The Delta independent., 1895-01-23
CASIMIR-PERIER LETTER.
His Resignation Read Before Parliament.
-Royalists Encouraged.


-Royalists Encouraged.
Paris, Jan. 18-The senate and cham
Der met at o'clock this afternoon and
the following letter from NJ. Casimir-
Perier was read to that body:
81 did not conceal from muself the
difficulties of the task which the nation
al assembly imposed upon me. l had
foreseen them, but il one does not refuse
q post in a moment Of danger one can
only preserve ones dignity in the con-
viction that the country is being served.
A president of the republic without
means of action or without control can
derive from the confidence of the nation
alone that moral force without which he
is nothing. l doubt neither the good
sense nor the justice Of France. But
public opinion has been led astray. More
than twenty years devoted to the same
cause, more than twenty years OF at
tachment to the republic and devotion
to the Democracy have sufficed neither
to convince the republic of the sincerity
and ardor of my political faith nor to
disabuse my adyersaries who believe,
or affect to believe, that l will make my
self the instrument Of their passions or
hopes.
For the last six months a campaign
of insult and slander has been going on
against the army, magistracy. parlia-
ment and the hierarchial chief of state,
and this license to disseminate social ha-
tred continues to be called liberty Of
thought
THE respect and ambition which
entertain for my country will not al
low me to acknowledge that servants OF
the country, and he who represents It in
the presence Of foreign nations, may be
lnsulted every day.
Il am not content to bear the weight
Of the moral responsibilities placed on
me in the condition of powerlessness to
which | am condemned. Perhaps
may be understood when l affirm that
constitutional functions cannot silence
the exigencies OF political conscience
Perhaps in laying down my functions.
shall have marked out the path of duty
TO those who are soicitous for the dig
nifty Of the power and good name Of
France In the world. Invariably truth
to myself / remain persuaded that re-
forms can only be carried out with the
assistance Of government determined to
insure respect for the laws. make itself
obeyed by its subordinatcs and group
them all together in common action for
the common good.
''In spite OF the gloom of the present
hour. i have failed In the future Of social
progress and justice. l lay on the table
of the senate and chamber Of deputies
my resignation of the functions OF pres
ident OF the republic
"(Signed CASIMlR-PERIER
As the deputies were leaving the
chamber to-day, after hearing the pres
dent OF the chamber read NJ. Casimir
Perier's letter of resignation, the Duke
Ola Rochcfoucauld, Duke de Doud-
eauville, cried: Long live the king" A
scene OF great excitement followed.
NJ Brisson, president OF the chamber
or deputies. this afternoon officially an
nounced that he had received a letter
from Challemel- Lacour, president OF the
senate, convoking the national assembly
Tor O'Clock tomorrow at Versailles
The attention OF the whole OF France,
and. for that matter, the entire Europe
an continent. Is centcred on this city.
There Is no doubt that the political crisis
resulting from the resignation OF the
Dupuy ministry. and the subsequent
resignation Of President Casimir-Perier
Is OF the most serious In the history Of
France.
However. this crisis has not had anv
Effect upon the Bourse Rentes opened
tins morning only 75c lower and ad-
vices received say that the opening of
the Bourse there was firm.