The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-29 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1850.

Doubtless, the present day's anniversary has about
it a larger share of political significance for the French
reactionaries than for any section of the English
multitude. Latterly, the Legitimatists, in the neigh-
bouring Republic, have made such frequent reference
to the act which gained for General GEORGE Moax
his earldom of Albermarle, that we doubt not their
attention will be turned for encouragement to any
commemoration of the morning when the ambitious
soldier witnessed the crowning success of his treason
to the Commonwealth. Their hopes, moreover, in this
particular, are heightened by the conviction that in
the chief of the descendants of his Imperial and Royal
Majesty the EMPEROR, they recognize a semblance
of that incapacity which was conspicuous in the im-
mediate successor of his Highness the LORD PROTEC •
Toe,. In this belief but few individuals will shrink
from proclaiming the Royalist conspirators at Paris
mistaken. The policy adopted by Lours NAPOLEON
since the memorable occasion of his election on the
10th of December has sufficiently revealed in him a
force of character, end a prudence of conduct, and a
soundness of judgment to which RICHARD CROMWELL,
even in his happiest moments, could never make any
pretensions. Hence we cannot but conceive that, in
their present sanguine views, the aspirants of another
Restoration are calculating altogether without their
host They are counting as idly upon the Presi-
dent's capability of proving traitor to the democracy
of which he has been chosen the principal magistrate,
as the sycophantic followers of the Comte DE PRO-
VINCE did in regard to the conqueror of Italy and of
Egypt, when he was installed as First Consul in the
palace of the Tuariea. It can never be forgotten
how many tempting offers were submitted to the
young soldier by the old women plotting at Hart-
well, immediately upon his elevation to the command
of the French Government. He was to be the Con •
stable of the French Monarchy. He was to take pre-
cedence of the ancient noblesse. He was to rise above
the heads of the MONTMORENCYS and the rest of the
old chivalric aristocracy. " Sir," said Louis, with
that exquisite flattery which could fall at pleasure in
honeyed compliments from the lips of a Bourbor,
" France cannot do without me ; I cannot do with-
out you ; your glory is necessary to me ; I cannot
dispense with it." The answer of the illustrious
hero to whom this insidious language was
addressed at the commencement of the present century
is yet more remarkable. " You cannot return to
France," said he, " without passing over the dead
bodies of a hundred thousand Frenchmen." Four-
teen years afterwards, that solemn assurance was veri-
fied, when the white standard, dyed red in the heroic
blood of Brienne, of Arcis, of Champaubert, of
3lontimrail was borne back by the coalition of
sovereigns, and affixed to the turrets of the French
capital. The opening of the great proclamation ad-
dressed to the Imperial city by the soldiers of the
Allies looking down upon it from the heights of
Montmartre, was a sufficient indication of the force
required for the subjugation of that wonderful
people to the yoke of their ancient dynasty.
" Europe, in arms, knocks at the gates of Paris !"
Yet, notwithstanding the terrible and bloody expe-
riences of those days of conflict; notwithstanding the
abrupt and evanescent vengeance of the Hundred
Days ; notwithstanding the ignominious expulsion
of CHARLES X. after the three days of July, and the
yet more ignominious expulsion of Louis Pmeiree
after the three days of February—the reactionists of
France are still insane or rather frivolous enough to
dream of the possibility of another Restoration.
Madmen that they are, they even plot at this moment
for its accomplishment. Insomuch that we doubt
not HENRI Creo, is still hopeful of being anointed
with sacred chrism as the successor of CereT. What-
ever may be the opinions entertained upon this subject
by that exiled Prince of the House of Bourbon, it
is certain that there are men now in France,
now in Paris, now in the bosom of the Assembly,
who anticipate the re-establishment of royalty, who
not only anticipate this in their hearts, but actually
avow their anticipations. Towards this end they are
dedicating the whole of their energies. To this end
they are venturing upon the violation of the Consti-
tution. To this end they are conspiring against the
Republican Government, to which, with so much
solemnity and emphasis, they have repeatedly sworn
their allegiance. To this end, moreover, they
are endeavouring of late to exalt into a
hero of popularity the shade of MONK, the con-
spirator of the English Restoration. The frequency
with which they have directed attention within the
last few months to the act which invested that General
with an earldom, attaches a peculiar significance to
the anniversary of the day, popularly known in this
country as " Oak-apple day," when he welcomed the
Merry Monarch back to the bartered shores of Eng.
land. It is well to note the confidence entertained
upon this subject by the present body of
French Legitimatists ; for from the extent of
that confidence the amount of their future daring
may be reckoned. Of their temerity in conspiring
we have had repeated evidence before now : with
their timidity in execution we are also sufficiently
familiar. Consequently, from a prolonged and ample
experience, the citizens of the French Republic are
.well prepared for any emergency. With confidence
in themselves, with confidence in their PRESIDENT,
and with confidence in their democratic institutions,
they may set at defiance the conspiracies of the droite,
the plots of the place-hunters, the reactionaries, and
the Legitimatists.

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