Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-03-17
Deferred Articles.
CONDITION OF FRANCE.

4 Jne 1ollOWlnp artlcIe from TIE LoHuoH
Courier of Jan. ! | contains more truth in n
few words, and better explanation of the
causes of the actual and increasing prosperi-
ty of FRANCE, than is to be found in dozen
columns of the rant and radical defamation
against louis Phlipe's Government which
we so often meet with in the English jour
! nails, and which are too readily copied into
the papers of this country
I We learn from France very fsvo-at|e &C
count of the condition Of the workmcn near
Tours, of the great alterations in their opln-
ions, and of the aourshing state of the man
ufactures in that neighborhood, fac, well
deserving Of public attention. II is another
proof that France is at present extremely
prosperous, and that the political opinions OF
men depend much more on the supplies they
obtain of food and clothing than on what is
written. As long as France prospcrs Louis
Philip will reign in peace, whatever may be
/ said by the Republicans and Carlists. We
/ learn from Mrs. Trollope's recent work on
! Paris that this is the great secret OF the sat
isfaction of the Parisians with the Govern
| nent She describes the Jowgeoisie as IN
/ creasing most rapidly in wealth. so Us 20 gave
the republican party reason to speak WIN
dread of the coming of a noncycd arstocra-
CIV more powerful than the arlstocracy OF
blood, which has been destroyed. New and
comfortable houses are erecting IN Paris III
great numbers, new markets are formed, and
improvements of all kinds are in progress, so
as 70 make that lady compare Paris to one of
the rising cities of the United States. This
lady even speaks of the possibility OF coossa
masses of wealth in France rivalling those OF
England, and Of the airy happiness OF our
ncighbors giving place TO our own cumbrous
magnificence. The apprehension OF any IN
rterrupton TO this prosperity makes the whole
elite Of Paris and of nearly all France, Jcal'
oiis Of the least movement, anxious to support
mower. and rives greater strength, perhaps,
10 the Government Of Louis Philip than was
posscsscd even by that of Ronaparte. HIS
reign dazzcd without satisfying, ana his
, splendid conquests carried with them the
!, seeds OF their own destruction. The rergn
of Louis Philip, satisfying the great mass OF
p the nation, seems likely to gather strength
from .te increasing prosperity he makes II
his prde. according 20 his answer to the
Peers, to promote. 1t is founded OF tiie great
: interests Of society, If not on the tradition
nourisiled affections Of individuals; but the
peace and security enjoyed under his Gov
ernment will by and by fix him and his fami-
w firmly in the hearts of his people. AS long
as the prosperity lasts it will not be difficult
TO govern, and bis Ministers, by proposing to
revise the Commercial Code and extending
the freedom of trade, by preserving peace
with America, aud by avoiding as long as
possible contest with Russia, which must,
{ we presume, be their object, are taking the
best means to consolidate his powers. Ac-
cordng to Mrs. Trollope, who seems to have
visited Paris as Carlist, and come back q
Doctrinalrc, the adhcrents OF the Government
not onlv out-number their opponents greatly
: in the saloons at Paris, but they alone show
o themselves confident Of success, eager to ex'
# plain the grounds of their faith, and as sure
of victory in argument as in voting. 1t NIGH
appear to some persons that when France Il
u so PROSPEROUS the business of Government
would be comparatively easy task, and tina
@ the severe laws lately passed were not re
ouisitc. Such, we admit, was formerly ou
l. own opinion but this confidence Of the grea
q mass of the Doctrinaires and middle classes
in their own strength and power justlfies
different opinion. How could such men, thu
Z main stay of the Government, respect 1t 1t !
l. had not great confidence in itself ad IN them
g But in France, even among the Republicans
Il n strong Government is that which at ono
f boldly sets all its foes at defiance, and tram
pies them under foot by arbitrary and sever
7, measures. The Government of Louis Phlii!
- would have been despiscd and condemned
both by foes and friends and by no clas
IS sooner than by its foes, who would have pee
II encouraged while its friends would have bee
It disFseartened by any hesitation, had II OBJECT
d ed TO take those severe measures which wer
recommended to the French by the practice
-, 4 of all their former Governments, e"d to tax
20 which constituted in their minds the very 6tn
IL ;JeoI of n strong Government. IL was To sat
)t isfv this condition of the public mind !
$. France-it was, in truth, to act in obedlcnc
4. to public opinion, that the Government G
=. Louis Philip was constrained to have re
+ course to laws of exception, which, IN TIL
y, country, would be, by the whole nation, 6
" yehemently and properly condemned
those laws were wrong, according to our ow
W notions and theories of freedom, the Frenc
nation. rather than the French Government,
ed IN fault; for they were framed in obedience
I'd that general demand for strong Governmer
which is made by all classes Of Frenchme
We nav further notice, too, that in Franc
"' es in all other European countries, but pa
ticularly in France OF present, there are
sc great multitude Of persons who hold manu-
OF labor to be degradation. aud who are c!
he tremely and constantly desirous To ive
luxury on the labour Of others. Laccna'
,,o presents for instance an example oi such
"o man. to whom the punishment of death, pr
W yided he has enjoymcnts while living, is
ct- no importancc. That class, composed OF u
debris of the Imperial arms, and OF the rul
4, of several successive governments, are n
nerous in France, and dangerous, Tor tho
nbilosophic Indifference To death To Co
ono troll srch n class. oil Frenchmcn, even
Wv" publicuns, think strong, severe, repr'