Year: 1876

more curious than the Viceroys railroad trip Egypt,
at the locomotives highest speed, flying irom the
presence OF Lesseps in Cairo, for fear OF losing
Engands good opinion and OF alternating the Sultan at
ConsantnOple Nothing Is more graceful than the oo-
serYation OF his successor, the present reigning
khcdve, when in that giddy and pnbrdled flight be
said 1--WE run much more dangers than we would IN
seeing Lessops" How truly Oriental is that council or
Ministers IN which the Niceroy Numbered In eXag-
gerated phrases against every canal project and all tho
Ministers Numbered with him excepting the Governor
OF Alexandria Sho remained alone al the close OF the


81 understand, Your Hghnoss, those mbccIles do
not know that now the opening OF the Sucz Canal is
settled seeing that Your Hghness decided than
ever 10 open lt.


, What grace there is in the request that a coach
should be bought in Paris with soft sprngy for
the Nceroy and the Governor and very uncomfortable
seats near the window for his two adulatOrsl How
characteristic Is this observation addressed by Said to
Lesseps:-


''whon thou TO the palace and seest me with
the stan which thou hast presented speak 10 me
about the canal When do not carry the staf thou
must not speak OF It, no matter what may be thy
hurry INTEREST,"


In listening TO the eminent innovator the entire
East, which he has brought Gresides is seen
and almost delivered into our hands Glory geniusl
Glory to laborl


come, in truth, very late after these problems in
tho East to the capital problem to-day in the West
to the efforts employed by France the foundation OF
her domestic regimen. The Chamber of Versailles
had proposed to establish monarchy and it has
taoished republic The monarchical principle
acts complete unity-the unity Of power in whoever
is to command and the unity OF opinion in IT'S turn





archy strong, because the Court there arc neither
competitors for the throne great number of re-
publican partsans among the people But in France
monarchy is impossible because three rival dynasties
dispute for the power while people imbued with
modern principles struggle TO bring about at all
the proper government of a true democracy. The
Bourbons. with their white banner, wish tor a mon
archy which has disappeared in history, and has
come like fossil formation in the bowels of the earth
The Orleaniss with their trcoor Tag, wish for some
thing yet more impossible, throne founded repub-
lcan traditions, while the monarchca principle exacts
he
partists pretend to pebeian and socastic dictator
ship somewhat similar to Roman Cnsarsm with tho
army sharing the throne and flashing lightning
like the bolts Of Jupiter in his hand; dictatorship
tired twice with passing glory and ended in
ings, and which could never be represented by a boy
and by widow responsible whether they wish
It or not responsible for Waterloo and for Sedan.
From this situation of France a strange historical
phenomenon follows-tha the monarchists are in the
majority and the dynastiss in the minority. A the
partisans OF monarchy certainly compose .orge'
Der than the partisans of the Repunl But when il is
attempted to bring this monarchy from the abstract to
the concrete, from theory TO practice, II is rreconc
ably divided into fractions which render every solution
impossible And so at the elections the doctriRaires
the old consuonaiss, have had in good or bad grace
TO adopt the Republic recognized by the powerful in
tuition OF NJ Theirs as the form OF government ndis
pcnsabe TO France.


MovARcmsTs


The Republic of france has been founded by par
liamentary majority, and this parliamentary majority
has been great part composed of monarchsts. In
contestablc truth But from tho moment when
the resolution to abandon the monarchy was taken
the monarchsts who adhered TO the republicans should
have shown their readiness TO aid the Republic al
though il might be only to raise the conservative spirit
oD its most incontesabe basis respect for the law
Tho designation of NJ Buffet pass from the position
of President of the Chamber the position Of Presi-
dent OF the Council die not signify anything else Tho
policy which was laid down Tor them by the logic Of
their antccedents and 10y the force of their compro-
misses was concrete policy, capable Of appeasng all
jealousy and OF destroying every uncertainty by a
vigorous application Of the principles contained IN the
fundamental code Only by this title could they call
their government conservative government ad-





affirming and Strengthening acquired progresses
and in avoiding dangerous adventures But NJ
Buffet had thought that the government of MacMahon
was worth and represented more In the eyes of
the world than the sincere proclamation of France gov
ernng herself by republican institutions and that to
practice constitution by right there nothing like
delivering her to her most mpaoabe enemies those
who wish to substitute the Republic either by the Or
eanists the Napoleons. To such a twisted nterpre
Iaton Of the constitutional fact a theocratic
spirit has been united. which. IN It's halucination
would reach even to converting this Republic,
the daughter of Votaire, into q Republic like that
OF Paraguay or that of Ecuador Thus all their has
consisted III separating helr own people rom the ma
jorty who would vote for the constitution to carry
them in the national oscillations OF this Chamber d-
vidcd into fractions, TO majority which wishes only
destroy the constitution by the bypocritici
Il revision, at the end of which TO find newly opened
the sorrowful periods of the rcsorations Whatever
has proposed by the republican party has re-
eccd by the government of the Rcpubllc-scrutny Of
the electoral lists the election OF city magistrates nv
their municipalities, an immediate raising the
OF SIEGE complete announcement Of official can
ddaturc, policy sincerely adhesive to the constitu-





government continued with much earnestness its
programme OF constituting monarchical majority
interpret the republican law that there remained
other hope but in the speedy dissolution OF this
Chamber and the immediate call upon the will OF the
country In her deputies


JULES SIMON on THE SENATORIAL CONTESTS
But the election of Senators comes on And with |
the election Of Senators the demonstration of
tie falseness OF NJ Bullets policy, because 10 viii be
demonstrated how easy IL TO govern with the |
united Left through love OF the Republic and how diff
ncult govern with the Right separated three
monarchical parties by mpacabe anger and the mex
tinguishabc recollecuons OF three rival monarchies
on evening before the vote saw, his residence
NJ Jules Simon, Tor whom have enthusiastic friend.
ship and who, president OF the faction called the |
republican Left waited Tor the representatives of the
other parliamentary groups. asked him II he thought
that the voting for Senators tho monarchical Right
would present against the republican roft the compact
legion which II had presented Ia the Electoral law md
In the nomination of magistrates


II fear it much" he replied IN n melancholy
ner If taken possession of by legitimate and pat
riotic anguish at seeing so many shadows in the |
horizon of the Republic


But l. a spectator In France, although an interested
spectator because greatly interested the consolidation
Of her institutions at distance from the field of
battle could measure with more tranquility, and, |
perhaps, with greater cxactncss the difficulties, at
times Increased through the smoke OF the battles and
by the ardor of the combaants themselves It's
tain said to him. that the monarchists the vague
Of long catalogue of reactionary airmations,
VIII not be able 20 unite themselves personal ques
tions for the election Of Senator'S Every
monarchical party Is personal party be-
cause tho worship Of. the monarchy Is the
worship OF one superior person and OF all hts iam-





the usurper Genora the Orcaniss still hate tho BOur
bon dynasty and they cannot hope for aid from
pure monarchists of Bourbonst traditons-thoso who
voted the death of LOUIS XVL who took back the fat
inheritance Of the Prince Of Condo, who dethroned
Charles X. and his dynasty, who dishonored
the Duchess Of Berry These historic rvaries broke
out the monarchica Right and they will give VIC
tory the republican Left sin all grave crises the same
tn ng has happened The Republic has been founded on
the divisions Of the monarchists. In this my hOpes
have not been unfounded my provisions have been
completely realized


PARTY SENATORIAL STRUGGLES


While the Right Centre and their brother factions
arranged list from which they excluded the people of
the Left the anger OF the monarchsts broke out The
Bonapartiss going the directive committee OF |
the republicans and they promised 10 vote for their
list of Senators condition that every who ad
hercd 70 the Orleansts should be. oxpungcd from it
On their side the representatives OF the old BourbonIs
party bound themselves 70 vote for the repre- |
seniatives OF tho Left condtion-that
there would be given 70 them a certain number OF