Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-06
From the New-York Daily Advertiser.l
OF PARTIES IN FRANCE.

or whether any conspiracies n thus moment me
mace the throne OF he Baurhons, but IL is clear
from the events hat .ake place in this Kingdom
and the opposition that confronts the measures
of the Governments, that the ideas OF liberty
have bren too generally diffused, and too o.
penly pa'ronized, for the efforts OF iyrants and
priests ever TO prevent them from bursting the
trlmmcls of slavery,
TIE in >ti,u,ion of the Carbonari, who, in
1922, mad the royal government tremble, per-
hap, does not now exist, but the $4,000 mem
ber> OF his srcet socir are always in France
and ave incre aSed their numbers from ne ef-
4 cts of persecution. The despoiic party has
for us onlv support, reads OF decrepitude aud
inbrcili Y, and gold which procures them mer>
crhary offenders; but nothing beyond a lie mpo>
. rary proc, bcreyi or solidity aud consistenoe.-
o. n. contrary, liberal ideas have on their side
the vigorous arms of the mas OF the Notion,
aud they would before now have overturned all
the obstacles that oppose them, ii they had CO.
operated with unanimity in the Curious task
of .egeheratiou.
The three principal parties that now divide
LIberai France are the Constitutionaisls, who
seeing 40 secure guarantee In the reigning
branch, turn their eye TOW ards the Duke Of Orr
leans; The Bonapartists, vino would wish 10
place the imperial crown on the brow Cf the
son of the iluustrioGs plebi,n who issued from
their ranks; and he Republicans, in whose
ewes rGyalty exhibits no other appearance than
prolisaiity aud tyranny, and to whom military
gsoEy presents nothing bat vanity and wretch.
ejness.
The Imperial diplomatists, at the head Of
whom stanls railcytand, some few fragments
of rhe revolution, and few generals, among
whom Count FUy vas distinguished, as well as
the most opulent classes of Constitutional
France, make up the party # The Duke ofOr-
leans. This prince rs imnens ly rich, aud me-
ney is The soul Of revolutions. He desires To
possess the thront, but he is coye,ous and des-
tirute Of energy, and his partisans are no, such
as have any appetite fnr fighting
All the military men whom the reiurn Of the
Boarhons has reno, ell from the army, the in
da>irious and trading classes OF he manuIsctu-
riR0s ms which Napoleon lad enriched by
hncniai system. the woikmen who were
yed by the Former governments IN the
dction Of roads, canals, and public mon
rents, they constitute he force Of the Bona
par,ist faction, which still has attached 10 II
some old generals of the empire on half pay,
who keep up correspondence with ;he actual
aud active army. The ci-devan' d pity, Ma
nuel, a man of vast capacity, aud foremost, IN
eloqu 'nce, was supposed to be the soul OF this
party, which, OH more than one occasion. as
gust, 1890, the Prince Of Orange OF Belgium
has condescended TO pa,roHize.
Tie Republican, include ali he men of the
new generation, from 20 10 40 y a's Of ag2, and
a. the emil gtcned ndivIdual, who are able to
appreciate The advantages of rational sys EN-
Of government. This parry Is less numf rous
than The preceding ones. bat its means lncfe ase
every day, while those of III, Bonapartists are
an stale of gradual decay. This party is
more active and energetic, and is regulated by
more disin,erested motives than the o,he S.
Gen. La Fayette is its head, and the influence OF
This great citizen has no bounds; age has not
! eprlved him Of his energy, his patriotism or
his courage, yet the governmtn, dread him
less than Manuel, because he disdains disguise
and il is easier to know his projects, ami To
ward off his blows. A great number of the CT
devant deputies; several young peers, and al
most the whole of the bar Of Paris, are attao h5
TO the Republican system.
Each of these three parties h"s It's Official
organ, by which il addresses itself to rhe nation
The most anima'ed, active and courageous OF
oil the liberA journals, is, without doub', TIE
Courier Francois. This paper has for its
principal editors, NJ NJ Benz amin Constant,
VI gnet, Keratry, and Jonv, 1t exhibits the
most philosophie tirge Of Liberalism, 1t rs the
most independent, and in matters OF r. igion It
outstrips all the others Bel1g condu' ied Win
the utmost ability aud precision, IL discovers
strsug tendency towards Repu bic anism and
Professionalism, but although il is more esteem
ed than the Constitutional Toe Courier Fran
caisis, neverthsl SIS! nnt So popular. The for
m.r which exercises In France an influence
equal to that If The Times in Engiani, Us the
Journal Of the comm rcial cas>rs aud the Boz
napariists; while the Journa! du Commerce is
tha, of industry and the Orlsanists. The
Constitutional is the ablest ofthe Liberal jour
mails; its Style of composition is more adapted
to the taste Of The people than that Of The Cou.
rier Francais, consequently, it has 81 900 sub
scribers, while the latter has only abou, 5000
or 1000; and the Journal du Commerce, the
principles Of which have been for sometime Va.
riable and unsteady, reckons only from 5000
lie 1000 - &
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