The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-20

the French heart to an ecstacy of sympathy,
and probably enough might have been borne
on n food Of enthusiasm to the throne.
The second grievous mistake was the visit
Of the Comte DE PARIS TO the Comte DE
CRAWFORD. The visit was humiliating
recantation OF the protest made by the
ORLEANS family at the time OF the birth Of
the Due DE BERRI's posthumous son. What
was of more consequence, the step was
taken in direct contradiction to the principles
of his grandfather's political will written
expressly for his guidance. IL was the out
come of this visit which falsified THIERs's
declaration that the French republic must
be conservative or It would cease to exist
What THEIRS meant obviously was that the
republic could not live without the support
or, at least, the tolerance, Ct the great
conservative forces of France, and
that this could not be easily retained, so
long as an alternative was presented in the
ORLEANS dynasty, by which sober liberalism
was personified. The great body Of infu-
entail men, who, under THEIRS, were pro-
Visionally classified as conservative republi
cans, could not accept the Comte DE CHAM
BORD after he insisted on restoring the
white flag, which was the symbol Of reac-
tionary ideas. They became almost equally
distrustful of the Comte DE PARIS from the
moment that he acknowledged the right of
the Ccmte DE CRAWFORD to rule over France.
A third cause of miscarriage was the I'M
willingness of the Due D'AUMALE to use his
military talents, influence, and opportuni-
ties to back by force the pretensions of his
nephew. He had shown in 1S4S like dis.
inclination to shed the blood of his country
men in the interests OF his family. It APP
pears that Gen. FLEuRY, In conversation
with Comte HENRI DIDEvILLE, declared
that at the time of the revolution by which
Louis PHILIPPE was overthrown the
Due D'AUMALE was absolute master
of the situation. The army. which
he commanded as Governor General of AL
geria, was devoted to him body and soul,
and positively implored him to act. No less
enthusiastic was the fleet Of his brother, the
Prince DE JoINvILLE, which was then in
Algerian waters According to FLEURY,
all the two Princes had to do was to transfer
to Marseilles ten thousand men out of the
eighty thousand at their disposal; in three
days they would have brought back their
father to the Tuileries in triumph. But
the Due D'AUMALE, although man of I'M
questionable courage, refused to take the
step vehemently pressed upon him, and
resigned his command In 1880 he
found himself in a similar position.
Not only was he Inspector General
of the French army, but he was COM
mander Of the Seventh Army Corps, and his
nephew, the Due de CHARITIES, was the
colonel of a cavalry regiment quartered at
Rouen. Well-informed persons had but lit
tie doubt at the time that both army corps
and regiment would have followed their
leaders at the slightest signal. But the signal
never came On the contrary, the Due D'AU-
MALE allowed himself, without even remon-
STRANGE, to be stripped Of his command
The refusal of the Due D'AUMALE to TO
ment or countenance a civil war for dy-
nastic purpose, the proof he twice gave that
the blood Of his countrynen was as sacred
to him in the streets of Paris as on the bat
tie field, would have brought to him indy
ing honor in England or the United States.
1t is questionable whether his self-re-
straint is equally appreciated by French
men. The writer in the FOrtnightly
suggests that France is essentially
woman, and he reminds us of GEORGE
ELIoT's intimation with regard to her sex,
that they prefer propinquity, not to say
juxtaposition. to any number of love poems
France, from this point Of view, Is compared
with BRUSHILD of the "Niebelungen." She
is not to be won by sonnets in the shape of
manfestoes; she must be roughly handled
before she will yield her love, and above all,
her respect.