Year: 1872




such scenes as were lately enacted at Osceola
will not occur again. no matter what provoca-
ton may be offered. The reign of law must be
enforced and the rights of all citizens protected
President Grants Congratulations TO


President Thicrs ON tho Progress OF


Republicanism I'm France.


The President of the French Republic, as
will be seen from our telegraphic columns this
morning, has just received from President
Grant despatch congratulating him on the
progress of republicanism in France, as shown
by the recent elections for vacancies in the
National Assembly simultaneously with this
announcement we have this other that NJ
Lamoreaux, well known republican, has been
elected Municipal Councillor of Paris


1t is undeniable that the elections for the
vacancies in the Assembly have strengthened
the position of the President Each fresh
election for vacant seat has, with but one
or two exceptions, given the Assembly
conservative republican. The Left has gained
but little strength, the pronounced monarch
lists and Bonapartists have been equally unsuc-
cessful at the ballot box; but the conservative
majority, which trusts President Theirs, has
maintained its numbers and its power. In
the HERALD of yesterday, commenting on the
latest news, we justified the proposed reforms
because they seemed to us to be in favor Of
the continuance of the Republic. An Upper
Chamber is wanted in France, whether France
remains Republic or settles down into Mon
archy or finds it necessary to restore the
Empire and recall the Bonapartes. If Presi-
dent Theirs wishes to give the Republic fair
chance he must check the power Of the
Assembly by the creation Of a second Cham
ber; and if he would not have the country
which he has SO marvellously saved fall into
the hands of revolutionists, he must pro-
vide for the possibility of his own sud-
den demise. An Upper Chamber and q
Vice President meet the wants Of
the situation. President Theirs can do
but little more with the present Assembly.
There are those who think that the President,
before he attempts radical constitutional
changes should by general election consult
the wishes Of the French people. There are
others who think that general election would
prove fatal to President Theirs and to the
Republic. We cannot blame Gambetta and
others who insist that the present Assembly is
not representative Assembly. It was elected
in peculiar circumstances and for special
purpose The Bordeaux compact provided
only fE the restoration of peace, which has
long since been established. We cannot blame
President Theirs and the Assembly for holding
on to the power with which they were entrusted,
because fresh and repeated elections might
have been fatal to France, and because the
President and the Assembly have made good
use of their power for the general welfare of
the people The question Of the hour is,
whether the French people will submit to
radical and revolutionary changes made by an
Assembly which is no longer fairly representa-
tive.


So much for the situation in France. AS to
the despatch sent to President Theirs by Pres
ident Grant, expressive Of JOY at the growing
success Of the Republic in his hands, we have
nothing to say which is not in the way Of ap-
proval. In the hour Of our difficulty with the
Mother Country France was our friend, and
the aid as well as the sympathy of France ma
terially contributed to our achievement of in
dependence. Since then we have never forgot
ten the French people. We rejoiced in the
grand uprising of 1889, and we praised God
for the first French Republic. After the fail
ures and sorrows of many years we rejoiced
again when in 1S48 the Republic took the place
of the Kingdom. 1t is proud thought to us
that, during the late Franco-German war and
during the terrible reign of the Communal,
the American Minister, Mr.. Washburne, was
the only foreign Minister who could protect
the stranger within the gates Of Paris. 1t is
the earnest desire Of the American people that
the Republic should be a success in France.
1t is, therefore, right and proper-nay, it is
highly becoming-that the President of the
United States should congratulate President
Theirs on what seems the growing success Of
republicanism in that long distracted country.
Young America rejoices that old France seems
at last to have fair chance Of achieving
genuine and enduring liberty


The GLoRIEs AND CHAsTBEMENrs OF THE
ITALIAN PEopLE.-While His Majesty King
Victor Emmanuel is engaged in the pleasing
monarchical duty of reviewing the Italian feet
in the Bay Of Naples and showing forth to the
eyes Of astonished and admiring thousands the
force and power of his iron-clads for war, the
simple river waters of the historic Po have
swollen to such an extent as to inundate large
portions of the national territory, and thus
produce most severe and widespread suffering
among his subjects. The visitation comes, as
it were, to remind him that the control Of man
stops with the shore, and that mighty ocean
goes forth ''dread, fathomless, alone; the mir
ror in which the Almighty form glasses itself
in tempests" The suffering Of the Italians,