The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-02 00:00:00

THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.
By the voice of the people, as well as by force of
arms, Louis Napoleon is proclaimed ruler of the des-
tines of the French nation. An overwhelming ma-
jority places him in supreme power for ten years.
And be it observed that this result is obtained not by
the suffrages of Ihe arrondissements of Perm, but by
those of the departments ; not only by those of the
working classes, but by those of the merchants, the
capitalists, and the clergy. A large majority of the
French people, and a large majority of the various
classes of the community pronounce for the Prince
President. In doing so numbers doubtless believe
that they are supporting the cause of order against
anarchy, and of constituted authority against
licentious tyranny. Can we be surprised at thou-
sands of Frenchmen saying—Give us peace at any
price. In fact, this fiery and hot-spirited people seem
to bo subdued by suffering into a contempt for
theoretical liberties, in the attempt to attain which
they are ruined or starved ; and a desire to secure, by
almost any political sacrifice, their material well-
being, and the liberty to live by honest industry.
Unless Louis Napoleon is a less astute man than we give
him credit for being, he will now endeavour to pro-
mote the physical comfort and welfare of the people.
His plans for engaging the working classes in rail-
ways and public works show that he is alive to the
importance of securing remunerative labour for them.
We trust also that the President is by no means
ignorant of the infinite advantage of attempting to
raise the moral character of the French schools, and
the means of religious instruction will not, we have
reason to believe, be neglected by him. We failed to
perceive, amidst the torrent of abuse poured upon the
President by a large portion of the Press of this
country, any sound reason or high principle for their
unmitigated denunciation. Every abusive epithet
nearly in the English language--we will not transfer
them to our columns—has been applied by them to
a man placed in most difficult circumstances, and con-
tending against a most unprincipled and reckless op-
position by parties agreeing in nothing but hatred of
the strong hand that held them in check. Again,
none can deplore more than ourselves the excesses
committed by an infuriated soldiery ; but the dreadful
experience of former revolutions has manifested that
any half measure towards the ruffian mob of the bar-
ricades is mistaken, and in the end calamitous,
mercy. Many an act of desperation committed by
the troops will be as much regretted by the President
as by any man. We repeat that we are not yet in
possession of facts which can justify public writers
who have ever professed the doctrine of non-inter-
ference with the domestic affairs of other nations, in
those violent attacks, calculated to do the greatest
possible mischief, at a critical time, to the French
governing power. The inexpediency of destroying all
friendly feeling on the part of the man who is, let him
be what else he may, the chosen of the French people,
towards ourselves, is also self-evident. And if the
resignation of Lord Palmerston, which we this week
announce, is attributable, as is rumoured, to his disap-
probation of the strong line of opposition adopted by
some of his colleagues towards the French President,
we incline to think that that experienced and far-
sighted politician—to whose policy we have at times
been considerably opposed—will on this occasion be
found on the right side of the question.—Derbyshire
Courier.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERsALL's—YESTERDAY.

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