Year: 1877

From the remarkable stories that our
dispatches record as current in Paris it is
evident that public opinion there is pre-
pared for almost any event, and does not
contemplate that party animosities and the
excited state of mems minds can issue
in the tranquil solution of the political
problems upon which the country
pronounced in the recent elections. It is
equally startling to hear that the indecision
of the Cabinet has threatened to drift into
Bourbon restoration and to hear that the
co-operate-loftily refused to accept what
could not be delivered but there are two
men at least in MacMahon's Cabinet who
would lend themselves to any enterprise
that promised them a brilliant future while
it might be assumed beforehand as o GER
spare no virtue in order to be left out Of
ascheme likely to be full Of botheration and
little besides. Thus this report, whatever
else may be thought Of it, presents its per-
sons in character at least, and in concep-
tions and actions consistent with their re-





Chambord is o wise man in his way he will
not go to sea in bowl, and we should have
anticipated from his political sagacity
nothing less than his refusal to accept
q crown from those who had none to give.
But what Was not to be expected was that
May should endeavor to wrinkle the hale
repose' of life at Frohsdorf with such
temptation. If they have gingerbread
bauble with which to dazzle any ones eyes
their man is the Prince Imperial. In that
family boys are taught better manners
than to refuse crown if proffered. no
matter whether it is honestly come by
or only stolen property. Indeed, their
education in regard to this kind Of
headgear goes even further and makes
them experts in all traffic by which it
is to be cheaply had. The crown market,
therefore. was on the Belgian frontier and
not ut Frohsdorf; and if it was sought at
the latter place it must have been because
the Napoleonic proffer tor the badly battered
piece of bric-a-brac was wretchedly low.
In this notable history of a Bourbon supe-
rior to temptation it will be observed
the outline of an imperial intrigue shows
through, like the bones of skeleton in q
lace overcoat. It appears there is Bona
partist scheme to be defeated by the oppo-
sition of the legitimist Senators to o second
dissolution of the Chamber. Evidently this
same unpleasantly defined figure Of an
other Napoleon has startled the Orlean-
lists and republicans alike and pro-
dyced the singular understanding said
to exist between Gambetta and the
junior Bourbons, in virtue of which
DAumale is to be put up as lie Duo Presi-
dent in counterpoise to MacMahon. All
this would be proper, constitutional and
natural enough-but hardly discreet-if it
proposed to make this prince President Of
the French Republic after $780, One could
only reflect upon such proposition that
if the French people have not had
experience enough in making presidents
of princes it is time they had. But
this scheme proposes D'Aumale for the un-
expired portion of MacMahon's term. Gam
bettas moderation and sagacity have been
such rs to prove the clearness of his head !;
and it must therefore be assumed that If he
is in project of this nature he has positive
knowledge of the evil intentions of the gov
ernment.