The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-25
The Position or General Cavaignac.


The multitude of reproaches which each day,
with greater vehemence. and in greater number,
assail General Cavaignac, it is amusing to listen
to. Cavaignac is man OF firm principles, and of
the Gaines, energy. He bred and has lived
republican principles, and has no idea of modi-
tying them. He is attached to certain friends, and
used to certain politicians. he will not abandon
them.k Though a soldier, he refuses to go to war;
though victor in civil strife, he refuses to aspire
to empire; though he has conquered the red repub-
lie and communism, he refuses to eXtermlnate, or
to torture the fallen. CavaSnac Is In short, as
honest he is brave, as noble as he is simple
And numbers OF his countrymen accordingly cry
out against him as nulliy He is already begin
ming to share the fate of Lafayette, whom the
court detested and illuminated as liberal, and
whom the Jacobns abhorred, and would have
sacrificed as moderate. 1t is quite evident that
General Cavaignac will not long be head of the
French Executive. M. Flocon, in the Reforme,
accuses him of wanting the courage of his posi-
ton. The repub ic has been evidently beaten back
at the hustIngs OF France, and In the streets OF
PARIS. Foreign conquests, and glorious fields OF
battle abroad, could alone re-erect 1t. "March
into Italy, send fleets to the Baltic and the Black
Sea-" eXcaim the partisans of the military move
ment. The impossible Cavaignac merely shrugs
his shoulders. He studies the map of Italy in his
closet with all the earnesness of Napoleon; but,
unlike Napoleon, he refuses to give the order for
marching without a cause. Scarcely has he es-
capped from the exhoratons of the fanatics of war,
than CavaIgnac is assailed on the other side by
the fanatics of order. 1t is nothing, they exclaim,
do not crush 1t and tread il into the dust. These
10000 prisoners; surely you do not intend to let
them loose Society will never be safe whilst
they exist. Send them to the Pacific" 9. | have
neither ships nor money for such wholesale trans
portation:' "Slay them, fetter hcm," rejoin the
inlpitoyablcs. Here again Cavaignac shrugs his
shoulders, and replies, that though he may meet
thousands in battle, he cannot send thousands to
the scafiod or the gaIleys The fanatics for order
instantly set down Gen. CavaIgnac as man with
out resolution or lofty ideas. The assaults made
upon the President of the new government by the
friends at his side, no less urgent and eXrava
giant than those made by his opponents. Why
not have a little ambition" plead those advisers,
" for your own sake, at least Some one must
be elected President why not make the efforts
that Lamartihe did, that Theirs does! Why not
conclate pares-hatter, make cant on leglsla-
ton, or on war, and then lay claim to the high
post that naturally awaits your" To this, as to
other eXhOrtations, the unambItious and simple
Cavaignac replies with the usual strug. He Is
| ready to accept honor thrust upon him but to IN
gue, struggle, or lie for 1t, such Is not his nature
The golden opportunity Is lying before him. or day
by day passing, and Cavagnac disdains to grasp
IT, acting the principle of Mssee fare les creme
mems But upon this mood still treats another
tempter, who whispers, General, if you have not
the ambition to strive for yourself, why not lend
your efforts to the restoration of throne Since
you neglect to make yourself the first man IN
France for time, seIze the opportunity OF making
yourself the second pers onage IN all France, Motor
atime, but permanently. Be Monk, you will not be
Napoleon" TO this the reply not merely shrug,
but an indignant frown and gesture, calculated to
preclude forever the slightest repetition of such
prefer. And with such kinds of answers as these
to all partles Cavaignac Is getting decidedly un.
popular. simultaneously. in both Times and
| Chronicle, we see the outburstng complaints OF
the republicans dn len domain against the General,
who is accused OF being ridlculously true to his old
friends, instead OF politically adopting new ones.
Cavagnac is accused Of not giving Office to mode
| rates, and OF acting under the friends OF M.
| Theirs. The truth is. he offered fair share
| of power to the friends of M, Theirs. He gave
ministerial Offices TO LamOricIere, to Bedeeu !;
| he displaced Carnot and turned his friend Bas-
tide out of the foreign office, in order to please
| the party Of M Theirs. But all this was done IN
vain the party of M. Theirs was not conciliated
The COnst,tut,onnd continued as rancorous as
ever against the republican. And M. Theirs
friends, notably General Bedeau, withdrew from
the cabinet, and forced the general to fling himself
back upon the exclusive support OF the republicans
| The termination of the struggle will no doubt be
the election OF Cavaignac from power, and the ele
| walton of Theirs to the Presidency rhe difficult
~ IN France, however, is not to obtain high Office
| but to keep there. Ii is indeed impossible for any
| one to even aim at the Presidency of the French
executive, without his attempting to win the sup
port of various and conflicting parties Its reces-
| sary for him TO give hopes at TO the republic
| cans and the Ofleansts, for party has the
majority Even if this could be done honestly,
| how can 1t be done without exciting fearful dis
| appointments, animosties, and difficulties SO
| that, alter all, Cavalenac's may be the best and
most honorable policy; TO do his duty, stick to his
principles, court party and htSse- fairc les epe-
| nenlcns.
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