The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-23 00:00:00

L'HE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday
and Sunday.
Our readers probably remember that some time
sincfaan accusation was brought against the Provi-

sional Government of having entertained a proposi-
tion for a declaration of national bankruptcy.
Several of the members of that Government admitted
that such a proposition had been made, but declared
that the members of the Provisional Government had
indignantly rejected the proposal to break faith
with the public creditor. Thereupon arose a question as
to who had been the author of this very honest
proposition—of course some " Socialist," some " red
man," or, at all events, a Republican of the " vielle,"
and great was the exultation of the reactionary press,
and loud the demands for the " name." Still the
members of the Provisional Government refused to
betray the name of the adviser whose counsels they had
refused to adopt, when in an unlucky hour one of the
reactionary journals in the provinces (these provincial
journalists are not such adepts in the art of calumny
as the metropolitans) declared that M. GOUDCHAUX
was the man. Thereupon M. GOUDCHAUX was, in self-
defence, obliged to name the real culprit, and he turns
out to be no Republican at all, but a professed friend
of " order,"—a " respectable Moderate"—a quondam
friend of M. Gutzur—a member of the club of the
Rue de Poictiers, the chosen associate of the PRESI-
DENT, the confidential adviser of the Ministers—M.
ACHILLE FOULD, the banker. M. FOULD attempted
an explanation, but M. MAREAST declared that M.
GOUDCHAUX had at the time mentioned the circum-
stance to him, and M. CREMIEUX stated that M.
ACHILLE FOULD had subsequently stated to him the
proposition which he had made to M. GOUDCHAUX, and
had expressed his regret that it had not been adopted.
M. ACHILLE FOULD said no more, and we trust that
the French people will now rate at their proper value
the professions of these soi-disant friends of order and
of society. Our readers also recollect that the Pro-
visional Government was accused of having enter-.
tained a proposition for confiscating the revenues of
capitalists. That proposition was made to the Pro-
visional Government and rejected, and like the pro-
position for national bankruptcy, was made by one
of the " respectable" orderlies who now figure away
as chiefs of the reaction. M. LEDBU ROLLIN de-
clared in the Assembly that when he was a member
of the Provisional Government M. DELAMARRE, the
banker, the proprietor of the Patrie, the official organ
of the present Ministry, proposed to him to levy a
forced loan of thirty millions from a list of capitalists
whose names he furnished.

The following appears in the Memorial B.rdelais,
a Legitimatist journal:
Several journals haying spoken of the position assumed
by M. Napoleon Bonaparte as regards the President of
the Republic, we have received from our Paris correspon-
dent, who is so situated as to be well informed, the copy
of a letter addressed by the President of the Republic td
his cousin Napoleon. The letter is authentic; we can
declare this positively to our readers. The noble end
elevated sentiments which inspired it require no comment.
Our readers will be as convinced as ourselves that the

th.cted of the 10th of December merited the confidence
which has been reposed in him by the country. The
following is a copy of this letter:—
" Elyse° National, April 10, 1849.

My dear Cousin,—ft is pretended that, in passing
through Bordeaux, you held language of a nature to
sow division among the best-intentioned persons. You
are reported to have said, that dominated by the chiefs
of the reactionary movement, I did not freely act upon

my inspirations; that, impatient of the yole, I was
ready to throw it off; and that, in order to assist me to
do so, it was necessary, at the approaching elections, to
send to the Chamber men hostile to my Government
rather than men of the moderate party.' Such au im-
putation from you may well astonish me. You know me
sufficiently to be sure that I will never submit to any as-
ce❑dancy on the part of anybody, and that I will con-
stantly endeavour to govern in the interest of the masses
and not in that of a party. I honour the men who, by
their capacity and their experience, can give me good
counsel. I daily receive advice of an opposite nature;
but I obey only the impulses of my reason and my heart.
It was for you less than any other person to blame in
mo a moderate policy, you who disapproved of my ma-
nifesto because it had not the entire sanction of the
chiefs of the Moderate party. Now this manifesto, from
which I hava never swerved,remains the conscientious ex-
pression of rosy sentiments. The first duty was to tran-
quillize the country. For four months past it has been
daily gaining confidence. For every day its task; secu-
rity first, then ameliorations. The approaching elec-
tions will advance, I have no doubt, the period of pos-
sible reforms, by strengthening the Republic by order
and moderation. To bring closer to each other all the
old parties, to unite, to reconcile them to the object of
my efforts. This is the mission attached to the great
name which we bear; it would fail if it were to tend
to divide instead of rallying together the supporters of
the Government. For these reasons I cannot approve
of your becoming a candidate in twenty departments;
reflect that, under the shadow of your name, it may be
attempted to bring into the Assembly candidates hostile
to the Government, and to discourage its devoted parti-
sans by fatiguing the people with the frequent elections
which this course would necessitate. In future, there-
fore, I hope, my dear cousin, that you will exert your-
self to enlighten as to my real intentions the persons who
may be in relation with you, and take care not to
accredit by inconsiderate language the absurd calumnies
which state that my policy is influenced by sordid in-
terests. Nothing—repeat this aloud—nothing will dis•
turb the serenity of my judgment or shake my resolu-
tions. Free from all moral constraint, I will pursue the

path of honour, with my conscience for my guide; and
when I shall relinquish power, if I may be reproached
with faults which were fatally inevitable, I shall at least
have performed what I sincerely believed to be my duty.
"Receive, my dear cousin, the assurance of my friend-
ship, " LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE."
The two Ministerial journals of Friday evening, the
Moniteur du Noir and the Patrie, contain the follow-
ing paragraph as a communication from the Govern-
ment :

" Several journals having wished to make it be be-
lieved that the letter written by the President of the
Republic to his cousin is a proof of a serious schism in
the Bonaparte family, we are authorised to declare that
this letter was strictly private, and that, although it may
reveal a difference of opinion, it cannot leave any doubt
as to the feelings of attachment which the President en-
tertains towards his relative."

The PRESIDENT'S letter to his cousin, which is
dated the 10th of April, was published in the Me-
morial Bordelais on the 14th. On the 15th the mem-
bers of the Central Democratic Napoleonist Commit-
tee of the Gironde addressed a letter to that journal,
in which they say—
" We affirm on our honour that M. Napoleon Bona-
parte did not in either of the interviews which we had
with him pronounce any of the words which have been
so insidiously attributed to him. Whoever may have
told the President of the Republic that his cousin had
held such strange language is an odious calumniator."
Who is this odious calumniator, who first of all in-
vents a calumny, and then betrays a confidence, for
the letter of the PRESIDENT was never intended for
publication ; and as in the case of his letter to M.
LEON DE MALLETILLE, he has been betrayed by
some spy in the camp. The offensive expressions
alleged to have been made use of by M. NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE first of all appeared in a Bourdeaux
newspaper, the organ of the parti:pretre in that city.
That paper was, immediately on its arrival, brought
by M. De FALLoux to the Cabinet Council (the ruse
partisan of the parti-pretre,:iwho does honour to
his Jesuit education, probably knew well what
he should find in the report), whereupon the
members of the Cabinet became exceed-
ingly angry, and the PRESIDENT consented
to sign a letter, addressed to his cousin, and which
had been drawn up by M. DE FALLori, on the un-
derstanding that it was to be considered as of a
strictly private and coadential nature, and that it
should not be made public. It was furnished to the
Memorial Bordelaia, by the club of the Rue de
Poictiers. Who furnished it to the club ? The