The Bonapartes are not much better than their rivals, but
they are a little more logical. The momentary accord between Prince Napoleon and his cousin has already disappeared, and his friends now declare that he is "head of the family "—which is true, provided the family is not royal, and not therefore bound by the family law promulgated by Napoleon I.—that he seeks to re-enter France, and that he will accept any position to which he may be summoned by the will of the French people. In other words, he will accept the Imperial Crown if he can get it. Ihere is no objection to that, but that being his view, he should abstain from posing as Prince, leave off talking of "headships," and be simply Jerome Napoleon Bona- parte, with no family obligations or rights of any sort except -those entailed by natural relationship. It is stated that the com- motion among Imperialists caused by his manifesto—only half repudiated by a letter from his secretary asking people to wait for his employer's signature—is profound, and we can readily believe it. The forte of French parties is not patience, and wait- ing till a boy Prince becomes a man is not precisely the function which elderly generals, diplomatists, and intriguers will most cordially accept. F-the'rytesent, at all events, however, the split in the party benefits the Republic, for which, for the first time in French history, the stars in their courses seem to fight.
