Year: 1871

If the Monde has retained through all the
confusion of the late months its authentic
sources of information, the announcement
which it has just made is one of the utmost
importance. 1t states that the Prince of join
Vile and the Duke of Aumae have given in
their full adhesion to the recent manifesto OF
the Count of ChambOrd, and that the recon
citation of the two branches of the House of
Bourbon is now complete This is a rumor
which has been often started since
the days when the revolution Of
1913 sent the family of Orleans
to the life of exile in which
Henry v, Duke of Bordeaux, had existed ever
since his childhood As long as the prospect
of either party for the throne remained vague
and problematical it was difficult to frame a
reasonable compromise. While they had
nothing but their dignity it was natural that
they should cling to that. Both claimed the
throne of France as their own, Ill virtue OF
divine right and the popular will. The only
point of agreement was in denOuncinS the
usurper BOnaparte. So as time wore on, the
opposing camps clung continually closer III their
allegiance to the splendid exile of Clermont, and
to the mimic Court of FrOhsdOrf. At all the
births and deaths and marriages of the Or
leans Princes, a goodly number of highly re-
spectable gentlemen took places in the North
eln Railway and herOically faced an hour OF
misery on the raging Channel to assist, with
ostentatiOus loyalty, at the family festival
Once every year some representative OF almost
every good house in the FaubOurg st. German
went on a Legitimist pilgrimage to the spectral
Court of Henry Dieudonne, to kneel
and kiss the hand of the last of the
Bourbons in token of mistaken devotion. 1t
was a pretty and picturesque demonstration
on both sides, and involved none of the worry
and danger of cOnspiracies and instructions.
The bOurgeoisie who stood by the House OF
Orleans and the old nOblesse who clung to
the lilies of Bourbon were alike in their Ian
guild dsinclinatiOn to street riots and MD
night cOnclaves. 1t is probable that no at
tempt was ever made by either the Count OF
ChambOrd or the Count of Paris to force
their followers into Gmeutes. The latter dis
tinctly said, three years ago, when some one
suggested such a path to the throne, Je
"n'entrerdi jamGiS par cette pOrte-ldW


The pressure of near and reasonable pros
pect for the Crown of France has been too
powerful to allow the royal cousins to remain
in their former position Of dignifed hostility.





The Legitimists, to their own and the worlds
great surprise, gained very considerable
number Of seats in the Assembly at the last
elections. The Orleanists also made respect
able showing, and some of the old parti-
sans of that house were chosen for
the highest and most responsible posi-
tons in the Government But all this
was not so encouraging to the supporters
of the old monarchy as the discredit and
scandal brought upon Republican government
by the madness of the Commune and the
ferocious vengeance of Versailles. 1t seems to
the exiled princes that now is their time to
make a serious effort for rehabilitation in their
former places. The adhesion of Jonville and
Aumale, the two political managers OF the
family, to the manifesto of the Bour-
bon pretender, would appear to indi-
cate that they regard the prospect
Of success as sufficiently fattering to justify
this sacrifice of their traditions. The names