Year: 1871

of the Count of Paris and of the Dukes OF
Montpensier and NemOurs are not mentioned.
But it is to be presumed that the former, as
claimant of the throne, does not wish to preju-
dice his asserted rights byl any compromise,
and that Montpensier, as Spaniard, affects to
have no claim to interfere in French affairs.
Nemours is n man of so little force and en-
ergy that it is not surprising to see him play
ing the faineant in this matter.


The consolidation of the two families is
made easy by the fact that the Count of
Chambord has no heirs, and thus the next
legitimate inheritOr of the crown is the Count
of Paris, the head of the cadet branch. 1t is
true that the Italian descendants of Philip of
AnjOu, King of Spain, are of the older branch,
but when he assumed the throne of Spain it
was expressly stipulated that he waived his
rights forever to the crown of France. The
Count of Paris therefore, Is the legitimate next of
kin to the gentleman who calls himself Henry
", and on the death of this prince, who is
now fifty years of age, the cadet branch be-
comes the reigning family, and all the sacred
ness of legitimacy centers upon the blond
German head of Louis Philippe of Orleans,
the Count of Paris. 1t is doubtless this con-
sideration which has induced those sa-
gacious and experienced Princes of Orleans
to enrol themselves under the banners of the
ancient dynasty. The Count of Chambord has
issued a sounding manifesto, half arrogant
and half wheedling, in which he claims the
throne as his by right, but promises to reign
according to the demands of modern freedom
He concludes in words which show his appre-
citation of the solemnity of the crisis" the
90 al oil 10 on1 n1
Goods"


1t would be useless to deny that this coaIl-
ton between the two branches of that power
full family to which France owes so much OF
barren glory, will exert a strong influence upon
the minds Of men, excited as they are by thc
frightfu events of the last month. There Is
unquestionably an opportunity for an attempt
to be made in the interest of a monarchical
restoration, not without some chances OF sue
cess. But even if successful it would not
be a fnality. If France should to-day
adopt the monarchy it would be simply
q measure of desperation, like that OF the
madman who commits suicide from fear OF
death. The coalition of Bourbon and Orleans
would prove a hollow truce. Even if the
family and dynastic interests could be harmo-
nized, that would be but the beginning OF the
work 1t would be well-nigh impossible to ar
range scheme of parliamentary government
which should embrace in practicable relations
the consistent cOnstitutionalists like Theirs,
and the rigid champions of divine right like
Larochejacquelein. If France must undergo
the humiliation of again voting herself king,
it is fortunate that she has the choice
of princes who are personally so UNI
oh
forming the coalition to capture the crown.
But it is too soon for the world yet to give
France over to reaction. The present Repub-
lican Government is the only one that ever
rescued Paris from triumphant insurrection
the only one that has ever been sustained
by the country against the capital Let it
have chance for its life before we begin to
cast the horoscope of an unborn monarchy.