Year: 1873

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LIsHBD,
but the establishments would necessitste . twenty
years. preliminary ordeal OF NOISE and uncertainty
aud this they win not face They wish their fathers
had had the courage to face it before them; they
hope their sons will be prepared TO face 1t at
future date, when radicals, perhaps will be less
turbulent than az present; but for themselves the
thought OF state OF things under which
Theirs would be succeeded by Gambetta and
Gambetta possibly by Cluseret, is supremely
repugnant and they cloak their cowardice at try
ing the experiment by the Old phrase, 1--WE are
not ripe for q republic OF course ignorance has
great deal to do with this condition OF mind; for
Frenchmen win frequently wish they were like
Americans or Englishmen, forgetting that Presi-
Dental elections across the Atlantic and general
elections on the other side OF the Channel cause az
much excitement and wild writing as ever they
could do in France But Frenchmans ideal OF
government Is alter all li


PROFOUND QUIET, RELIEVED By jokes


at the expense Of the men in power, whoever they
may be. They like government to be strong,
in order that they may ning at 1t, nag at It. worry
it in Q thousand small and amusing ways, without
having to fear that IL may fall about their ears.
Under Republic they are forced to be serious,
contrary to their natures. II they assail the Re-
public as not being liberal enough, they seem
to be making common cause with the mob; If
they attack 1t as .hcing too liberal, they are
driven TO side with tho ptetes oanaces legitimist
or otherwise who object to any liberty at all; In
either case they thus play part which removes
them from that centre0astche position on which, as
Nj. Theirs once justly remarked, the great bulk OF
Frenchmen delight to take their stand. There are
numbers Of FrencsIren, barristers, journalists,





fraction OF the people-who are never In their
element save when they have a good arbitrary
government to make sport Of Persecution. Or the
semblance Of It, makes heroes OF them. They gain
credit for being liberals because they hiss at their
rulers, as geese might do, and patrot-martyrs be-
cause said rulers occasionally lock them up
and put them IN the way OF growing rich by this
severity. These lively persons were in their hey
day at the most despotic periods Of both Empires,
and they would be sincerely happy If Henri v.
returned with long train Of priests and antiquated
customs, against whom and which they would
launch the squibs OF their mrthful irony. Whether
Henri VS. government could long Withstand the
assaults OF such squibs is another matter, and per-
haps the true Of the Princes reluctance to
take the crown supposing this reluctance to exist,
must be looked for, not so much in his aversion
to making concessions as in a consciousness
that all concessions would be unavailing to yield
him anything but brief and troubled spell OF
power The Count Of Chambord is


A sIOw-wITTED, BRoODING NAN,


and like other men Of sluggish minds he may often
see further than his more brilliant but nightier
partisans. The concessions he Is asked 10 make
are not such as could have arrested the most scru-
hglous OF princes conv:.lced that his rule and his
alone was necessary the salvation of his country
for the Count must that he does not ascend the
throne himself, 1t will become prey to the Bona
parties; and that is o result which no amount Of
casuistry could, ought, to reconcile to his con-
science. But the heir OF the Bourbons may that
royalty has run its race in France, and that kings
to come can be only


PUPPETS SET UP TO BE KNOCKED DOWN AGAIN.


Having q respect for himself he may object to
play puppet, and feeling real concern for the well
fare of his country he may be unwilling to plunge
her into new revolutions for his sake. But in this
case he would be acting in manlier and kinder
way II he were to speak out and avow that he
thinks the age of Divine right monarchies gone by.
This would much simplify the position OF AFFAIRS.
and earn the Prince the reputation OF being, not
only brave man, but that which his enemies
have constantly accused fiA OF not being, that Is
man OF IFS age. Silence however, or enigmat-
cal utterances lead to nothing for pre- etender
who win neither be king nor forego his claims,
risks being taxed simply with pusillanimity.