The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-16 00:00:00

16. 1851.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Parieirezet:-nals of yesterday.
M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN publishes a long article in
the Fresse denying that he is the supporter of the
candidateship of General CAVAIGNAC for the Presi-
dency ; be merely stated as a fact that the candidate -
ship of the General was making rapid progress, but
he mentioned the fact merely for the purpose of
counteracting the candidateship moat energetically.
He concludes his communication as follows :
" Who made the rut in which M. Bonaparte is over-
throwing us? It was M. Cavaignae. Thus if I were to
live a hundred years I would never pardon his inexcus-
able conduct, during a month, from the 22d May to the
22d June, 1848: the state of siege without necessity, the
transportation of 11,000 Frenchmen without judgment,
the suppression of the Gazette de France and of the Re-
presentant du Peuple on the 20th August, that is to say
two months after the 24th June, when one hundred
thousand soldiers were encamped in all the public places
of Paris. General Caraignac, I admit, very honourably
descended from power, to which he ascended less honour-
ably; I add that his conduct since the 20th December,
1348, has not ceased to be both very firm and very me
derate; but in my eyes that does not suffice to redeem
tho irreparable errors of the past, and to give certain
pledges for the future. Thus, during several months,
my idea has been fixed, for the President of the Repub-
lic on a candidateship which would be that of no known
political man, which would, consequently, be neither the
victory nor the defeat of any party, but which would be
the triumph of the idea the most noble and the cause
the most just."
M. Emma DE GIRARDIN does not vouchsafe to
reveal the " local habitation and the name" of the
mysterious " coining man."
M. DE LAMARTINE publishes in the Pays fill elo-
quent reply to the attacks which have been made on
him in the Aseemblie Nationale by the Fusionists,
under the inspiration of M. GuizoT. The following
is the conclusion of the article :
" You say that bands of demagogues invaded the
Assembly by surprise, and owing to the bad manage-
ment of its chiefs. That is true, bat in. an hour after
who mounted on horseback at the Hotel de Ville, at the
head of the civic columns which formed with enthusi-
asm? Who entered there? Who arrested the pro-
gress of the factions, and restored liberty and dignity to
the outraged representative body? Where was the van-
quished, where was the conqueror? But the days of
June, you add! Even those days, similar to all daye
which try the strength or the weakness of new-born
Governments, who had foreseen them? Who had armed
thed beforehand? Who had brought from Africa c
Republican chief in order that the necessary defence of
the Republic should not he suspected by the people of
royalism? Who gave him the command? Who had
assembled sixty thousand men under his hand? Who
was it that made no reproach to him except for not hav-
ing brought forward rapidly enough, and in a manner
sufficiently imposing, a body of troops strong enough to
stifle in an hour indecisive demagogy under the
hand of armed democracy ? Who was every-
where present ? Who marched to the attack
with our heroic soldiers? Who wept at the fate of
the bravo men who died for the cause of order? Who
fought and conquered with them? There again is de-
magogy or democracy. Where is the conquered, where
is the conqueror? Wherever you state a defeat, facts
prove a victory. This is how the Republic has been
since February 24th the constant plaything of dema-
gogy! This is tho history used by the fusion. We do
not wish to recriminate by writing the sadder cr truer
history of the defeats of your cause and of your states-
men; our motto you well know is not " Wee to the van-
quished!' No. Respect to the vanquished!' is the
motto of the true Republic; and where would you have
been if the Republic, vanquished as you pretend by de-
magogy, had adopted another motto? Voltaire relates
, in his • Candide' the accidental meeting at Venice, dur-
ing the Carnival, of three or four dethroned Kings, re-
duced to the condition of private individuals, and consol-
ing themselves with their incognito by supping together
at the Rialto. Now it is no longer dispossessed sove-
reigns who enjoy the Carnival at Venice; it is fallen
Ministers who make fusions in their journal at Paris.
There is between the romance of Voltaire and the poli-
tical romance of the Aesemblee .Nationale only this
trifling difference—it is, that at Venice the face is
masked during this carnival of Kings, and tbat at Paris
it is only the name that is concealed. For our part, we
speak with our face and our name unmasked, and we
sign as a simple citizen—LABIARTINE."
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-We read in the Ordre :
" The Messager of yesterday evening spoke of a se-
cret understanding between the President, M. Ve7on,
and M. de Lamartine. According to this combination,
M. Faucher, and even B.Z. Baroche, would quit the Mi-
nistry, and be replaced by MM. de Lamartine and Bixio,
and M. Odilon Barrot would bo President of the Coun-
cil. We believe this statement to be incorrect, but it is
considered certain that an interview has taken place be-
tween M. Veron and M. do Lamartine, and that it was
after this interview that the Doctor, who has personal
motives of irritation, commenced his campaign against
the law of the 31st May."

The following is the article from the Messager :
"Representatives whom we could name, and who are
acquainted with the secret views of the Ely, oa, say
that Dr. V eron was the faithful organ of the President
when he laid down as an ultimatum the alternative of

the prorogation or the repeal of the law of the 31st of
May. The same representatives assert that the Presi-
dent is very much dissatisfied with M. Lem Faucher,
and even with M. Baroche, who hesitates in his appre-
ciations of that law. The telegraphic dispatch of M.
Faucher has filled the measure of irritation already ac-
cumulated against him. M. Fould and M. Rouher have
alone retained the affection of the President. There is
a talk of a new Cabinet, from which M. Faucher would
be excluded ; but it is hoped to compensate for this
by the accession of MM. Bixio and Lamartine, who
would adopt as their programme the repeal of the laws
of the 31st of May and the prolongation of the powers
of the President by universal suffrage. M. Odilon
Barrot, who makes no secret of his aversion for the law
of 31st May, would be the President of the Ministry."
The Gazette de France states that the Marquis
DE LAROCHEJAQUELEIN is confined to his bed by a
rather severe indisposition.
The members of the Republican Opposition of the
Assembly are to meet on Sunday at LEMARDELAY'S,
to deliberate on the course which it will be advisable
for them to adopt with respect to the revision of the
Constitution.
The Messager was seized at the Post and at the
offices of the journal, by order of the Procureur of
the Republic, for the article announcing that an
order of the day had been issued by the Minister of
War calling fourteen regiments to Paris. A prose-
cution has been commenced against the publisher of
the journal and the author of the article, on a charge
of having intentionally published false new& of a
nature to disturb the public peace. The Messner of
yesterday persists in declaring that its statement is
true. It says :—" We again guarantee the correct-
ness of our information. The confidential order of
which we have spoken was given by the Minister
of War."
The Bourse was not so firm as on Wednesday. The Five
per Cants. opened at 901. 30c., roso to 90t. 50c., 'fell
subsequently to 90E, and closed at 90f. 30c. ; the Three
per Cents. closed at 55f. 90c. Orleans Railroad Shares,
810 f.; Rouen, 616f.25c.; Havre, 2551.; Great Northern,
4721. 50e.; Avignon, 2251.; Vierzon, 425 f; Basle, 143 f.
175 c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3651.,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15.

Boulogne and Amiens, 934 —Luxembourg, 31,8—Namur and
Liege, 7%—Northetn of France, 14%—Orleans, and Bor-
deaux, 3%—Paris and Rouen 241/4 —Paris and Strasbourg,
10'1A—Sambre and Meuse, 374—Tours and Nantes, 5%.