Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-03-31
FRENCH POLITICS.

49, ,'''S VI NV 4 lNuIil ilitlh OGiOiC tl'C
breaking out of the revolution. 1t will be
seen the event was not without its predis.
posing causes.
PARIS, Feb. 10, 1913.
The Chamber of Deputies for the last
three weeks has been engaged in the dis
/ cussiOn of the Address presented by the
Ministry in response 10 the speech with
which the King opened the session; and the
debate has been one of extraordinary inter
est and excitement. Almost every para
graph Of the document has been made fight
ing ground!
/ The national character, according to the
opposition, is becoming Gcarluiv corrupted.
A radical and disorganizng spirit is fast
Icavenng the whole popular mind. Sean
daIs, iuIrigucs, frauds, vices and crimes ev-
cry where abound. Principles and inau-
cnccs which 90 10 sap all the solid tounda-
tons of society, are daily developing them
selves more and more boldly, and spread
ing more and more widely. Religion is
denomlnated priestcrait, and is hated and
derlded; the sancity of the Sabbath is almost
unknown; the marriage relation is dishOn-
ored and trampled upon; the present une-
quail distribution Of property is denounced
as an outrage upon the natural rights OF man;
= in short Socialism, with all It's fell train Of
doctrines, is making rapid advance over the
land. EXcIaims De TocqucviIlc, well
known as the author of that able work De-
m0rr0cym ,2mcrico:) 1T is my profound
conviction that Francois slumberng OH the
brink Of a volcano. The vision of the fiji
lure is full of irighdul appartions. We
know not what a year, month, or a day
may bring upon us. All VIC know is
/ there is a storm in the horizon; 1t sweeps
on and may at any moment burst over our
/ heads"
The discordant state of the public finan-
ces was made the ground of another attack.
! From eight hundred millions of francs un-
der the Empire, the annual budget has now
risen to sixteen hundred millions, demand
able AT any moment. Cries Theirs with
his shrill voice, ''N our expenses far exceed
your income, and their is no way tosupplv
the deficit If a foreign government should
this day nsultl'rance, nota franc could YOU
raise to avcnge her injured honor" TO
this it was promptly replied that there are
two ways OF augmcnting the resources of
nation. The one has regard to the present,
the other to the future. The one consists
in blindy cutching, the other in wisely
cXpcndng.
The final paragraph, of the Address
speaks of political banqucts held, since
The close Of the last session, by a combina-
ton Of blind and crHdisp0scd agitators, and
Of a suppression of them which a regard to
the public tranquility had obliged the Min
lister Of the interior to make. This, for
the last three days, has been the ground of
an attack of the utmost fierccness and vio-
lence. Every opprobrious epithct which
language can command has been heaped
upon the administration as plundcrcrs Of
the right Of speech and freedom Of political
action which the charter sacrcdly guaran-
tees the French people. Nocilcrated, las.
evening, NJ. Odilon Barrot, the chief of the
Extreme left, and the Jupiter Ionals of
the Assembly, "You have done that which
Polgnac and Pcyrronct in the DAYS of
Charles 10Th never dared to do" Thc
Chambers swaycd with eXcitemcnt; and as
the turmoil increased, he elevated his voice
to Il still higher pitch and shouted 8" wish
to have my words recorded, and echoed to
every extremity of the kingdom. Minis
tcrs of July, YOU have violated, and still
cOntcuc TO violate right which the Min
lslcrs of the Restoration respected, up to
the day when they and the royal dynasty
were oycrlhrown together" The 7aeirc
which ensucd battles description. The
President abandoned the chair,and the mem
bcrs left the hall in the greatest excitement
and confusion.
1t cannot be denied the present is a mo-
mcnt OF trying eXigency. Among the people
it is, without much doubt, in a decided ma
lOrlty. lis numerical majority in the Cham
bcrs is greatly outweighcd by the vastly
superior talents of the opposition. Search
the benches of the Centre, and GuzoI is
almost the only truly great man you find
there. lie towers like Il giant above his
associates, or rather his followers. lie is
the Atlas who has to bear upon his Shout
dcrs the whole weight of the administration.
Ills opponents number III their ranks,
Theirs, Barrot, I.amartine. Bcrrvcr, De
IocquCylIic, and others. The ablcst, and
by TAR the most numerous, portion of the
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and the press here. MS in America, exercises
an almost unboundcd influences.
The present condition of all Europe is
indeed remarkable. The whole continent
from Cape Vincent 10 the Riga, is burning
with international jealousy, hcaving with a
revolutionary spirit. Portugal is agitacd
with scdltions and Instructions; Spain is
full OF malconteuts, and is ruled bv a Young
fragile queen, whose premature death by
raising the question of the succession of the
Orleans dynasty TO the throne, would incv-
itabIy involve all the European powers in a
long and bloody war. France depends for
her tranquility upon the life of King who
has already well nigh attained the limit of
human years, Italy is rocked with COM
motion; Switzerland is rent with disscn-
ton; and Ireland is in 4 state of lawlcss-
ness bordering on anarchy. Wei, indeed.
did the King OF Wur;cmb0rE cxclajm in his
address, the other day, to the National
Chambers, "IHc times are diHcH anil
rgcH.' The new King of Denmark has
Seta noble example by voluntarily present
ing his people with a charter noblv adapted
To their wants and condition. The Hing
of, tho Two SiriiIpS 1lhal,ub r,orf,,,,, + b,,