO dea'' WIZ"
social disturbances 50 firmly and 5, iearie'sN
rs TO make his name synonymc OF Ia" anu
order. For some time lie has been ont OF oiNce'
and he has been suspected OF uninehuiihcs'
= t only to the present Cabinet but 70 the
president himself Yet he has secured s'rohg
following. and his declaration OF political pohc'
has been awaited with kecne-t interest l nat
declaration has now been made, ana lis I'M
uortance is not easily t. be overeSiimatcd; Tor
II NAV prove the decisive ia tor IN the cam
Daicn which is 70 determine the conduct OF inc
nation which holds in its hands the tate OF
Europe ~,
What. then, did this strong man say Inc
burden of his speech was. prosperity ana peace
Entircly frank. and entirely fearless, he diSap-
rointad those who sought sensations, and de-
LIGHTED those who believe the mission OF the
Republic to be something more than to crush
domestic critics anu SUN IcNNHSS w
foes. The Republic, he SAYS, is an Established
fact 1t is strong enough 10 be tolerant 10 DC
neither dc,potic nor arbitrary, but 10 DC Or
derry and progressive. lie speaks for freedom
of conscience and religious equality IN ciVii
affairs: for the protection Of property ana Oh
free labor, and for the encouraging OF laDoierS
+, become property holders. All these are
topics familiar to an ey-Ministcr of the In
terror. But when he turns to foreign AFFAIRS
his voice is equally firm and confident france
he saws. has recovered the rank and influence
to which she is entitled and is now sincerely
and resolutcly dcsi!ous of peace. And thcrc Is
not one word of revenge, of Fighting The
wrong Of the Unhappy Year" or anything CT
the sort; not even between the lines. rom
first to last it is a pronounccment for order ana
prosperity at home, and for peace with ali the
world
Now. that French statesman, AMBITIOUS Ior
popular Drcfcrmcnt, should make such speech
is noteworthy and still more 50. that Such Il
spccch should be received as this one mas.
For. if we except those forces OF disorder upon
which VI. Constants official hand fell heavily,
there is no important party in France 'ha'
ventures to gansay it. " j: is the speech OF a
Prime Minister SAYS the "Dcbats' and the
"Cocardc." at the other end of the poiliico-
journalistic gamut. echoes that verdict. Inc
..Temps." the " Figaro" and nearly all other
leading journals. concedc the forcoful wisdom
of his words, and hail the formation OF great
Conservative Republican party, with pohcy
of liberation. which, as W. Maynard says, is
mo-, ashamed of itself. and will respond with
moderation to the advances of oll parties dis
armed and vanqui,hed.' 1t i precisely such a
rarty that France needs. Toward the forma-
ton of it VI. Carrots wise and patriotic Ad-
mristration has paved the way. And there il
oxcc,lent reason to hope that, under tn mas
torful leadership of NJ Con>;ans. the coming
election will soc it made an established and
commanding fact.