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Show MARSHAL MCM AHCN'S POLITICS. POLI-TICS. The Paris correspondent of the Now York World gives the following criticism criti-cism of Marshal McManon, which is said to have been gathered from an interview with tho late minister, Jules Simon: . The mardhal and the marshal's omTo aro hnn.id hu nlmnul. PVflrv tin tn tho anti-republican parly. They are legitimist by birth and connections, and you can have no "idea, without coming in cloae contact with them, to what an extent they hold the old pro revolutionary heresy that nations are radically incapable of managing their own a flairs. This idea seems ludicrous enough in the street, but it is taken for one of the merest common com-mon places of (ruth in the palace. I do not accuse them of plotting a legitimist restoration; far from it; t.ViPV nrn rlinnrmed to nnnniditr that the needful supremacy of a Bart of governing gov-erning caste is Buflicienlly assured by the maintenance of themselves or their friends in power. France is safe so long aa they or their like no matter by what title are in charge of her destinies. This illusion is strengthened by the intensity of their religious convictions. Both have con-feaaora, con-feaaora, the marshal as well as his wife, and often consult them. For the rest, the marshal is absolutely devoid de-void of all statesmanlike knowledge of politics. He has bis sympathies and his beliefs, but political judgment is a gilt be bas never displayed. I have already shown the direction ol his Bympaibies. The legitimists have the first place in his esteem; the Or-leanists Or-leanists the next. The Bouapartists, I should say, are not much dearer to him than the republicana. I bad a striking proof of this when I waa in power. There waa a rumor that the prince imperial was going to pay a private visit to France. I as determined deter-mined not to let him remain in the country, and I asked the marshal il be would be prepared to sign an order lor his removal aa soon as he passed the frontier. 'Whenever you like,' he replied without a moment's hesitation. hesita-tion. And this readiness in him meant a good deal, for aa a rule I had immense trouble to get him to sign any thing of importanue. It waa al- sometimes, indeed, over things that would have seemed the veriest trifles if they had been seen in their true proportions. Tbero were timea when I could hardly get him to put pen to paper for what I deemed the most indispensable in-dispensable measures. I had twice to threaten to resign to obtain his signature. sig-nature. It was a never ending struggle, strug-gle, and it has quite worn me out. |