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combat the person ct whose birth the note Of oongr
tulstion was sounded by that combstsnt.

tulstion was sounded by that combstsnt.
From the Reformed
We have not time to pursue q profound analysis of
this animated and eloquent speech in It's
but think that after the first charm and the seduc
tions Of q language which expands and falls like a
from summit, the necessities Of party sthe
fatal logic Of interests, the calculations OF ambition
and the instincts Of fesr will prevail against it,
The Position OF General CavaiGnac.
From the Paris National, Oct. 81
Ajourual, of which the violence increases in pro-
portion its mi uence dminishes yesterday directed
the most vindctive attacks on General Cavsignac.
1t is well know that all personal consi derations would
lions Of principle Provided the idea to which we
have devoted our life trumphs, provided republican
order gains strength what matters 1t to us by whom
ADd we are certain that the honorable men on whom
ia imposed the heavy task Of government share our
sentiments in that respect We think of the pepub-
lie be fore thinking even Of the who have
rendered the greatest services tc cause And 1t
isprecisely for that reason that
repugDance to interfere in questions of persons we
these side attacks, the secret object of which is the
overthrow Of the republic That doubt, is a sys-
tenn OF tactics clever enough which consists in strik-
ing the republican government in the very men
whom necessity. and an almost unanimous assent
much more than their own will, have raised to power
in striking idea in the Instruments of that idea
Certain hater themselves to get their hatred
against the order OF things accepted more easily
by Disgusting 1t under the form of simple strugs
amongst mtn But il is sutiicent to point out such
tysem in order to unnask and brand 1t with repro.
baton"
Reforme
The ballot which decides that the election of Presi-
dent Of the Republic, shall take place by universal
suffrage, has scarcely closed and the candidate
thp has ced. IL is against &c neral Cnvaiguao
that the first blows directed. General Cav agnac
at the head of the Executive Govern emed par
tcularly designed. in the hypothesis of the amend
ment OF NJ. Leblond to the choice of the Assembly.
The vote of Saturday, without giving solution for
against men, has wakened certain hopes and It is
check which it is hastened to profit by. The Presse
which, to believe it, would have done willingly "a
ourselves without President triumphs at the last
ballot with respect to General Cavaignac, with very
unfortunate animosity 1t already draws up the act
OF accusation against the general it makes out cas-
again.t him, not only President of the Council but
Minister of War it reproaches him not only with
having allowed the instruction to be organized but
with having, or nearly encouraged it it
him in word. with having only acted with a vew to
the Dictatorship dictatorship exercised against all
rights and without guaranteeing any interest. oh,
how grateful the bourgeois are The Presse does not
stop there IL searches the Monieu to insult much
as depends on 1t, General Cavaignac, even to the
memory of his fathera sad proceeding hateful spe-
culation of caumny, which is of no time nor of an
honor, and Of which those who employ It. make at
times an abuive use with the security the
fact that owing to certain deficiencies of the at Girl
they have repTsals to fear. All the papers of the
Reaction have taken part in this crusade. General
Cavaignac is more or less outraged by them. This
officer who has rsked all for the interest which they
represent rejected by the interests which
only see in him wavering mind, and suspected
uiopist. Though they called him their savior yester
day, they to-day dispute his devotedness, even his
courage, and until they shall send him to Vncen nes
they endtavor to cover his canddatcshlp his
with ignomipy.
From the Unionl
Politics have sudden changes Nothing proves it
better than the immense event accomplished in the
sitting Of yesterday 4 government which, on the
previous evening appeared absolute master of the
volutop. ut the frmer and stro niger estab
lisht by the fact that it almost dictatorship,
emapsng sword In hand from necessity, has seen it.
self suddenly deprived of its great influence. In
day, in an hour in the space of mi outss neces
sary for the vote the question OF the Presidency
the chief of this governme found himself distanced
~ arc m "a bicb ha lu
him. 1t Is a decisive boHa mortal attack on General
Cavaignac. In the condition in which he is placed,
after attitude active clearly designed so re-
solved, SIS that which he took both in the vote aud
n the discussion his entail authority Ia trck-
en- without hope. He can henceforih only bring a
phantom 'f authority to the Chsmber. Let ia how
ever say that II the quasi die tatorshp of General
tavagpac has been all at lost in this
wreck, be cannot and ought not to accnse any Que
hut himself His taciturn policy the worst thing
under present circumstances. a governme mt cannot
live long in the midst of the shadows the vat
The doubtful wells IN which be enyeloped his policy in
the present. and his schemes for the future In the
eye, Of some this impenetrabe conduct is ndecsion
n the eyes OF Others menace and neither iudeci-
sion uer menace can suit the National Assembly,
composed the one hand OF impatient re publicans
on the Other OF serous men, DESTROYS of knowing
aety the ground on which they proceed. The result
OF Saturday, With respect to General Cavagnac has
therefore partially by the fault of his policy
We will not lend the the evidently
and improbable rumors which circulated on the SUBJ
ject We will not accept the version least azard
GUS, which sees in the abandonment of the chief of
the government certain disrust of bs natural lean
ing to the extreme left Certain it Is that the sou
ton of the majority and the check Of the
are great lesson Of which every ought to profit
The Position of Prince Louis Napoleon
BOnapOrte.
Paris Corr Oct. 10Y of London Chronicle
The Assembly then went back to article AZ which
had been postponed in the first instance, aud which
has reference to the exclusions This article vast
number Of amendments had been proposed but the
only one Of real interest that which proposed the
exclusion from the Office of President or Vice Presi-
dent Of the members Of all the families which had at
any time reigDed in France This amendment was
brought forward by M Anthony Thouret who, in sup
port CT 1t, commended that monarchy republic ans
were incompatible with each other, and that those
who were members Of reigning families must be sup.
ment 1t would be imprudent to allow the of the
republic to iun the risk of having such a person
placed at the head Of 1t; and he Their fore thought
that the whole OF the members Of such families
ought t. be expressly excluded NM. Worhaye
and Cocquerel in the name of the committee on
the constitution, opposed the amendment, on the
ground that the question of the choice of Pre-
s6ept ought to be left to the good sense of the
country, and that 1t unworthy Of the country to
have clause of direct exclusion against any
family. Nj Lacaze then rose and said, he had hoped
that the anne ndment would not have been presented
Tor that exclusion was the sure way to make pretend
tnts The effect already produced by the attempts to
exclude Prince Louis Napoleon from the Assembly,
he ground Of his being pretender was that he was
elected by FIVE different constituencies. These
tnued sllusions to him es pretender at length
lrought Prince Louis Napoleon hinself into he tr-
buDe, and his appearance there created immense
tdes-the utmost anxiety was felt to hear the pre-
tendabt,n and never was curiosity disappointed.
IInce Louis Napoleon In direc ting his steps towards
the tribune, showed that he was overwhelmed with
his position On bis arrival there, he had dihi-
Guilty in commencing ut all. and ut length he carno
out. ia "A hesitatiDg and unconnectud man n.r with
IT,, following words
,jdfer6-i do y for you sneak agtfs, the
am certainty have been sufficiently rewarded IN
tu'-ug all my rights cilzcp entertain siy ter ati.
ton hchef dc come here 10 make any ymla rst tie
canun ~ Which have lTn e ogct II W IA h Of
abe 1H1 etr tors Who have twice ION with tl uf.
mage dravGw the srroaon ct pIetcLdcr which
SANITY litush hrV arl asaHst me-.
81 this point the Prince stoprej hesiia,ed and fp-
Iear.d inclined to 80 on. but at length he descend
nom the tribune, apparently grectly deconccrtci and
amidst marks Ct great establishment on the part ola
portion Cf The members cd Of anroyauce the part
Of others The German accent, N. coufusion the
vegueness and inanty OF The words sp..en the abb
uce Of sli Ia" qualities II popular orator had done
Their work. frihcc Lpais Napoleon hal been warned
against Tic GsneTs Il the tribune nd the warnpg has
ll en- throw away npoa him. He has more damaged
l. Is att IN ft.n hv all