Marshal MacMahon was received at Bordeaux on Monday, when the
mayor of that city, who is a Republican, delivered
a most skilful address. In the presence of the Chief Magistrate of the Republic, he observed, all disagreement disappears. The Municipal Council of Bordeaux were the elect of a population thoroughly Republican,—" that is to say, laborious, firmly attached to order, and respectful to the law." In that great " Republican city which, in 1870, became the seat of government, and where a painful but inevitable peace was decreed, the only patriotic idea which governs our minds is that of peace maintained at home and abroad, the free development of our national activity, the true Conservative principles protected against evil passions, from whatever quarter, by the practice of
liberty, and the obedience of all to the law, of which you are the respected depositary." Further, he complimented the Marshal on his appeal to universal suffrage, which appeal would be so answered, he said, as to give the Constitution "a fresh guarantee in the word of an honest man,—i.e„ of yours M. le Prasident, —a loyal soldier who has gloriously become Marshal of France." At such words as these it was impossible to take offence, and Marshal MacMahon's reply was conciliatory. He assured them that peace, "which is the first of your needs, will not be disturbed; and when the country shall have answered my appeal, the Con- I stitution to which you are attached, and of which I will be the faithful guardian, will work without obstruction, hi order to secure the entire development of national prosperity." That is hardly the language of a man who contemplates even a series of perverse dissolutions, much less any more spasmodic effort to evade compliance with the national will.
