The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-08
Our French Correspondence.

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Our French Correspondence.
PARIS, September 20, 1s4S.
This week has been of the utmost excitement
and agitation and may before it closes be one Of the
most evenful. The republic is fear, upon It's death
bed. 1t has had but ricketty existence from the
beginning. A government born Of an accident, and
without the sympathy of the people, could hardly be
hoped to have another fate. Things may not, how
ever prove ultimately dsasterous as now seems pro-
bable. Never a country and government more
the spirit of accident than 1t is literally true
that the rising knows what scenes the set
ting sun may witness.
The present week has been sgnalized by the cleo
tons for the seats in the Assembly, rendered vacant
by the double and multiple returns which took
place at the last elections This great political
operation has been seized by the country as means
of manifesting its opnions and the result of this
preston is in some respects likely to dissppoint the
expectations of many persons, both in and out of
France. The first point rendered glaringly manifest
is the enormous sscendancy Of Bonapartsm Prince
Louis Napoleon Bonsparte, the heir Of the Emperor,
and the eldest of his brother Louis exkng OF Hol
land is the representative of the imperial idol round
whom all the glorious recollectons of France for half
century have clustered and to whom now as it would
seem the brightest hopes Of the future attached
Before close this letter he will be declared the repre-
septa i've OF millions of Ere nchmen; he will have beaten
joy and will be returned least six nts
How many more will tell you in aP s.
The great bulk of the army is in his favor and all of
that important body, without exception, openly
claim Il cir hostility to republic in any shape The
operative classes. whose hopes excited by the
lavish promises Of the provisional government after
February. and thus raised have ended in dsappont-
mept those classes which have fallen from profitable
and easy industry into abect misery and starvation,
are clustering around the very name of sovereign,
anchor Of hope in their despair The socialists, de-
feated in june hunted into their lars, seized, tried
by court martiaIs and deported to Belle Isle,
have left thousands of fellows in the faubourss who
ready to avenge their fate by joining sovereign
against that republican government by. which they
consider themselves oppressed Such is in brief
present situation learn, this ning that the 60
verpment have obtained information that DO napart-
ist movement is intended to break out morrow but
if any circumstances should postpone it, it will be
long before it will develop itself
General Cavaignac is cast down in despair, having
lost in great degree his influence with the Assembly
and well knowing that the army has an invncible
tipatby to his opinions. His project for sending men,
the provinces to democratize them, was nipped
in the bud by the Assembly, Saturday.
and although he had ordered his Minister to
that the present was cabinet question and that If
not approved by the Assembly the cabinet would retire
he was compelled to swallow his words The as
semby rejected the project with absolute soorn and
yet Gen. Cavaignac remained in office. He has
remained in Office but shorn of his power, and utterly
destitute of all moral force lie has the army against
against him because he leans upon the democrats
The notorious Raspail who is now confined in the
fortress OF Vlncennes f0r the outrage committed on
the Assembly the 18th May, has been returned for
Lyons, and will probably be returned for Paris.
The Faubourg ST. German has voted as one man, for
Marshall Bugeaud, Achille Foud, the banker, and NJ
Roger, the ex-deputy Of the moderate party.
What is most feared by the ex-aeputies and mode
rate members of the Assembly Is that Prince Louis Ma
poleon, whose influence Ia now predominant, will
throw himself into the Of the red republic and the
party Of the mountain. His cousins, Napoleon Bona
parte, the son of the exkng Jerome and Pierre Bona
psrte the of Prince Lucien both members of the
Assembly, are known to cultivate relations with the
ultra-democratic party. Indeed, this is inevitable
seeing that their family receive support the
hand, from the Oreansts and the other, from the
legitimsts
They must, of course lean upon the democrats
The impression s either that Prince Louis will be de-
that he will be raised upon the shoulders the army
and at once be proclaimed Emperor. Time alone will
tell this. Most probably before close this letter
shall have something important to add but, at all
events, by the next mail you may expect to receive
some interesting news.
seize this opportunity Of correcting erroneous
impression, which prevails In the American pa
pers respecting, the disposition Of England towards
English government and the British people adverse
to the Establishment of republican form Of govern
mept in France and DESTROYS of seeing the resto
ration OF the Orleans dynasty and a constitutional
monarchy Nothing can be more contrary to the truth
than this. England desires to see republic establish
ed in France, not from any love admiration of
public but because she knows that the MT
of such government would be most conducive to her
interests She Is therefore, opposed to the esta
blshment Of monarchy under any Of the prete nders
and happen to know that Lerd Normandy has re-
ceived express instructions to avail himself every
occasion, far as diplomacy Is concerned, to aid
the government in establishing the republic on
any basis likely to be generally acceptable to the
people. and to have stability. You may consi-
der this officially certain and take my word
for IL, that any Journal which afirms that Eng
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