New-York daily tribune., 1849-05-16
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
France and Italy-Euglapd's Po-itiou-The
Assembly Of soldiers -Pr0vocaiion-O OF the
GOsernmenf-TbinG- not told-The ii-t
Death and Doinz-.
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The Rcpub can Army ~ France j. ~ r7u'f ''r
Ci,i,a Vecchs The march toward Piedmont i'
s'soa fact winch sou may c1uslder - very nesr.y
sc~orrii,hed. The latter Increment has been
occasiorea ty the pr.ieasions cf Old RadeisAy 70
occupy ,h- st-oarhods of \ Aessan1ria and Brescia.
sad .tiss.d or Government 8 disposed % inro"
Obstacles in the wsy thereof ]. may 5e. hoTeTe-'
,ha, The events .u Hungary ard the defeat oi
Ars.r, IN the hea-; of her own kingdom. VII fis-
pose the Fieid-Msrshsl 60 yield a little u Ire
exscton. In this case cur diplomacy would hod
whatitdes,rcs-s prstsxf more or less pla1'ioe'
p remain DO st1sa gl9. GA the part ol Rome ~e
have much more difficulty ard rotHithstsnfins
the ambiguous terms which the Ministers have
B,od before the Chsmbers- the
l,,s decision there Is in their policy Itself it may
be- sad tba. the tue sP.rii of the expedition
weilas Do favor of Liberty. add ~ eirng liberal
,es,ts,iobs 10 the Romsn States We 30 not ''h
Austria % be the sole aroter. Tbs would be io
deliver Rome % a reiction y ithout limit. and the
poos % the most dangerous Influences. The part
Of Frsare WI then be what u wss in I-'l. in
relation % the expedition 90 Ancons From me
manifs.to of Cava.gnac % thst of Louis Napoleon,
the perfect analogy Of our Republican diplomacy
urh that Of Louis Philippe 80 much fecred by
those who. at the present day, either can or kno"
how to DO nothing but copy il after they have
abused its most remarkable thing
England has mp t. this time remained passive.
al east Of oily she has nothing to DO directly
with the Papacy. do not much doubt that there
s good UNDERWRITING on this question. The
Internal entertainments oi England and the
weakness oi the Whis Government combin- IN
commanding her to keep good heart against for
tune as our old proverbs say. The visits If Lord
Normandy % tbe Minister of Foreign Affairs. and
above sH a, the Eysce Nsuonal, are very ire-
qaent, aud even intimate At the latter place. The
counsel Of the Britannic Ambsssador Is demanded
n regard u the most 'rfioa affairs It is said he
is the same diplomatic guide ior our Presiientthat
the Princess de Lisvan vas for Quiet Howev.
er that may be- tho Intervention M Italy las made
no sensation here and very moderately y affects the
ARMY itself which wishes and expects better
things.
All minds continue to be excessively occupied
concerning our internal affairs. The crisis Of
which ! wrote you in my last. isnow carried to rs
hches. paroxysm There are certain CLEANS stil
that IT, cloud wi break into rain instead of explo-
ding with a thousand thun'trs But our situation
as neyc or so hot and imminent. The meeting oithc
soldiers. which announced for Saturday. the 2ls'.
did not pass Of successfully. Several regiments
had already named their delegates, who had set
1ut ior the Hall of fraternity where they were
70 find assembled all the members ol the Demo
cratic Socialist Committee. The latter was
warned IN the morning that the dispositions made
by the Prefect oi Police and General Changsrnicr
had provided ths, several bstaons OF the geHd
ayueric ,,obilf should assemble around the Hal,
keeping themselves concealed la the surrounding
barracks. and that All the avenues should be guard
cd by ,trge1Ats d, rite, To whom was given for
mai order o. arrest All th, soldiers who should pre-
sent themselves for entrance into the Hall. There
was lust time enough 70 iorewsrn the greater
number Of soldiers who were marching arm IN
arm to the Indicated rendezvous. \ few only. not
having received the counter direction. wero ar
rested and conducted to PRISON.
Since that time, great number OF arrests have
been made among the ubohicers, and the rcgi
mcnts infected with Socialism have been sent into
other sarrisons Through this the very serious
and efficient efforts made among the troops for the
asst ew weeks and which assured. ID not their con
currence at least their neutrality lost for the mo-
meni. though they viii be available M the Depart
ments, which is much better. 1t IS therefore proba-
ble that call for a new meeting will not be made
But the affair will not thereby be concluded
The conduct Of the Police in the Electoral Assem-
blages, has had every character OF provocation.-
The people are indignant at seeing those who
made the revolution OF SIS sgsnstt the law OF 100.
force the application Of that law and with much
less excuse than NJ Guizot could have had since
the new Constitution and decree OF the National
Assembly have established absolute liberty of
electoral meetings The Democratic Soclahs:
party has protested and expelled the Conimissares,
who returned with an armed force The citizens
have every where acted with great camness. bus
there has been violence on the part OF the agents
of the authorities. believe that the protestGtops
will cease here aud that the affair vii bee reported
to the tribunals for Judgment as an occasion 70 sap
the institution ol the permanent maglstracy 81
evidently incompatible with the Republican form
and the principles of Socialism.
God grant that 1t may be- Tor al nsurrecton
June and nothing but horrible and sinister state
Of ,hings could come out OF t. But Il 1t should
not take place, consider the French Democracy as
definitely organized tor. under the Influence Of
moderate chiefs It Will have overcome the
strongest resentments and resisted series of
systematic provocstions directed against the crest
wounds y hich the Socialists have received since
February. I-ss. The branding as ieions and public
exposition OF the names O.; Louis Blanc and Caussi-
dcre with t abe bearing their title o' Represents.
tiyes OF the People. tooA place yesterday. Oialprc-
,ocauons TINS was the mos, cruel. The people re-
Piled ty casting flowers upon the platform of tue
exposition In sct. .or two days past all labor has
been suspended in toe workshops and We hsve
not yet recovered from one OF onr most severe
turns II fortune. The journals VII give you no
account Of all these detsis becssse they DO not
see, or Will M; tel what they see bu: you may
depend upon 1t do not exssgeratc.
Whence comes this pessstency IN irritating the
public mind oa the part Of the Government 1t
IS generally believed that the monsrchists Of al
sha9es "a the n,ra Nanefeonfr marty havs In In