Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-01-05
GOLDSBORO. N. c.. JAN. 5 1s' 3
TRAGEDY AND FARCE IN PARIS

As all the world knows, the
French Republic is at present
trembling under the disgrace and
danger of a tremendous scandal.
E1-Deputy Andrieux, former Pre-,
feet of Paris, has been playing the
role ones assumed in our own
Congress by Cakes Ames, when
he appalled, the country with his
Credit Mobilier revelations. Ans
drieux kept c~heck-book, as Ames
did. and the cancelled checks and
stubs have proved as damning to
the reputation of French states
men as those of Mr.. Ames did to
our own public men.
High officials, from President
CARROT down., are more or less
gravely suspected OF completely in
the nfamouePanamaCanal scheme,
by which thousands of frugal
Frenchrnen have been swim died to
the amount of 5000, 600, 900. Minis
listers, deputies, editors and epecur
lators are all charged with venality
and corruption. M. Andrieux
says he can prove that 1O4 men,
bers Of the Chamber have taken
brides ranging from 1000 to 30O,s
900 francs, the total amount be-
ing 100000 francs, "pnt where
they would do the most good ;" tc
quote a phrase current in Credit
Mobiler days,
While it is always we'll to take
political indictments Of this sort
with a grain of salt, it is especi'
ally necessary to subject those
coming 5000 miles to a good dea
of the brine which does not pene'
trate the waterproof cable. Never,
theless there seems TO be enough
foundation TO M. Andrieux's threa
to make the position of the Carno
Government extremely p~erilous
The sudden revival of activit il
Bonapartist and Orleanist circle
demonstrates that fact. Wheneve
the pretepders come forth, the Re
public is in danger. The Bon
langists. too, shadows OF shade,
have begun to assert themselves a
residuary legetees of a bankrup'
estate.
The enemies of France, which
means every Tory, monarchist ane
reactionist, from London to Da'
honey, rub their hands in CLEO a
this revelation Of Republican cor
ruption. Such scandala, they say
are not exhibited under a monj
archical government. That is true
It is only in naturally health.
bodies that blood>poieoning makes
itself out wardly manifest.
Here in America we have be-
come accustomed to the sight O
boils and rasbes on the body poll
tic. Visiting critics, from til.
days of Moore and Dickens to thu
present time, have pronounced
each cutaneous disorder a case O
fatal gangrene, when it was only
sign of health revolving agains'
disease. IT France be suffering a
the present moment from anything
more dangerous than the mora.
measles and chicken~pox through
which our own country has safely
passed, the evidence thereof hai
yet to be produced, The Panama
Canal contractors may have beer
swindlers, but there is no evidence
that M. DeLesseps and his i'm,
mediate associates were such. L
will be time enough to blame the
Government when some tangible
proof of its guilt is Forthcoming.
But come what may--let the
whole administration, from Presi.
dent Carnot down, be convicted Of
deliberate swindling-the remedy
lies not in the direction of Royalty,
Imperialism or Anarchy. France
herself is sound, honest. industri
GUS, patriotic to her heart's-core
The Republic has sinned in per
scouting its best friends, in striv