New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-25
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'ne Outward calm spoke Of in nv Las, .,iu
re'sna In Paris. and as far a. can learn :, ~,
Tue PROVINCES OF France. The surface Of the
tef' seems uargffisd, bat the under current, .,Ii
'~u strong In ali directions. TIE great rns.s n
tee Laoofing Classes makes no show az syi,s,,o,
cut me leaders Of the various parties arc se,ivsv
engaged IN organizing plans aud coup,er-pl,o. r.
Io''oo To- impending agitation. One hardly koo,v.
what happens ia the upper region. Of in,,i,ne
49, "e,e II not Tor Certain symptoms, it would
seem a. II the world bad gone to sleep from sheer
'S''soe and need Of rest. All is quiet Ia the d.v
ana nothing seems TO threaten revolution or dis.
'Noance IN the night and yet this general sp.
pesraoce Is unsettled by unusually large and
"eehly s~elling Numbers OF patrols. whose night
ytead Ia the still streets resembles the omioop.
$4,000 Of an invading or rotrestng army. VIVA.
zoe government Or the citizens have TO fear from
10y p~'.y Ia tbs night, nobody knows, or can con-
lecture ont the reinforcement Of patrols from the
usual number Of five or six men 10 whole comma.
mes OF forty, fifty, sixty or hundred. forces one
u sappose that something very serious must be
Hpprehended from the discontented portion Of the
people, or that the Government has lest it's senses
As far as an able to surmise from ell appear.
aooe', tbs latter is the only plausible hypothesis
may be wrong, however, and ought In all hu.
miiity 70 mention, that the Government ia much
ieiorned, perhaps too much to be quite well in.
rrned OF all that happens in the secret and the
open councils OF ell parties, high and low, mode
gate and violent while havo no connection with
any party, aud no means Of knowing what they
meci,ste IN their respective cogitations Every
patty has its own Police ia Paris aud every Min.
isf-r, IL IL s-ned, has a numerous staff of special
suYernotneraries, In addition 10 the general army
OF Police employ ed by Government. The citizens
Of Paris are well watched In all their movement .,
and, fcom what have already mentioned. you will
essily conceive that hey are not III guarded. at
leas, By night. TIE information can gather for
your readers mus. be poor indeed, compared with
whtl exists IN all these cen.ers Of denuncia'ion
and enumeration, bot Poverty must pay the pen
aty Of Ignorance, md want-oi-mesn. must live
win mssr shift; and as you cannot .ford to have
Police staff 10 Paris, you must do without, and
hope you wi. be all tae better for il. feel quite
convinced YOU will be none the worse.
This Police fever broke Ia oct Paris soon after
February inls4s. The Municipality had Special
Police; the Prefecture had its usual Police the
Minister Of the Interior bad his own Police the
different fractions OF the Provisional Government
had each separate Police establishment. Blsp-
col and Bertes had their own special sources Of
secret Information; the Bankers had an organized
Police, the Legitimists hal theirs, and every
ps,'y In fsos, OF any political or pecanisry impor
taacs had It's osn special, organized sources Of
in'ornsuon.
Mt less han dozen different agents Of differ.
ont parties came in the esiy part Of ls4s to make
t1e most scru,inous Inquiries concerning my per-
bon. habits. social position aud political Connec-
lions. The door-keepers Of the house in which
lived were pestered with these spies, and have
since learned that all the people with whom had
lodged or boarded during the lar, ten yssls had
beea questioned closely on the same subjects -
As I have not been put to any inconvenienoe
during the various periods Of convusion aud
arres.a,ion, l may presume that all parties
were satisfactorily informed of my peaceful
hsbits and harmless occupations. took
no part n ths Revolution Of lsis beyond
that of ureiog ..smsrtine on the Esd OF February
70 proolsin the Republic In lieu OF Regency IN
case Of Louis PhilipPe's abdicalicn and retreat
which then seemed probable and which happened
tae next day, On the Each went into the Iu-
icres with the people, and on the soth offered
IN assist Lsmartine in his al pOnstic sxertions
il he want aid in that department. lie com
msnced his career gIoriously. aud needed no as
si,tance in political affairs. In social policy he
soon became una orved and totally unfit for the
position he held, and thence no lost It. Never
was decline more rapid or Legitimate. he had no
understanding of the Social question. When
= He'd mon him, on the morning Of the s3d OF
February. to urge On him the question OF ssPeedy
decision with regard TO tho policy OF shepuohean
r,,emant and Social Reform IN the OrganixA
ton Of abor, be tod me that he was quite VI"
usred for the fret, bat that he had no clear I'M
Outstanding of the second question. wished
hiu, N Investigate IL there aud then, but ne was
60 elsted with the prospect OF becoming eres'
politicai parsonage that he tried sway 'ne ume'
when every moment was an hour and every hour
=, 90. with vain narration of his noble lineage
sns The comparative obscority Of his Ancestors
An ,h;sws, done with the childish visw Of show
,h,t be was not absolutely unat on the
ground Of nobi ity. as well astslens, Tor the posi-
no, he was likely to obtain IN the event OF nSN'
olusion. This fact alone gave me an sPPfehen'
- ~ his mn fitness for the dire ction Of the move
-, and IN. result confirmed my apprehension
r., snourh Of this. which is mere history. Since
,h., took no par, 10 politics. and no spy inior'
M ,,ion hs. disturbed ne. Though my convictions
go sscis, Innovation, / have no great eoah'
asnc, in the political capacity OF the present
leader, Of Socialism. soieres alone VIII 90 a"
,h., "a REQUIRED for Socialism at present The
ohsn,ou i, spi-itusl fact too powerful Tor ar
mics 20 snnihilsis.
The suppressed journsl' are beginning to reap
rs,r ia Paris. la Democratic Pcs.fqHs La ne
t,yr., ard La Tri5sns dss Peoriss have already
r.aopesrsi La Yra.s R,pa6h4ae and Ia Psup''
are said TO be ON the eve OF republication
Political controversy add discussion are os0om'
fpx more active ard less timid than they nave
been lately. The increasing rivalry OF the var
an. s.e,on. Of red fsossires gives breath and 10
sr,y TO neutral parties also to their common enc
nv. Socialism. Criticism is rife 10 all directions
The struggle between BonsPars'ss ara Lss'"
mats Rs2ublicsns and Orleanis's, " ~lde"''s